UEFA European Championship 2016 Draw

garra

Balls. Its all gone pear.

goose2005

13 June Stade de France Sweden
18 June Bordeaux Belgium
22 June Lille Italy

briany

I want group F. Group F sucks.

whatawaster

whatawaster wrote: »

Not saying they are bad, but they might be the worst of this bunch

There is little between that bunch. Fúck it we beat and drew with the World champions. Great to be in it. What will be will be.

It could be a group where any team takes points off each other. Still tough though.

Hotblack Desiato

Unlucky.

citytillidie

Group A
France
Romania
Albania
Switzerland

Group B
England
Russia
Wales
Slovakia

Group C
Germany
Ukraine
Poland
Northern Ireland

Group D
Spain
Czech Republic
Turkey
Croatia

Group E
Belgium
Italy
Republic of Ireland
Sweden

Group F
Portugal
Iceland
Austria
Hungary

Group A
10 June 2016 20:00 France V Romania Stade de France, Saint-Denis
11 June 2016 14:00 Albania V Switzerland Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens
15 June 2016 17:00 Romania V Switzerland Parc des Princes, Paris
15 June 2016 20:00 France V Albania Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
19 June 2016 20:00 Romania V Albania Stade des Lumières, Lyon
19 June 2016 20:00 Switzerland V France Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille


Group B
11 June 2016 17:00 Wales V Slovakia Matmut Atlantique, Bordeaux
11 June 2016 20:00 England V Russia Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
15 June 2016 14:00 Russia V Slovakia Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
16 June 2016 14:00 England V Wales Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens
20 June 2016 20:00 Russia V Wales Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
20 June 2016 20:00 Slovakia V England Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Group C
12 June 2016 17:00 Poland V Northern Ireland Allianz Riviera, Nice
12 June 2016 20:00 Germany V Ukraine Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
16 June 2016 17:00 Ukraine V Northern Ireland Stade des Lumières, Lyon
16 June 2016 20:00 Germany V Poland Stade de France, Saint-Denis
21 June 2016 17:00 Ukraine V Poland Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
21 June 2016 17:00 Northern Ireland V Germany Parc des Princes, Paris

Group D
12 June 2016 14:00 Turkey V Croatia Parc des Princes, Paris
13 June 2016 14:00 Spain V Czech Republic Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
17 June 2016 17:00 Czech Republic V Croatia Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
17 June 2016 20:00 Spain V Turkey Allianz Riviera, Nice
21 June 2016 20:00 Czech Republic V Turkey Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens
21 June 2016 20:00 Croatia V Spain Matmut Atlantique, Bordeaux

Group E
13 June 2016 17:00 Republic of Ireland V Sweden Stade de France, Saint-Denis
13 June 2016 20:00 Belgium V Italy Stade des Lumières, Lyon
17 June 2016 14:00 Italy V Sweden Stadium Municipal, Toulouse
18 June 2016 14:00 Belgium V Republic of Ireland Matmut Atlantique, Bordeaux
22 June 2016 20:00 Italy V Republic of Ireland Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
22 June 2016 20:00 Sweden V Belgium Allianz Riviera, Nice

Group F
14 June 2016 17:00 Austria V Hungary Matmut Atlantique, Bordeaux
14 June 2016 20:00 Portugal V Iceland Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne
18 June 2016 17:00 Iceland V Hungary Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
18 June 2016 20:00 Portugal V Austria Parc des Princes, Paris
22 June 2016 17:00 Iceland V Austria Stade de France, Saint-Denis
22 June 2016 17:00 Hungary V Portugal Stade des Lumières, Lyon

Liam O

Least I only have to book 2 weeks off work

Polo_Mint

Love it lol

Mr.Nice Guy

It's a repeat of 2012: we have to win the first game or we're fooked.

machiavellianme

Thanos wrote: »

so the last group get Hungry and Austria, feck that......

Told ye we wanted group f. Easily the handiest

Beefy78

Draw done. Can someone now map England's route to the final out for me please? Footballs Coming Home, etc.

GreNoLi

Pot ... it is then.

Adamocovic

Easy group :P

briany

Ireland will need to f**king show up for this tournament to have any hope of even obtaining 3rd.

FutureGuy

I love it when we get teams with lots of different colour strips.

Green, blue, yellow, red.

Couldn't be happier.

goose2005

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

It's a repeat of 2012: we have to win the first game or we're fooked.

ftfy

Unearthly

I reckon we can beat Sweden, and get a point from either Belgium or Italy

Lukker-

We got the worst group possible.

Harry Palmr

Germany/Spain final

Bounty Hunter

well thats not ideal

no:1 ranked team in the world
Zlatan
and Italy

edgecutter

I'm just happy to be there. The draw could have been a hell of a lot worse (look at the norths group). Hopefully the boys go for wins and give the fans something to cheer on.

