UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying#Tiebreakers

{{short description|Qualifier for UEFA Euro 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

| dates = {{nowrap|21 March 2019 – 12 November 2020}}

| num_teams = 55

| matches = 262

| goals = 826

| attendance = 5225403

| top_scorer = {{fbicon|ENG}} Harry Kane {{nowrap|(12 goals)}}

| prevseason = 2016

| nextseason = 2024

}}

{{Qualification for championships (UEFA)|expanded=Euro}}

The UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying tournament was a football competition that was played from March 2019 to November 2020 to determine the 24 UEFA member men's national teams that advanced to the UEFA Euro 2020 final tournament, intended to be played across Europe in June and July 2020 before the tournament was delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |url=https://documents.uefa.com/v/u/WVKcnryVkASzztwJjPBcIw |title=Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2018–20 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=9 March 2018 |access-date=11 May 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511180320/https://documents.uefa.com/internal/api/webapp/documents/WVKcnryVkASzztwJjPBcIw/content |archive-date=11 May 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/competitions/General/01/95/21/41/1952141_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=UEFA Euro 2020 Tournament Requirements |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819225923/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/EuroExperience/competitions/General/01/95/21/41/1952141_DOWNLOAD.pdf |archive-date=19 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2013/09/12/bids-for-euro-2020-due-today-tournament-to-be-held-all-across-europe/ |title=Bids for Euro 2020 due today; tournament to be held all across Europe |work=NBC Sports |date=12 September 2013}} The competition was linked with the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League, giving countries a secondary route to qualify for the final tournament. For the first time since 1976, no team automatically qualified for the UEFA European Championship as the host country.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/newsid=2502936.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925201257/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/newsid=2502936.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 September 2017 |title=European Qualifiers for UEFA EURO 2020: how it works |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=25 September 2017 |access-date=24 January 2018}}

The national teams of all 55 UEFA member associations entered the qualifying process, with Kosovo taking part for the first time. The group stage draw took place at the Convention Centre Dublin, Ireland, on 2 December 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/newsid=2503882.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928142702/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/newsid=2503882.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 September 2017 |title=Dublin to stage European Qualifiers draw on 2 December 2018 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=28 September 2017}}

Qualified teams

File:UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying map.svg

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Team{{efn-ua|Italic indicates team from one of the eleven host associations.}}

! Qualified as

! Qualified on

!data-sort-type="number"| Previous appearances in tournament{{efn-ua|Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.}}

