# 2016 CERH European Championship

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.
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 | Oliveira de Azeméis |
| Capacity: 2,300 | Oliveira de Azeméis |

## 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 :
| Group A PosTeam A1 Italy A2 Germany A3 France A4 England | Group B PosTeam 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 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Portugal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 2 | +26 | 9 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 6 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 17 | –12 | 3 |
| Austria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 30 | –28 | 0 |

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 14 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | 14 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | | | |
| Italy | 12 | | | |
| Italy | 12 | 15 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | 15 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | | |
| Austria | 1 | 15 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | 15 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | |
| Austria | 1 | Italy | 1 | |
| 14 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | 14 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | | Italy | 1 | |
| 14 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | 14 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | Spain | 0 | |
| Germany | 0 | Spain | 0 | |
| Germany | 0 | | | | 16 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | 16 July – Oliveira de Azeméis |
| Spain | 9 | | | | 16 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | 16 July – Oliveira de Azeméis |
| Spain | 9 | | | | Italy | 2 |
| 14 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | 14 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | | | | | Italy | 2 |
| 14 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | 14 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | | | | Portugal | 6 |
| France | 1 | | | | Portugal | 6 |
| France | 1 | 15 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | 15 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | | | |
| Switzerland | 6 | 15 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | 15 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | | | |
| Switzerland | 6 | Switzerland | 0 | | | |
| 14 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | 14 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | | Switzerland | 0 | | | |
| 14 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | 14 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | Portugal | 8 | | Third place | Third place |
| England | 0 | Portugal | 8 | | Third place | Third place |
| England | 0 | | | | 16 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | 16 July – Oliveira de Azeméis |
| Portugal | 12 | | | | 16 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | 16 July – Oliveira de Azeméis |
| Portugal | 12 | | | | Spain | 7 |
| | | | | | Switzerland | 1 |

### Fifth to eighth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 15 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | 15 July – Oliveira de Azeméis |
| Austria | 0 |
| Austria | 0 | 16 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | 16 July – Oliveira de Azeméis |
| Germany | 9 | 16 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | 16 July – Oliveira de Azeméis |
| Germany | 9 | Germany | 1 (1) |
| 15 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | 15 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | | Germany | 1 (1) |
| 15 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | 15 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | France (pen.) | 1 (2) |
| France | 5 | France (pen.) | 1 (2) |
| England | 2 | | |
| England | 2 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 16 July – Oliveira de Azeméis | 16 July – Oliveira de Azeméis |
| | | Austria | 1 |
| | | England | 6 |

#### Fifth place match
### Semi-finals
### Final
## Final ranking

| Rank | Team |
| | Portugal |
| | Italy |
| | Spain |
| 4 | Switzerland |
| 5 | France |
| 6 | Germany |
| 7 | England |
| 8 | Austria |