UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

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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) Flag of England.svg Harry Kane (12 goals)
2016
2024

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]

Contents

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 teams

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Team qualified for UEFA Euro 2020
Team failed to qualify UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying map.svg
  Team qualified for UEFA Euro 2020
  Team failed to qualify
Team [upper-alpha 1] Qualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament [upper-alpha 2]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Group I winner10 October 20195 ( 1972 , 1980, 1984, 2000 , 2016)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Group J winner12 October 20199 ( 1968 , 1980 , 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [upper-alpha 3] Group I runner-up13 October 201911 ( 1960 , 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Group G winner13 October 20193 (2008, 2012 , 2016)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Group B winner14 October 20192 ( 2012 , 2016)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Group F winner15 October 201910 ( 1964 , 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 , 2012 , 2016)
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France Group H winner14 November 20199 ( 1960 , 1984 , 1992, 1996, 2000 , 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 )
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Group H runner-up14 November 20194 (1996, 2000, 2008, 2016)
Flag of England.svg  England Group A winner14 November 20199 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996 , 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic [upper-alpha 4] Group A runner-up14 November 20199 (1960, 1976 , 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Group J runner-up15 November 20190 (debut)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Group F runner-up15 November 20196 ( 1992 , 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Group E winner16 November 20195 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Group G runner-up16 November 20192 ( 2008 , 2016)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Group C runner-up16 November 20199 (1976, 1980, 1988 , 1992, 1996, 2000 , 2004, 2008, 2012)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany [upper-alpha 5] Group C winner16 November 201912 ( 1972 , 1976, 1980 , 1984, 1988 , 1992, 1996 , 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Group B runner-up17 November 20197 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004 , 2008, 2012, 2016 )
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Group D winner18 November 20194 (1996, 2004, 2008 , 2016)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Group D runner-up18 November 20198 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992 , 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012)
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Group E runner-up19 November 20191 (2016)
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia Play-off Path D winner12 November 20200 (debut)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Play-off Path A winner12 November 20203 (1964, 1972, 2016)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia [upper-alpha 4] Play-off Path B winner12 November 20204 (1960, 1976 , 1980, 2016)
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Play-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. 1 2 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.

Format

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 ranking

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. [lower-alpha 1] 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 ranking

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.

Schedule

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 [upper-alpha 1]
Finals12 November 2020 [upper-alpha 2]
  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]

Draw

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]

Seeding

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
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal (title holders)2
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3
Flag of England.svg  England 4
Pot 1
TeamRank
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 5
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 6
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 7
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 9
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 10
Pot 2
TeamRank
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 11
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 12
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 13
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 14
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 15
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 16
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 17
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 18
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 19
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 20
Pot 3
TeamRank
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 21
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 22
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 23
Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 24
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 25
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 26
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 27
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 28
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 29
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 30
Pot 4
TeamRank
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 31
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 32
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 33
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 34
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 35
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 36
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 37
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 38
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 39
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 40
Pot 5
TeamRank
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 41
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 42
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 43
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 44
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 45
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 46
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 47
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 48
Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 49
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 50
Pot 6
TeamRank
Flag of Latvia (physical).svg  Latvia 51
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 52
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 53
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 54
Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 55

Summary

  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 A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Group I Group J
Flag of England.svg
England
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Czech Republic
Flag of Ukraine.svg
Ukraine
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Switzerland
Flag of Denmark.svg
Denmark
Flag of Croatia.svg
Croatia
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg
Wales
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
Flag of Sweden.svg
Sweden
Flag of Poland.svg
Poland
Flag of Austria.svg
Austria
Flag of France.svg
France
Flag of Turkey.svg
Turkey
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium
Flag of Russia.svg
Russia
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
Flag of Finland.svg
Finland
Flag of Kosovo.svg
Kosovo
Flag of Serbia.svg
Serbia
Ulster Banner.svg
Northern Ireland
Flag of Ireland.svg
Republic of Ireland
Flag of Slovakia.svg
Slovakia
Flag of Norway.svg
Norway
Flag of North Macedonia.svg
North Macedonia
Flag of Iceland.svg
Iceland
Flag of Scotland.svg
Scotland
Flag of Greece.svg
Greece
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Bulgaria
Flag of Luxembourg.svg
Luxembourg
Flag of Belarus.svg
Belarus
Flag of Georgia.svg
Georgia
Flag of Hungary.svg
Hungary
Flag of Romania.svg
Romania
Flag of Slovenia.svg
Slovenia
Flag of Albania.svg
Albania
Flag of Cyprus.svg
Cyprus
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag of Montenegro.svg
Montenegro
Flag of Lithuania.svg
Lithuania
Flag of Estonia.svg
Estonia
Flag of Gibraltar.svg
Gibraltar
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
Azerbaijan
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg
Faroe Islands
Flag of Israel.svg
Israel
Flag of Andorra.svg
Andorra
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg
Kazakhstan
Flag of Armenia.svg
Armenia
Flag of Malta.svg
Malta
Flag of Latvia (physical).svg
Latvia
Flag of Moldova.svg
Moldova
Flag of San Marino.svg
San Marino
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg
Liechtenstein

