Euro 2016 Official Exilian Sweepstake

[Glaurung]

For those interested, there's a full list of the matches on Wikipedia, with results once they've been played, and summaries showing the team positions in each group.

[Gen_Glory]

England face Iceland and of the top 5 teams going into the tournament only one can make it to the final

And Wales could reach the final!

[Jubal]

I may be backing Iceland, depends how I'm feeling about England after tomorrow

[no1 croat fan]

Okay, so after an incredibly dramatic finish to the group stages for certain teams (Ireland in particular) we have now reached the knock-out stages of the tournament, we started with 24 and now have 16 therefore we lost 8 teams along the way, fortunately (or unfortunately, however you look at it), no one has escaped the group stages with 3 teams (curse you Norwich City!!!!!!!!!!), and we have some seriously juicy games lined up for you, starting with Switzerland vs Poland and finishing in an almightly clash between the smallest country in the tournament and the most English, Iceland vs England. So without further ado here is the list of casualties and the fixtures of the next round:

Teams out:

Turkey - No1 Croat Fan
Albania - DrippingD
Romania - timgtimmehtimg
Sweden - r
Czech Republic - Othko97
Austria - Conrade_General
Russia - DrippingD
Ukraine - Jubal

Fixtures (to be played over this weekend):

Match 1: Switzerland (Son of the King) vs Poland (Conrade_General)
Match 2: Croatia (r) vs Portugal (Pentagathus)

Match 3: Wales (Pentagathus) vs Northern Ireland (No1 Croat Fan)
Match 4: Hungary (r) vs Belgium (No1 Croat Fan)

Match 5: Germany (Son of the King) vs Slovakia (timgtimmehtimg)
Match 6: Italy (Othko97) vs Spain (Jubal)

Match 7: France (DrippingD) vs Republic of Ireland (Othko97)
Match 8: England (timgtimmehtimg) vs Iceland (Jubal)

[Gen_Glory]

I'd imagine you were seeing as you've got them in the sweepstake

[Jubal]

I do *sometimes* support Britain/British teams just because they're from my country. I'm just not always reliable at that!

[r]

First out... 

[Pentagathus]

Have I won yet?

[Jubal]

Well, looks like Portugal exploding here. And Wales getting burned as a result.

[no1 croat fan]

Okay so the tournament is over and well done to Portugal the eventual winners.

Here is the final rankings of everyone and which team of theirs performed the best:

9. R - Hungary - Round of 16 - 5 points at group stage - Goal difference of -2
8. Tim - England - Round of 16 - 5 points at group stage - Goal difference of 0
7. Jubal - Iceland - Guarter finalists - 5 points at Group stage
6. Othko - Italy - Quarter-finalists - 6 points at Group stage - Goal difference of 4 - 6 goals scored
5. Me - Belgium - Quarter-finalists - 6 points at Group stage - Goal difference of 4 - 9 goals scored
4. CG - Poland - Quarter-finalist - 7 points at Group stage
3. SonOfTheKing - Germany - Semi-finalists
2. DrippingD - France - Runners up
1. Pent - Portugal - Winners

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