{{fb|BEL}}{{sort|I1|Group I winner}}{{dts|10 October 2019}}5 (1972, 1980, 1984, 2000, 2016)
{{fb|ITA}}{{sort|J1|Group J winner}}{{dts|12 October 2019}}9 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
{{fb|RUS}}{{efn-ua|From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.}}{{sort|I2|Group I runner-up}}{{dts|13 October 2019|addkey=1}}11 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
{{fb|POL}}{{sort|G1|Group G winner}}{{dts|13 October 2019|format=dmy|addkey=2}}3 (2008, 2012, 2016)
{{fb|UKR}}{{sort|B1|Group B winner}}{{dts|14 October 2019|format=dmy}}2 (2012, 2016)
{{fb|ESP}}{{sort|F1|Group F winner}}{{dts|15 October 2019|format=dmy}}10 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
{{fb|FRA|1974}}{{sort|H1|Group H winner}}{{dts|14 November 2019|addkey=1}}9 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
{{fb|TUR}}{{sort|H2|Group H runner-up}}{{dts|14 November 2019|addkey=2}}4 (1996, 2000, 2008, 2016)
{{fb|ENG}}{{sort|A1|Group A winner}}{{dts|14 November 2019|addkey=3}}9 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2016)
{{fb|CZE}}{{efn-ua |name=tch |From 1960 to 1980, both the Czech Republic and Slovakia competed as Czechoslovakia.{{Cite web |last=UEFA.com |date=2015-11-17 |title=UEFA EURO 2016: How all the teams qualified |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0253-0d7f910ba98e-bbb7ec4b08a2-1000--uefa-euro-2016-how-all-the-teams-qualified/ |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=UEFA |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=UEFA.com |date=2021-02-22 |title=UEFA EURO 2020 contenders in focus: Czech Republic |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0266-11a2e2dcdee1-1407f519e102-1000--uefa-euro-2020-contenders-in-focus-czech-republic/ |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=UEFA |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=UEFA.com |date=2021-03-03 |title=UEFA EURO 2020 contenders in focus: Slovakia |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/news/0267-11b4f13230ba-43b1683fa099-1000--uefa-euro-2020-contenders-in-focus-slovakia/ |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=UEFA |language=en}}}}{{sort|A2|Group A runner-up}}{{dts|14 November 2019|addkey=4}}9 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
{{fb|FIN}}{{sort|J2|Group J runner-up}}{{dts|15 November 2019|addkey=1}}0 (debut)
{{fb|SWE}}{{sort|F2|Group F runner-up}}{{dts|15 November 2019|addkey=2}}6 (1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
{{fb|CRO}}{{sort|E1|Group E winner}}{{dts|16 November 2019|addkey=1}}5 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
{{fb|AUT}}{{sort|G2|Group G runner-up}}{{dts|16 November 2019|addkey=2}}2 (2008, 2016)
{{fb|NED}}{{sort|C2|Group C runner-up}}{{dts|16 November 2019|addkey=3}}9 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
{{fb|GER}}{{efn-ua|From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.}}{{sort|C1|Group C winner}}{{dts|16 November 2019|addkey=4}}12 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
{{fb|POR}}{{sort|B2|Group B runner-up}}{{dts|17 November 2019}}7 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
{{fb|SUI}}{{sort|D1|Group D winner}}{{dts|18 November 2019|addkey=1}}4 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2016)
{{fb|DEN}}{{sort|D2|Group D runner-up}}{{dts|18 November 2019|addkey=2}}8 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012)
{{fb|WAL}}{{sort|E2|Group E runner-up}}{{dts|19 November 2019}}1 (2016)
{{fb|MKD}}{{sort|PD|Play-off Path D winner}}{{dts|12 November 2020|addkey=1}}0 (debut)
{{fb|HUN}}{{sort|PA|Play-off Path A winner}}{{dts|12 November 2020|addkey=2}}3 (1964, 1972, 2016)
{{fb|SVK}}{{efn-ua|name=tch}}{{sort|PB|Play-off Path B winner}}{{dts|12 November 2020|addkey=3}}4 (1960, 1976, 1980, 2016)
{{fb|SCO}}{{sort|PC|Play-off Path C winner}}{{dts|12 November 2020|addkey=4}}2 (1992, 1996)

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Format

There was no automatic qualifying berth, and all 55 UEFA national teams, including the twelve national teams whose countries were selected to stage matches, had to compete in the qualifiers for the 24 places at the finals tournament. As the host cities were appointed by UEFA in September 2014, before qualifying, it was possible for the national teams from the host cities to fail to qualify for the finals tournament.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/newsid=2406799.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922093340/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/newsid=2406799.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 September 2016 |title=All you need to know about UEFA EURO 2020 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=21 September 2016|access-date=10 December 2016}}{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/General/02/08/20/36/2082036_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=UEFA Nations League/UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411161931/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/General/02/08/20/36/2082036_DOWNLOAD.pdf |archive-date=11 April 2014 |url-status=live }}

