{"id":3363,"date":"2024-06-22T23:24:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T23:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/?p=3363"},"modified":"2024-06-22T23:24:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-22T23:24:52","slug":"what-each-euro-2024-team-needs-to-reach-the-knockout-rounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballvoyage.com\/?p=3363","title":{"rendered":"What each Euro 2024 team needs to reach the knockout rounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There’s still plenty on the line as Euro 2024 enters its final round of group-stage matches.<\/p>\n

Only Spain and Portugal are assured of finishing top of their quartets, while Poland is the only side officially eliminated from the tournament. That leaves 21 teams who have yet to determine their fate; host Germany is through to the next round, but its final position in Group A is still undetermined.<\/p>\n

The group-stage finales run Sunday through Wednesday. Before we delve into the permutations for each group, we’ll detail the crucial and occasionally cruel tiebreakers for teams that finish level on points.<\/p>\n

Tiebreakers<\/strong><\/p>\n

The tiebreakers are easier to handle because there’s no possible scenario where three out of four teams are level on points once their group is done, so we can cut that arduous fourth step.<\/p>\n

That leaves the tie-breaking criteria as:<\/p>\n

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  1. Head-to-head points<\/li>\n
  2. Head-to-head goal difference<\/li>\n
  3. Head-to-head goals scored<\/li>\n
  4. The tricky three-team tiebreaker rules<\/s><\/li>\n
  5. Goal difference in group<\/li>\n
  6. Total goals scored<\/li>\n
  7. Penalty shootout (if the two teams level on points are playing each other during the group finale)<\/li>\n
  8. Fewest disciplinary points (a yellow card is one point, three points for a direct red or two yellows, four points for a yellow followed by a direct red)<\/li>\n
  9. Overall ranking from European qualifiers<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Group A<\/h3>\n
    Andrew Milligan – PA Images \/ PA Images \/ Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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    #<\/th>\nNation<\/th>\nGD<\/th>\nPoints<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    1<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\n+6<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    2<\/td>\nSwitzerland<\/td>\n+2<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    3<\/td>\nScotland<\/td>\n-4<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    4<\/td>\nHungary<\/td>\n-4<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

    Final day:<\/strong> June 23 at 3:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n