EURO 2024, operation of the qualifying play-offs

Twelve groups are collaborating within the UEFA EURO 2024 play-offs on 21 and 26 March 2024. Qualification for these play-offs is determined on efficiency within the 2022/23 UEFA Nations League.

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The fixtures can be decided by a sequence of attracts following the conclusion of European qualifying for the finals. There can be six semi-finals on March 21, 2024 and three finals on March 26, 2024, the three profitable groups from these matches will full the record of 24 groups within the closing section.

Historical past of dams

There have been play-offs for six of the final seven EUROs, beginning with a one-off match between the Netherlands and the Republic of Eire in Liverpool for EURO 96. The UEFA EURO 2020 play-offs, nevertheless, provided a format very totally different. For the primary time, groups needed to undergo a couple of spherical and, in contrast to all earlier editions, groups certified to enter the play-offs by means of the UEFA Nations League quite than European qualifiers.

Format

Twelve groups are chosen primarily based on their efficiency within the 2022/23 Nations League. Group winners from Leagues A, B and C will qualify for these play-offs, but when they’ve already certified by means of the play-offs, they are going to be changed by the highest-ranked unqualified crew of their league. If there will not be sufficient unqualified groups in the identical league, then a crew from the decrease league could also be chosen as much as League D.

Play-offs winners

1996: Republic of Eire 0-2 Netherlands, Liverpool
2000: Scotland 1-2 agg. England (0-2 1-0)
2000: Israel 0-8 at. Denmark (0-5 0-3)
2000: Slovenia 3-2 agg. Ukraine (2-1 1-1)
2000: Republic of Eire 1-1 agg. Turkey (1-1 0-0, Turkey win on away objectives)
2004: Scotland 1-6 agg. Netherlands (1-0 0-6)
2004: Croatia 2-1 agg. Slovenia (1-1 1-0)
2004: Russia 1-0 agg. Wales (0-0 1-0)
2004: Latvia 3-2 agg. Turkey (1-0 2-2)
2004: Spain 5-1 agg. Norway (2-1 3-0)
2012: Turkey 0-3 agg. Croatia (0-3 0-0)
2012: Estonia 1-5 agg. Republic of Eire (0-4 1-1)
2012: Czech Republic 3-0 agg. Montenegro (2-0 1-0)
2012: Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-6 agg. Portugal (0-0 2-6)
2016: Ukraine 3-1 agg. Slovenia (2-0 1-1)
2016: Sweden 4-3 agg. Denmark (2-1 2-2)
2016: Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-3 agg. Republic of Eire (1-1 0-2)
2016: Norway 1-3 agg. Hungary (0-1 1-2)
2020: Semi-final Path A: Bulgaria 1-3 Hungary
2020: Semi-final Path A: Iceland 2-1 Romania
2020: Semi-final Path B: Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-1 Northern Eire (ap, Northern Eire win 4-3 on penalties)
2020: Semi-final Path B: Slovakia 0-0 Republic of Eire (ap, Slovakia win 4-2 on penalties)
2020: Semi-final Path C: Norway 1-2 Serbia (ap)
2020: Semi-final Path C: Scotland 0-0 Israel (ap, Scotland win 5-3 on penalties)
2020: Semi-final Path D: Georgia 1-0 Belarus
2020: Semi-final Path D: North Macedonia 2-1 Kosovo
2020: Path A Last: Hungary 2-1 Iceland
2020: Path B Last: Northern Eire 1-2 Slovakia (ap)
2020: Path C Last: Serbia 1-1 Scotland (ap, Scotland win 5-4 on penalties)
2020: Path D Last: Georgia 0-1 North Macedonia

Information and statistics

Prime scorers

3 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden)
3 Robbie Keane (Republic of Eire)
3 Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark)
3 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Pales-Netherlands)
3 Jon Walters (Republic of Eire)

Largest win (general 2 matches)

Denmark 8-0 at. Israel, 1999

Largest victory (over a match)

Netherlands 6-0 Scotland, 2003

Most prolific saves (throughout each matches)

Denmark 8-0 at. Israel, 1999
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-6 agg. Portugal, 2011

Most prolific shoot-offs (over a match)

Portugal 6-2 Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2011

If we rating the primary objective…

The crew to attain first has gained 22 of the EURO’s 30 play-offs. The exceptions (along with the 2 that led to a goalless draw):

2000: Slovenia 3-2 agg. Ukraine (2-1 1-1)
2000: Republic of Eire 1-1 agg. Turkey (1-1 0-0, Turkey win on away objectives)
2004: Scotland 1-6 agg. Netherlands (1-0 0-6)
2004: Spain 5-1 agg. Norway (2-1 3-0)
Semi-final 2020: Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-1 Northern Eire (Northern Eire win 3-4 on penalties)
Last 2020: Hungary 2-1 Iceland

Defeat on the way in which

Just one crew misplaced the primary leg and certified. In 2003, the Netherlands got here again from a 1-0 defeat in Scotland with a 6-0 win at dwelling.

Triplets in play-offs

Ruud van Nistelrooy is the one participant to attain a hat-trick within the play-off, within the Netherlands’ 6-0 victory over Scotland in 2003.

Efficiency of the play-offs within the closing section

• Semi-finals: Netherlands (2004), Portugal (2012)
• Quarter-finals: Netherlands (1996), Turkey (2000), Czech Republic (2012)
• Spherical of 16: Hungary (2016), Republic of Eire (2016)

The opposite 15 play-off winners have been eradicated after the group stage.

Leads to play-offs

Belarus: 0 qualification, 1 elimination
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 0 3
Bulgaria: 0 1
Croatia: 2 0
Czechia: 1 0
Denmark: 1 1
England: 1 0
Estonia: 0 1
Georgia: 1 1
Hungary: 3 0
Iceland: 1 1
Israel: 0 2
Kosovo: 0 1
Latvia: 1 0
Montenegro: 0 1
Netherlands: 2 0
Northern Eire: 1 1
North Macedonia: 2 0
Norway: 0 3
Portugal: 1 0
Republic of Eire: 2 3
Romania: 0 1
Russia: 1 0
Scotland: 2 2
Serbia: 1 1
Slovakia: 2 0
Slovenia: 1 2
Spain: 1 0
Sweden: 1 0
Turkey: 1 2
Ukraine: 1 1
Wales: 0 1

Good to know

• Two groups scored six objectives of their play-off second leg: the Netherlands in 2003 and Portugal in 2011. Each reached the semi-finals of the next summer time’s match.

• There had by no means been a goalless play-off earlier than two got here in a single night time on 8 October 2020: Slovakia v Republic of Eire and Scotland v Israel.

• Scotland are the primary crew to qualify for the EURO by means of a penalty shootout.

• Patrick Kluivert scored the primary objective of the play-offs: for the Netherlands towards Eire on 13 December 1995. He additionally scored the second.

Dams, EURO by EURO

• EURO ’96: The primary play-off sees the 2 runners-up meet in a single sport at Anfield.

• EURO 2000: introduction of two-way play-offs with the eight lowest ranked runners-up

• EURO 2004: two-leg play-offs involving the ten runners-up from the qualifying teams.

• EURO 2008: no play-offs.

• EURO 2012 and 2016: EURO 2000 format.

• EURO 2020: As soon as once more 4 play-off tickets are provided for the ultimate match, however this time the groups entered on the idea of their performances within the 2018/19 UEFA Nations League quite than the qualifying teams EURO; 16 groups performed two rounds in a single sport.