If the last World cup proved anything, when you have enough guts it can more then make up for lack of talent. Would we prefer not to qualify altogether? We were in pot 4 so there was always going to be a chance we would get a stiff draw. It is what it is and to be honest ill look forward to the tournament whatever happens

Harry Palmr

Never been very warm in Sweden or Belgium apparently

PTH2009

Balls but we will have a good crack at it, think about poor Scotland who will be on there holidays then.

Sweden match 1 is a must win game as we won't beat Italy or if Belgium are on fire

Dirty Dingus McGee

I know on paper Belgium look good on paper and their the number 1 ranked team in the world but are they really as good in reality.

They were absolutely dire at the last world cup despite coming in hotly tipped.

Mr.Nice Guy

Am I right in thinking the last time we won against those teams in competitive games was the 1-0 win over Italy in the '94 World Cup?

GreNoLi

Tipping France for the win.

Beefy78

Beefy78 wrote: »

Draw done. Can someone now map England's route to the final out for me please? Footballs Coming Home, etc.

Win the group. Czech Republic round two, Portugal Quarter Final, Spain in the semi, Germany in the Final. Job done.

Not sure why anyone else is turning up tbh.

Jelle1880

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

I know on paper Belgium look good on paper and their the number 1 ranked team in the world but are they really as good in reality.

They were absolutely dire at the last world cup despite coming in hotly tipped.

I think you need to readjust your definition of 'dire'.

We may not be as good as the ranking suggests, but that's got more to do with the coach than anything else.

briany

The problem becomes, here, is that if Ireland get stuffed again (and let's face it - that's hardly unimaginable) the team is back where they were in September 2012. A team where the spell had been broken.

monkey9

Tough group, but it's not impossible to get out of it. I'm sure Scotland would have loved to have been in that group instead of us. Can't wait!!!

Bounty Hunter

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

I know on paper Belgium look good on paper and their the number 1 ranked team in the world but are they really as good in reality.

Yes


maybe not best team in the world good but we shouldn't make out they are worse than they are just cos their ranking is a little higher than maybe it should be.

Sweden def our best chance for a win here but all the teams are beatable. Most non Irish would probably have us down for around 1pt in the group stages though I'd say.

Which is our first game?

ArnoldJRimmer

Not sure what all the negativity is about. All 3 were distinctly average in qualifying. Of course it could have better, but we were always up against it. I don't fear any of those teams

obezyana

I don't see the doom and gloom. Italy ain't great no more, Belgium yeah a good team but beatable and Sweden well only Ibra is top notch. Not as bad as it seems I think.

spock.

3 draws should be enough

castletownman

Drunk Irish fans having the pre-match craic with the hot Swedish female model fans

A match made in heaven

Beefy78

obezyana wrote: »

I don't see the doom and gloom. Italy ain't great no more, Belgium yeah a good team but beatable and Sweden well only Ibra is top notch. Not as bad as it seems I think.

Italy will turn up. I don't think the other two are great and third place could get you through.

obezyana

Beefy78 wrote: »

Italy will turn up. I don't think the other two are great and third place could get you through.

I don't think they will they don't have the players like they used to.

Jelle1880

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

Which is our first game?

vs Sweden, first game of the group.

http://liveblog.irishtimes.com/1e9aea2b81/LIVE-Euro-2016-draw/

Group E
June 13: Republic of Ireland v Sweden, Stade de France, Paris, 5.0
June 13: Belgium v Italy, Lyon, 8.0
June 17: Italy v Sweden, Toulouse, 2.0
June 18: Belgium v Republic of Ireland, Bordeaux, 2.0
June 22: Italy v Republic of Ireland, Lille, 8.0
June 22: Sweden v Belgium, Nice, 8.0

happyoutscan

castletownman wrote: »

Drunk Irish fans having the pre-match craic with the hot Swedish female model fans

A match made in heaven

Except the fans will prioritise beer over boobs. For the craic like.

Bounty Hunter

Seeing as every team is beatable in a group like Irelands I think the best 3rd place teams making it through make this even more interesting

Mr.Nice Guy

obezyana wrote: »

I don't think they will they don't have the players like they used to.

Neither do we.

Clark and Keogh did well for us but they're no Paul McGrath.

Lemmy Scott

so close to getting hungary again -italy makes the group awful

Lemmy Scott

that portugal group is a load of ****e

JustTheOne

Lemmy Scott wrote: »

so close to getting hungary again -italy makes the group awful

Austria we nearly had.

A Primal Nut

Time to put money on Ronaldo for top goalscorer I think.

Lemmy Scott

northern irelands group is worse than ours england poxed again

kenco

It's Italia 90 again Imo. Loads of draws one team will get a win and top the group. Coin toss for who gets second place again...

Bounty Hunter

If France or Portugal don't make it through something has gone terribly wrong.

Both Ireland got the toughest draw. Actually wouldn't mind being in England's group instead of Wales but meh to all that beat Zlatan (easier said than done) in the first game and we have a huge chance especially with the best 3rds going through.