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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four bids came before the deadline, 9 March 2009, which were France, Italy and Turkey as single bids and Norway and Sweden as a joint bid.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Norway and Sweden eventually withdrew their bid in December 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hosting_requirements">Hosting requirements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UEFA_Euro_2016_bids&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Hosting requirements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Joint bids of two member associations were permitted, and under exceptional circumstances, joint bids of three member associations also could be considered. The bidding process officially started on 11 December 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-euro_2016_bid_info_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro_2016_bid_info-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>UEFA examined the bid regulations on 11 December 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the 2016 edition, nine stadia were required, with another three as optional contingency.<sup id="cite_ref-euro_2016_bid_info_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-euro_2016_bid_info-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The temporary suggestion of minimum stadia-requirements was: </p> <ul><li>2 stadia with 50,000 seats</li> <li>3 stadia with 40,000 seats</li> <li>4 stadia with 30,000 seats</li></ul> <p>These requirements were confirmed by UEFA in a letter to the applicants sent on 1 July 2009. The stadia had to be ready by 30 June 2014. </p><p>There were also 19 other sectors with requirements, and over 200 questions for documentation of the appliers statements. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schedule">Schedule</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UEFA_Euro_2016_bids&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Schedule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>15 December 2008 </td> <td>Applications formally invited </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 March 2009 </td> <td>Closing date for registering intention to bid </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 April 2009 </td> <td>Announcement of bidders </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 February 2010 </td> <td>Submission of detailed bids </td></tr> <tr> <td>7–15 April 2010 </td> <td>Bid visits </td></tr> <tr> <td>28 May 2010 </td> <td>Bid presentation and announcement of hosts </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bids">Bids</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UEFA_Euro_2016_bids&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bids"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Three European national associations signalled to UEFA their interest in staging UEFA Euro 2016: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="France">France</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UEFA_Euro_2016_bids&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: France"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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title="Toulouse"><img alt="Toulouse" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Toulouse" title="Toulouse">Toulouse</a></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:France_location_map-Regions_and_departements-2016.svg" title="File:France location map-Regions and departements-2016.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Stadia Map – France</div></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:France_UEFA_Euro_2016.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/France_UEFA_Euro_2016.svg/220px-France_UEFA_Euro_2016.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/France_UEFA_Euro_2016.svg/330px-France_UEFA_Euro_2016.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/France_UEFA_Euro_2016.svg/440px-France_UEFA_Euro_2016.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="371" data-file-height="269" /></a><figcaption>Bid logo</figcaption></figure> <p>The President of the <a href="/wiki/French_Football_Federation" title="French Football Federation">French Football Federation</a> (FFF), <a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Escalettes" title="Jean-Pierre Escalettes">Jean-Pierre Escalettes</a>, declared France's intention to bid on 18 April 2007. Frédéric Thiriez commented that they would be a favourable candidate, owing to the quality of the infrastructure already in place. On 11 December 2007 the French sports minister, <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Laporte" title="Bernard Laporte">Bernard Laporte</a>, said the bid would have the full support of the government and it would be submitted at the end of 2008 or early 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/French_Football_Federation" title="French Football Federation">FFF</a> officially confirmed the French bid on 13 February 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>List of host cities/stadia proposed for 2016 bid <i>(Three will later be nominated as back-ups<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (July 2024)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup>)</i>:<sup id="cite_ref-synthese_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-synthese-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Stadia planned for renovating: <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Saint-Denis_(Seine-Saint-Denis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis)">Saint-Denis</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Stade_de_France" title="Stade de France">Stade de France</a>, current capacity 81,338 (<a href="/wiki/UEFA_Elite_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="UEFA Elite Stadium">UEFA Elite Stadium</a>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Marseille" title="Marseille">Marseille</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Stade_V%C3%A9lodrome" title="Stade Vélodrome">Stade Vélodrome</a>, current capacity 60,013 <i>(Increase of the capacity to 