With the creation of the UEFA Nations League starting in 2018, the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League was linked with UEFA Euro qualifying, providing teams another chance to qualify for the tournament.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0253-0d7f508f2f07-50b5c70c1601-1000--uefa-nations-league-receives-green-light/ |title=UEFA Nations League receives associations' green light |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=27 March 2014}} The qualifying process guaranteed that at least one team from each division of the previous Nations League season would qualify for the final tournament (either directly or through the play-offs).{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/community/news/newsid=2079553.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328205219/http://www.uefa.com/community/news/newsid=2079553.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 March 2014 |title=UEFA Nations League: all you need to know |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=27 March 2014}}{{cite web|title=UEFA Nations League format and schedule confirmed|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0253-0d7fc7c2817e-5938d745b7d6-1000--uefa-nations-league-format-and-schedule-confirmed/|website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations|date=4 December 2014}}

The main qualifying process began with the qualifying group stage in March 2019, instead of late 2018 immediately following the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and ended in November 2019. The qualifiers were played on double matchdays in March, June, September, October, and November 2019. As with the 2016 qualifying tournament, the group stage decided 20 of the 24 teams that advanced to the final tournament. Following the admission of Kosovo to UEFA in May 2016, it was announced that the 55 teams would be drawn into ten groups after the completion of the league phase of the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League, and the draw seeding would be based on the overall rankings of the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/50/54/37/2505437_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=Regulations of the UEFA Nations League 2018/19 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=28 September 2017 |access-date=5 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013011024/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/50/54/37/2505437_DOWNLOAD.pdf |archive-date=13 October 2017 |url-status=dead }} There were five groups of five teams, and five groups of six teams, with the four UEFA Nations League Finals participants guaranteed to be drawn into groups of five teams (so they could compete in the Nations League Finals in June 2019). The top two teams in each of the ten groups qualified for the final tournament.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/news/0279-1635b6f5cbd2-1e3f1de4ebe6-1000--uefa-euro-2024-qualifying-all-you-need-to-know/ |title=All you need to know: European Qualifiers for UEFA EURO 2020 |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=2 December 2018 |access-date=2 December 2018}}{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/competitionformat/ |title=UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying: all you need to know |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=13 October 2019}}

Following the qualifying group stage, the qualifying play-offs took place to determine the remaining four teams for the final tournament. Unlike previous editions, the participants of the play-offs were not decided based on results from the qualifying group stage. Instead, sixteen teams were selected based entirely on their performance in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League. These teams were divided into four paths, each containing four teams, with one team from each path qualifying for the final tournament. Each league had its own play-off path if at least four teams had not already qualified in the conventional qualifying group stage. The Nations League group winners automatically qualified for the play-off path of their league. If a group winner had already qualified through the qualifying group stage, they were replaced by the next best-ranked team in the same league. However, if there were not enough non-qualified teams in the same league, then the spot went to the next best team in the overall ranking. However, group winners could not face teams from a higher league.

Each play-off path featured two single-leg semi-finals, and one single-leg final. In the semi-finals, the best-ranked team hosted the lowest-ranked team, and the second-ranked team hosted the third-ranked team. The host of the final was drawn between the winners of the semi-final pairings. The four play-off path winners joined the twenty teams that had already qualified for the final tournament. The UEFA Executive Committee approved the use of the video assistant referee system for the play-offs during their meeting in Nyon, Switzerland on 4 December 2019, the first time the technology was used in the qualifying competition.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0258-0f8e72d16d81-dbec7fd2f2cf-1000--game-changer-group-stage-for-uefa-women-s-champions-league/ |title=Game changer: group stage for UEFA Women's Champions League |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=4 December 2019 |access-date=4 December 2019}}

=Tiebreakers for group ranking=

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference in matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played among the teams in question;
  4. Higher number of goals scored away from home in the matches played among the teams in question;
  5. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 4, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 4 were reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings.{{efn|When there were two or more teams tied in points, criteria 1 to 4 were applied. After these criteria were applied, they may have defined the position of some of the teams involved, but not all of them. For example, if there is a three-way tie on points, the application of the first four 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 those teams that are still tied.}} If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 6 to 10 applied;
  6. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. Higher number of wins in all group matches;
  10. Higher number of away wins in all group matches;
  11. Fair play conduct 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);
  12. Position in the UEFA Nations League overall ranking.

