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EURO 2016 at a glance

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 PepeGolden Boot laureate: France forward Antoine Griezmann, scored 6 goalsSilver Boot laureate: Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, scored 3 goalsBronze Boot laureate: France forward Olivier Giroud, scored 3 goalsTop of the Player Barometer:  Dimitri Payet of FranceSOCAR 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 goalsMost saves: Iceland goalkeeper Hannes Halldorsson, saved 27 timesTop speed: France Midfielder Kingsley Coman 32.8 km/hTournament Edition: 15thGoals Total: so far 108 in 51 matchesNumber 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 1984Participating teams: 24-team, started their campaign split in six group, each group consisted of four teamsQualified 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 RepublicQuarterfinalists:  Germany. Italy, France Portugal, Wales, Poland, Belgium and IcelandSemifinalists: Germany, France, Portugal and WalesFinalists: Portugal and FranceEURO Debuts: Wales, Iceland, Slovakia, Northern Ireland and AlbaniaEURO: Roll of Honour:Year     Winners            Runners-up       Margin       Hosts 1960 -   Soviet Union      Yugoslavia            2-1           France1964 -   Spain                  Soviet Union         2-1           Spain1968 -   Italy                    Yugoslavia            2-0            Italy1972 -   West Germany   Soviet Union         3-0            Belgium1976 -  Czechoslovakia   West Germany   2(5)-2(3)     Yugoslavia1980 -  West Germany     Belgium                2-1           Italy1984 -  France                  Spain                     2-0           France1988 -  Netherlands         Soviet Union         2-0           West Germany          1992 -  Denmark              Germany               2-0           Sweden1996 -  Germany              Czech Republic     2-1          England   2000 -  France                   Italy                      2-1          Belgium & Netherlands     2004 -  Greece                  Portugal                1-0          Portugal2008 -  Spain                    Germany               1-0          Australia & Switzerland      2012 -  Spain                    Italy                       4-0          Poland & Ukraine    2016 -  Portugal                France                   1-0          France  Source: uefa.com