2016 CERH European Championship

2016 CERH European Roller Hockey Championship
Euro 2016 – Oliveira de Azeméis
	2016 CERH European Championship official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
City	Oliveira de Azeméis
Dates	11 – 16 July 2016
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Portugal (21st title)
Runners-up	Italy
Third place	Spain
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	182 (7.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)	João Rodrigues ; (13 goals)

The 2016 CERH European Championship was the 52nd edition of the CERH European Roller Hockey Championship, a biennial tournament for men's national roller hockey teams of Europe organised by CERH, which took place between 11 and 16 July in Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal.^[1]

Eight teams competed in the tournament to determine the successor of Italy, who won the previous edition. In the final, hosts Portugal defeated the defending champions Italy 6–2 to secure a record-breaking 21st title, their first since 1998, when they beat Spain in the final.

Teams

The following eight teams competed at the tournament:

Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Austria	7th	2010	Eighth place (2010)
England	51st	2012	Champions (1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939)
France	51st	2014	Runners-up (1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931)
Germany	48th	2014	Runners-up (1932, 1934)
Italy	50th	2014	Champions (1953, 1990, 2014)
Portugal	47th	2014	Champions (1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)
Spain	39th	2014	Champions (1951, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1969, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Switzerland	52nd	2014	Runners-up (1937, 2006)

Venue

All the games of the tournament were played in Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal.

Oliveira de Azeméis	Oliveira de Azeméis
Pavilhão Dr. Salvador Machado
Capacity: 2,300

Squads

Each team submitted a squad of 10 players, including 2 goalkeepers.

Match officials

The referee teams were announced on 5 February 2016. Each team has two referees.

Country	Referees
Portugal	Rui Torres Paulo Rainha
Spain	Óscar Valverde Francisco Garcia
Italy	Franco Ferrari Matteo Galoppi
France England	Xavier Jacquart Derek Bell
Germany Switzerland	Thomas Ullrich Roland Eggimann

Draw

The 8 teams were divided in two groups, each group with 4 teams. The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A
Pos	Team
A1	Italy
A2	Germany
A3	France
A4	England

Group B
Pos	Team
B1	Portugal
B2	Spain
B3	Switzerland
B4	Austria

Group stage

All teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
Superior goal difference in all group matches;
Superior ratio of goals in all group matches, resulting from the number of goals scored divided by the number of goals conceded;
Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 5 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their rankings were determined by a direct free kick shoot-out (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage).

All times are Portugal Summer Time (UTC+01:00).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	1	0	21	3	+18	7
France	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7
Germany	3	1	0	2	5	15	–10	3
England	3	0	0	3	2	13	–11	0

11 July 2016