70,000)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Lens,_Pas-de-Calais" title="Lens, Pas-de-Calais">Lens</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Stade_F%C3%A9lix-Bollaert" class="mw-redirect" title="Stade Félix-Bollaert">Stade Félix-Bollaert</a>, current capacity 41,809 <i>(Increase of the capacity to 50,000)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Parc_des_Princes" title="Parc des Princes">Parc des Princes</a>, current capacity 48,713</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Saint-%C3%89tienne" title="Saint-Étienne">Saint-Étienne</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Stade_Geoffroy-Guichard" title="Stade Geoffroy-Guichard">Stade Geoffroy-Guichard</a>, current capacity 35,616 <i>(Increase of the capacity to 42,000)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Toulouse" title="Toulouse">Toulouse</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Stadium_Municipal" class="mw-redirect" title="Stadium Municipal">Stadium Municipal</a>, current capacity 35,472 <i>(Increase of the capacity to 40,000)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Strasbourg" title="Strasbourg">Strasbourg</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Stade_de_la_Meinau" title="Stade de la Meinau">Stade de la Meinau</a>, current capacity 29,320 <i>(Increase of the capacity to 36,000)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Nancy,_France" title="Nancy, France">Nancy</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Stade_Marcel_Picot" title="Stade Marcel Picot">Stade Marcel Picot</a>, current capacity 20,087 <i>(Increase of the capacity to 35,000)</i></li></ul></li> <li>New Stadiums: <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Lyon" title="Lyon">Lyon</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/New_Olympique_Lyonnais_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="New Olympique Lyonnais Stadium">OL Land</a>, capacity 62,500</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Villeneuve_d%27Ascq" class="mw-redirect" title="Villeneuve d'Ascq">Villeneuve d'Ascq</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lille" title="Lille">Lille</a>)</b>: <a href="/wiki/Grand_Stade_Lille_M%C3%A9tropole" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Stade Lille Métropole">Grand Stade Lille Métropole</a>, capacity 50,000</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bordeaux" title="Bordeaux">Bordeaux</a></b>: New stadium to replace <a href="/wiki/Stade_Chaban-Delmas" title="Stade Chaban-Delmas">Stade Chaban-Delmas</a>, capacity 42,000</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Nice" title="Nice">Nice</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Grand_Stade_Nice" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Stade Nice">New stadium</a> to replace <a href="/wiki/Stade_du_Ray" title="Stade du Ray">Stade du Ray</a>, capacity 35,000</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Website for the bid: <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090306213325/http://tousensemble2016.fff.fr/">[5]</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Italy">Italy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UEFA_Euro_2016_bids&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Italy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="locmap noviewer noresize thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:402px"><div style="position:relative;width:400px;border:1px solid lightgray"><span 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typeof="mw:File"><span title="Verona"><img alt="Verona" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Verona" title="Verona">Verona</a></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Italy_provincial_location_map_2016.svg" title="File:Italy provincial location map 2016.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Stadia Map – Italy</div></div></div> <p>After months of speculation in the Italian media, the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Football_Federation" title="Italian Football Federation">Italian Football Federation (FIGC)</a> decided to launch an official bid on 2 March 2009, with the FIGC President Giancarlo Abete saying that his country <i>"cannot pull out of hosting major international events"</i> following a Federal Council meeting in Rome.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An Italian bid to stage the preceding tournament in <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2012" title="UEFA Euro 2012">2012</a> was surprisingly beaten by a joint proposal from Poland and Ukraine in the final vote in April 2007. On 11 September 2009, during a <a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> workshop presentation on the subject of stadia and security, the Project Manager of the Italy Candidate for UEFA Euro 2016, Michele Uva, said: <i>"Euro 2016 is a major goal for Italy, to this Federation and to the entire Italian sporting movement. Italy is preparing to draw up an application that can display and enhance the country's system. This process will involve all the excellence in Italy. We know we have the backing of all the political forces, the 42 million Italians who love football, the public authorities, football clubs and the business world."</i><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>UEFA said they would require a minimum of nine stadia for the expanded 24-team and 51-match tournament in 2016 and the Italian bid confirmed on 20 September 2009 that it will propose in its bid dossier all twelve host cities it included in the 2012 bid.