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)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	59 (7.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Federico Ambrosio ; (6 goals)
	← 2014 2018 → All statistics correct as of 13 July 2016.

The 2016 CERH European Championship will be the 52nd edition of the CERH European Roller Hockey Championship, a tournament for men's national roller hockey teams organized by CERH, which is scheduled to take place between 11 and 16 July in Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal.^[1] Italy are the defending champions, after winning the 2014 tournament.

Eight national teams, including the hosts, Portugal, will compete in the tournament to crown a new European champion.

Teams

The following eight teams will compete 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 will be played in Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal.

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

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 advance 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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	2	0	19	1	+18	6
France	2	2	0	5	2	+3	6
England	2	0	2	1	10	–9	0
Germany	2	0	2	2	14	–12	0

11 July 2016