EURO 2016 Finals Schedule
UEFA has released the dates and venues for the 2016 European Championship finals in France.
France will kick-off the finals at 9 pm on the 10th of June at the Stade de France in St. Denis, where the final will take place on the 10th of July 2016.
The host nation will play their other first-round games in Marseille and Lille and the semi-finals will be played in Lyon and Marseille.
There are three kick-off times for games, 1500, 1800 and 2100.
Ten venues are being used:
- St Denis 80,000
- Marseille 65,500
- Lyon 58,000
- Lille 50,186
- Paris 47,000
- Bordeaux 42,052
- St.Etienne 41,965
- Nice 35,624
- Lens 35,200
- Toulouse 33,000
There are 53 European nations, including Gibraltar for the first time, competing for 23 final spots (France qualify as hosts) and qualifiers kick-off on the 7th of September this year. The final qualifiers are in October 2015 and the play-offs the following month.
The slogan for the tournament is 'Le Rendez-Vous'.
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