2016 CERH European Championship explained

Tourney Name:	CERH European Roller Hockey Championship
Year:	2016
Other Titles:	Euro 2016 – Oliveira de Azeméis
City:	Oliveira de Azeméis
Country:	Portugal
Dates:	11 – 16 July 2016
Num Teams:	8
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Count:	21
Matches:	24
Goals:	182
Top Scorer:	João Rodrigues (13 goals)
Prevseason:	2014
Nextseason:	2018

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:

width=15%	Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
	7th		Eighth place (2010)
	51st		Champions (1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939)
	51st		Runners-up (1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931)
	48th		Runners-up (1932, 1934)
	50th		Champions (1953, 1990, 2014)
	47th		Champions (1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)
	39th		Champions (1951, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1969, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
	52nd		Runners-up (1937, 2006)

Venue

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

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

Squads

See main article: article.

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
	Rui Torres Paulo Rainha
	Óscar Valverde Francisco Garcia
	Franco Ferrari Matteo Galoppi
	Xavier Jacquart Derek Bell
	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
	width=120	Team
A1
A2
A3
A4

+ Group B
	width=120	Team
B1
B2
B3
B4

Group stage

All teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

TiebreakersThe 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 .

Group A


3	2	1	0	21	3	+18	7
3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7
3	1	0	2	5	15	–10	3
3	0	0	3	2	13	–11	0

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Group B


3	3	0	28	2	+26	9
3	2	1	21	7	+14	6
3	1	2	5	17	–12	3
3	0	3	2	30	–28	0

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Knockout stage

Fifth to eighth place classification

Fifth place match

Final

Final ranking

Rank	Team



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External links

Notes and References

Web site: Assinatura de Protocolo para o Europeu Azeméis'16. CERH.eu. Comité Européen de Rink Hockey (CERH). 29 January 2016. 3 February 2016.