Group A of UEFA Euro 2020 took place from 11 to 20 June 2021 in Baku's Olympic Stadium and Rome's Stadio Olimpico. [1] The group contained Turkey, host nation and eventual champions Italy, Wales and Switzerland.
Group A of UEFA Euro 2020 took place from 11 to 20 June 2021 in Baku's Olympic Stadium and Rome's Stadio Olimpico. [1] The group contained Turkey, host nation and eventual champions Italy, Wales and Switzerland.
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | Qualifying Rankings November 2019 [nb 1] | FIFA Rankings May 2021 |
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| A1 |  Turkey | 3 | Group H runner-up | 14 November 2019 | 5th | 2016 | Semi-finals (2008) | 14 | 29 |
| A2 |  Italy (host) | 1 | Group J winner | 12 October 2019 | 10th | 2016 | Winners (1968) | 2 | 7 |
| A3 |  Wales | 4 | Group E runner-up | 19 November 2019 | 2nd | 2016 | Semi-finals (2016) | 19 | 17 |
| A4 |  Switzerland | 2 | Group D winner | 18 November 2019 | 5th | 2016 | Round of 16 (2016) | 9 | 13 |
Notes
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Italy (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Wales | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
In the round of 16, [2]
          Turkey [4] |     Italy [4] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [4] |
| Wales | 1–1 | Switzerland |
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     Wales [7] |     Switzerland [7] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [7] |
| Turkey | 0–2 | Wales |
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Turkey [9] |      Wales [9] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [9] |
| Italy | 3–0 | Switzerland |
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    Italy [11] | Switzerland [11] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [11] |
| Switzerland | 3–1 | Turkey |
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     Switzerland [13] |      Turkey [13] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [13] |
Italy [15] | Wales [15] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [15] |
Fair play points were to be used as a tiebreaker if the head-to-head and overall records of teams were tied (and if a penalty shoot-out was not applicable as a tiebreaker). These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows: [2]
Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.
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| Italy | 1 | −1 | |||||||||||
| Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 1 | −5 | |||||||||
| Turkey | 2 | 2 | 3 | −7 | |||||||||
| Wales | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | −8 | ||||||||
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