Notes

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=Criteria for overall ranking=

To determine the overall rankings of the European Qualifiers, results against teams in sixth place were discarded and the following criteria were applied:

  1. Position in the group;
  2. Higher number of points;
  3. Superior goal difference;
  4. Higher number of goals scored;
  5. Higher number of goals scored away from home;
  6. Higher number of wins;
  7. Higher number of wins away from home;
  8. Fair play conduct (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. Position in the UEFA Nations League overall ranking.

Schedule

Below was the schedule of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying campaign.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the qualifying play-offs, originally scheduled for 26 and 31 March 2020, were postponed by UEFA on 17 March 2020.{{cite news|date=17 March 2020|title=UEFA postpones EURO 2020 by 12 months|website=UEFA|publisher=Union of European Football Associations|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/025b-0f8e76aef315-8506a9de10aa-1000--uefa-postpones-euro-2020-by-12-months/|access-date=17 March 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/025b-0f8e76b585dc-2d8b4cc9af94-1000--resolution-of-the-european-football-family-on-a-coordinated/ |title=Resolution of the European football family on a coordinated response to the impact of the COVID-19 on competitions |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=17 March 2020 |access-date=17 March 2020}} Afterwards, UEFA tentatively scheduled for the matches to take place on 4 and 9 June 2020.{{cite news |url=https://www.frf.ro/nationale/masculin/echipa-nationala/uefa-a-comunicat-noile-date-de-disputare-ale-play-off-ului-campionatului-european/ |title=UEFA a comunicat noile date de disputare ale play-off-ului Campionatului European |trans-title=UEFA has announced the new dates of the European Championship play-offs |work=Romanian Football Federation |date=20 March 2020 |access-date=11 April 2020 |language=ro |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321115526/https://www.frf.ro/nationale/masculin/echipa-nationala/uefa-a-comunicat-noile-date-de-disputare-ale-play-off-ului-campionatului-european/ |archive-date=21 March 2020}} However, the play-offs were later postponed indefinitely by UEFA on 1 April 2020.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/025c-0f8e7709fa03-24e48cfc2cb3-1000--uefa-postpones-all-june-national-team-matches/ |title=UEFA postpones all June national team matches |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=1 April 2020 |access-date=1 April 2020}} The scheduling of the play-offs was reviewed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting on 17 June 2020.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/025e-0fa9108331ad-59593618a7b2-1000--uefa-executive-committee-agenda-for-june-meeting/ |title=UEFA Executive Committee agenda for June meeting |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=11 June 2020 |access-date=11 June 2020}} At the meeting, UEFA decided to stage the play-off semi-finals on 8 October 2020, and the finals on 12 November 2020.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/news/0254-0d40fc7db8ee-f6fe04623679-1000/ |title=EURO 2020 play-offs to take place in October/November |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=17 June 2020 |access-date=17 June 2020}} To facilitate this, an additional matchday was added to both international windows, allowing for triple-headers to be played in order to complete the league phase of the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League as scheduled.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/025e-0fb6101cfdbf-8b878372d79d-1000--uefa-competitions-to-resume-in-august/ |title=UEFA competitions to resume in August |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=17 June 2020 |access-date=17 June 2020}} The changes to the International Match Calendar for October and November 2020 were approved by the FIFA Council on 25 June 2020.{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/fifa-council-unanimously-approves-covid-19-relief-plan |title=FIFA Council unanimously approves COVID-19 Relief Plan |work=FIFA |date=25 June 2020 |access-date=25 June 2020}}

