Euro 2016 Organisers Reveal Stadium Rotation for Group Games

Organisers of the 2016 European Championship, which will take place in France, have revealed every team will rotate and play their three group games in different stadiums during Euro 2016.

Host France will play its first match of the 2016 European Championship at Stade de France, where the final and five other matches will also be played.

Stade de France, which hosted the 1998 World Cup final when France beat Brazil 3-0, has the most games during the June 10-July 10 event.

Six matches will be played in Lille, Lyon and Marseille, five in Bordeaux and the Parc des Princes in Paris, and four in Lens, Nice, Saint-Etienne and Toulouse.

Lille, Bordeaux, Marseille and Stade de France will host a quarterfinal each, and the semifinals will be held in Marseille and Lyon.

It is the first Euro with the expanded 24-team format.

The government will invest 160 million euros ($220 million) to help complete the renovation of stadiums.

UEFA president Michel Platini, who is French, was at the news conference at the FFF headquarters. He confirmed he would be there for France’s opening group game.

“I will most certainly be there,” he said. “In what function, I don’t know … maybe as a volunteer.”

All teams have total freedom to choose their training camps. A catalogue featuring 50 possible training bases will be made available after the World Cup in Brazil.

Tickets for Euro 2016 will be on sale from next spring.