UEFA Euro 2024 Champions, matches, fact and achievements

UEFA Euro 2024 was the 17th edition of the UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organized by UEFA for the European men’s national teams of its member associations. Germany hosted the tournament, which took place from 14 June to 14 July 2024. The tournament involved 24 teams, with Georgia making their European Championship debut.
It was the third time that European Championship matches were played on German territory, and the second time in reunified Germany. West Germany hosted the tournament’s 1988 edition, and four matches of the multi-national Euro 2020 were played in Munich. It was the first time the competition was held in what was formerly East Germany, with Leipzig as a host city, and the first major tournament since the 2006 FIFA World Cup that Germany served as a solo host nation. The tournament returned to its usual four-year cycle after the 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Italy were the defending champions, having won the Euro 2020 final against England on penalties, but were eliminated in the round of 16 by Switzerland. Host nation Germany were eliminated by Spain in the quarter-finals. Spain went on to win the tournament for a record fourth time after defeating England 2–1 in the final, marking England’s second consecutive final appearance.

Champions: Spain (4th title)
Runners-up: England
Best player: Rodri
Best young player: Lamine Yamal

UEFA Euro 2024 top goal scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Harry Kane	England	3
2	Georges Mikautadze	Georgia	3
3	Jamal Musiala	Germany	3
4	Cody Gakpo	Netherlands	3
5	Ivan Schranz	Slovakia	3
6	Dani Olmo	Spain	3
7	Jude Bellingham	England	2
8	Niclas Füllkrug	Germany	2
9	Kai Havertz	Germany	2
10	Florian Wirtz	Germany	2

UEFA Euro 2024 Group Stage
Group A

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. (Qualified)	Germany (Host)	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
2. (Qualified)	Switzerland	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
3	Hungary	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Scotland	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Group B

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. (Qualified)	Spain	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	9
2. (Qualified)	Italy	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Croatia	3	0	2	1	3	6	−3	2
4	Albania	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Group C

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. (Qualified)	England	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
2. (Qualified)	Denmark	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
3. (Qualified)	Slovenia	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
4	Serbia	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

Note: Tied on head-to-head result (Slovenia 1–1 Denmark), overall goal difference and overall goals scored. Disciplinary points: Denmark −6, Slovenia −7.
Group D

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. (Qualified)	Austria	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
2. (Qualified)	France	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3. (Qualified)	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Poland	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Group E

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. (Qualified)	Romania	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
2. (Qualified)	Belgium	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
3. (Qualified)	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Ukraine	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4

Group F

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. (Qualified)	Portugal	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
2. (Qualified)	Turkey	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
3. (Qualified)	Georgia	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Czech Republic	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Note: Head-to-head points: Portugal 3, Turkey 0.

UEFA Euro 2024 Round of 16 matches

Date	Team A	Result	Team B
29 June 2024	Switzerland	2 – 0	Italy
29 June 2024	Germany	2 – 0	Denmark
30 June 2024	England	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Slovakia
30 June 2024	Spain	4 – 1	Georgia
1 July 2024	France	1 – 0	Belgium
1 July 2024	Portugal	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) 3 - 0 (Penalties)	Slovenia
2 July 2024	Romania	0 – 3	Netherlands
2 July 2024	Austria	1 – 2	Turkey

UEFA Euro 2024 Quarter Finals

Date	Team A	Result	Team B	Stadium
5 July 2024 18:00	Spain	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Germany	MHPArena, Stuttgart
5 July 2024 21:00	Portugal	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) 3 - 5 (Penalties)	France	Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
6 July 2024 18:00	England	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) 5 - 3 (Penalties)	Switzerland	Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf
6 July 2024 21:00	Netherlands	2 – 1	Turkey	Olympiastadion, Berlin

UEFA Euro 2024 Semi Finals
10 July 2024 01:00 (GMT +6), Allianz Arena, Munich

Spain	2 – 1	France
Lamine Yamal 21′ Dani Olmo 25′		Randal Kolo Muani 8′

11 July 2024 01:00 (GMT +6), Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

Netherlands	1 – 2	England
Xavi Simons 7′		Harry Kane 18′ (pen) Ollie Watkins 90′

UEFA Euro 2024 Final match
15 July 2024 01:00 (GMT +6), Olympiastadion, Berlin

Spain	2 – 1	England
Nico Williams 47′ Mikel Oyarzabal 86′		Cole Palmer 73′

UEFA Euro 2024 Team of the tournament

Position	Player	Team
Goalkeeper	Mike Maignan	France
Defender	Kyle Walker	England
Defender	Manuel Akanji	Switzerland
Defender	William Saliba	France
Defender	Marc Cucurella	Spain
Midfielder	Dani Olmo	Spain
Midfielder	Rodri	Spain
Midfielder	Fabián Ruiz	Spain
Forward	Lamine Yamal	Spain
Forward	Jamal Musiala	Germany
Forward	Nico Williams	Spain

Goal of the Tournament
Lamine Yamal (goal vs France)

Fans’ Goal of the Tournament
Mert Müldür (goal vs Georgia)

Qualifications
As hosts, Germany qualified for the tournament automatically. The remaining 23 spots were determined through a qualifying tournament. Twenty spots were decided by the direct qualification of the winners and runners-up of the 10 qualifying groups. The remaining three spots were decided by play-offs, which were allocated to the teams that performed the best in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League but did not already qualify through the main qualifying tournament.
The draw for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying group stage was held on October 9, 2022, at the Festhalle in Frankfurt. The qualifying group stage took place from March to November 2023, while the three play-offs were held in March 2024.

Qualified Teams
Of the 24 teams that qualified for the tournament, 19 participated in the previous edition. These include the defending champions Italy and runners-up England, as well as the 2022 World Cup runners-up France and bronze medalist Croatia. Portugal were the only team to qualify with a flawless record, while France, England, Belgium, Hungary, and Romania also qualified without a loss.
Albania and Romania returned after missing out on Euro 2020, with Albania qualifying for only their second major tournament. Serbia and Slovenia both returned for the first time since Euro 2000, with Serbia qualifying for the first time since Serbia and Montenegro became separate nations and Slovenia qualifying for their fourth major tournament as an independent nation. Georgia beat Greece on penalties in the play-offs to qualify for their first-ever tournament since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, becoming the only debutants for this edition and ensuring that every final tournament since the inaugural Euro 1960 saw at least one new team make their debut.
Notable absentees include Sweden, Russia, and Wales. Sweden failed to reach the finals for the first time since Euro 1996 and also missed out on their second major tournament in a row, having failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup. Russia, regulars at the finals since Euro 2000, were barred from the qualifiers altogether in the aftermath of the country’s invasion of Ukraine, marking the first time a national team had been banned from the competition since FR Yugoslavia in 1992. Wales, who reached the knockout stages at the previous two editions, including the semi-finals at Euro 2016, lost to Poland on penalties in the play-offs. North Macedonia and Finland, both of whom made their debut at the previous edition, failed to qualify for this edition.

UEFA Euro 2024 Venues

Stadium	City	Capacity
Olympiastadion	Berlin	71,000
Allianz Arena	Munich	66,000
Westfalenstadion	Dortmund	62,000
MHPArena	Stuttgart	51,000
Arena AufSchalke	Gelsenkirchen	50,000
Volksparkstadion	Hamburg	49,000
Merkur Spiel-Arena	Düsseldorf	47,000
Waldstadion	Frankfurt	47,000
RheinEnergieStadion	Cologne	43,000
Red Bull Arena	Leipzig	40,000