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Stage

! Matchday

! Dates

rowspan="10"| Qualifying group stage

| Matchday 1

| 21–23 March 2019

Matchday 2

| 24–26 March 2019

Matchday 3

| 7–8 June 2019

Matchday 4

| 10–11 June 2019

Matchday 5

| 5–7 September 2019

Matchday 6

| 8–10 September 2019

Matchday 7

| 10–12 October 2019

Matchday 8

| 13–15 October 2019

Matchday 9

| 14–16 November 2019

Matchday 10

| 17–19 November 2019

rowspan="2"| Play-offs

| Semi-finals

| 8 October 2020{{efn-ua|Originally scheduled for 26 March 2020, and later for 4 June 2020}}

Finals

| 12 November 2020{{efn-ua|Originally scheduled for 31 March 2020, and later for 9 June 2020}}

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The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 2 December 2018 following the draw.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/newsid=2583680.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203175933/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/newsid=2583680.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 December 2018 |title=UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying schedule: all the fixtures |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=2 December 2018 |access-date=2 December 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/Draws/02/58/62/00/2586200_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=European Qualifiers 2018–20: Group stage fixture list |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=2 December 2018 |access-date=2 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203175943/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/Draws/02/58/62/00/2586200_DOWNLOAD.pdf |archive-date=3 December 2018 |url-status=live }}

Draw

The qualifying group stage draw was held on 2 December 2018, 12:00 CET (11:00 local time), at the Convention Centre Dublin in Dublin, Ireland.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/draws/2020/2001086/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106004217/https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/draws/2020/2001086/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 November 2019 |title=UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying draw: 2 December |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations }}{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/draws/2020/2001086/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317164329/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/draws/2020/2001086/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 March 2020 |title=UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying draw: 2 December |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations }} The 55 teams were drawn into 10 groups: five groups of five teams (Groups A–E) and five groups of six teams (Groups F–J).{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/57/32/05/2573205_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=UEFA Euro 2020: Qualifying Draw Procedure |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=27 September 2018 |access-date=27 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927204115/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/57/32/05/2573205_DOWNLOAD.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/Draws/02/58/59/46/2585946_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying draw press kit |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=30 November 2018 |access-date=2 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202170728/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/Draws/02/58/59/46/2585946_DOWNLOAD.pdf |archive-date=2 December 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/newsid=2583593.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203042405/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/newsid=2583593.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 December 2018 |title=UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying draw made in Dublin |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=2 December 2018 |access-date=2 December 2018}}

The teams were seeded based on the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League overall ranking. The four participants of the 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals in June 2019 were placed in a separate pot and drawn into Groups A–D which only had five teams so that they only had to play eight qualifying matches, leaving two free matchdays to play in Nations League Finals. The following restrictions were also applied with computer assistance:{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/news/0254-0d40fe64dd85-c768a4322a1b-1000--uefa-euro-2020-qualifying-draw/ |title=UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying draw |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=2 December 2018 |access-date=2 December 2018}}

  • Host teams: In order to allow all 12 teams from the host associations to have a chance to qualify as group winners and runners-up, a maximum of two were placed in each group: Azerbaijan, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Spain.
  • Prohibited clashes: For political reasons, matches between following pairs of teams were considered prohibited clashes, unable to be drawn into the same group: Gibraltar / Spain, Kosovo / Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo / Serbia. (Armenia / Azerbaijan and Russia / Ukraine were also identified as prohibited clashes, but the teams in these pairs were in the same pots for the draw.)
  • Winter venues: A maximum of two teams whose venues were identified as having high or medium risk of severe winter conditions were placed in each group: Belarus, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Russia, Ukraine.
  • The three "hard winter venues" (Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland) generally could not host games in March or November; the others played as few home matches as possible in March and November.
  • Excessive travel: A maximum of one pair of teams identified with excessive travel distance in relation to other countries were placed in each group:
  • Azerbaijan: with Iceland, Portugal. (Gibraltar was also identified with Azerbaijan for excessive travel distance, but the teams were in the same pot for the draw.)
  • Iceland: with Armenia, Cyprus, Georgia, Israel.
  • Kazakhstan: with Andorra, England, France, Iceland, Malta, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Wales. (Faroe Islands and Gibraltar were also identified with Kazakhstan for excessive travel distance, but the teams were in the same pot for the draw.)

