U21 EURO: Who made it through the group stage?
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
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We see which nations reached the quarter-finals.
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Full method for breaking ties when teams are level on points can be found in the official Under-21 EURO competition regulations.
Knockout bracket
THROUGH TO THE QUARTER-FINALS: GEORGIA* (Group A), PORTUGAL (A), SPAIN* (B), UKRAINE (B), ENGLAND* (C), ISRAEL (C), FRANCE* (D), SWITZERLAND (D)
*Group winners
Quarter-finals:
Saturday 1 July
QF1: Georgia vs Israel (18:00, Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi)
QF3: Spain vs Switzerland (21:00, Giulești Stadium, Bucharest)
Sunday 2 July
QF2: England vs Portugal (18:00, Shengelia Arena, Kutaisi)
QF4: France vs Ukraine (21:00, Cluj Arena, Cluj-Napoca)
Semi-finals:
Wednesday 5 July
SF1: Georgia / Israel vs England / Portugal (18:00, Batumi Arena, Batumi)
SF2: Spain / Switzerland vs France / Ukraine (21:00, Steaua Stadium, Bucharest)
Final:
Saturday 8 July
Winner SF1 vs Winner SF2 (18:00, Batumi Arena, Batumi)
All kick-off times CET. Romania is one hour ahead of CET. Georgia is two hours ahead.
All information in this article is subject to final confirmation from UEFA. Standings are provisional until all group matches have been played and officially validated by UEFA.
Completed groups
- Georgia are through to the quarter-finals as group winners.
- Portugal are through to the quarter-finals as group runners-up.
- Netherlands and Belgium did not reach the quarter-finals.
- Spain are through to the quarter-finals as group winners.
- Ukraine are through to the quarter-finals as group runners-up.
- Croatia and Romania did not reach the quarter-finals.
- England are through to the quarter-finals as group winners.
- Israel are through to the quarter-finals as group runners-up.
- Czechia and Germany did not reach the quarter-finals.
- France are through to the quarter-finals as group winners.
- Switzerland are through to the quarter-finals as group runners-up.
- Italy and Norway did not reach the quarter-finals.
If two or more teams in the same group are equal on points on completion of the final tournament group stage, the following criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine their rankings:
a) higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
b) superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
c) higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
d) if, after having applied criteria a) to c), teams still have an equal ranking, criteria a) to c) are reapplied exclusively to the group matches between the remaining teams to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria e) to h) apply in the order given to the two or more teams still equal;
e) superior goal difference in all group matches;
f) higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
g) 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);
h) higher position in the UEFA Under-21 national team coefficient rankings used for the final draw.
If two teams with the same number of points, and the same number of goals scored and conceded, play their last group match against each other and are still equal at the end of that match, their final rankings are determined by kicks from the penalty mark, provided that no other teams within the group have the same number of points on completion of all group matches. Should more than two teams have the same number of points, the initial tie-breakers apply and no penalty shoot-out is held.