UEFA Euro 2024 Group E explained
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]
Teams
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | data-sort-type="number" | Finals
appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | Qualifying Rankings
November 2023 | FIFA Rankings
April 2024 |
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| E1 | style=white-space:nowrap | | 1 | Group F winner | | 7th | | data-sort-value="2" | Runners-up (1980) | 4 | 3 |
| E2 | style=white-space:nowrap | | 3 | Group J runner-up | | 6th | | data-sort-value="1" | Winners (1976) | 16 | 48 |
| E3 | style=white-space:nowrap | | 2 | Group I winner | | 6th | | data-sort-value="5" | Quarter-finals (2000) | 8 | 46 |
| E4 | style=white-space:nowrap | | 4 | | | 4th | | data-sort-value="5" | Quarter-finals (2020) | 21 | 22 | |
Notes
Standings
In the round of 16,[4]
- The winner of Group E, Romania, advanced to play the third-placed team of Group D, the Netherlands.
- The runner-up of Group E, Belgium, advanced to play the runner-up of Group D, France.
- The third-placed team of Group E, Slovakia, advanced to play the winner of Group C, England.
Matches
Romania vs Ukraine
Belgium vs Slovakia
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).[6] 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. [7]
Slovakia vs Ukraine
Belgium vs Romania
Slovakia vs Romania
Ukraine vs Belgium
Discipline
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:[4]
- yellow card = 1 point
- red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points
- direct red card = 3 points
- yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points
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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| 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | –2 |
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| 1 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | –3 |
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| 3 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | | | | –5 |
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| 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 4 | | | | –7 | |
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See also
Notes and References
- Web site: UEFA Euro 2024 match schedule . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 2 December 2023 . 2 December 2023.
- Web site: Grez . Matias . 26 June 2024 . Ukraine exits Euro 2024 after goalless draw with Belgium as all four teams in Group E finish with four points. 29 June 2024 . CNN. It is the first time in European Championship history that a team has won four points and finished bottom..
- Web site: Altimas . Callum . 26 June 2024 . How Group E at Euro 2024 was decided with all four teams finishing on 4 points . 26 June 2024 . GiveMeSport.
- Web site: Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship, 2022–24 . Union of European Football Associations . 10 May 2022 . 16 May 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220516115052/https://documents.uefa.com/api/khub/maps/5tYSJw48iUOPsbIGOxQA4w/attachments/_dSxuIv48n81YqITx97r~g/content?Ft-Calling-App=ft%2Fturnkey-portal&Ft-Calling-App-Version=3.11.26&filename=20220601_Regulations_EURO_2024_en.pdf . 16 May 2022.
- Web site: Every Euro 2024 Player of the Match . UEFA.com . Union of European Football Associations . 14 June 2024 . 26 June 2024.
- News: Tharme . Liam . How Slovakia channelled Napoli to record the 'biggest-ever' Euros upset . . . subscription . 18 June 2024 . 19 June 2024.
- News: Millington . Adam . 'Best day in Georgian lives' as they stun Portugal . . . 26 June 2024 . 26 June 2024.
