Group E of UEFA Euro 2024 took place from 17 to 26 June 2024. [1] The group contained Belgium, Slovakia, Romania, and Ukraine. All four teams finished with four points, making it the first European Championship, and the first major tournament since Group E of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where all teams in a group had the same amount of points. Ukraine became the first team to finish bottom of a European Championship group while earning as many as four points. [2] [3]
Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | Qualifying Rankings November 2023 [nb 1] | FIFA Rankings April 2024 |
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E1 | Belgium | 1 | Group F winner | 13 October 2023 | 7th | 2020 | Runners-up (1980) | 4 | 3 |
E2 | Slovakia [nb 2] | 3 | Group J runner-up | 16 November 2023 | 6th | 2020 | Winners (1976) | 16 | 48 |
E3 | Romania | 2 | Group I winner | 18 November 2023 | 6th | 2016 | Quarter-finals (2000) | 8 | 46 |
E4 | Ukraine | 4 | Play-off winner B | 26 March 2024 | 4th | 2020 | Quarter-finals (2020) | 21 | 22 |
Notes
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Romania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
In the round of 16, [5]
Romania [7] | Ukraine [7] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [7] |
Based on the FIFA Men's World Ranking, Slovakia's win was the biggest upset in UEFA European Championship history, with 45 places separating Belgium (3rd) and Slovakia (48th). [9] This was short lived, however, since Georgia (74th) beat Portugal (6th) 2-0 on June 26 in Group F. 68 places separated Georgia and Portugal, beating the Belgium-Slovakia record by 23 places. [10]
Belgium [12] | Slovakia [12] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [12] |
Slovakia [14] | Ukraine [14] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [14] |
Belgium [16] | Romania [16] |
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Man of the Match: Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) [8] Assistant referees: [16] |
Slovakia [18] | Romania [18] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [18] |
Ukraine [20] | Belgium [20] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [20] |
Fair play points would have been used as a tiebreaker if the head-to-head and overall records of teams had been tied (and if a penalty shoot-out was not applicable as a tiebreaker). These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received by players and team officials in all group matches as follows: [5]
Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player or team official in a single match.
Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | |||||||||
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Slovakia | 1 | 1 | –2 | ||||||||||
Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 1 | –3 | |||||||||
Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | –5 | |||||||||
Romania | 1 | 2 | 4 | –7 |
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