Tag: EURO 2024 Play Offs

Countries Playing In the EURO 2024 Football Tournament

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The Euro 2024 teams have been determined and the complete fixture calendar has been finalized. In this review, we will provide you with all the essential information about the upcoming tournament, including the details about the fixtures and venues.

  • EURO 2024 Schedules

Euro 2024 is scheduled to be held from Friday, June 14 to Sunday, July 14, 2024, at Olympiastadion Berlin. The Euro 2024 opening game will be on June 14, 2024, at Munich Football Arena (Allianz Arena). In the Euro 2024 final tournament, the top two teams from each of the six groups will advance to the round of 16. The four best third-placed finishers will secure their spots in the knockout stage.

These crucial matches will take place between June 30 and July 2. Keep an eye on these dates as teams battle it out for a chance to progress further in the tournament. Meanwhile, the Quarter-finals will be on the 5th and 6th of July, while the semi-finals will be on the 9th and 10th of the same month.  

The host nation for this edition is Germany, which automatically qualified for the tournament. A total of 24 teams have qualified for Euro 2024, making it a highly anticipated football event.

 The 21 teams that have already secured their spot in the tournament are Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, and Turkey. The names of the remaining three teams will be determined through the play-offs on March 26, 2024, with Wales aiming to join England and Scotland in the finals. 

  • Euro 2024 Play-offs

Following its impressive 4-1 victory against Finland in the play-off semi-final held in Cardiff, Wales now finds itself just one win away from qualifying for Euro 2024. In Path B of the play-offs, Iceland secured their place in the finals by defeating 10-player Israel with a convincing 4-1 win. They will now face Ukraine in the finals. 

Ukraine, on the other hand, achieved a remarkable comeback victory away to Bosnia & Herzegovina, scoring in the 85th and 88th minutes to seal a 2-1 win. Meanwhile, in Path C, Greece showcased their dominance by thrashing Kazakhstan with an impressive 5-0 victory. They will now face off against Georgia in a crucial match that will determine their place in the tournament this summer.

To sum it up, the final play-off fixtures are as follows: Wales versus Poland, Ukraine versus Iceland, and Georgia versus Greece. These matches will decide which EURO 2024 teams will secure their spot in Euro 2024.

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How Many Teams Make The EURO 2024 Playoffs?

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How many teams will make the EURO 2024 playoffs? And how about the EURO 2024 finals? Naturally, the victors of the play-offs will move on to the championship finals. The contenders of the play-offs include multiple countries contending in Path A, B, and C.

They’ll then face in the EURO 2024 finals the winners of Path D, E, and F. Let’s now discuss the specifics of who made it, who’s still in play-off contention, and who might make it to the finals.

Six Out of Twelve Teams Remain in the Play-Offs

The UEFA EURO 2024 play-offs has 6 out of 12 teams still remaining, so 3 last-minute tickets are up for grabs for these national teams. The 6 semi-final matches happened in March 21, 2024. The winners will then advance on March 26, 2024.

  • The Semi-Finals: In Path A, the Poland national football team ends up beating Estonia 5-1. Meanwhile, Wales secured their spot by beating Finland 4-1. In Path B, Iceland has beaten Israel 4-1 while Ukraine has beaten Bosnia and Harzegovina 2-1. In Path c, Georgia wins against Luxembourg 2-0 and Greece wins against Kazakhstan 5-0.
  • The Upcoming Finals: In the upcoming play-off EURO 2024 finals, we have Wales facing off against Poland in Path A (20:45 CET), Ukraine facing off against Iceland in Path B (20:45 CET), and Georgia facing off against Greece in Path C (18:00 CET). Path A and B will start at the same time while Path C will start a little earlier.
  • When are the Three Finals? The EURO 2024 finals for play-offs will happen on March 26, 2024 and the three winning teams will complete the 24-team line-up of the proper EURO 2024 finals. The play-off matches are all single-leg knockout matches so it’s the hardest climb to the top.
  • Group D to F:  In Group D, there’s the Path A winners along France, Austria, and Netherlands. With Group E, there’s the Path B winners along with Romania, Slovakia, and Belgium. With Group F, there’s the Path C winners along with Turkiye, Portugal, and Czechia.
  • How Do They Handle Ties in the Play-Offs? If the ties are level at the end of the normal match time, the teams will go into overtime. If overtime doesn’t result in a team scoring a winning goal they’ll do a penalty shoot-out in the end.
  • Is This the First Time EURO 2024 Had Play-Offs? Six of the last seven EURO tournaments involved the play-offs. In EURO 2020, the play-offs were differently formatted. For the first time ever, teams had to survive more than one round and sides qualified to become EURO participants through the Nations League instead of the Euro Qualifiers.
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