Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2024 (in German) | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Germany |
Dates | 14 June – 14 July |
Teams | 24 |
Venue(s) | 10 (in 10 host cities) |
The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2024 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2024) or simply Euro 2024, will be the 17th edition of the UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the men's national teams of its member associations. Germany will host the tournament, which is scheduled to take place from 14 June to 14 July 2024 and the winner will later compete in the 2025 CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions against the 2024 Copa América winner.
It will be the third time that European Championship matches are played on German territory and the second time in reunified Germany, as the former West Germany hosted the tournament of 1988, and four matches of the multi-national Euro 2020 were played in Munich. It will be the first time the competition is held in what was formerly East Germany with Leipzig as a host city, as well as the first time that a reunified Germany serves as a solo host nation.[1] The tournament will return to its usual four-year cycle, after the 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Italy are the defending champions, having won the 2020 tournament after beating England on penalties in the final.[2]
On 8 March 2017, UEFA announced that two countries, Germany and Turkey, had announced their intentions to host the tournament before the deadline of 3 March 2017.[3][4]
The host was selected on 27 September 2018 in Nyon, Switzerland.[5] Germany initially planned to fully host Euro 2020 although never announced any firm interest by May 2012.[6]
Country | Votes |
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Germany | 12 |
Turkey | 4 |
Abstention | 1 |
Total | 17 |
The UEFA Executive Committee voted for the host in a secret ballot, with only a simple majority required to determine the host. In the event of a tie, the UEFA President would cast the decisive vote.[7] Of the 20 members of the Executive Committee, two were ineligible to vote and one was absent, leaving a total of seventeen voting members.[8]
Germany had a wide choice of stadiums that satisfied UEFA's minimum capacity requirement of 30,000 seats for European Championship matches.
Of the ten venues selected for Euro 2024, nine were used for the 2006 FIFA World Cup: Berlin, Dortmund, Munich, Cologne, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Leipzig, Frankfurt, and Gelsenkirchen.[9][10] Düsseldorf, which was not used in 2006 but had previously been used for the 1974 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 1988, will serve as the tenth venue; conversely, Hanover, Nuremberg and Kaiserslautern, host cities in 2006 (in addition to 1974 and 1988 in Hanover's case), will not be used for this championship. Munich was also a host city at the multi-national UEFA Euro 2020 tournament, hosting four matches (three involving Germany) in front of a greatly reduced number of spectators due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Various other stadiums, such as those in Bremen and Mönchengladbach, were not selected.[11] The venues covered all the main regions of Germany, but the area with the highest number of venues at UEFA Euro 2024 is the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with four of the ten host cities (Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Gelsenkirchen and Cologne).[12]
Berlin | Munich | Dortmund | Stuttgart |
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Olympiastadion Berlin |
Fußball Arena München |
BVB Stadion Dortmund |
Stuttgart Arena |
Capacity: 74,461 | Capacity: 70,076 | Capacity: 65,849 | Capacity: 54,906 |
Gelsenkirchen | Frankfurt | ||
Arena AufSchalke |
Frankfurt Arena | ||
Capacity: 54,740 | Capacity: 54,697 | ||
Hamburg | Düsseldorf | Cologne | Leipzig |
Volksparkstadion |
Düsseldorf Arena |
Cologne Stadium |
Leipzig Stadium |
Capacity: 52,245 | Capacity: 51,031 | Capacity: 49,827 | Capacity: 42,959 |
As hosts, Germany qualified for the tournament automatically. The 23 remaining spots will be determined by a qualifying tournament; 20 spots were decided by the direct qualification of the winners and runners-up of the 10 qualifying groups, with the remaining three spots decided by play-offs.[13] Places in the play-offs were given to the teams that performed the best in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League who did not already qualify via the main qualifying tournament.[14] The draw for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying group stage was held on 9 October 2022 at the Festhalle in Frankfurt.[15][16] The qualifying group stage took place from March to November 2023, while the three play-offs will be held in March 2024.[17]
Of the 24 teams set to qualify for the tournament, 17 have returned from the previous edition. Among them were the defending champions Italy and runners-up England, as well as World Cup runners-up France and bronze medalist Croatia. Portugal were the only team to qualify with a flawless record, whilst France, England, Belgium, Hungary, and Romania qualified without a loss.
Albania and Romania returned after missing out on the pan-continental finals, the former qualifying for only their second major tournament, whilst Serbia and Slovenia both returned for the first time in 24 years, with Serbia qualifying for the first time as an independent nation (having previously qualified for their last five European Championships as first Yugoslavia and then FR Yugoslavia) and Slovenia qualifying for only their fourth major tournament since securing independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, alongside their first tournament since the 2010 World Cup.
