Iceland, smallest nation at Euro 2016, beat Austria to enter last 16

Iceland players celebrate a goal by Iceland's Arnor Ingvi Traustason during the Euro 2016 Group F match against Austria at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on June 22, 2016. Iceland won 2-1 to enter the round of 16 in their first appearance in a major international tournament. (AP)

Updated on: Jun 23, 2016 1:58 AM IST

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Iceland players celebrate a goal by Iceland's Arnor Ingvi Traustason during the Euro 2016 Group F match against Austria at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on June 22, 2016. Iceland won 2-1 to enter the round of 16 in their first appearance in a major international tournament. (AP)

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Iceland's players celebrate their victory with their supporters at the end of the match. (AP)

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Austria's Alessandro Schoepf, right, and Aleksander Dragovic are dejected after the loss eliminated them from Euro 2016. (AP)

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Austria's Christian Fuchs, left, tries to console his teammate, Alessandro Schoepf, at the end of the match. (AP)

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Iceland's Jon Dadi Bodvarsson waves his national flag at the end of the game. (AP)

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Iceland's Arnor Ingvi Traustason, bottom, scores his side's winning goal in the dying minutes of the match. (AP)

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Iceland's Arnor Ingvi Traustason, bottom, holds teammate Birkir Bjarnason as they celebrate their win. (AP)

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Iceland's fans cheer for their team. (AP)

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Iceland's Arnor Ingvi Traustason celebrates after scoring the winning goal. (AP)

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Austria's Aleksander Dragovic sits dejected after Austria’s loss eliminated them from the competition. (AP)

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Iceland's Arnor Ingvi Traustason, celebrates his winning goal while carrying his teammate Birkir Bjarnason, right. (AP)

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Austria's Alessandro Schoepf scores. (REUTERS)

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Austria's Alessandro Schoepf celebrates after scoring. (REUTERS)

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Jon Dadi Bodvarsson celebrates after scoring Iceland’s first goal. (AFP)