Groups

Matches took place from 21 March to 19 November 2019.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of England.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Flag of Kosovo.svg Flag of Bulgaria.svg Flag of Montenegro.svg
1Flag of England.svg  England 8701376+3121Qualify for final tournament 5–0 5–3 4–0 7–0
2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 85031311+215 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0
3Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 83231316311Advance to play-offs via Nations League 0–4 2–1 1–1 2–0
4Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 8134617116 0–6 1–0 2–3 1–1
5Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 8035322193 1–5 0–3 1–1 0–0
Source: UEFA

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Ukraine.svg Flag of Portugal.svg Flag of Serbia.svg Flag of Luxembourg.svg Flag of Lithuania.svg
1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 8620174+1320Qualify for final tournament 2–1 5–0 1–0 2–0
2Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 8521226+1617 0–0 1–1 3–0 6–0
3Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 84221717014Advance to play-offs via Nations League 2–2 2–4 3–2 4–1
4Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 811671694 1–2 0–2 1–3 2–1
5Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 8017525201 0–3 1–5 1–2 1–1
Source: UEFA

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Germany.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ulster Banner.svg Flag of Belarus.svg Flag of Estonia.svg
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8701307+2321Qualify for final tournament 2–4 6–1 4–0 8–0
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8611247+1719 2–3 3–1 4–0 5–0
3Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 8413913413Advance to play-offs via Nations League 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–0
4Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 8116416124 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–0
5Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 8017226241 0–3 0–4 1–2 1–2
Source: UEFA

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Flag of Denmark.svg Flag of Ireland.svg Flag of Georgia.svg Flag of Gibraltar.svg
1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 8521196+1317Qualify for final tournament 3–3 2–0 1–0 4–0
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 8440236+1716 1–0 1–1 5–1 6–0
3Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 834175+213Advance to play-offs via Nations League 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0
4Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 822471148 0–2 0–0 0–0 3–0
5Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 8008331280 1–6 0–6 0–1 2–3
Source: UEFA

Group E

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Croatia.svg Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Flag of Slovakia.svg Flag of Hungary.svg Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 8521177+1017Qualify for final tournament 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–1
2Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 8422106+414 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1
3Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 84131311+213Advance to play-offs via Nations League 0–4 1–1 2–0 2–0
4Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8404811312 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–0
5Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 8017518131 1–1 0–2 1–5 1–3
Source: UEFA

Group F

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Spain.svg Flag of Sweden.svg Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Romania.svg Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Flag of Malta.svg
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 10820315+2626Qualify for final tournament 3–0 2–1 5–0 4–0 7–0
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 10631239+1421 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–0
3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 104511911+817Advance to play-offs via Nations League 1–1 3–3 2–2 4–0 2–0
4Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 104241715+214 1–2 0–2 1–1 4–1 1–0
5Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 10109430263 [lower-alpha 1] 1–4 0–4 0–2 0–3 1–0
6Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 10109327243 [lower-alpha 1] 0–2 0–4 1–2 0–4 2–1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 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 G

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Poland.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of North Macedonia.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg Flag of Israel.svg Flag of Latvia (physical).svg
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 10811185+1325Qualify for final tournament 0–0 2–0 3–2 4–0 2–0
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 10613199+1019 0–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 6–0
3Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 104241213114 [lower-alpha 1] Advance to play-offs via Nations League 0–1 1–4 2–1 1–0 3–1
4Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 104241611+514 [lower-alpha 1] 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–0
5Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 103251618211Advance to play-offs via Nations League 1–2 4–2 1–1 1–1 3–1
6Flag of Latvia (physical).svg  Latvia 10109328253 0–3 1–0 0–2 0–5 0–3
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: North Macedonia 4, Slovenia 1.

