Euro 2016

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Who will get the Euro in 2016?

Scotland (Posible joint bid with Wales, Ireland or Northern Ireland?)
Greece
Sweden and Norway
France
Turkey

Have all been reported to bid. With joint-bids in both 2008 and 2012 maybe UEFA want a single bid this time?

Both Scotland, Greece and Turkey may be depended on three or more venues in one city. Three in Glasgow, and mayby four in Athens and Istanbul.

Is France then the only real option?
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there will be no euro 2016 coz in 2012 it's the end of the world :lol:
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Greece :thumbs: Its like my second home..so I would be happy to see the Euro there 8)
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do you know when the decision is to be taken?
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Post by Kaiser »

According to wikipedia - it's spring 2011.
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My bet is that Greece & Turkey will win together, if UEFA stick on the idea to organise this tournament, where there was not such in history (or not recently, if we point Yugoslavia-1976, like a part of the same region with Greece and Turkey).
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Lyonnais, is France bidding? Have read both that they want to bid and that they won't.
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levski.bg wrote:My bet is that Greece & Turkey will win together, if UEFA stick on the idea to organise this tournament, where there was not such in history (or not recently, if we point Yugoslavia-1976, like a part of the same region with Greece and Turkey).
no way...Greece and Turkey together...I wont believe it...
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thanks Kaiser.
Kjello wrote:Lyonnais, is France bidding? Have read both that they want to bid and that they won't.
I understood that the FFF really wanted to bid.
Now I presume that this needs to be officially discussed with a lot different parties (among them the State obviously, UEFA as well), but I haven't heard that they finally wouldn't bid.
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Okey, maybe it's just my imagination that have read France denying a bid.
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LevskiFan wrote:
levski.bg wrote:My bet is that Greece & Turkey will win together, if UEFA stick on the idea to organise this tournament, where there was not such in history (or not recently, if we point Yugoslavia-1976, like a part of the same region with Greece and Turkey).
no way...Greece and Turkey together...I wont believe it...
Maybe they got closer in 2011 and be awrded this as prize?? (only to be fighting again in 2016, causing the EC to go to......France

What's the problem wtih 3 venues in 1 city? I just heared on the radio that "in this EC the distances are already so long. in 2012 Gdansk-Donetsk is almost 2000 km. Terrible. Holland+Belgium was great!"
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A big factor will be - 16 or 24 teams.

24 would make it tougher even for some joint bids. Though then even a three country hosting might not be unreasonable - still 21 qualifying spots.

That said I don't see the current tournament as a great advert for 24 teams. Even with 16 there are too many countries who don't seem to believe in themselves & play for "damage limitation" or to "not lose" rather than win. I suspect that 75% (at least) of the extra teams would have similarly limited ambitions.

Otherwise it's far too early to judge who the front-runners will be.
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is there a reall chance of having 24 teams? i wouldn't like it even if romania is one country that would benefit from this. the spectacle would drop in the group stages. and the players are all ready tired from theire clubs so in the final they won't be able to run at all.
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LevskiFan wrote:
levski.bg wrote:My bet is that Greece & Turkey will win together, if UEFA stick on the idea to organise this tournament, where there was not such in history (or not recently, if we point Yugoslavia-1976, like a part of the same region with Greece and Turkey).
no way...Greece and Turkey together...I wont believe it...
Why is it hard to believe? For 2008 we were candidates together with Greece.* Why not for another time? ;)

* - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_2008#Bid_process
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bbi wrote:is there a reall chance of having 24 teams? i wouldn't like it even if romania is one country that would benefit from this. the spectacle would drop in the group stages. and the players are all ready tired from theire clubs so in the final they won't be able to run at all.
24 teams are no good.
1. qualification becomes nearly meaningless
2. there is no good tournament mode with 24 teams
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