UEFA Euro 2024

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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 men's football championship of Europe organised by UEFA. Germany will host the tournament, which is scheduled to take place from 14 June to 14 July 2024.^[1] 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 the region of former East Germany with Leipzig as a host city, as well as the first time that a reunified Germany served as a solo host nation.^[2] The tournament will return to its usual 4-year cycle, after Euro 2020 was delayed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

UEFA Euro 2024

Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2024 (in German)
United by Football. Vereint im Herzen Europas. (United in the heart of Europe.)
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	14 June – 14 July 2024
Teams	24
Venue(s)	10 (in 10 host cities)
← 2020 2028 →

Bid process

Main article: UEFA Euro 2024 bids

On March 8, 2017, UEFA announced that only 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]

Voting results

Country	Votes
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]

Qualification

Main article: UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

As hosts, Germany qualified for the tournament automatically. The 23 remaining spots will be determined by a qualifying tournament; 20 spots will be 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.^[9] Places in the play-offs will be given to the teams that perform the best in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League who have not already qualified via the main qualifying tournament.^[10]

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.^[11] This meant Russia would not appear at the European Championship finals for the first time since 2000.

The draw for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying group stage was held on 9 October 2022 at the Festhalle in Frankfurt.^[12][13] The qualifying group stage will take place from March to November 2023, while the three play-offs will be held in March 2024.^[14]

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^[A]
Germany^[B]	Host	27 September 2018	13 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)

1. Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
2. From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.

Venues

Germany had a wide choice of stadia 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.^[15][16] 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, will not be used for this championship.

Various other stadiums, such as those in Bremen and Mönchengladbach were not selected.^[17] 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).^[18]

Berlin	Munich	Dortmund	Gelsenkirchen
Olympiastadion	Allianz Arena	Westfalenstadion	Arena AufSchalke
Capacity: 74,461	Capacity: 70,076	Capacity: 65,849	Capacity: 54,740
Frankfurt	Berlin   Munich   Dortmund   Gelsenkirchen   Stuttgart   Hamburg   Düsseldorf   Cologne   Frankfurt   Leipzig		Stuttgart
Waldstadion			Mercedes-Benz Arena
Capacity: 54,697			Capacity: 54,244
Hamburg	Düsseldorf	Cologne	Leipzig
Volksparkstadion	Merkur Spiel-Arena	RheinEnergieStadion	Red Bull Arena
Capacity: 52,245	Capacity: 51,031	Capacity: 49,827	Capacity: 42,959

Draw

The final tournament draw will take place in December 2023 at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg.^[19] The teams will be seeded in accordance with the overall European Qualifiers rankings. Hosts Germany will be automatically seeded into pot 1, and placed in position A1. The three play-off winners will not be known at the time of the draw, and the teams participating in those play-offs, scheduled to be held in March 2024, will be placed into pot 4 for the draw.^[20]

Group stage

UEFA announced the tournament schedule on 10 May 2022, which only included kick-off times for the opening match, semi-finals and final.^[21][22]

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).

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied:^[20]

1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
4. 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 teams who are still level to determine their final rankings.^[a] If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 10 applied;
5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
7. If on the last round of the group stage, two teams are facing each other and each had the same number of points, as well as the same number of goals scored and conceded, and the score finished level in their match, their ranking is determined by a penalty shoot-out. (This criterion is not used if more than two teams had the same number of points.);
8. Lower disciplinary points total in all group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
9. Higher position in the European Qualifiers overall ranking, unless the comparison involves hosts Germany, in which case a drawing of lots will take place.

Notes

1. If there is a three-way tie on points, the application of the first three criteria may only break the tie for one of the teams, leaving the other two teams still tied. In this case, the tiebreaking procedure is resumed, from the beginning, for the two teams that are still tied.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout phase
2	A2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	A3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout phase based on ranking
4	A4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 14 June 2024. Source: UEFA
(H) Host

14 June 2024 (2024-06-14)

21:00

Germany	Match 1	A2
	Report

Allianz Arena, Munich

15 June 2024 (2024-06-15)

A3	Match 2	A4
	Report

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

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19 June 2024 (2024-06-19)

A2	Match 13	A4
	Report

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

19 June 2024 (2024-06-19)

Germany	Match 14	A3
	Report

Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart

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23 June 2024 (2024-06-23)

A4	Match 25	Germany
	Report

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

23 June 2024 (2024-06-23)

A2	Match 26	A3
	Report

Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout phase
2	B2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	B3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout phase based on ranking
4	B4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 15 June 2024. Source: UEFA

15 June 2024 (2024-06-15)

B1	Match 3	B2
	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin

15 June 2024 (2024-06-15)

B3	Match 4	B4
	Report

Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

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19 June 2024 (2024-06-19)

B2	Match 15	B4
	Report

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

20 June 2024 (2024-06-20)

B1	Match 16	B3
	Report

Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen

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24 June 2024 (2024-06-24)

B4	Match 27	B1
	Report

Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf

24 June 2024 (2024-06-24)

B2	Match 28	B3
	Report

Red Bull Arena, Leipzig

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout phase
2	C2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	C3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout phase based on ranking
4	C4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 16 June 2024. Source: UEFA

16 June 2024 (2024-06-16)

C3	Match 5	C4
	Report

Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen

16 June 2024 (2024-06-16)

C1	Match 6	C2
	Report

Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart

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20 June 2024 (2024-06-20)