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>"Euro 2016 represents an historic opportunity to transform the quality, security and ambience of Italian stadia,"</i> Abete said in a statement after the Italian bid unveiled its official logo for the candidacy on the same national team into a ball with the geographic shape of Italy stamped in the centre. </p><p>List of host cities/stadia proposed for 2016 bid <i>(Three were to be later be nominated as back-ups)</i>: </p> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Bari" title="Bari">Bari</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/Stadio_San_Nicola" title="Stadio San Nicola">Stadio San Nicola</a>: Current capacity 58,248. <i>(Planned for renovations)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cagliari" title="Cagliari">Cagliari</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/Stadio_Sant%27Elia" title="Stadio Sant'Elia">Stadio Sant'Elia</a>: Current capacity 23,486. <i>(New stadium has been proposed by <a href="/wiki/Cagliari_Calcio" title="Cagliari Calcio">Cagliari Calcio</a>)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cesena" title="Cesena">Cesena</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/Stadio_Dino_Manuzzi" title="Stadio Dino Manuzzi">Stadio Dino Manuzzi</a>: Current capacity 23,860. <i>(Planned for renovations)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Florence" title="Florence">Florence</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/Stadio_Artemio_Franchi_(Florence)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stadio Artemio Franchi (Florence)">Stadio Artemio Franchi</a>: Current capacity 47,282. <i>(New stadium has been proposed by <a href="/wiki/ACF_Fiorentina" title="ACF Fiorentina">ACF Fiorentina</a>)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/Stadio_Giuseppe_Meazza" class="mw-redirect" title="Stadio Giuseppe Meazza">Stadio Giuseppe Meazza</a>: Current capacity 80,074.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/Stadio_San_Paolo" class="mw-redirect" title="Stadio San Paolo">Stadio San Paolo</a>: Current capacity 60,240. <i>(Planned for renovations)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Palermo" title="Palermo">Palermo</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/Stadio_Renzo_Barbera" title="Stadio Renzo Barbera">Stadio Renzo Barbera</a>: Current capacity 37,619. <i>(New stadium has been proposed by <a href="/wiki/U.S._Citt%C3%A0_di_Palermo" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Città di Palermo">U.S. Città di Palermo</a>)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Parma" title="Parma">Parma</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/Stadio_Ennio_Tardini" title="Stadio Ennio Tardini">Stadio Ennio Tardini</a>: Current capacity 28,700. <i>(Planned for renovations)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/Stadio_Olimpico" title="Stadio Olimpico">Stadio Olimpico</a>: Current capacity 72,700.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Turin" title="Turin">Turin</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/Juventus_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Juventus Arena">Juventus Arena</a>: Planned capacity of 41,000. <i>(Under construction)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Udine" title="Udine">Udine</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/Stadio_Friuli" title="Stadio Friuli">Stadio Friuli</a>: Current capacity 41,652. <i>(Planned for renovations)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Verona" title="Verona">Verona</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/Stadio_Marc%27Antonio_Bentegodi" class="mw-redirect" title="Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi">Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi</a>: Current capacity 39,211. <i>(Planned for renovations)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Turkey">Turkey</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UEFA_Euro_2016_bids&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Turkey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following its unsuccessful bids for Euro 2008 (a joint bid with Greece) and 2012, Turkey's renewed intentions for hosting Euro 2016 were first declared by late <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Football_Federation" title="Turkish Football Federation">Turkish Football Federation</a> (TFF) president <a href="/wiki/Hasan_Do%C4%9Fan" title="Hasan Doğan">Hasan Doğan</a> after Euro 2008. He also mentioned that there were "positive talks" between him and <a href="/wiki/Michel_Platini" title="Michel Platini">Michel Platini</a> about this issue.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 7 February 2009, the <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Football_Federation" title="Turkish Football Federation">TFF</a> gave <a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> their official candidature brief to host UEFA Euro 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amongst the bidders, Turkey remained the only country that had not hosted any European Championship or the World Cup. </p><p>On 23 December 2009, Turkish Minister of Sport <a href="/wiki/Faruk_Naf%C4%B1z_%C3%96zak" title="Faruk Nafız Özak">Faruk Nafız Özak</a> announced Turkey's official candidature logo and the eight host cities (Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Eskişehir, Istanbul, İzmir, Kayseri and Konya) and three backup cities (Adana, Şanlıurfa and Trabzon) for the country's bid. Turkey plan to host the tournament with nine stadia in eight cities with Istanbul hosting two stadia. </p><p>Turkey says it won't host any other games if they don't get the 2016 Euro. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Stadia">Stadia</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UEFA_Euro_2016_bids&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Stadia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="locmap noviewer noresize thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:402px"><div style="position:relative;width:400px;border:1px solid lightgray"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Turkey_adm_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="UEFA Euro 2016 bids is located in Turkey"><img alt="UEFA Euro 2016 bids is located in Turkey" 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data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Eski%C5%9Fehir" title="Eskişehir">Eskişehir</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:21.286%;left:18.367%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Istanbul (2)"><img alt="Istanbul (2)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a> (2)</div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:59.286%;left:8.622%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="İzmir"><img