Cristiano Ronaldo led Portugal sealed their maiden title of the 15th UEFA European Championship with extra-time goal over the hosts and two times winners France at Stade de France on Sunday night.
Portugal’s substitute forward Eder was the hero in the high-voltage battle of UEFA EURO 2016 as he rifled the match winner in 109th-minute, after a barren 90 minutes.
Let us have a recap of the month long tournament.
Champions: Portugal; Runners-up: France; Title winning margin: 1-0; Captain: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) and Hugo Lloris (France)
Man of the final: Portugal defender Pepe
Golden Boot laureate: France forward Antoine Griezmann, scored 6 goals
Silver Boot laureate: Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, scored 3 goals
Bronze Boot laureate: France forward Olivier Giroud, scored 3 goals
Top of the Player Barometer: Dimitri Payet of France
SOCAR Young Player of the Tournament: Portugal midfielder Renato Sanches (youngest-ever finalist at 18 years and 328 days)
Highest number of assistance: Belgium’s Midfield Eden Hazard assisted for 4 goals
Most saves: Iceland goalkeeper Hannes Halldorsson, saved 27 times
Top speed: France Midfielder Kingsley Coman 32.8 km/h
Tournament Edition: 15th
Goals Total: so far 108 in 51 matches
Number of matches and venues: 51 matches in 10 stadiums in 10 cities (Bordeaux, Lens, Lille Metropole, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Paris, Saint-Denis, Saint-Etienne, and Toulouse)
Host country: France, for the 3rd time after the inaugural tournament in 1960 and the 1984
Participating teams: 24-team, started their campaign split in six group, each group consisted of four teams
Qualified for the Round of 16: France, Wales, Germany, Croatia, Italy and Hungary as Group Champions; Switzerland, England, Poland, Spain, Belgium and Iceland as Group Runners-up; Slovakia, Republic of Ireland, Portugal and Northern Ireland as Best 3rd place finishers.
Eliminated nations from Group stage: Albania, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and Czech Republic
Quarterfinalists: Germany. Italy, France Portugal, Wales, Poland, Belgium and Iceland
Semifinalists: Germany, France, Portugal and Wales
Finalists: Portugal and France
EURO Debuts: Wales, Iceland, Slovakia, Northern Ireland and Albania
EURO: Roll of Honour:
Year Winners Runners-up Margin Hosts
1960 – Soviet Union Yugoslavia 2-1 France
1964 – Spain Soviet Union 2-1 Spain
1968 – Italy Yugoslavia 2-0 Italy
1972 – West Germany Soviet Union 3-0 Belgium
1976 – Czechoslovakia West Germany 2(5)-2(3) Yugoslavia
1980 – West Germany Belgium 2-1 Italy
1984 – France Spain 2-0 France
1988 – Netherlands Soviet Union 2-0 West Germany
1992 – Denmark Germany 2-0 Sweden
1996 – Germany Czech Republic 2-1 England
2000 – France Italy 2-1 Belgium & Netherlands
2004 – Greece Portugal 1-0 Portugal
2008 – Spain Germany 1-0 Australia & Switzerland
2012 – Spain Italy 4-0 Poland & Ukraine
2016 – Portugal France 1-0 France
