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The UEFA Executive Committee reached its verdict by a majority of one from the 13 votes cast after examining the three bids – Italy, France and Turkey – on the final shortlist to stage the tournament.</p><p>The French Football Federation bid included 12 stadiums, of which seven would require major renovations and four would be new, in 11 cities: Bordeaux, Lens, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nancy, Nice, Paris (Stade de France and Parc des Princes), Saint-Etienne, Strasbourg and Toulouse.</p><p>France has previously hosted the FIFA World Cup in 1938 and 1998, winning the latter competition, having also triumphed on home soil at EURO '84. Les Bleus added a second European crown in the Low Countries in 2000, but were beaten in the final of the 2006 World Cup by Italy.</p><p>The final tournament of UEFA EURO 2016 will be the first to feature 24 teams following a decision by UEFA's Executive Committee in September 2008. This section will cover the various activities and developments relating to UEFA EURO 2016.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td class="TableBg" colspan="6"><strong>UEFA EURO 2016 bidding timetable</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="TableBg" width="50%"><strong>Date</strong></td><td class="TableBg" width="50%"><strong>Event</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="TableNoBg">15 February<br/></td><td class="TableNoBg">Presentation of bids by candidate host nations (France, Italy, Turkey)</td></tr><tr><td class="TableNoBg">From 19 March<br/></td><td class="TableNoBg">UEFA sent list of open points to bidders</td></tr><tr><td class="TableNoBg">Early April</td><td class="TableNoBg">Technical workshops in candidate host nations and UEFA official visits to assess political support</td></tr><tr><td class="TableNoBg">By 29 April</td><td class="TableNoBg">Bidders received their respective section of qualititive evaluation report</td></tr><tr><td class="TableNoBg">6 May<br/></td><td class="TableNoBg">Bidders met UEFA National Team Competitions Committee representatives and UEFA</td></tr><tr><td class="TableNoBg">14 May<br/></td><td class="TableNoBg">Final evaluation report sent to bidders, UEFA Executive Committee and UEFA National Team Competitions Committee representatives; report published on UEFA.com</td></tr><tr><td class="TableNoBg">26 May<br/></td><td class="TableNoBg">UEFA National Team Competitions Committee met to finalise technical recommendations to UEFA Executive Committee</td></tr><tr><td class="TableNoBg">27 May<br/></td><td class="TableNoBg">UEFA National Team Competitions Committee delegates presented key aspects of bid and technical evaluations to UEFA Executive Committee</td></tr><tr><td class="TableNoBg">28 May, 10.00CET</td><td class="TableNoBg">Final bid presentations by the three candidates. Each bidder had 30 minutes and, in accordance with a draw, Turkey took the stage first, followed by Italy and then France</td></tr><tr><td class="TableNoBg">28 May, 12.00CET<br/></td><td class="TableNoBg">UEFA Executive Commitee met to deliberate and vote. In accordance with the regulations, UEFA president Michel Platini (France), UEFA Executive Committee first vice-president Şenes Erzik (Turkey) and UEFA Executive Committee member Giancarlo Abete (Italy) could not take part in the discussions and were not entitled to vote</td></tr><tr><td class="TableNoBg">28 May, 13.00CET</td><td class="TableNoBg">After Italy were eliminated in the first round of voting, France were announced as host nation having collected seven votes to Turkey's six in Geneva</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div><div class="innGrid_3 newsText newsRelated"><span class="relInfoLbl">Related Items</span><ul class="bulletList"><li><a title="2016 steering group set up" href="/web/20120105070817/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/news/newsid=1622334.html#2016+steering+group">2016 steering group set up</a></li><li class="pdf"><a title="UEFA EURO 2016 Bid evaluation report" href="/web/20120105070817/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/MediaRelease/uefaorg/MediaReleases/01/48/83/27/1488327_DOWNLOAD.pdf">UEFA EURO 2016 Bid evaluation report</a></li><li><a title="UEFA receives 2016 bids" href="/web/20120105070817/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/management/newsid=1448734.html#uefa+receives+2016+bids">UEFA receives 2016 bids</a></li><li class="pdf"><a title="UEFA EURO 2016 bidding procedure" href="/web/20120105070817/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/uefaorg/General/01/44/85/80/1448580_DOWNLOAD.pdf">UEFA EURO 2016 bidding procedure</a></li><li class="pdf"><a title="2016 final tournament requirements" href="/web/20120105070817/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefa/Others/84/03/26/840326_DOWNLOAD.pdf">2016 final tournament requirements</a></li><li class="pdf"><a title="Bid regulations" href="/web/20120105070817/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefa/Others/78/93/55/789355_DOWNLOAD.pdf">Bid regulations</a></li><li class="pdf"><a title="UEFA EURO 2016 bid handover" href="/web/20120105070817/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/PressRelease/uefa/UEFAMedia/01/44/66/49/1446649_DOWNLOAD.pdf">UEFA EURO 2016 bid handover</a></li><li class="pdf"><a title="Four bids received for EURO 2016" href="/web/20120105070817/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/PressRelease/uefa/UEFAMedia/80/83/13/808313_DOWNLOAD.pdf">Four bids received for EURO 2016</a></li><li class="pdf"><a title="24-team EURO finals approved" href="/web/20120105070817/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/PressRelease/uefa/UEFAMedia/75/42/19/754219_DOWNLOAD.pdf">24-team EURO finals approved</a></li><li class="pdf"><a title="France to host EURO 2016" href="/web/20120105070817/http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/PressRelease/uefaorg/MediaReleases/01/49/34/34/1493434_DOWNLOAD.pdf">France to host EURO 2016</a></li><li><a title="McDonald's signs as official sponsor" href="/web/20120105070817/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/newsid=1549391.html#mcdonalds+signs+official+sponsor+uefa+euro+2012+2016">McDonald's signs as official sponsor</a></li><li><a title="Hyundai-Kia joins as official sponsor" href="/web/20120105070817/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/newsid=1548117.html#hyundai+kia+joins+official+sponsor+uefa+euro+2012+2016">Hyundai-Kia joins as official sponsor</a></li><li><a title="Coca-Cola signs as official sponsor" href="/web/20120105070817/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/newsid=1547998.html#coca+cola+signs+official+sponsor+uefa+euro+2012+2016">Coca-Cola signs as official sponsor</a></li></ul></div></div><p class="copyright innerText">©UEFA.com 1998-2011. 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