Group B ofUEFA Euro 2016 containedEngland,Russia,Wales andSlovakia. Within this group, only Russia was a former European champion, having won as theSoviet Union in1960. This was Wales' and Slovakia's (as an independent nation) first appearance at the European Championship. Matches were played from 11 to 20 June 2016.
Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | UEFA Rankings October 2015[nb 1] | FIFA Rankings June 2016 |
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B1 | ![]() | 1 | Group E winner | 5 September 2015 | 9th | 2012 | Third place (1968), Semi-finals (1996) | 3 | 11 |
B2 | ![]() | 2 | Group G runner-up | 12 October 2015 | 11th | 2012 | Winners (1960) | 9 | 29 |
B3 | ![]() | 4 | Group B runner-up | 10 October 2015 | 1st | — | Debut | 28 | 26 |
B4 | ![]() | 3 | Group C runner-up | 12 October 2015 | 4th | 1980 | Winners (1976) | 19 | 24 |
Notes
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Advance toknockout stage |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
In theround of 16,
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Wales[2] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Slovakia[2] |
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England ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() England[6] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Russia[6] |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Russia[9] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Slovakia[9] |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() England[12] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Wales[12] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[4] |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Russia[15] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Wales[15] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[4] |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Slovakia[18] | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() England[18] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[4] |