Sweden failed to reach the finals for the first time in 28 years and failed to qualify for their second major tournament in a row, having already missed qualification to the 2022 World Cup, whilst Russia were barred from the qualifiers altogether in the aftermath of the country's invasion of Ukraine, the first time a national team had been banned from the competition since FR Yugoslavia in 1992. Having made their debut at the previous edition, North Macedonia failed to qualify for this edition.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
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Germany[B] | Host | 27 September 2018 | 13 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Belgium | Group F winner | 13 October 2023 | 6 (1972, 1980, 1984, 2000, 2016, 2020) |
France | Group B winner | 13 October 2023 | 10 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Portugal | Group J winner | 13 October 2023 | 8 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Scotland | Group A runner-up | 15 October 2023 | 3 (1992, 1996, 2020) |
Spain | Group A winner | 15 October 2023 | 11 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Turkey | Group D winner | 15 October 2023 | 5 (1996, 2000, 2008, 2016, 2020) |
Austria | Group F runner-up | 16 October 2023 | 3 (2008, 2016, 2020) |
England | Group C winner | 17 October 2023 | 10 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Hungary | Group G winner | 16 November 2023 | 4 (1964, 1972, 2016, 2020) |
Slovakia[C] | Group J runner-up | 16 November 2023 | 5 (1960, 1976, 1980, 2016, 2020) |
Albania | Group E winner | 17 November 2023 | 1 (2016) |
Denmark | Group H winner | 17 November 2023 | 9 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2020) |
Netherlands | Group B runner-up | 18 November 2023 | 10 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2020) |
Romania | Group I winner | 18 November 2023 | 5 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2016) |
Switzerland | Group I runner-up | 18 November 2023 | 5 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2020) |
Serbia[D] | Group G runner-up | 19 November 2023 | 5 (1960, 1968, 1976, 1984, 2000)[E] |
Czech Republic[C] | Group E runner-up | 20 November 2023 | 10 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Italy | Group C runner-up | 20 November 2023 | 10 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
Slovenia | Group H runner-up | 20 November 2023 | 1 (2000) |
Croatia | Group D runner-up | 21 November 2023 | 6 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |
At a meeting of the UEFA Executive Committee in Hvar, Croatia, on 20 September 2022, it was confirmed that Russia would be excluded from qualifying for Euro 2024, all Russian teams having been suspended by UEFA following the country's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.[19] This meant Russia would not appear at the European Championship finals for the first time since 2000.
The final tournament draw took place on 2 December 2023, 18:00 CET, at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg.[20] The teams were seeded in accordance with the overall European Qualifiers rankings. Hosts Germany were automatically seeded into pot 1, and placed in position A1. The three play-off winners were not known at the time of the draw, and the teams participating in those play-offs, scheduled to be held in March 2024, were placed into pot 4 for the draw.[21][22] The draw was disrupted by sexual noises whilst it was taking place, as the result of a prankster.[23][24]
Team | Rank |
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Germany (host) | — |
Portugal | 1 |
France | 2 |
Spain | 3 |
Belgium | 4 |
England | 5 |
Team | Rank |
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Hungary | 6 |
Turkey | 7 |
Romania | 8 |
Denmark | 9 |
Albania | 10 |
Austria | 11 |
Team | Rank |
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Netherlands | 12 |
Scotland | 13 |
Croatia | 14 |
Slovenia | 15 |
Slovakia | 16 |
Czech Republic | 17 |
Team | Rank |
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Italy | 18 |
Serbia | 19 |
Switzerland | 20 |
Play-off winner A | — |
Play-off winner B | |
Play-off winner C |
UEFA announced the tournament schedule on 10 May 2022, which only included kick-off times for the opening match, semi-finals and final.[25][26] The kick-off times for all other matches were announced on 2 December 2023 following the draw.[27][28]
Group winners, runners-up and the best four third-placed teams will advance to the round of 16.
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied:[21]
Notes
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Germany (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
4 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
4 | Albania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
4 | England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Play-off winner A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
4 | France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
4 | Play-off winner B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Play-off winner C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible knockout stage based on ranking |
4 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | A | Third place Group A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | B | Third place Group B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | C | Third place Group C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | D | Third place Group D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | E | Third place Group E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | F | Third place Group F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In the knockout phase, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out.[21]
As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there is no third place play-off.
