Euro 2016: 5 all-time European Championship records that were broken

European Championship with most goals

Griezmann was the tournament’s leading goal-scorer with 6 goals

With 24 teams and an extra 20 games as a result of the expansion, this Euro was expected to break the all-time record of most goals in a European Championship. And Euro 2016 did not disappoint as it saw an incredible 108 goals scored in the tournament with an average of 2.12 goals per game across the 51 matches.

The previous record was held by Euro 2000, a tournament which was also held in France, in which the hosts reached the final, just like they did in Euro 2016. But unlike in 2000, France lost in the final and had to be content with the second-most goals by a team in a Euro, equalling their own record of 13. A goal was scored every 44 minutes in Euro 2016 and that meant that Euro 2000's record of 85 goals.

However, the caveat is that more games was played in this Euro compared to any previous edition. It was a four-team tournament that kicked off the inaugural edition of the Euro in 1960 before it became a 16-team tournament in 1996 and 24 in 2016.