=Seeding=

The teams were seeded based on the November 2018 UEFA Nations League overall rankings.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/news/0253-0d8203a88246-c60c76aaf377-1000--uefa-euro-2020-qualifying-draw-pots/ |title=EURO 2020 qualifying draw pots confirmed |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=20 November 2018 |access-date=21 November 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/General/02/58/31/76/2583176_DOWNLOAD.pdf |title=2018/19 UEFA Nations League rankings |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=20 November 2018 |access-date=21 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122033022/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/General/02/58/31/76/2583176_DOWNLOAD.pdf |archive-date=22 November 2018 |url-status=live }} Teams in italics were final tournament hosts during the draw date. Teams in bold qualified to the final tournament.

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|

{| class="wikitable"

|+ UNL pot

width="190"| Team

! {{Tooltip|Rank|Nations League overall ranking}}

{{fb|SUI}}

|style="text-align:center"| 1

{{fb|POR}} (title holders)

|style="text-align:center"| 2

{{fb|NED}}

|style="text-align:center"| 3

{{fb|ENG}}

|style="text-align:center"| 4

class="wikitable"

|+ Pot 1

width="190"| Team

! {{Tooltip|Rank|Nations League overall ranking}}

{{fb|BEL}}

|style="text-align:center"| 5

{{fb|FRA|1974}}

|style="text-align:center"| 6

{{fb|ESP}}

|style="text-align:center"| 7

{{fb|ITA}}

|style="text-align:center"| 8

{{fb|CRO}}

|style="text-align:center"| 9

{{fb|POL}}

|style="text-align:center"| 10

|

class="wikitable"

|+ Pot 2

width="190"| Team

! {{Tooltip|Rank|Nations League overall ranking}}

{{fb|GER}}

|style="text-align:center"| 11

{{fb|ISL}}

|style="text-align:center"| 12

{{fb|BIH}}

|style="text-align:center"| 13

{{fb|UKR}}

|style="text-align:center"| 14

{{fb|DEN}}

|style="text-align:center"| 15

{{fb|SWE}}

|style="text-align:center"| 16

{{fb|RUS}}

|style="text-align:center"| 17

{{fb|AUT}}

|style="text-align:center"| 18

{{fb|WAL}}

|style="text-align:center"| 19

{{fb|CZE}}

|style="text-align:center"| 20

|

class="wikitable"

|+ Pot 3

width="190"| Team

! {{Tooltip|Rank|Nations League overall ranking}}

{{fb|SVK}}

|style="text-align:center"| 21

{{fb|TUR}}

|style="text-align:center"| 22

{{fb|IRL}}

|style="text-align:center"| 23

{{fb|NIR}}

|style="text-align:center"| 24

{{fb|SCO}}

|style="text-align:center"| 25

{{fb|NOR}}

|style="text-align:center"| 26

{{fb|SRB}}

|style="text-align:center"| 27

{{fb|FIN}}

|style="text-align:center"| 28

{{fb|BUL}}

|style="text-align:center"| 29

{{fb|ISR}}

|style="text-align:center"| 30

|- style="vertical-align:top"

|

class="wikitable"

|+ Pot 4

width="190"| Team

! {{Tooltip|Rank|Nations League overall ranking}}

{{fb|HUN}}

|style="text-align:center"| 31

{{fb|ROU}}

|style="text-align:center"| 32

{{fb|GRE}}

|style="text-align:center"| 33

{{fb|ALB}}

|style="text-align:center"| 34

{{fb|MNE}}

|style="text-align:center"| 35

{{fb|CYP}}

|style="text-align:center"| 36

{{fb|EST}}

|style="text-align:center"| 37

{{fb|SVN}}

|style="text-align:center"| 38

{{fb|LTU}}

|style="text-align:center"| 39

{{fb|GEO}}

|style="text-align:center"| 40

|

class="wikitable"

