EURO forum in Stockholm

Tournament review
National team coaches and national technical directors from UEFA's 52 member associations – including a number of coaches who lived through the EURO experience – will join invited guests and senior UEFA officials for an important three-day review of the tournament.

Events and developments
The UEFA national coaches' gathering takes place after each major international tournament, and gives the European technical community an ideal opportunity to reflect upon the events and developments that mark final rounds at the game's highest level.

Technical focus
The conference will discuss the myriad factors that marked the EURO competition from a technical point of view. The focus will be on issues such as coaches' tactical choices and changes, squad management, how the coaches reacted to and dealt with crises, and how they themselves experienced the highs and lows of guiding a EURO team and carrying the hopes of a nation's football fans.

Skill and speed
UEFA's technical study group, which is finalising its report on the tournament, has identified the combination of skill and speed as key components for success in the modern game – elements that were evident in Portugal - and felt that Greece's shock UEFA European Championship conquest helped enhance football's 'romantic' side, in that it will now spur on many more associations, coaches and players to believe such achievements are possible.

National team game
In addition to the EURO review, the conference also gives UEFA and the technical community the chance to examine the future of the national team game – an issue which has been exercising the minds of the football world for some time.

European debate
UEFA considers the national team game to be a vital ingredient of football, as it unites fans and provides a source of national identity, as well as often helping players and coaches to heighten their media identity and enhance their own market value. UEFA is at the vanguard of the debate within the European football family about the number of foreign players plying their trade in other countries, in particular in Europe's major leagues, which the European body feels is having a detrimental effect on national team football.