Here's what the Euro Cup brackets would look like for GDP and population
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The Euro 2016 is down to 16 teams.
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And so, we decided to have the countries square off in terms of GDP and population.
Obviously, neither determines whether a certain country will win. Wales, for example, beat Russia 3-0 - even though its economic output is a mere fraction of Russia's. Meanwhile, roughly 20% of the world's population lives in China, but its men's soccer team ranks at a measly 81st in the world.
But, still, sometimes it's fun to look at things through an economic lens.
Here's what the bracket would look like for GDP (click for large):
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And here's what this looks like for population:
Elena Holodny/Business Insider
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