In the knockout phase, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winners if necessary.[3] As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there was no third place play-off.
UEFA set out the following schedule for the round of 16:[3]
Match 1: Runners-up Group A vs Runners-up Group C
Match 2: Winners Group D vs 3rd Place Group B/E/F
Match 3: Winners Group B vs 3rd Place Group A/C/D
Match 4: Winners Group F vs Runners-up Group E
Match 5: Winners Group C vs 3rd Place Group A/B/F
Match 6: Winners Group E vs Runners-up Group D
Match 7: Winners Group A vs 3rd Place Group C/D/E
Match 8: Runners-up Group B vs Runners-up Group F
Combinations of matches in the Round of 16[]
The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depended on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16:[3]
Combination according to the four qualified teams
Third-placed teams qualify from groups
1A vs
1B vs
1C vs
1D vs
A
B
C
D
3C
3D
3A
3B
A
B
C
E
3C
3A
3B
3E
A
B
C
F
3C
3A
3B
3F
A
B
D
E
3D
3A
3B
3E
A
B
D
F
3D
3A
3B
3F
A
B
E
F
3E
3A
3B
3F
A
C
D
E
3C
3D
3A
3E
A
C
D
F
3C
3D
3A
3F
A
C
E
F
3C
3A
3F
3E
A
D
E
F
3D
3A
3F
3E
B
C
D
E
3C
3D
3B
3E
B
C
D
F
3C
3D
3B
3F
B
C
E
F
3E
3C
3B
3F
B
D
E
F
3E
3D
3B
3F
C
D
E
F
3C
3D
3F
3E
Qualified teams[]
The top two placed teams from each of the six groups qualified for the knockout stage, along with the four best third-placed teams.[3]
Assistant referees:[7] Michael Mullarkey (England)
Stephen Child (England)
Fourth official: Felix Brych (Germany)
Additional assistant referees: Michael Oliver (England)
Craig Pawson (England)
Reserve assistant referee: Mark Borsch (Germany)
Assistant referees:[7] Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)
Fourth official: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
Additional assistant referees: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
Tomasz Musiał (Poland)
Reserve assistant referee: Erwin Zeinstra (Netherlands)
Assistant referees:[7] Bahattin Duran (Turkey)
Tarık Ongun (Turkey)
Fourth official: Martin Atkinson (England)
Additional assistant referees: Hüseyin Göçek (Turkey)
Barış Şimşek (Turkey)
Reserve assistant referee: Michael Mullarkey (England)
England vs Iceland[]
The match has been described as one of England's worst defeats ever.[26] Former footballer and Talksport presenter Stan Collymore, who was commentating on the game, panned the England team, reserving special criticism for goalkeeper Joe Hart and captain Wayne Rooney.[27] Former England international and BBC Sport pundit Alan Shearer described it as the worst performance he had ever seen from an England team.[28] The defeat was called England's most shocking since losing 1–0 to the United States in the 1950 World Cup.[29]
The English team was viciously mocked by the press who described it as a "second exit from Europe", as the United Kingdom had voted to leave the European Union just four days earlier. As a result, the match was seen as a national embarrassment.[30] The English media criticized the team to be unfit and the fans to be unsportsmanlike, as talksport radio presenter Mark Saggers put, “Pack your bags, Roy, we've had enough of you… Wayne Rooney, we’ve had enough of you too, you've never delivered on the highest, the most important stage… The whole of this tournament will be happy that England’s going home. Because our reputation on and off the field is as low as it gets right now… The players might have sunk to their knees. The likes of Sturridge, probably crying his eyes out, you want to feel like we do watching you playing for England week in week out?”[31][32]
Assistant referees:[7] György Ring (Hungary)
Vencel Tóth (Hungary)
Fourth official: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Additional assistant referees: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)
Ádám Farkas (Hungary)
Reserve assistant referee: Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
Assistant referees:[7] Simon Beck (England)
Jake Collin (England)
Fourth official: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
Additional assistant referees: Anthony Taylor (England)
Andre Marriner (England)
Reserve assistant referee: György Ring (Hungary)