The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depend on which four third-placed teams qualify for the round of 16:[21]
Third-placed teams qualify from groups |
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1C vs |
1E vs |
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A | B | C | D | 3A | 3D | 3B | 3C | |||
A | B | C | E | 3A | 3E | 3B | 3C | |||
A | B | C | F | 3A | 3F | 3B | 3C | |||
A | B | D | E | 3D | 3E | 3A | 3B | |||
A | B | D | F | 3D | 3F | 3A | 3B | |||
A | B | E | F | 3E | 3F | 3B | 3A | |||
A | C | D | E | 3E | 3D | 3C | 3A | |||
A | C | D | F | 3F | 3D | 3C | 3A | |||
A | C | E | F | 3E | 3F | 3C | 3A | |||
A | D | E | F | 3E | 3F | 3D | 3A | |||
B | C | D | E | 3E | 3D | 3B | 3C | |||
B | C | D | F | 3F | 3D | 3C | 3B | |||
B | C | E | F | 3F | 3E | 3C | 3B | |||
B | D | E | F | 3F | 3E | 3D | 3B | |||
C | D | E | F | 3F | 3E | 3D | 3C |
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
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Winner Group B | ||||||||||||||
5 July – Stuttgart | ||||||||||||||
3rd Group A/D/E/F | ||||||||||||||
Winner Match 39 | ||||||||||||||
29 June – Dortmund | ||||||||||||||
Winner Match 37 | ||||||||||||||
Winner Group A | ||||||||||||||
9 July – Munich | ||||||||||||||
Runner-up Group C | ||||||||||||||
Winner Match 45 | ||||||||||||||
1 July – Frankfurt | ||||||||||||||
Winner Match 46 | ||||||||||||||
Winner Group F | ||||||||||||||
5 July – Hamburg | ||||||||||||||
3rd Group A/B/C | ||||||||||||||
Winner Match 41 | ||||||||||||||
1 July – Düsseldorf | ||||||||||||||
Winner Match 42 | ||||||||||||||
Runner-up Group D | ||||||||||||||
14 July – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
Runner-up Group E | ||||||||||||||
Winner Match 49 | ||||||||||||||
2 July – Munich | ||||||||||||||
Winner Match 50 | ||||||||||||||
Winner Group E | ||||||||||||||
6 July – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
3rd Group A/B/C/D | ||||||||||||||
Winner Match 43 | ||||||||||||||
2 July – Leipzig | ||||||||||||||
Winner Match 44 | ||||||||||||||
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10 July – Dortmund | ||||||||||||||
Runner-up Group F | ||||||||||||||
Winner Match 47 | ||||||||||||||
30 June – Gelsenkirchen | ||||||||||||||
Winner Match 48 | ||||||||||||||
Winner Group C | ||||||||||||||
6 July – Düsseldorf | ||||||||||||||
3rd Group D/E/F | ||||||||||||||
Winner Match 40 | ||||||||||||||
29 June – Berlin | ||||||||||||||
Winner Match 38 | ||||||||||||||
Runner-up Group A | ||||||||||||||
Runner-up Group B | ||||||||||||||
Runner-up Group A | Match 38 | Runner-up Group B |
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Winner Group A | Match 37 | Runner-up Group C |
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Winner Group C | Match 40 | 3rd Group D/E/F |
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Winner Group B | Match 39 | 3rd Group A/D/E/F |
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Runner-up Group D | Match 42 | Runner-up Group E |
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Winner Group F | Match 41 | 3rd Group A/B/C |
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Winner Group E | Match 43 | 3rd Group A/B/C/D |
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Winner Group D | Match 44 | Runner-up Group F |
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Winner Match 41 | Match 46 | Winner Match 42 |
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Winner Match 40 | Match 48 | Winner Match 38 |
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Winner Match 43 | Match 47 | Winner Match 44 |
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Winner Match 45 | Match 49 | Winner Match 46 |
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Winner Match 47 | Match 50 | Winner Match 48 |
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Winner Match 49 | Match 51 | Winner Match 50 |
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The official logo was unveiled on 5 October 2021, during a ceremony at the Olympiastadion in Berlin. The logo depicts the Henri Delaunay Trophy with 24 coloured slices around the trophy representing the 24 participating nations, and the ellipse reflects the shape of the Olympiastadion.[30] In addition, each of the ten host cities has their own unique logo, featuring the following local sights:[31]
The official slogan of the tournament is "United by Football. Vereint im Herzen Europas." The slogan was chosen to promote diversity and inclusion.[32]
In November 2023, it was announced that EA Sports had picked up the rights for the UEFA Euro 2024 video game, and that the Euro 2024 downloadable update would be coming to EA Sports FC 24, EA Sports FC Mobile, and EA Sports FC Online in the summer of 2024.[33]
The International Broadcast Centre (IBC) will be located at the halls of the Leipzig Trade Fair in Leipzig, Germany.[34]
UEFA had the following sponsorship partners:[35]
Official Global Sponsors:
Official National Sponsors:
Topps is the official sticker and trading card partner of the tournament, marking the end of Panini's association with the UEFA which began in 1976.[51]
The official UEFA EURO 2024 mascot was unveiled on 20 June 2023 at the Germany vs Colombia international friendly in Gelsenkirchen.[52] The mascot is a teddy bear with pants on.[53] A public vote was used to select the name of the mascot, with options being "Albärt", "Bärnardo", "Bärnheart" and "Herzi von Bär".[54] Results were made public on July 5, with mascot's name announced to be "Albärt", getting 32% of the votes.[55]
The official match ball of the tournament, "Fussballliebe", was unveiled by UEFA and Adidas on 15 November 2023.[56] Translated "Love of football” in German, it features black wing shapes with red, blue, orange and green edges and curves to showcase the qualified nations vibrancy to the tournament, and how much love that fans around the world give to football. Created with sustainable bio-based materials, this is the first ball for a UEFA European Championship to feature "Connected Ball Technology", where it contains internal electronic sensors, allowing detection of its movement for UEFA match officials to use in assistance of decision-making processes.[57]
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