|+ Pot 5

width="190"| Team

! {{Tooltip|Rank|Nations League overall ranking}}

{{fb|MKD|name=Macedonia}}

|style="text-align:center"| 41

{{fb|KOS}}

|style="text-align:center"| 42

{{fb|BLR}}

|style="text-align:center"| 43

{{fb|LUX}}

|style="text-align:center"| 44

{{fb|ARM}}

|style="text-align:center"| 45

{{fb|AZE}}

|style="text-align:center"| 46

{{fb|KAZ}}

|style="text-align:center"| 47

{{fb|MDA}}

|style="text-align:center"| 48

{{fb|GIB}}

|style="text-align:center"| 49

{{fb|FRO}}

|style="text-align:center"| 50

|

class="wikitable"

|+ Pot 6

width="190"| Team

! {{Tooltip|Rank|Nations League overall ranking}}

{{fb|LVA}}

|style="text-align:center"| 51

{{fb|LIE}}

|style="text-align:center"| 52

{{fb|AND}}

|style="text-align:center"| 53

{{fb|MLT}}

|style="text-align:center"| 54

{{fb|SMR}}

|style="text-align:center"| 55

|}

Summary

{{legend|#BBF3BB|Group winners and runners-up qualified directly for UEFA Euro 2020}}

{{legend|#BBF3FF|Teams advanced to the play-offs, selected based on their performance in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League}}

{{legend||Other teams were eliminated after the qualifying group stage}}

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style="width:10%"| Group A

!style="width:10%"| Group B

!style="width:10%"| Group C

!style="width:10%"| Group D

!style="width:10%"| Group E

!style="width:10%"| Group F

!style="width:10%"| Group G

!style="width:10%"| Group H

!style="width:10%"| Group I

!style="width:10%"| Group J

style="background:#BBF3BB"