Group H

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Flag of Turkey.svg Flag of Iceland.svg Flag of Albania.svg Flag of Andorra.svg Flag of Moldova.svg
1Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 10811256+1925Qualify for final tournament 1–1 4–0 4–1 3–0 2–1
2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 10721183+1523 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 4–0
3Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 106131411+319Advance to play-offs via Nations League 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–0
4Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 104151614+213 0–2 0–2 4–2 2–2 2–0
5Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 10118320174 0–4 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–0
6Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 10109426223 1–4 0–4 1–2 0–4 1–0
Source: UEFA

Group I

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Scotland.svg Flag of Cyprus.svg Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Flag of San Marino.svg
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 101000403+3730Qualify for final tournament 3–1 3–0 6–1 3–0 9–0
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 10802338+2524 1–4 4–0 1–0 1–0 9–0
3Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 105051619315Advance to play-offs via Nations League 0–4 1–2 2–1 3–1 6–0
4Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 103161520510 [lower-alpha 1] 0–2 0–5 1–2 1–1 5–0
5Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 103161317410 [lower-alpha 1] 0–2 0–4 3–0 1–2 4–0
6Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 100010151500 0–4 0–5 0–2 0–4 1–3
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Cyprus 4, Kazakhstan 1.

Group J

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Finland.svg Flag of Greece.svg Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Flag of Armenia.svg Flag of Liechtenstein.svg
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 101000374+3330Qualify for final tournament 2–0 2–0 2–1 9–1 6–0
2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 106041610+618 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–0
3Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 104241214214 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–3 1–1
4Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 104152017+313Advance to play-offs via Nations League 0–3 4–1 2–2 2–1 5–0
5Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 1031614251110 1–3 0–2 0–1 4–2 3–0
6Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 10028231292 0–5 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–1
Source: UEFA

Play-offs

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 selection

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]

Teams in bold advanced to the play-offs.

League A
RankTeam
1 GWFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
2 GWFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands [H]
3 GWFlag of England.svg  England [H]
4 GWFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
6Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
7Flag of Spain.svg  Spain [H]
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy [H]
9Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
10Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
11Flag of Germany.svg  Germany [H]
12Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
League B
RankTeam
13 GWFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
14 GWFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
15 GWFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark [H]
16 GWFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
17Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [H]
18Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
19Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
20Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
21Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
22Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
23Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland [H]
24Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
League C
RankTeam
25 GWFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland [H]
26 GWFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
27 GWFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
28 GWFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
29Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
30Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
31Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary [H]
32Flag of Romania.svg  Romania [H]
33Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
34Flag of Albania.svg  Albania
35Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
36Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
37Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
38Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
39Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
League D
RankTeam
40 GWFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
41 GWFlag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
42 GWFlag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo
43 GWFlag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
44Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
45Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia
46Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan [H]
47Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
48Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
49Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar
50Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands
51Flag of Latvia (physical).svg  Latvia
52Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein
53Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra
54Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
55Flag of San Marino.svg  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

Draw

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:

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

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

Path B

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

Path C

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

Path D

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

Goalscorers

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 ranking

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
1 I Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 8800273+2424Draw pot 1
2 J Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8800264+2224
3 A Flag of England.svg  England 8701376+3121
4 C Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8701307+2321
5 F Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8620225+1720
6 B Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 8620174+1320
7 H Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 8611194+1519Draw pot 2
8 G Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 8611135+819
9 D Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 8521196+1317
10 E Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 8521177+1017
11 C Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8611247+1719Draw pot 2
12 I Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8602198+1118
13 B Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 8521226+1617Draw pot 3
14 H Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 8521103+717
15 D Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 8440236+1716
16 G Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8512138+516
17 F Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8431169+715
18 A Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 85031311+215
19 E Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 8422106+414Draw pot 4
20 J Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 84041110+112
21 B Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 84221717014
22 E Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 84131311+213
23 D Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 834175+213
24 H Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 8413910113
25 C Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 8413913413
26 F Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 82511510+511
27 A Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 83231316311
28 J Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 8314913410
29 I Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 8305819119
30 G Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 822471258
31 E Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8404811312
32 G Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 8224101118
33 F Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 8224121538
34 D Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 822471148
35 H Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 8215101447
36 J Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8215121757
37 A Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 8134617116
38 B Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 811671694
39 C Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 8116416124
40 I Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 8116620144
41 J Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 82061024146
42 G Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 8125101775
43 I Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 8116616104
44 A Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 8035322193
45 E Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 8017518131
46 H Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 8017219171
47 B Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 8017525201
48 C Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 8017226241
49 F Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 8008228260
50 D Flag of Gibraltar.svg  Gibraltar 8008331280
51 H Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 10109426223
52 F Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 10109327243
53 G Flag of Latvia (physical).svg  Latvia 10109328253
54 J Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 10028231292
55 I Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 100010151500
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

Team of the European Qualifiers

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
Flag of Ukraine.svg Andriy Pyatov Flag of Iceland.svg Ragnar Sigurðsson
Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Ramos
Flag of Turkey.svg Merih Demiral
Flag of Cyprus.svg Ioannis Kousoulos
Flag of Israel.svg Eran Zahavi
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Georginio Wijnaldum
Flag of Portugal.svg Bernardo Silva
Flag of England.svg Harry Kane
Flag of England.svg Raheem Sterling
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Memphis Depay

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