The knockout stage of UEFA Euro 2016 began on 25 June 2016 and ended on 10 July 2016 with the final in Saint-Denis, France, near Paris.
All times listed are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Format
In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary. As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there was no third place play-off.
UEFA set out the following schedule for the round of 16:
- Match 1: Runners-up Group A vs Runners-up Group C
- Match 2: Winners Group D vs 3rd Place Group B/E/F
- Match 3: Winners Group B vs 3rd Place Group A/C/D
- Match 4: Winners Group F vs Runners-up Group E
- Match 5: Winners Group C vs 3rd Place Group A/B/F
- Match 6: Winners Group E vs Runners-up Group D
- Match 7: Winners Group A vs 3rd Place Group C/D/E
- Match 8: Runners-up Group B vs Runners-up Group F
Combinations of matches in the Round of 16
The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depended on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16:
| Third-placed teams qualify from groups | | 1A vs | 1B vs | 1C vs | 1D vs |
|---|
| A | B | C | D | | | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3B |
| A | B | C | | E | | 3C | 3A | 3B | 3E |
| A | B | C | | | F | 3C | 3A | 3B | 3F |
| A | B | | D | E | | 3D | 3A | 3B | 3E |
| A | B | | D | | F | 3D | 3A | 3B | 3F |
| A | B | | | E | F | 3E | 3A | 3B | 3F |
| A | | C | D | E | | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3E |
| A | | C | D | | F | 3C | 3D | 3A | 3F |
| A | | C | | E | F | 3C | 3A | 3F | 3E |
| A | | | D | E | F | 3D | 3A | 3F | 3E |
| B | C | D | E | | 3C | 3D | 3B | 3E |
| B | C | D | | F | 3C | 3D | 3B | 3F |
| B | C | | E | F | 3E | 3C | 3B | 3F |
| B | | D | E | F | 3E | 3D | 3B | 3F |
| | C | D | E | F | 3C | 3D | 3F | 3E |
Qualified teams
The top two placed teams from each of the six groups qualified for the knockout stage, along with the four best third-placed teams.
Bracket
Round of 16
Switzerland vs Poland
| Man of the Match: Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland)Assistant referees: Simon Beck (England) Jake Collin (England) Fourth official: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece) Additional assistant referees: Anthony Taylor (England) Andre Marriner (England) Reserve assistant referee: Damianos Efthymiadis (Greece) |
Wales vs Northern Ireland
| Man of the Match: Gareth Bale (Wales)Assistant referees: Michael Mullarkey (England) Stephen Child (England) Fourth official: Felix Brych (Germany) Additional assistant referees: Michael Oliver (England) Craig Pawson (England) Reserve assistant referee: Mark Borsch (Germany) |
Croatia vs Portugal
| Man of the Match: Renato Sanches (Portugal)Assistant referees: Roberto Alonso Fernández (Spain) Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (Spain) Fourth official: Viktor Kassai (Hungary) Additional assistant referees: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain) Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain) Reserve assistant referee: György Ring (Hungary) |
France vs Republic of Ireland
| France | Republic of Ireland |
| Man of the Match: Antoine Griezmann (France)Assistant referees: Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy) Mauro Tonolini (Italy) Fourth official: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus) Additional assistant referees: Daniele Orsato (Italy) Antonio Damato (Italy) Reserve assistant referee: Vitali Maliutsin (Belarus) |
Germany vs Slovakia
| Man of the Match: Julian Draxler (Germany)Assistant referees: Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland) Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland) Fourth official: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) Additional assistant referees: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland) Tomasz Musiał (Poland) Reserve assistant referee: Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) |
Hungary vs Belgium
| Man of the Match: Eden Hazard (Belgium)Assistant referees: Milovan Ristić (Serbia) Dalibor Đurđević (Serbia) Fourth official: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden) Additional assistant referees: Danilo Grujić (Serbia) Nenad Đokić (Serbia) Reserve assistant referee: Daniel Wärnmark (Sweden) |
Italy vs Spain
| Man of the Match: Leonardo Bonucci (Italy)Assistant referees: Bahattin Duran (Turkey) Tarık Ongun (Turkey) Fourth official: Martin Atkinson (England) Additional assistant referees: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey) Barış Şimşek (Turkey) Reserve assistant referee: Michael Mullarkey (England) |
England vs Iceland
The match has been described as one of England's worst defeats ever, and one of the biggest upsets in European football history.
Former footballer and Talksport presenter Stan Collymore, who was commentating on the game, panned the England team, reserving special criticism for goalkeeper Joe Hart and captain Wayne Rooney. Former England international and BBC Sport pundit Alan Shearer described it as the worst performance he had ever seen from an England team. The defeat was called England's most shocking since losing 1–0 to the United States in the 1950 World Cup.
The English team was viciously mocked by the press who described it as a "second exit from Europe", referencing the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union just four days earlier. The English media called the result a national embarrassment, criticising the team's fitness and calling the fans unsportsmanlike. Consequently, England manager Roy Hodgson announced his resignation following the match.
| Man of the Match: Ragnar Sigurðsson (Iceland)Assistant referees: Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia) Robert Vukan (Slovenia) Fourth official: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain) Additional assistant referees: Matej Jug (Slovenia) Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia) Reserve assistant referee: Roberto Alonso Fernández (Spain) |
Quarter-finals
Poland vs Portugal
| Man of the Match: Renato Sanches (Portugal)Assistant referees: Mark Borsch (Germany) Stefan Lupp (Germany) Fourth official: Milorad Mažić (Serbia) Additional assistant referees: Bastian Dankert (Germany) Marco Fritz (Germany) Reserve assistant referee: Milovan Ristić (Serbia) |
Wales vs Belgium
| Man of the Match: Hal Robson-Kanu (Wales)Assistant referees: Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia) Robert Vukan (Slovenia) Fourth official: Nicola Rizzoli (Italy) Additional assistant referees: Matej Jug (Slovenia) Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia) Reserve assistant referee: Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy) |
Germany vs Italy
| Man of the Match: Manuel Neuer (Germany)Assistant referees: György Ring (Hungary) Vencel Tóth (Hungary) Fourth official: Szymon Marciniak (Poland) Additional assistant referees: Tamás Bognár (Hungary) Ádám Farkas (Hungary) Reserve assistant referee: Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland) |
France vs Iceland
| Man of the Match: Olivier Giroud (France)Assistant referees: Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands) Fourth official: Milorad Mažić (Serbia) Additional assistant referees: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands) Richard Liesveld (Netherlands) Reserve assistant referee: Milovan Ristić (Serbia) |
Semi-finals
Portugal vs Wales
| Man of the Match: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)Assistant referees: Mathias Klasenius (Sweden) Daniel Wärnmark (Sweden) Fourth official: Szymon Marciniak (Poland) Additional assistant referees: Stefan Johannesson (Sweden) Markus Strömbergsson (Sweden) Reserve assistant referee: Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland) |
Germany vs France
| Man of the Match: Antoine Griezmann (France)Assistant referees: Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy) Mauro Tonolini (Italy) Fourth official: Damir Skomina (Slovenia) Additional assistant referees: Daniele Orsato (Italy) Antonio Damato (Italy) Reserve assistant referee: Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia) |
Final
| Man of the Match: Pepe (Portugal)Assistant referees: Simon Beck (England) Jake Collin (England) Fourth official: Viktor Kassai (Hungary) Additional assistant referees: Anthony Taylor (England) Andre Marriner (England) Reserve assistant referee: György Ring (Hungary) |
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