Group C of UEFA Euro 2004 was one of four groups in the final tournament's initial group stage. It began on 14 June and was completed on 22 June. The group consisted of Italy, Denmark, Sweden and Bulgaria.
Sweden won the group and advanced to the quarter-finals, along with Denmark. Italy and Bulgaria failed to advance.
Three teams – Italy, Denmark and Sweden – all finished with five points, with each team having defeated Bulgaria but drawn their two other games. As all results between the three teams in question were draws, both the points won in these games and the goal difference accrued in these games still left the teams undivided. The decisive tiebreaker was therefore the goals scored during the games between one another: Italy having scored the fewest goals of the three teams were therefore eliminated.
This became so with a 2–2 result between Denmark and Sweden in the last group game, a result that Italy knew would eliminate them and one that representatives of both teams denied would happen in advance of the game, Sweden co-coach Lars Lagerbäck quoted as saying in response to Italian questions on the likelihood of this score occurring: "I don't think it will end 2–2 — that is a very unusual result". [1]
Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | UEFA Rankings November 2003 [nb 1] | FIFA Rankings June 2004 |
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C1 | Sweden | 1 | Group 4 winner | 10 September 2003 | 3rd | 2000 | Semi-finals (1992) | 3 | 18 |
C2 | Bulgaria | 4 | Group 8 winner | 10 September 2003 | 2nd | 1996 | Group stage (1996) | 18 | 40 |
C3 | Denmark | 3 | Group 2 winner | 11 October 2003 | 7th | 2000 | Winners (1992) | 14 | 15 |
C4 | Italy | 2 | Group 9 winner | 11 October 2003 | 6th | 2000 | Winners (1968) | 5 | 10 |
Notes
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 [lower-alpha 1] | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 [lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 [lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
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