From fixtures and live group tables to the last-16 schedule and confirmed games, here’s all you need to know about this summer’s tournament.
Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal and European champions Italy are the first teams to qualify for the knockout phase of Euro 2024.
And while the last-16 picture is anything but complete, we now know that England will play Germany on Saturday night in the round of 16 if they progress from Group C as runners-up, while a meeting with Spain could then await in the quarter-finals.
Round-of-16 state of play
Saturday June 29
37 Germany vs 2C (Dortmund, kick-off 8pm UK time)
38 Switzerland vs Italy (Berlin, kick-off 5pm UK time)
Sunday June 30
39 Spain vs 3A/D/E/F (Cologne, kick-off 8pm UK time)
40 1C vs 3D/E/F (Gelsenkirchen, kick-off 5pm UK time)
Monday July 1
41 Portugal vs 3A/B/C (Frankfurt, kick-off 8pm UK time)
42 2D vs 2E (Düsseldorf, kick-off 5pm UK time)
Tuesday July 2
43 1E vs 3A/B/C/D (Munich, kick-off 5pm UK time)
44 1D vs 2F (Leipzig, kick-off 8pm UK time)
Rest days on 3 and 4 July
Quarter-finals
Friday July 5
45 Spain or the Winners of Game 39 vs Germany or the Winners of Game 37 (Stuttgart, kick-off 5pm UK time)
46 Portugal or the Winners of Game 41 vs W42 (Hamburg, kick-off 8pm UK time)
Saturday July 6
47 W43 vs W44 (Berlin, kick-off 8pm UK time)
48 W40 vs Switzerland or the Winners of Game 38 (Dusseldorf, kick-off 5pm UK time)
Rest days on 7 and 8 July
Semi-finals
Tuesday July 9
49 W45 vs W46 (Munich, kick-off 8pm UK time)
Wednesday July 10
50 W47 vs W48 (Dortmund, kick-off 8pm UK time)
Rest days on July 11, 12 and 13
Euro 2024 final
Sunday July 14
W49 vs W50 (Berlin, kick-off 8pm UK time)
What are the Euro 2024 groups and latest standings?
Group A – Germany, Scotland, Hungary, Switzerland
Group B – Spain, Croatia, Italy, Albania
Group C – Slovenia, Denmark, Serbia, England
Group D – Poland, Netherlands, Austria, France
Group E – Belgium, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine
Group F – Turkey, Georgia, Portugal, Czech Republic
Third-place table
Who’s booked their slot in the round of 16?
Germany and Switzerland have booked their dates in the round of 16, having finished winners and runners-up in Group A, respectively.
Meanwhile, Spain and Portugal will advance to the last 16 as winners, with both sides topping Group B and Group F – having superior, head-to-head results over Italy and Turkey, while the European champions have also progressed as Group B runners-up.
Meanwhile, the likes of England, Netherlands and France have also all been guaranteed a place in the knockouts as at the very least one of the four best third-placed teams, regardless of the results of their final group games with on Tuesday.
What is the Euro 2024 schedule and format?
How does a group tiebreaker work?
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied:
- Higher number of points obtained in the matches played among the teams in question.
- Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played among the teams in question.
- Higher number of goals scored in the matches played among the teams in question.
- If, after having applied criteria 1) to 3), teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1) to 3) are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the remaining teams to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5) to 8) apply in the order given to the two or more teams still equal.
- Superior goal difference in all group matches.
- Higher number of goals scored in all group matches.
- Lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received by players and team officials in all group matches (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points).
- Position in the overall European Qualifiers rankings.
If two teams have the same number of points, goals scored and goals conceded in their last group match against each other, their final rankings are determined by a penalty shootout – provided that no other teams within the group have the same number of points on completion of all group matches.
How could this affect England?
England will be split for first and second place on overall goal difference if they draw against Slovenia and Denmark beat Serbia.
In that scenario, the tiebreaker factors overall goals scored, then disciplinary points, and then European Qualifiers rankings.
How does ranking third-placed teams work?
The top two teams from each of the six groups will proceed to the round of 16.
Those 12 sides will be joined by four of the six third-placed finishers in the groups. The sides finishing third will be placed into a league table, with the top four sides progressing to the last 16.
The teams that finish third in their respective groups are ranked in order of the following criteria, starting with:
- Points
- Goal difference
- Goals scored
- Wins
- Lower disciplinary points total
- European Qualifiers overall ranking
The tournament then moves to a straight knockout format, with one-legged ties – including extra-time and penalties if necessary – until two sides reach the final on July 14 in Berlin.
Euro 2024 fixtures and results in full
Group stage
Friday June 14
Germany 5-1 Scotland
Saturday June 15
Hungary 1-3 Switzerland
Spain 3-0 Croatia
Italy 2-1 Albania
Sunday June 16
Poland 1-2 Netherlands
Slovenia 1-1 Denmark
Serbia 0-1 England
Monday June 17
Romania 3-0 Ukraine
Belgium 0-1 Slovakia
Austria 0-1 France
Tuesday June 18
Turkey 3-1 Georgia
Portugal 2-1 Czech Republic
Wednesday June 19
Croatia 2-2 Albania
Germany 2-0 Hungary
Scotland 1-1 Switzerland
Thursday June 20
Slovenia 1-1 Serbia
Denmark 1-1 England
Spain 1-0 Italy
Friday June 21
Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine
Poland 1-3 Austria
Netherlands 0-0 France
Saturday June 22
Georgia 1-1 Czech Republic
Turkey 0-3 Portugal
Belgium 2-0 Romania
Sunday June 23
Switzerland 1-1 Germany
Scotland 0-1 Hungary
Monday June 24
Croatia 1-1 Italy
Albania 0-1 Spain
Tuesday June 25
Netherlands vs Austria (Berlin, kick-off 5pm UK time)
France vs Poland (Dortmund, kick-off 5pm UK time)
England vs Slovenia (Cologne, kick-off 8pm UK time)
Denmark vs Serbia (Munich, kick-off 8pm UK time)
Wednesday June 26
Slovakia vs Romania (Frankfurt, kick-off 5pm UK time)
Ukraine vs Belgium (Stuttgart, kick-off 5pm UK time)
Czech Republic vs Turkey (Hamburg, kick-off 8pm UK time)
Georgia vs Portugal (Gelsenkirchen, kick-off 8pm UK time)
Rest days on June 27 and 28
