UEFA Euro 2024 Group B
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.
Teams
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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B1 | Spain | 1 | Group A winner | 15 October 2023 | 12th | 2020 | Winners (1964, 2008, 2012) | 3 | 8 |
B2 | Croatia | 3 | Group D runner-up | 21 November 2023 | 7th | 2020 | Quarter-finals (1996, 2008) | 14 | 10 |
B3 | Italy | 4 | Group C runner-up | 20 November 2023 | 11th | 2020 | Winners (1968, 2020) | 18 | 9 |
B4 | Albania | 2 | Group E winner | 17 November 2023 | 2nd | 2016 | Group stage (2016) | 10 | 66 |
Notes
- ^ The European Qualifiers overall rankings from November 2023 were used for seeding for the final draw.
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | 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 |
In the round of 16,[2]
- The winner of Group B, Spain, advanced to play the third-placed team of Group F, Georgia.
- The runner-up of Group B, Italy, advanced to play the runner-up of Group A, Switzerland.
Matches
Spain vs Croatia
With his start, Spain's Lamine Yamal became the youngest player to make an appearance in the UEFA European Championship final tournament.[3]
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Croatia[5]
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[5]
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Italy vs Albania
Nedim Bajrami scored for Albania after 23 seconds, netting the fastest goal in the UEFA European Championship history.[7]
Italy[9]
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Albania[9]
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[9]
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Croatia vs Albania
Croatia[11]
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Albania[11]
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[11]
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Spain vs Italy
Spain[13]
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Italy[13]
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[13]
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Albania vs Spain
Albania[15]
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Spain[15]
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[15]
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Croatia vs Italy
With his goal, Croatia's Luka Modrić became the oldest goalscorer in the UEFA European Championship final tournament.[16] However, this game was Croatia's last in the competition, missing out on a place among the four best-ranked third-placed teams. This was the first time Croatia had failed to advance to the knockout stage since 2012.
Croatia[18]
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Italy[18]
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[18]
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Discipline
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:[2]
- 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.
Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | |||||||||
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Spain | 1 | 3 | 1 | −5 | |||||||||
Italy | 2 | 2 | 3 | −7 | |||||||||
Albania | 2 | 3 | 3[a] | −8 | |||||||||
Croatia | 2[a] | 6 | −8 |
See also
- Albania at the UEFA European Championship
- Croatia at the UEFA European Championship
- Italy at the UEFA European Championship
- Spain at the UEFA European Championship
References
- ^ "UEFA Euro 2024 match schedule" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 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.
- ^ "Lamine Yamal sets new record as youngest player to feature at a UEFA European Championship". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Spain v Croatia" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Tactical Line-ups – Spain v Croatia" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "Every Euro 2024 Player of the Match". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "Who scored the fastest goals at UEFA European Championship final tournaments?". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Italy v Albania" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Tactical Line-ups – Italy v Albania" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Croatia v Albania" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Tactical Line-ups – Croatia v Albania" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Spain v Italy" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Tactical Line-ups – Spain v Italy" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Albania v Spain" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Tactical Line-ups – Albania v Spain" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "Euro's oldest scorers: Modrić sets new record". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "Full Time Report – Croatia v Italy" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Tactical Line-ups – Croatia v Italy" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.