Wales at the UEFA European Championship

This is a record of Wales' results at the UEFA European Championship. The UEFA European Championship, previously known at European Nations' Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), the administrative body for association football in Europe. The championship has been awarded every four years, since the first tournament in 1960.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the UEFA Euro Finals). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 24 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month.

Wales have only qualified once for a UEFA European Championship — the Euro 2016 tournament. They directly qualified after securing the second spot in their qualifying group, with one group match left.^[1] For the draw of the end stage that took place on 12 December 2015, they were seeded in Pot 4.^[2] In their first tournament, Wales reached the semi-finals before losing 0–2 to Portugal, who went on to win the final.

Overview

In finals										In qualifying competition
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA		GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960	Did not enter									Did not enter
1964	Did not qualify									1	0	0	1	2	4
1968	Did not qualify									6	1	2	3	6	12
1972	Did not qualify									6	2	1	3	5	6
1976	Did not qualify									7	5	0	2	14	7
1980	Did not qualify									6	3	0	3	11	8
1984	Did not qualify									6	2	3	1	7	6
1988	Did not qualify									6	2	2	2	7	5
1992	Did not qualify									6	4	1	1	8	6
1996	Did not qualify									10	2	2	6	9	19
2000	Did not qualify									8	3	0	5	7	16
2004	Did not qualify									9	4	1	4	13	11
2008	Did not qualify									12	4	3	5	18	19
2012	Did not qualify									8	3	0	5	6	10
2016	Semi-finals	4th/24	6	4	0	2	10	6		10	6	3	1	11	4
Total	1/20	1 Semi-final	6	4	0	2	10	6		111	41	18	42	122	133

* Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Wales's European Championship record
First Match	Wales 2–1 Slovakia  (Bordeaux, France; 11 June 2016)
Biggest Win	Russia 0–3 Wales  (Toulouse, France; 20 June 2016)
Biggest Defeat	Portugal 2–0 Wales  (Lyon, France; 6 July 2016)
Best Result	Semi-finals at the 2016 European Championship
Worst Result
Top Goalscorer	Gareth Bale (3) at the 2016 European Championship

Record vs each country

UEFA European Championship finals matches
Total : Wins - Draws - Loses - Matches played
Against	Wins	Draws	Losses	Total
Belgium	1	0	0	1
England	0	0	1	1
Northern Ireland	1	0	0	1
Portugal	0	0	1	1
Russia	1	0	0	1
Slovakia	1	0	0	1

Euro 2016

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wales	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Advance to knockout phase
2	England	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Russia	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Wales  v  Slovakia

11 June 2016 18:00

Wales	2–1	Slovakia
Bale  10' Robson-Kanu  81'	Report	Duda  61'

Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux, Bordeaux Attendance: 37,831[3] Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

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England  v  Wales

16 June 2016 15:00

England	2–1	Wales
Vardy  56' Sturridge  90+2'	Report	Bale  42'

Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens Attendance: 34,033[4] Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

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Russia  v  Wales

20 June 2016 21:00

Russia	0–3	Wales
	Report	Ramsey  11' Taylor  20' Bale  67'

Stadium Municipal, Toulouse Attendance: 28,840[5] Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Wales  v  Northern Ireland

25 June 2016 18:00

Wales	1–0	Northern Ireland
McAuley  75' (o.g.)	Report

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 44,342[6] Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Quarter-finals

Wales  v  Belgium

1 July 2016 21:00

Wales	3–1	Belgium
A. Williams  31' Robson-Kanu  55' Vokes  86'	Report	Nainggolan  13'

Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq Attendance: 45,936[7] Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

Semi-finals

Portugal  v  Wales

6 July 2016 21:00

Portugal	2–0	Wales
Ronaldo  50' Nani  53'	Report

Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu Attendance: 55,679[8] Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

References

1. "Wales qualify despite Bosnia and Herzegovina loss". UEFA. 10 Oct 2015. Retrieved 12 Dec 2015.
2. "UEFA EURO 2016 draw pots take shape". UEFA. 14 Oct 2015. Retrieved 14 Oct 2015.
3. "Full Time Summary – Wales v Slovakia" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
4. "Full Time Summary – England v Wales" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
5. "Full Time Summary – Russia v Wales" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
6. "Full Time Summary – Wales v Northern Ireland" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
7. "Full Time Summary – Wales v Belgium" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
8. "Full Time Summary – Portugal v Wales" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.