UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

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The UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying tournament was a football competition that was played from March 2019 to November 2020 to determine the 24 UEFA member men's national teams that advanced to the UEFA Euro 2020 final tournament, played across Europe in June and July 2021.[1][2][3] The competition was linked with the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League, giving countries a secondary route to qualify for the final tournament. For the first time since 1976, no team automatically qualified for the UEFA European Championship as the host country.[4]

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates21 March 2019 – 12 November 2020
Teams55
Tournament statistics
Matches played262
Goals scored826 (3.15 per match)
Attendance5,225,403 (19,944 per match)
Top scorer(s)England Harry Kane (12 goals)
2016
2024

The national teams of all 55 UEFA member associations entered the qualifying process, with Kosovo taking part for the first time. The group stage draw took place at the Convention Centre Dublin, Ireland, on 2 December 2018.[5]

Qualified teamsedit

  Team qualified for UEFA Euro 2020
  Team failed to qualify


Team[A]Qualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament[B]
 BelgiumGroup I winner10 October 20195 (1972, 1980, 1984, 2000, 2016)
 ItalyGroup J winner12 October 20199 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
 Russia[C]Group I runner-up13 October 201911 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
 PolandGroup G winner13 October 20193 (2008, 2012, 2016)
 UkraineGroup B winner14 October 20192 (2012, 2016)
 SpainGroup F winner15 October 201910 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
 FranceGroup H winner14 November 20199 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
 TurkeyGroup H runner-up14 November 20194 (1996, 2000, 2008, 2016)
 EnglandGroup A winner14 November 20199 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016)
 Czech Republic[D]Group A runner-up14 November 20199 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
 FinlandGroup J runner-up15 November 20190 (debut)
 SwedenGroup F runner-up15 November 20196 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
 CroatiaGroup E winner16 November 20195 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
 AustriaGroup G runner-up16 November 20192 (2008, 2016)
 NetherlandsGroup C runner-up16 November 20199 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Germany[E]Group C winner16 November 201912 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
 PortugalGroup B runner-up17 November 20197 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
  SwitzerlandGroup D winner18 November 20194 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2016)
 DenmarkGroup D runner-up18 November 20198 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012)
 WalesGroup E runner-up19 November 20191 (2016)
 North MacedoniaPlay-off Path D winner12 November 20200 (debut)
 HungaryPlay-off Path A winner12 November 20203 (1964, 1972, 2016)
 Slovakia[D]Play-off Path B winner12 November 20204 (1960, 1976, 1980, 2016)
 ScotlandPlay-off Path C winner12 November 20202 (1992, 1996)
  1. ^ Italic indicates team from one of the eleven host associations.
  2. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
  3. ^ From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.
  4. ^ a b From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic and Slovakia competed as Czechoslovakia.[6][7][8]
  5. ^ From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.

Formatedit

There was no automatic qualifying berth, and all 55 UEFA national teams, including the twelve national teams whose countries were selected to stage matches, had to compete in the qualifiers for the 24 places at the finals tournament.[2][3] As the host cities were appointed by UEFA in September 2014, before qualifying, it was possible for the national teams from the host cities to fail to qualify for the finals tournament.[9][10]

With the creation of the UEFA Nations League starting in 2018, the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League was linked with UEFA Euro qualifying, providing teams another chance to qualify for the tournament.[10][11] The qualifying process guaranteed that at least one team from each division of the previous Nations League season would qualify for the final tournament (either directly or through the play-offs).[12][13]

The main qualifying process began with the qualifying group stage in March 2019, instead of late 2018 immediately following the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and ended in November 2019. The qualifiers were played on double matchdays in March, June, September, October, and November 2019.[12] As with the 2016 qualifying tournament, the group stage decided 20 of the 24 teams that advanced to the final tournament. Following the admission of Kosovo to UEFA in May 2016, it was announced that the 55 teams would be drawn into ten groups after the completion of the league phase of the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League, and the draw seeding would be based on the overall rankings of the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League.[14] There were five groups of five teams, and five groups of six teams, with the four UEFA Nations League Finals participants guaranteed to be drawn into groups of five teams (so they could compete in the Nations League Finals in June 2019). The top two teams in each of the ten groups qualified for the final tournament.[15][16]

