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VIDEO: Iceland fans react to Euro win

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Newstalk ZB Staff ,
Publish Date
Wed, 29 Jun 2016, 8:50am

VIDEO: Iceland fans react to Euro win

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff ,
Publish Date
Wed, 29 Jun 2016, 8:50am

Icelandic football fans react to the moment they realised their tiny nation had upset powerhouse England at Euro 2016.

ICELAND: KEY FACTS

POPULATION: 330,000
CAPITAL: Reykjavik
PRESIDENT: Olafur Ragnar Grimsson
BIGGEST EXPORTS: Aluminium, seafood
FAMOUS ICELANDERS: Bjork (popstar), Sigur Ros (band), Eidur Gudjohnsen (former Chelsea striker), Magnus Magnusson (TV presenter), Emiliana Torrini (singer)
WORLD FOOTBALL RANKING: 34
FIRST TIER FOOTBALL COMPETITION: Urvalsdeild
GREATEST SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS:
* Vilhjalmur Einarsson wins Iceland's first ever Olympic medal with silver in the men's triple-jump in Melbourne 1956
* Men's handball win silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
* Annie Thorisdottir becomes the first woman to win the CrossFit Games twice (2011-12);
* Iceland qualify for the first time for EuroBasket, the premier European basketball competition
* Defeat England 2-1 to qualify for the quarter-finals of Euro 2016.

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