UEFA Euro 2024 Group E
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 (and the only as of at least 2028) 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
[edit]| Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance |
Last appearance | Previous best performance | Qualifying Rankings November 2023[nb 1] |
FIFA Rankings April 2024 |
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| E1 |  Belgium |
1 | Group F winner | 13 October 2023 | 7th | 2020 | Runners-up (1980) | 4 | 3 |
| E2 |  Slovakia[nb 2] |
3 | Group J runner-up | 16 November 2023 | 6th | 2020 | Winners (1976) | 16 | 48 |
| E3 |  Romania |
2 | Group I winner | 18 November 2023 | 6th | 2016 | Quarter-finals (2000) | 8 | 46 |
| E4 |  Ukraine |
4 | Play-off winner B | 26 March 2024 | 4th | 2020 | Quarter-finals (2020) | 21 | 22 |
Notes
- ^ The European Qualifiers overall rankings from November 2023 were used for seeding for the final draw.
- ^ From 1960 to 1980, Slovakia competed as Czechoslovakia.[4]
Standings
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Romania
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Belgium
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Slovakia
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Ukraine
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
In the round of 16,[5]
- 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
[edit]Romania vs Ukraine
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Belgium vs Slovakia
[edit]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).[9] 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. [10]
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Man of the Match:
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Slovakia vs Ukraine
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Belgium vs Romania
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Slovakia vs Romania
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Man of the Match:
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Ukraine vs Belgium
[edit]Ukraine[20]
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Man of the Match:
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Discipline
[edit]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:[5]
- 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.
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| Romania
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1 | 2 | 4 | –7 | |||||||||
See also
[edit]- Belgium at the UEFA European Championship
- Romania at the UEFA European Championship
- Slovakia at the UEFA European Championship
- Ukraine at the UEFA European Championship
References
[edit]- ^ "UEFA Euro 2024 match schedule" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ 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". CNN. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
It is the first time in European Championship history that a team has won four points and finished bottom.
- ^ Altimas, Callum (26 June 2024). "How Group E at Euro 2024 was decided with all four teams finishing on 4 points". GiveMeSport. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Who has qualified for UEFA EURO 2024?". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship, 2022–24". Union of European Football Associations. 10 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Romania v Ukraine" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Tactical Line-ups – Romania v Ukraine" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "Every Euro 2024 Player of the Match". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ Tharme, Liam (18 June 2024). "How Slovakia channelled Napoli to record the 'biggest-ever' Euros upset". The Athletic. The New York Times. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ Millington, Adam (26 June 2024). "'Best day in Georgian lives' as they stun Portugal". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Belgium v Slovakia" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Tactical Line-ups – Belgium v Slovakia" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Slovakia v Ukraine" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Tactical Line-ups – Slovakia v Ukraine" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Belgium v Romania" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Tactical Line-ups – Belgium v Romania" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Slovakia v Romania" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Tactical Line-ups – Slovakia v Romania" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Ukraine v Belgium" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Tactical Line-ups – Ukraine v Belgium" (PDF). UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.