Following the qualifying group stage, the qualifying play-offs took place to determine the remaining four teams for the final tournament. Unlike previous editions, the participants of the play-offs were not decided based on results from the qualifying group stage. Instead, sixteen teams were selected based entirely on their performance in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League. These teams were divided into four paths, each containing four teams, with one team from each path qualifying for the final tournament. Each league had its own play-off path if at least four teams had not already qualified in the conventional qualifying group stage. The Nations League group winners automatically qualified for the play-off path of their league. If a group winner had already qualified through the qualifying group stage, they were replaced by the next best-ranked team in the same league. However, if there were not enough non-qualified teams in the same league, then the spot went to the next best team in the overall ranking. However, group winners could not face teams from a higher league.[1]

Each play-off path featured two single-leg semi-finals, and one single-leg final. In the semi-finals, the best-ranked team hosted the lowest-ranked team, and the second-ranked team hosted the third-ranked team. The host of the final was drawn between the winners of the semi-final pairings. The four play-off path winners joined the twenty teams that had already qualified for the final tournament.[13] The UEFA Executive Committee approved the use of the video assistant referee system for the play-offs during their meeting in Nyon, Switzerland on 4 December 2019, the first time the technology was used in the qualifying competition.[17]

Tiebreakers for group rankingedit

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:[1]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference in matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played among the teams in question;
  4. Higher number of goals scored away from home in the matches played among the teams in question;
  5. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 4, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 were reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings.[a] If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 10 applied;
  6. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. Higher number of wins in all group matches;
  10. Higher number of away wins in all group matches;
  11. Fair play conduct in all group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
  12. Position in the UEFA Nations League overall ranking.

Notes

  1. ^ When there were two or more teams tied in points, criteria 1 to 4 were applied. After these criteria were applied, they may have defined the position of some of the teams involved, but not all of them. For example, if there is a three-way tie on points, the application of the first four criteria may only break the tie for one of the teams, leaving the other two teams still tied. In this case, the tiebreaking procedure is resumed, from the beginning, for those teams that are still tied.

Criteria for overall rankingedit

To determine the overall rankings of the European Qualifiers, results against teams in sixth place were discarded and the following criteria were applied:[1]

  1. Position in the group;
  2. Higher number of points;
  3. Superior goal difference;
  4. Higher number of goals scored;
  5. Higher number of goals scored away from home;
  6. Higher number of wins;
  7. Higher number of wins away from home;
  8. Fair play conduct (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
  9. Position in the UEFA Nations League overall ranking.

Scheduleedit

Below was the schedule of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying campaign.[14]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the qualifying play-offs, originally scheduled for 26 and 31 March 2020, were postponed by UEFA on 17 March 2020.[18][19] Afterwards, UEFA tentatively scheduled for the matches to take place on 4 and 9 June 2020.[20] However, the play-offs were later postponed indefinitely by UEFA on 1 April 2020.[21] The scheduling of the play-offs was reviewed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting on 17 June 2020.[22] At the meeting, UEFA decided to stage the play-off semi-finals on 8 October 2020, and the finals on 12 November 2020.[23] To facilitate this, an additional matchday was added to both international windows, allowing for triple-headers to be played in order to complete the league phase of the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League as scheduled.[24] The changes to the International Match Calendar for October and November 2020 were approved by the FIFA Council on 25 June 2020.[25]

StageMatchdayDates
Qualifying group stageMatchday 121–23 March 2019
Matchday 224–26 March 2019
Matchday 37–8 June 2019
Matchday 410–11 June 2019
Matchday 55–7 September 2019
Matchday 68–10 September 2019
Matchday 710–12 October 2019
Matchday 813–15 October 2019
Matchday 914–16 November 2019
Matchday 1017–19 November 2019
Play-offsSemi-finals8 October 2020[A]
Finals12 November 2020[B]
  1. ^ Originally scheduled for 26 March 2020, and later for 4 June 2020
  2. ^ Originally scheduled for 31 March 2020, and later for 9 June 2020

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 2 December 2018 following the draw.[26][27]