alt="İzmir" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir" title="İzmir">İzmir</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:53.571%;left:53.316%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Kayseri"><img alt="Kayseri" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Kayseri" title="Kayseri">Kayseri</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:66.857%;left:35.459%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Konya"><img alt="Konya" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Konya" title="Konya">Konya</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:76.429%;left:51.531%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Adana (reserve)"><img alt="Adana (reserve)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Adana" title="Adana">Adana</a><br />(reserve)</div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:77.143%;left:69.388%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Şanlıurfa (reserve)"><img alt="Şanlıurfa (reserve)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa" class="mw-redirect" title="Şanlıurfa">Şanlıurfa</a><br />(reserve)</div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:22.857%;left:73.265%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Trabzon (reserve)"><img alt="Trabzon (reserve)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div><a href="/wiki/Trabzon" title="Trabzon">Trabzon</a><br />(reserve)</div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Turkey_adm_location_map.svg" title="File:Turkey adm location map.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Stadia Map – Turkey</div></div></div> <p>Turkey's proposed cities and stadia for Euro 2016 were as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Main Stadia: <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Ankara" title="Ankara">Ankara</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/New_Ankara_Stadium" title="New Ankara Stadium">New Ankara Stadium</a>, to be constructed, capacity 43,303<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Antalya" title="Antalya">Antalya</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/New_Antalya_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="New Antalya Stadium">New Antalya Stadium</a>, to be constructed, capacity 44,331<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Bursa" title="Bursa">Bursa</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/New_Bursa_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="New Bursa Stadium">New Bursa Stadium</a>, to be constructed, capacity 33,000<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Eski%C5%9Fehir" title="Eskişehir">Eskişehir</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/New_Eski%C5%9Fehir_Stadium" title="New Eskişehir Stadium">New Eskişehir Stadium</a>, to be constructed, capacity 37,072</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atat%C3%BCrk_Olympic_Stadium" title="Atatürk Olympic Stadium">Atatürk Olympic Stadium</a> (speculated for Final Venue), will go under renovation for being fully covered, capacity 76,092 (<a href="/wiki/UEFA_Elite_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="UEFA Elite Stadium">UEFA Elite Stadium</a>). <i>(Increase of the capacity to net 81,106 and gros 94,555<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T%C3%BCrk_Telekom_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Türk Telekom Arena">Türk Telekom Arena</a>, capacity 52,647.</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0zmir" title="İzmir">İzmir</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/New_%C4%B0zmir_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="New İzmir Stadium">New İzmir Stadium</a>, to be constructed, capacity speculated around 41,540</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Kayseri" title="Kayseri">Kayseri</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/Kadir_Has_Stadium" title="Kadir Has Stadium">Kadir Has Stadium</a>, ready, capacity 33,296</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Konya" title="Konya">Konya</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/New_Konya_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="New Konya Stadium">New Konya Stadium</a>, to be constructed, capacity 37,000</li></ul></li> <li>Backup Stadia: <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Adana" title="Adana">Adana</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/New_Adana_Stadium" title="New Adana Stadium">New Adana Stadium</a>, to be constructed, capacity undeclared 30.000</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Trabzon" title="Trabzon">Trabzon</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/New_Trabzon_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="New Trabzon Stadium">New Trabzon Stadium</a>, to be constructed, capacity undeclared, speculated around 40,000</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa" class="mw-redirect" title="Şanlıurfa">Şanlıurfa</a></b> – <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa_GAP_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Şanlıurfa GAP Stadium">Şanlıurfa GAP Stadium</a>, ready, capacity 30,000</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Turkey's bid planned for seven new stadia, while five existing stadia would be improved. The TFF expected costs of 1.65 billion euros for new investments and improvements for the stadia, infrastructure (transportation and accommodation) and tourism.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The exact details about the stadia bids and projects were revealed to the general public on 15 February 2010 when the ban over the country promotions were lifted by UEFA. