15th European football championship, France
Magyar Posta is issuing a special stamp to mark the European football championship in France.
Magyar Posta is issuing a special stamp to mark
the European football championship in France. The designs of the stamp, the
first day cover and the postmark feature graphic compositions related to
football.The new issue was produced by the printing
company Pénzjegynyomda based on the
designs of the graphic artist András
Gábor Máté. The stamp will be on sale in first day post offices and at
Filaposta in Hungary from 3 June, but may also be purchased from Magyar Posta’s
online store.
TheEuropean football championship is organised
by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) every four years for the
national men’s teams of the member associations. It is the most prestigious
event in European football and the most important UEFA event. The first finals
were held in 1960, when it was known as theEuropean
Nations Cup. The name was changed to the European Football Championship in
1968.Until 1976 only the 4 best teams took part in the
final round. This was increased to 8 teams in 1980 and 16 in 1996. On 26
September 2008, UEFA decided that24
teams could take part in the finals of the European Football Championship in
2016, playing a total of 51 matches.On
every occasion the teams reached the final tournament after playing qualifying
rounds. The15th European
Football Championship will be held in France between 10 June and 10 July 2016.
The defending champions are Spain.Hungary will play at
the European Championship for the first time in 44 years. After beating Norway 1:0 away, they won 2:1
in the home leg of the play-off to secure their place at the finals to find
Europe’s best. Hungary will play its first match in Group F against Austria in
Bordeaux on 14 June, then takes on Iceland in Marseilles on 18 June and plays
the last group match against Portugal in Lyon on 22 June.
Source: nso.hu, m4sport.hu