Drawedit

The qualifying group stage draw was held on 2 December 2018, 12:00 CET (11:00 local time), at the Convention Centre Dublin in Dublin, Ireland.[5][28][29] The 55 teams were drawn into 10 groups: five groups of five teams (Groups A–E) and five groups of six teams (Groups F–J).[30][31][32]

The teams were seeded based on the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League overall ranking. The four participants of the 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals in June 2019 were placed in a separate pot and drawn into Groups A–D which only had five teams so that they only had to play eight qualifying matches, leaving two free matchdays to play in Nations League Finals.[1] The following restrictions were also applied with computer assistance:[33]

  • Host teams: In order to allow all 12 teams from the host associations to have a chance to qualify as group winners and runners-up, a maximum of two were placed in each group: Azerbaijan, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Spain.
  • Prohibited clashes: For political reasons, matches between following pairs of teams were considered prohibited clashes, unable to be drawn into the same group: Gibraltar / Spain, Kosovo / Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo / Serbia. (Armenia / Azerbaijan and Russia / Ukraine were also identified as prohibited clashes, but the teams in these pairs were in the same pots for the draw.)
  • Winter venues: A maximum of two teams whose venues were identified as having high or medium risk of severe winter conditions were placed in each group: Belarus, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Russia, Ukraine.
    • The three "hard winter venues" (Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland) generally could not host games in March or November; the others played as few home matches as possible in March and November.
  • Excessive travel: A maximum of one pair of teams identified with excessive travel distance in relation to other countries were placed in each group:
    • Azerbaijan: with Iceland, Portugal. (Gibraltar was also identified with Azerbaijan for excessive travel distance, but the teams were in the same pot for the draw.)
    • Iceland: with Armenia, Cyprus, Georgia, Israel.
    • Kazakhstan: with Andorra, England, France, Iceland, Malta, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Wales. (Faroe Islands and Gibraltar were also identified with Kazakhstan for excessive travel distance, but the teams were in the same pot for the draw.)

Seedingedit

The teams were seeded based on the November 2018 UEFA Nations League overall rankings.[34][35] Teams in italics are final tournament hosts. Teams in bold qualified to the final tournament.

UNL pot
TeamRank
  Switzerland1
 Portugal (title holders)2
 Netherlands3
 England4
Pot 1
TeamRank
 Belgium5
 France6
 Spain7
 Italy8
 Croatia9
 Poland10
Pot 2
TeamRank
 Germany11
 Iceland12
 Bosnia and Herzegovina13
 Ukraine14
 Denmark15
 Sweden16
 Russia17
 Austria18
 Wales19
 Czech Republic20
Pot 3
TeamRank
 Slovakia21
 Turkey22
 Republic of Ireland23
 Northern Ireland24
 Scotland25
 Norway26
 Serbia27
 Finland28
 Bulgaria29
 Israel30
Pot 4
TeamRank
 Hungary31
 Romania32
 Greece33
 Albania34
 Montenegro35
 Cyprus36
 Estonia37
 Slovenia38
 Lithuania39
 Georgia40
Pot 5
TeamRank
 Macedonia41
 Kosovo42
 Belarus43
 Luxembourg44
 Armenia45
 Azerbaijan46
 Kazakhstan47
 Moldova48
 Gibraltar49
 Faroe Islands50
Pot 6
TeamRank
 Latvia51
 Liechtenstein52
 Andorra53
 Malta54
 San Marino55

Summaryedit

  Group winners and runners-up qualified directly for UEFA Euro 2020
  Teams advanced to the play-offs, selected based on their performance in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League
  Other teams were eliminated after the qualifying group stage
Group AGroup BGroup CGroup DGroup EGroup FGroup GGroup HGroup IGroup J

England

Czech Republic

Ukraine

Portugal

Germany

Netherlands

Switzerland

Denmark

Croatia

Wales

Spain

Sweden

Poland

Austria

France

Turkey

Belgium

Russia

Italy

Finland

Kosovo

Serbia

Northern Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Slovakia

Norway

North Macedonia

Iceland

Scotland

Greece

Bulgaria

Luxembourg

Belarus

Georgia

Hungary

Romania

Slovenia

Albania

Cyprus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Montenegro

Lithuania

Estonia

Gibraltar

Azerbaijan

Faroe Islands

Israel

Andorra

Kazakhstan

Armenia

Malta

Latvia

Moldova

San Marino

Liechtenstein

Groupsedit

Matches took place from 21 March to 19 November 2019.