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Voting_results">Voting results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UEFA_Euro_2016_bids&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Voting results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Country </th> <th colspan="2">Results<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Round 1 </th> <th>Round 2 </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#90EE90"> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_France_%281976%E2%80%932020%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>France </td> <td><b>43</b> </td> <td><b>7</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span>Turkey </td> <td>38 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span>Italy </td> <td>23 </td> <td bgcolor="#F08080"><i>Eliminated</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th align="left">Total votes </th> <th>104 </th> <th>13 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Decided_not_to_bid">Decided not to bid</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UEFA_Euro_2016_bids&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Decided not to bid"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Norway–Sweden"><span id="Norway.E2.80.93Sweden"></span>Norway–Sweden</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UEFA_Euro_2016_bids&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Norway–Sweden"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Norway and Sweden had announced their intention to co-host the championship.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bid was confirmed by the <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Association of Norway">Football Association of Norway</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Football_Association" title="Swedish Football Association">Swedish Football Association</a> at a press conference in <a href="/wiki/Oslo" title="Oslo">Oslo</a> on 26 February 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it was eventually withdrawn in December 2009, due to lack of political support in both countries. Sweden, the 1992 hosts, and Norway had previously been part of an unprecedented "<a href="/wiki/Nordic_countries" title="Nordic countries">Nordic</a> bid" for Euro 2008. This was along with Finland and Denmark.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scotland–Wales"><span id="Scotland.E2.80.93Wales"></span>Scotland–Wales</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UEFA_Euro_2016_bids&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Scotland–Wales"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2006, the <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Wales" title="Football Association of Wales">Football Association of Wales</a> announced it was tentatively considering the possibility of jointly hosting the tournament, with the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Football_Association" title="Scottish Football Association">Scottish Football Association</a>. <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, along with the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a>, bid for <a href="/wiki/Euro_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="Euro 2008">Euro 2008</a> and there was much discussion over whether the nation should consider a solo bid for Euro 2016. The entrance into government of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_National_Party" title="Scottish National Party">Scottish National Party</a> (SNP) boosted the hopes of such an outcome. </p><p>Comments by Scottish First Minister <a href="/wiki/Alex_Salmond" title="Alex Salmond">Alex Salmond</a> suggested that a Scotland–<a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> bid may be considered, but a solo Scotland bid would be preferential if logistically possible.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2008, both Salmond and Welsh First Minister <a href="/wiki/Rhodri_Morgan" title="Rhodri Morgan">Rhodri Morgan</a> became supportive of a joint Scotland–Wales bid, particularly when the increase in size of the tournament was announced.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two countries announced on 1 March 2009, however, that they had cancelled their plans owing to the economic downturn.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republic_of_Ireland">Republic of Ireland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UEFA_Euro_2016_bids&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Republic of Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2002, after a failed bid with Scotland for Euro 2008, the <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Ireland" title="Football Association of Ireland">Football Association of Ireland</a> were unable to bid. This was because they did not have sufficient stadia to mount a solo bid, and no joint bid partner was forthcoming. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Russia">Russia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UEFA_Euro_2016_bids&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Russia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Speculation surrounded a potential Russian bid to host Euro 2016; the president of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Football_Union" title="Russian Football Union">Russian Football Union</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vitaliy_Mutko" class="mw-redirect" title="Vitaliy Mutko">Vitaliy Mutko</a>, had said that "Russia has a good chance to become host of this championship". However, Russia did not bid before the deadline, instead deciding to focus on <a href="/wiki/Russia_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_bid" title="Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup bid">their bid</a> for the <a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">2018 FIFA World Cup</a>, which they later won.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Decision_controversy">Decision controversy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UEFA_Euro_2016_bids&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Decision controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There was controversy concerning the decision to give the Euro 2016 to France and not to Turkey. After the decision was announced, responding to the question "During <a href="/wiki/Sepp_Blatter" title="Sepp Blatter">Sepp Blatter</a>'s term, <a href="/wiki/Euro_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="Euro 2008">Euro 2008</a> was awarded to Switzerland, during your term Euro 2016 is awarded to France, is this the new trend?" Platini said "When there is a Turkish president, then you can host a major tournament".