Belgium national football team final tournament under Spanish manager Roberto Martínez, becoming the first European team besides hosts Russia to do so. The team reached an all-time high third place in the World Football Elo Ratings after their win in the round of 16. Belgium was eliminated in the semi-finals by eventual champions France, but won the third place play-off against England. In home matches, the team's outfield players traditionally wear the colours of the Belgian flag: black, yellow and red. Red dominates the strip and is often the sole jersey colour. The away colours are usually white, black or both; in 2014, the
National colours have national sporting teams, they do use it for anything that connected to the organisation like associated bodies. Examples of using these colours are for the United Nations the recognisable blue helmets of the peacekeeping operations and the flags of associated UN agencies like the World Health Organisation with the UN's light blue and white. Another illustration is the blue and yellow of the EU flag that is used with anything European like the blue European Health Insurance Card, or the “Blue Card” for skilled immigration. National colours National colours are frequently part of a country's set of national symbols.