Group Aedit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  England8701376+3121Qualify for final tournament5–05–34–07–0
2  Czech Republic85031311+2152–12–12–13–0
3  Kosovo83231316−311Advance to play-offs via Nations League0–42–11–12–0
4  Bulgaria8134617−1160–61–02–31–1
5  Montenegro8035322−1931–50–31–10–0
Source: UEFA

Group Bedit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Ukraine8620174+1320Qualify for final tournament2–15–01–02–0
2  Portugal8521226+16170–01–13–06–0
3  Serbia84221717014Advance to play-offs via Nations League2–22–43–24–1
4  Luxembourg8116716−941–20–21–32–1
5  Lithuania8017525−2010–31–51–21–1
Source: UEFA

Group Cedit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Germany8701307+2321Qualify for final tournament2–46–14–08–0
2  Netherlands8611247+17192–33–14–05–0
3  Northern Ireland8413913−413Advance to play-offs via Nations League0–20–02–12–0
4  Belarus8116416−1240–21–20–10–0
5  Estonia8017226−2410–30–41–21–2
Source: UEFA

Group Dedit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1   Switzerland8521196+1317Qualify for final tournament3–32–01–04–0
2  Denmark8440236+17161–01–15–16–0
3  Republic of Ireland834175+213Advance to play-offs via Nations League1–11–11–02–0
4  Georgia8224711−480–20–00–03–0
5  Gibraltar8008331−2801–60–60–12–3
Source: UEFA

Group Eedit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Croatia8521177+1017Qualify for final tournament2–13–13–02–1
2  Wales8422106+4141–11–02–02–1
3  Slovakia84131311+213Advance to play-offs via Nations League0–41–12–02–0
4  Hungary8404811−3122–11–01–21–0
5  Azerbaijan8017518−1311–10–21–51–3
Source: UEFA

Group Fedit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Spain10820315+2626Qualify for final tournament3–02–15–04–07–0
2  Sweden10631239+14211–11–12–13–03–0
3  Norway104511911+817Advance to play-offs via Nations League1–13–32–24–02–0
4  Romania104241715+2141–20–21–14–11–0
5  Faroe Islands10109430−263[a]1–40–40–20–31–0
6  Malta10109327−243[a]0–20–41–20–42–1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points (3) and head-to-head goal difference (0). Head-to-head away goals: Faroe Islands 1, Malta 0.

Group Gedit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Poland10811185+1325Qualify for final tournament0–02–03–24–02–0
2  Austria10613199+10190–12–11–03–16–0
3  North Macedonia104241213−114[a]Advance to play-offs via Nations League0–11–42–11–03–1
4  Slovenia104241611+514[a]2–00–11–13–21–0
5  Israel103251618−211Advance to play-offs via Nations League1–24–21–11–13–1
6  Latvia10109328−2530–31–00–20–50–3
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: North Macedonia 4, Slovenia 1.

Group Hedit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  France10811256+1925Qualify for final tournament1–14–04–13–02–1
2  Turkey10721183+15232–00–01–01–04–0
3  Iceland106131411+319Advance to play-offs via Nations League0–12–11–02–03–0
4  Albania104151614+2130–20–24–22–22–0
5  Andorra10118320−1740–40–20–20–31–0
6  Moldova10109426−2231–40–41–20–41–0
Source: UEFA

Group Iedit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Belgium101000403+3730Qualify for final tournament3–13–06–13–09–0
2  Russia10802338+25241–44–01–01–09–0
3  Scotland105051619−315Advance to play-offs via Nations League0–41–22–13–16–0
4  Cyprus103161520−510[a]0–20–51–21–15–0
5  Kazakhstan103161317−410[a]0–20–43–01–24–0
6  San Marino100010151−5000–40–50–20–41–3
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Cyprus 4, Kazakhstan 1.