C2	Match 17	C4
	Report

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

20 June 2024 (2024-06-20)

C1	Match 18	C3
	Report

Allianz Arena, Munich

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25 June 2024 (2024-06-25)

C4	Match 29	C1
	Report

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

25 June 2024 (2024-06-25)

C2	Match 30	C3
	Report

Allianz Arena, Munich

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout phase
2	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout phase based on ranking
4	D4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 16 June 2024. Source: UEFA

16 June 2024 (2024-06-16)

D1	Match 7	D2
	Report

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

17 June 2024 (2024-06-17)

D3	Match 8	D4
	Report

Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf

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21 June 2024 (2024-06-21)

D1	Match 19	D3
	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin

21 June 2024 (2024-06-21)

D2	Match 20	D4
	Report

Red Bull Arena, Leipzig

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25 June 2024 (2024-06-25)

D2	Match 31	D3
	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin

25 June 2024 (2024-06-25)

D4	Match 32	D1
	Report

Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	E1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout phase
2	E2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	E3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout phase based on ranking
4	E4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 17 June 2024. Source: UEFA

17 June 2024 (2024-06-17)

E1	Match 9	E2
	Report

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

17 June 2024 (2024-06-17)

E3	Match 10	E4
	Report

Allianz Arena, Munich

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21 June 2024 (2024-06-21)

E2	Match 21	E4
	Report

Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf

22 June 2024 (2024-06-22)

E1	Match 22	E3
	Report

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

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26 June 2024 (2024-06-26)

E2	Match 33	E3
	Report

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

26 June 2024 (2024-06-26)

E4	Match 34	E1
	Report

Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	F1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout phase
2	F2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	F3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout phase based on ranking
4	F4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 18 June 2024. Source: UEFA

18 June 2024 (2024-06-18)

F1	Match 11	F2
	Report

Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

18 June 2024 (2024-06-18)

F3	Match 12	F4
	Report

Red Bull Arena, Leipzig

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22 June 2024 (2024-06-22)

F1	Match 23	F3
	Report

Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

22 June 2024 (2024-06-22)

F2	Match 24	F4
	Report

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

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26 June 2024 (2024-06-26)

F2	Match 35	F3
	Report

Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen

26 June 2024 (2024-06-26)

F4	Match 36	F1
	Report

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

First match(es) will be played on 14 June 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins; 5) Lower disciplinary points total; 6) European Qualifiers overall ranking.

Knockout phase

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.^[20]

As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there is no third place play-off.

The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depended on which four third-placed teams qualify for the round of 16:^[20]

Third-placed teams qualify from groups							1B vs	1C vs	1E vs	1F vs
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).

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

30 June – Cologne

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

Winner Group D

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

Round of 16

29 June 2024 (2024-06-29)

Winner Group A	Match 37	Runner-up Group C
	Report

Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

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29 June 2024 (2024-06-29)

Runner-up Group A	Match 38	Runner-up Group B
	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin

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30 June 2024 (2024-06-30)

Winner Group B	Match 39	3rd Group A/D/E/F
	Report

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

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30 June 2024 (2024-06-30)

Winner Group C	Match 40	3rd Group D/E/F
	Report

Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen

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1 July 2024 (2024-07-01)

Winner Group F	Match 41	3rd Group A/B/C
	Report

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

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1 July 2024 (2024-07-01)

Runner-up Group D	Match 42	Runner-up Group E
	Report

Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf

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2 July 2024 (2024-07-02)

Winner Group E	Match 43	3rd Group A/B/C/D
	Report

Allianz Arena, Munich

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2 July 2024 (2024-07-02)

Winner Group D	Match 44	Runner-up Group F
	Report

Red Bull Arena, Leipzig

Quarter-finals

5 July 2024 (2024-07-05)

Winner Match 39	Match 45	Winner Match 37
	Report

Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart

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5 July 2024 (2024-07-05)

Winner Match 41	Match 46	Winner Match 42
	Report

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

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6 July 2024 (2024-07-06)

Winner Match 43	Match 47	Winner Match 44
	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin

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6 July 2024 (2024-07-06)

Winner Match 40	Match 48	Winner Match 38
	Report

Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf

Semi-finals

9 July 2024 (2024-07-09)

21:00

Winner Match 45	Match 49	Winner Match 46
	Report

Allianz Arena, Munich

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10 July 2024 (2024-07-10)

21:00

Winner Match 47	Match 50	Winner Match 48
	Report

Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

Final

14 July 2024 (2024-07-14)

21:00

Winner Match 49	Match 51	Winner Match 50
	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Marketing

Logo and slogan

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.^[23] In addition, each of the ten host cities has their own unique logo, featuring the following local sights:^[24]

• Berlin: Brandenburg Gate
• Cologne: Cologne Cathedral
• Dortmund: Dortmund U-Tower
• Düsseldorf: Schlossturm, Rheinkniebrücke, Rheinturm
• Frankfurt: Römer
• Gelsenkirchen: Musiktheater im Revier
• Hamburg: Elbphilharmonie
• Leipzig: Monument to the Battle of the Nations
• Munich: Frauenkirche
• Stuttgart: Fernsehturm Stuttgart

The official slogan of the tournament is "United by Football. Vereint im Herzen Europas." The slogan was chosen to promote diversity and inclusion.^[25]

Broadcasters

Main article: UEFA Euro 2024 broadcasting rights

The International Broadcast Centre (IBC) will be located at the halls of the Leipzig Trade Fair in Leipzig, Germany.^[26]

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External links

• Official website