Group Stage Summary (6/10 - 6/22)

Results from the Group Stage

The Top 2 from each group advance to round of 16.

4 of the 6 3rd place teams also advance.

The 4 best 3rd place teams face the winners of Groups A-D.

The winner of F faces the runner-up of E.

The winner of E faces the runner-up of D.

The runner-up of A faces the runner-up of C.

The runner-up of B faces the runner-up of F.

Here is the blank bracket for the knockout round: (image from freelook.info)

Green means that the team is a group winner, red means runner-up, and yellow means 3rd place team.

Group A

France, Romania, Albania, and Switzerland

Matches

France def. Romania 2-1

Switzerland def. Albania 1-0

Romania and Switzerland draw at 1-1

France def. Albania 2-0

Albania def. Romania 1-0

France and Switzerland draw at 0-0

Table

	Played	Points	Differential	KO Round?
France	3	7	+3	Advances
Switzerland	3	5	+1	Advances
Albania	3	3	-2	3rd (maybe)
Romania	3	1	-2	Eliminated

Group B

England, Russia, Wales, and Slovakia

Matches

Wales def. Slovakia 2-1

England and Russia draw at 1-1

Slovakia def. Russia 2-1

England def. Wales 2-1

Slovakia and England draw at 0-0

Wales def. Russia 3-0

Table

	Played	Points	Differential	KO Round?
Wales	3	6	+3	Advances
England	3	5	+1	Advances
Slovakia	3	4	0	3rd (maybe)
Russia	3	1	-4	Eliminated

Group C

Germany, Ukraine, Poland, and Northern Ireland

Matches

Poland def. Northern Ireland 1-0

Germany def. Ukraine 2-0

Northern Ireland def. Ukraine 2-0

Germany and Poland draw at 0-0

Poland def. Ukraine 1-0

Germany def. Northern Ireland 1-0

Table

	Played	Points	Differential	KO Round?
Germany	3	7	+3	Advances
Poland	3	7	+2	Advances
Northern Ireland	3	3	0	3rd (maybe)
Ukraine	3	0	-5	Eliminated

Group D

Spain, Czech Republic, Turkey, and Croatia

Matches

Croatia def. Turkey 1-0

Spain def. Czech Republic 1-0

Czech Republic and Croatia draw at 2-2

Spain def. Turkey 3-0

Turkey def. Czech Republic 2-0

Croatia def. Spain 2-1

Table

	Played	Points	Differential	KO Round?
Croatia	3	7	+2	Advances
Spain	3	6	+3	Advances
Turkey	3	3	-2	3rd (maybe)
Czech Republic	3	1	-3	Eliminated

Group E

Belgium, Italy, Ireland, and Sweden

Matches

Ireland and Sweden draw at 1-1

Italy def. Belgium 2-0

Italy def. Sweden 1-0

Belgium def. Ireland 3-0

Ireland def. Italy 1-0

Belgium def. Sweden 1-0

Table

	Played	Points	Differential	KO Round?
Italy	3	6	+2	Advances
Belgium	3	6	+2	Advances
Ireland	3	4	-2	3rd (maybe)
Sweden	3	1	-2	Eliminated

Group F

Portugal, Iceland, Austria, and Hungary

Matches

Hungary def. Austria 2-0

Portugal and Iceland draw at 1-1

Iceland and Hungary draw at 1-1

Portugal and Austria draw at 0-0

Iceland def. Austria 2-1

Hungary and Portugal draw at 3-3

Table

	Played	Points	Differential	KO Round?
Hungary	3	5	+2	Advances
Iceland	3	5	+1	Advances
Portugal	3	3	0	3rd (maybe)
Austria	3	1	-3	Eliminated

16 teams advance to the knockout round.

All group winners and runners-up advance (as seen below).

	A	B	C	D	E	F
1st	France	Wales	Germany	Croatia	Italy	Hungary
2nd	Switzerland	England	Poland	Spain	Belgium	Iceland

Additionally, the 4 best of the 6 third place teams advance.

The 6 3rd-placed teams rank as follows (all have played 3 matches):

If teams are equal on points, the next tie breaker is goal differential.

If teams are still equal, the next tiebreaker is goals scored.

	Group	Points	Differential	Scored	KO Round?
Slovakia	B	4	0	3	Advances
Ireland	E	4	-2	2	Advances
Portugal	F	3	0	4	Advances
N. Ireland	C	3	0	2	Advances
Turkey	D	3	-2	2	Eliminated
Albania	A	3	-2	1	Eliminated

8 teams are eliminated:

Turkey, Albania, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Sweden, Austria

16 teams advance:

France, Wales, Germany, Croatia, Italy, Hungary, Switzerland, England, Poland, Spain, Belgium, Iceland, Slovakia, Ireland, Portugal, Northern Ireland

This is the bracket for the Knockout Round:

image from wikipedia.org

And now, the real fun begins!