Group Jedit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Italy101000374+3330Qualify for final tournament2–02–02–19–16–0
2  Finland106041610+6181–21–02–03–03–0
3  Greece104241214−2140–32–12–12–31–1
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina104152017+313Advance to play-offs via Nations League0–34–12–22–15–0
5  Armenia103161425−11101–30–20–14–23–0
6  Liechtenstein10028231−2920–50–20–20–31–1
Source: UEFA

Play-offsedit

Teams that failed in the qualifying group stage could still qualify for the final tournament through the play-offs. Each league in the UEFA Nations League was allocated one of the four remaining final tournament spots. Four teams from each league that had not already qualified for the European Championship finals competed in the play-offs of their league. The play-off berths were first allocated to each Nations League group winner, and if any of the group winners had already qualified for the European Championship finals, then to the next best ranked team of the league, etc.

Team selectionedit

The team selection process determined the 16 teams that competed in the play-offs based on a set of criteria that obeyed these principles:[36]

  • Each league formed a path with the four best-ranked teams not yet qualified.
  • If one or more leagues had fewer than four non-qualifying teams, spots were taken by other eligible teams based on ranking.
  • Group winners could not face teams from higher leagues.

Teams in bold advanced to the play-offs.

League A
RankTeam
GW  Portugal
GW  Netherlands[H]
GW  England[H]
GW   Switzerland
5  Belgium
6  France
7  Spain[H]
8  Italy[H]
9  Croatia
10  Poland
11  Germany[H]
12  Iceland
League B
RankTeam
13 GW  Bosnia and Herzegovina
14 GW  Ukraine
15 GW  Denmark[H]
16 GW  Sweden
17  Russia[H]
18  Austria
19  Wales
20  Czech Republic
21  Slovakia
22  Turkey
23  Republic of Ireland[H]
24  Northern Ireland
League C
RankTeam
25 GW  Scotland[H]
26 GW  Norway
27 GW  Serbia
28 GW  Finland
29  Bulgaria
30  Israel
31  Hungary[H]
32  Romania[H]
33  Greece
34  Albania
35  Montenegro
36  Cyprus
37  Estonia
38  Slovenia
39  Lithuania
League D
RankTeam
40 GW  Georgia
41 GW  North Macedonia
42 GW  Kosovo
43 GW  Belarus
44  Luxembourg
45  Armenia
46  Azerbaijan[H]
47  Kazakhstan
48  Moldova
49  Gibraltar
50  Faroe Islands
51  Latvia
52  Liechtenstein
53  Andorra
54  Malta
55  San Marino

Key

  1. GW Nations League group winner
  2. H UEFA Euro 2020 host at the time of the draw
  3.   Team advanced to play-offs
  4.   Team qualified directly to final tournament

Drawedit

The qualifying play-off draw took place on 22 November 2019, 12:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.[37] The draw followed the path formation rules to determine the play-off paths that the non-group winners would participate in.[38][39] Four separate draws determining the host of the play-off final of each path also took place between the winners of the semi-final pairings (identified as semi-final 1 for 1 v 4, and semi-final 2 for 2 v 3).[4]

Based on the 16 teams that advanced to the play-offs, the four play-off paths were formed following the path formation rules, starting with League D and working up to League A:

  • As there were four group-winning teams from League D, they were all placed in Path D.
  • As there were seven teams from League C (three group winners and four non-group winners), the three group winners were placed in Path C, while a draw decided which one of the four non-group winners was also placed in Path C.
  • As there were four teams from League B (one group winner and three non-group winners), they were all placed in Path B.
  • As there was only one non-group winning team from League A, it was placed in Path A. The three non-group winners from League C that were not drawn to Path C were then placed in Path A.

The following four non-group winners from League C (ordered by Nations League ranking) took part in the draw, with one being drawn into Path C, while the remaining three were allocated to Path A:[40]

  1.  Bulgaria
  2.  Israel
  3.  Hungary[H]
  4.  Romania[H]

The team drawn into Path C occupied position C4, while the three teams drawn into Path A occupied positions A2, A3 and A4, following their Nations League ranking.