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Guus_Hiddink" title="Guus Hiddink">Guus Hiddink</a> was also highly critical of the decision, stating: "This proves once again that in top-flight football the game is run by politics", and "UEFA gave the Euro 2016 finals to France, who have already had the tournament twice and they also had the World Cup finals in 1998. This does not feel right. I get the feeling that the actual bid was about other things. Otherwise the choice for France as hosting nation, the country of UEFA president Michel Platini, cannot be explained".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Another highly controversial remark came from the French national player <a href="/wiki/Marc_Planus" title="Marc Planus">Marc Planus</a>: "We learned that last night (<b>Thursday night</b>). We're really excited, it will boost the French football". The bidding and the decision process took place on Friday, one day after the French player suggested that "they have already known".<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before the bidding process, Michel Platini introduced the French president <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Sarkozy" title="Nicolas Sarkozy">Nicolas Sarkozy</a> to every member of the decision committee in person, while he did not do the same for the Turkish president <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_G%C3%BCl" title="Abdullah Gül">Abdullah Gül</a>. After the decision Platini concluded: </p><p>"I think the fact that the president of the Republic was here was important. I think it was good he decided to come. If he hadn't come, Turkey would almost certainly have won". </p><p>"I'm happy because France has won, and I'm French — let's not forget it".<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=UEFA_Euro_2016_bids&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-euro_2016_bid_info-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-euro_2016_bid_info_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-euro_2016_bid_info_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-euro_2016_bid_info_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/newsid=786278.html">"2016 bidding process given green light"</a>. <a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a>. 13 December 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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qualifying">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016_qualifying" title="UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020_qualifying" title="UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2024_qualifying" title="UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_UEFA_European_Championship_finals" title="List of UEFA European Championship finals">Finals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_European_Nations%27_Cup_final" title="1960 European Nations' Cup final">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_European_Nations%27_Cup_final" title="1964 European Nations' Cup final">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1968_final" title="UEFA Euro 1968 final">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1972_final" title="UEFA Euro 1972 final">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1976_final" title="UEFA Euro 1976 final">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1980_final" title="UEFA Euro 1980 final">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1984_final" title="UEFA Euro 1984 final">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1988_final" title="UEFA Euro 1988 final">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1992_final" title="UEFA Euro 1992 final">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1996_final" title="UEFA Euro 1996 final">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2000_final" title="UEFA Euro 2000 final">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2004_final" title="UEFA Euro 2004 final">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2008_final" title="UEFA Euro 2008 final">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2012_final" title="UEFA Euro 2012 final">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016_final" title="UEFA Euro 2016 final">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020_final" title="UEFA Euro 2020 final">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2024_final" title="UEFA Euro 2024 final">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Squads</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1960_European_Nations%27_Cup_squads" title="1960 European Nations' Cup squads">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_European_Nations%27_Cup_squads" title="1964 European Nations' Cup squads">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1968_squads" title="UEFA Euro 1968 squads">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1972_squads" title="UEFA Euro 1972 squads">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1976_squads" title="UEFA Euro 1976 squads">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1980_squads" title="UEFA Euro 1980 squads">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1984_squads" title="UEFA Euro 1984 squads">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1988_squads" title="UEFA Euro 1988 squads">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1992_squads" title="UEFA Euro 1992 squads">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_1996_squads" title="UEFA Euro 1996 squads">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2000_squads" title="UEFA Euro 2000 squads">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2004_squads" title="UEFA Euro 2004 squads">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2008_squads" title="UEFA Euro 2008 squads">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2012_squads" title="UEFA Euro 2012 squads">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016_squads" title="UEFA Euro 2016 squads">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020_squads" title="UEFA Euro 2020 squads">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2024_squads" title="UEFA Euro 2024 squads">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bids</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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