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UEFA Euro 2024 was an international football tournament held in Germany that took place from 14 June to 14 July 2024. The 24 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 to 26 players – of which three had to be goalkeepers – by 7 June 2024, 23:59 CEST (), seven days prior to the opening match of the tournament. [1]
The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2024 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2024) or simply Euro 2024, was the 17th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the European men's national teams of their member associations.
Group B of UEFA Euro 2024 took place from 15 to 24 June 2024. [1] The group contained Spain, Croatia, defending champions Italy, and Albania.Spain, Italy, and Croatia were drawn together in Group C of the UEFA Euro 2012, and just like 2012, Croatia would go out in the group stage while Spain would go on to win the tournament.
The sides most notably met in the UEFA Euro 2008 final, which Spain won 1–0. Their most recent tournament meeting was in the 2022 FIFA World Cup group stage, which ended in a 1–1 draw. [24] This was German midfielder Toni Kroos' last professional football match, as he had announced that he would retire after the Euros. [25]
There will be six semi-finals on 21 March 2024 and three finals on 26 March, with the winning teams entering the Euro 2024 group stage. When is the play-off draw? This will be held from 11am GMT ...
Group C consisted of five teams: England, Italy, Malta, North Macedonia, and Ukraine. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. [1] The group saw England and Italy meet again, having faced each other in the UEFA Euro 2020 final. [2] The top two teams, England and Italy, qualified directly for the final tournament.
From 1980, eight teams competed. In 1996 the tournament expanded to 16 teams, since it was easier for European nations to qualify for the World Cup than their own continental championship; 14 of the 24 teams at the 1982, 1986 and 1990 World Cups had been European, whereas the European Championship finals still involved only eight teams.
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 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.