The following was the composition of the play-off paths:

Path A
RankTeam
1  Iceland
2  Bulgaria
3  Hungary[H]
4  Romania[H]
Path B
RankTeam
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2  Slovakia
3  Republic of Ireland[H]
4  Northern Ireland
Path C
RankTeam
1  Scotland[H]
2  Norway
3  Serbia
4  Israel
Path D
RankTeam
1  Georgia
2  North Macedonia
3  Kosovo
4  Belarus

Key

  1. H UEFA Euro 2020 host at the time of the draw

The following semi-final winners were drawn to host the play-off final:

With host Scotland in Path C, and two other hosts Hungary and Romania to be drawn into Path A or C, it was not possible to prevent one of these paths from containing two host teams. Therefore, the winner of the path with two hosts had to be assigned to two final tournament groups.

Path Aedit

Home team Score Away team
Semi-finals
Iceland  2–1  Romania
Bulgaria  1–3  Hungary
Final
Hungary  2–1  Iceland

Path Bedit

Home team Score Away team
Semi-finals
Bosnia and Herzegovina  1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)  Northern Ireland
Slovakia  0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)  Republic of Ireland
Final
Northern Ireland  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Slovakia

Path Cedit

Home team Score Away team
Semi-finals
Scotland  0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)  Israel
Norway  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Serbia
Final
Serbia  1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)  Scotland

Path Dedit

Home team Score Away team
Semi-finals
Georgia  1–0  Belarus
North Macedonia  2–1  Kosovo
Final
Georgia  0–1  North Macedonia

Goalscorersedit

There were 826 goals scored in 262 matches, for an average of 3.15 goals per match.

12 goals

11 goals

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Overall rankingedit

The overall rankings were used for seeding in the final tournament draw.[41] Results against sixth-placed teams were not considered in the ranking.[1]

RnkGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsAllocation
1I  Belgium8800273+2424Draw pot 1
2J  Italy8800264+2224
3A  England8701376+3121
4C  Germany8701307+2321
5F  Spain8620225+1720
6B  Ukraine8620174+1320
7H  France8611194+1519Draw pot 2
8G  Poland8611135+819
9D   Switzerland8521196+1317
10E  Croatia8521177+1017
11C  Netherlands8611247+1719Draw pot 2
12I  Russia8602198+1118
13B  Portugal8521226+1617Draw pot 3
14H  Turkey8521103+717
15D  Denmark8440236+1716
16G  Austria8512138+516
17F  Sweden8431169+715
18A  Czech Republic85031311+215
19E  Wales8422106+414Draw pot 4
20J  Finland84041110+112
21B  Serbia84221717014
22E  Slovakia84131311+213
23D  Republic of Ireland834175+213
24H  Iceland8413910−113
25C  Northern Ireland8413913−413
26F  Norway82511510+511
27A  Kosovo83231316−311
28J  Greece8314913−410
29I  Scotland8305819−119
30G  North Macedonia8224712−58
31E  Hungary8404811−312
32G  Slovenia82241011−18
33F  Romania82241215−38
34D  Georgia8224711−48
35H  Albania82151014−47
36J  Bosnia and Herzegovina82151217−57
37A  Bulgaria8134617−116
38B  Luxembourg8116716−94
39C  Belarus8116416−124
40I  Cyprus8116620−144
41J  Armenia82061024−146
42G  Israel81251017−75
43I  Kazakhstan8116616−104
44A  Montenegro8035322−193
45E  Azerbaijan8017518−131
46H  Andorra8017219−171
47B  Lithuania8017525−201
48C  Estonia8017226−241
49F  Faroe Islands8008228−260
50D  Gibraltar8008331−280
51H  Moldova10109426−223
52F  Malta10109327−243
53G  Latvia10109328−253
54J  Liechtenstein10028231−292
55I  San Marino100010151−500
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

Team of the European Qualifiersedit

Following the completion of the qualifying group stage, UEFA released a "Team of the European Qualifiers" on 29 November 2019. The team featured 11 players based on accumulated scores from the FedEx Performance Zone player rankings, which was based on form from qualifying. Additional weighting was given for teams that played only eight matches.[42]

GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Andriy Pyatov Ragnar Sigurðsson
Sergio Ramos
Merih Demiral
Ioannis Kousoulos
Eran Zahavi
Georginio Wijnaldum
Bernardo Silva
Harry Kane
Raheem Sterling
Memphis Depay

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