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Euro 2016: Every team previewed and pictured

Yahoo UK's Matt Ogborn previews every team who have qualified for Euro 2016. Who will come out on top?

Group A

(Clockwise) France, Albania, Switzerland and Romania
(Clockwise) France, Albania, Switzerland and Romania

France

The tournament hosts start as one of the favourites, but can their exceptional midfield and strong attackers overcome their injury-riddled defence?

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Albania

The tournament minnows are playing at their first ever major tournament, can they continue the fairytale or will they just make up the numbers?

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Romania

They struggled to score goals in qualifying but finished the campaign with the meanest defence, only conceding two goals.

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Switzerland

Finished second in qualifying behind England and the Swiss will be looking to make the Euro playoffs for the first time.

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Group B

(Clockwise) England, Wales, Russia and Slovakia
(Clockwise) England, Wales, Russia and Slovakia

England

Like France, England have a shaky defence and will be relying on the likes of Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy, Wayne Rooney and Dele Alli to score more goals than they concede.

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Russia

Manager Leonid Slutsky turned the Russians' qualifying campaign around and they'll be quietly confident out getting out of Group B.

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Slovakia

With an experienced defence, a smattering of Premier League, Serie A and Bundesliga players and an outright star in Marek Hamsik underestimate Slovakia at your peril.

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Wales

A team of international-standard players and two genuine world-class in Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey has given Wales hope they could at least reach the quarter finals.

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Group C

(Clockwise) Northern Ireland, Germany, Ukraine and Poland
(Clockwise) Northern Ireland, Germany, Ukraine and Poland

Germany

Current World Cup champions Germany have an ominous mix of experience and youth as well as oodles of depth all over the park. Deserve to be one of the favourites.

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Northern Ireland

The draw for Northern Ireland at their first major tournament in 30 years has not been kind. But they currently have the longest unbeaten run of any team at Euro 2016 and will rely much on Kyle Lafferty's exploits in front of goal.

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Poland

Despite much of the focus being on Bayern Munich goal machine Robert Lewandowski, Poland are much more than simply a one-man team.

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Ukraine

A squad of mainly Ukrainian-based players could give this side an air of the unknown, and could breed a tight-knit culture which could make up for a lack of stars.

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Group D

(Clockwise) Czech Republic, Croatia, Turkey and Spain
(Clockwise) Czech Republic, Croatia, Turkey and Spain

Croatia

Always dangerous at major tournaments, the selections of Ivan Rakitic, Luka Modric and Mateo Kovacic will see Croatia head into Euro 2016 with one of the best midfields in world football.

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Czech Republic

Much could rely on Premier League stars Petr Cech and Tomas Rosicky leading the Czechs out of Group D.

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Spain

Spain don't appear to be at their imperious best heading into Euro 2016, but it would take a brave man indeed to write off the two-time defending champions yet.

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Turkey

Turkey don't always qualify for major tournaments but when they do, they tend to go far. With a mix of promising players and stars like Arda Turan and Nuri Sahin Turkey could be a a dark horse at Euro 2016.

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Group E

(Clockwise) Republic of Ireland, Belgium, Sweden and Italy
(Clockwise) Republic of Ireland, Belgium, Sweden and Italy

Belgium

One paper, Belgium appear to have the most talented squad of all the teams at Euro 2016, the key will be getting all of that talent reading from the same page.

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Italy

With a lack of a genuine striker and injuries in midfield, expect Italy to revert to their defensive tactics. And incoming Chelsea boss Antonio Conte will be desperate to leave Italy on a high.

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Republic of Ireland

The Republic head into this month's tournament with one of the most experienced squads (Robbie Keane, Shay Given and John O'Shea have 388 caps between them) in France, and will be hoping that experience will pay off.

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Sweden

No mention of Sweden can be done without star striker (and captain) Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and they'll be hoping their talisman can carry them out of the group stage.

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Group F

(Clockwise) Austria, Hungary, Portugal and Iceland
(Clockwise) Austria, Hungary, Portugal and Iceland

Austria

It may be only the first time they've qualififed for the Euros (Austria was co-host in 2008) write them off at your peril. Many may not be household names in England yet, but this is a side who only dropped 2 points their entire qualifying campaign (in their opening match) to comfortably finish ahead of Sweden and Russia in their gorup.

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Hungary

With a mix of players largely based in their homeland, Poland and Germany, Hungary will be flying under the radar somewhat. But with their players looking to impress and potentially earn a lucrative foreign contract, they could be a handful.

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Iceland

The smallest country to ever qualify for the Euros, Iceland will be approaching France with nothing to fear. And in evergreen attacker Eidur Gudjohnsen, midfielders Gylfi Sigurdsson and Aron Gunnarson, Iceland do have genuine quality.

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Portugal

It would be easy to call them a one-man team, but in Nani, Joao Moutinho, Ricardo Carvalho and Pepe, Portugal have dangerous operators to complement Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo.

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