Important Facts about Euro 2016

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Important Facts about Euro 2016
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• Football tournaments are of course plays
  prominent in many peoples lives and European
  Championship is the second most popular
  tournament in this context. This is every time
  organized by UEFA immediately after the FIFA
  World Cup event. This year Euro 2016 is
  definitely special besides to remember that the
  Euro 2020 is the year taking this event to its
  60th successful year in its journey. Originally,
  it was started in the year 1960 in the France.
  This year 2016 was started successfully on June
  10th and it is going to conclude the tournament
  on July 10th of 2016. Currently Transfer News
  online covering this events day by day
  tournaments with their telling affect enriched
  reviews. Whether it is English Premier League or
  this Euro football tournament, reading it online
  is always a great pleasure for sports lovers.
• This European Championship tournament is having
  participation from 16 teams since 1996 Euro Cup,
  but this year this has grown up to 24 teams for
  the first time. It has taken almost five seasons
  or 5 tournaments period to reach this commanding
  figure of teams participation. It is important
  to remember here that the Brazil won FIFA World
  Cup in the year 1996 too had 24 teams
  participation. Definitely, this year Euro
  Championship 2016 is special with these many
  European teams participation and it means a lot
  spectacular action to feed your sports enthusiast
  too. A bigger Euro Championship is definitely a
  lot more enthralling event for the football
  lovers of this world.

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• Gibraltar team is this year special attraction in
  this championship through their debut. Gibraltar
  never made it to the qualification since its
  entry into UEFA membership. It was accepted into
  UEFA Congress in the year 2013 and it is a small
  UEFA member basing up on its population. Also,
  this member not yet full FIFA member too and yet
  to be qualified for the FIFA World Cup too. Also,
  there is another fact deserves mentioning at here
  that France is hosting this event for the third
  time. France hosted its first edition in the year
  19690 and again in the year 1984 in the past.
  This is a record that no other hosting country
  yet ever hosted this championship for three
  times.
• Euro 2016 official mascot is Super Victor and
  this was released and announced on November 18th,
  2014. This is another fact to note that mascot
  announcement or appearance earlier to the match
  event is happened for the first for this
  tournament. Half super hero and half child mascot
  wearing French kit and red cape along with the
  France national colors is mentioned with
  significance highlight in Transfer News blog too.
  Selecting a human as Euro Championship mascot
  like this is fourth time for this tournament.