| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7 September 2014 – 17 November 2015 |
| Teams | 53 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 268 |
| Goals scored | 694 (2.59 per match)[note 1] |
| Attendance | 5,735,330 (21,400 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Robert Lewandowski (13 goals) |
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| UEFA European Qualifiers |
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The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying tournament was a football competition that was played from September 2014 to November 2015 to determine the 23 UEFA member men's national teams joining the automatically qualified host team France in the UEFA Euro 2016 final tournament.[1][2]
A total of 53 national teams participated in this qualifying process, with Gibraltar taking part for the first time. The draw took place at the Palais des Congrès Acropolis, Nice, on 23 February 2014.[3][4]
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- ^ "France beat Turkey and Italy to stage Euro 2016". British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 May 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ "Qualifying draw". UEFA.com. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ "Nice to get the ball rolling for EURO 2016". UEFA.com. 13 December 2013.