| {{fb-big|ENG}}
{{fb-big|CZE}}

| {{fb-big|UKR}}
{{fb-big|POR}}

| {{fb-big|GER}}
{{fb-big|NED}}

| {{fb-big|SUI}}
{{fb-big|DEN}}

| {{fb-big|CRO}}
{{fb-big|WAL}}

| {{fb-big|ESP}}
{{fb-big|SWE}}

| {{fb-big|POL}}
{{fb-big|AUT}}

| {{fb-big|FRA}}
{{fb-big|TUR}}

| {{fb-big|BEL}}
{{fb-big|RUS}}

| {{fb-big|ITA}}
{{fb-big|FIN}}

style="background:#BBF3FF"| {{fb-big|KOS}}

|style="background:#BBF3FF"| {{fb-big|SRB}}

|style="background:#BBF3FF"| {{fb-big|NIR}}

|style="background:#BBF3FF"| {{fb-big|IRL}}

|style="background:#BBF3FF"| {{fb-big|SVK}}

|style="background:#BBF3FF"| {{fb-big|NOR}}

|style="background:#BBF3FF"| {{fb-big|MKD}}

|style="background:#BBF3FF"| {{fb-big|ISL}}

|style="background:#BBF3FF"| {{fb-big|SCO}}

| {{fb-big|GRE}}

style="background:#BBF3FF"| {{fb-big|BUL}}

| {{fb-big|LUX}}

|style="background:#BBF3FF"| {{fb-big|BLR}}

|style="background:#BBF3FF"| {{fb-big|GEO}}

|style="background:#BBF3FF"| {{fb-big|HUN}}

|style="background:#BBF3FF"| {{fb-big|ROU}}

| {{fb-big|SVN}}

| {{fb-big|ALB}}

| {{fb-big|CYP}}

|style="background:#BBF3FF"| {{fb-big|BIH}}

{{fb-big|MNE}}

| {{fb-big|LTU}}

| {{fb-big|EST}}

| {{fb-big|GIB}}

| {{fb-big|AZE}}

| {{fb-big|FRO}}

|style="background:#BBF3FF"| {{fb-big|ISR}}

| {{fb-big|AND}}

| {{fb-big|KAZ}}

| {{fb-big|ARM}}

colspan="5" {{N/a
}

| {{fb-big|MLT}}

| {{fb-big|LVA}}

| {{fb-big|MDA}}

| {{fb-big|SMR}}

| {{fb-big|LIE}}

|}

Groups

Matches took place from 21 March to 19 November 2019.

=Group A=

{{main|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group A}}

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=Group B=

{{main|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group B}}

{{UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying group tables|Group B|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group C=

{{main|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group C}}

{{UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying group tables|Group C|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group D=

{{main|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group D}}

{{UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying group tables|Group D|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group E=

{{main|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group E}}

{{UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying group tables|Group E|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group F=

{{main|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group F}}

{{UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying group tables|Group F|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group G=

{{main|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group G}}

{{UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying group tables|Group G|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group H=

{{main|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group H}}

{{UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying group tables|Group H|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group I=

{{main|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group I}}

{{UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying group tables|Group I|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

=Group J=

{{main|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group J}}

{{UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying group tables|Group J|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

Play-offs

{{Main|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs}}

Teams that failed in the qualifying group stage could still qualify for the final tournament through the play-offs. Each league in the UEFA Nations League was allocated one of the four remaining final tournament spots. Four teams from each league that had not already qualified for the European Championship finals competed in the play-offs of their league. The play-off berths were first allocated to each Nations League group winner, and if any of the group winners had already qualified for the European Championship finals, then to the next best ranked team of the league, etc.

=Team selection=

The team selection process determined the 16 teams that competed in the play-offs based on a set of criteria that obeyed these principles:{{cite web |url=https://uefa.app.box.com/v/UNL/file/226762295443 |title=UNL Media Briefing |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |format=PDF |date=20 September 2017 |access-date=24 January 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905214902/http://files.footballseeding.com/200002130-9283c937e4/UNL%20media%20briefing%20PDF%20version.pdf |archive-date=5 September 2018}}

  • Each league formed a path with the four best-ranked teams not yet qualified.
  • If one or more leagues had fewer than four non-qualifying teams, spots were taken by other eligible teams based on ranking.
  • Group winners could not face teams from higher leagues.

Teams in bold advanced to the play-offs.

{{#lst:UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs|Teams selected}}

=Draw=

{{trim|{{#section-h:UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs|Draw}}}}

=Path A=

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|-

| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;" | Semi-finals

{{OneLegResult|{{fb-rt|ISL}}||2–1|{{fb|ROU}}}}

{{OneLegResult|{{fb-rt|BUL}}||1–3|{{fb|HUN}}}}

|-

| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;" | Final

{{OneLegResult|{{fb-rt|HUN}}||2–1|{{fb|ISL}}}}

|}

=Path B=

{{OneLegStart|h_a=y}}

|-

| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;" | Semi-finals

{{OneLegResult|{{fb-rt|BIH}}||1–1 {{aet}} {{pso|3–4}}|{{fb|NIR}}}}

{{OneLegResult|{{fb-rt|SVK}}||0–0 {{aet}} {{pso|4–2}}|{{fb|IRL}}}}

|-

| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;" | Final

{{OneLegResult|{{fb-rt|NIR}}||1–2 {{aet}}|{{fb|SVK}}}}

|}

=Path C=

{{OneLegStart|h_a=y}}

|-

| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;" | Semi-finals

{{OneLegResult|{{fb-rt|SCO}}||0–0 {{aet}} {{pso|5–3}}|{{fb|ISR}}}}

{{OneLegResult|{{fb-rt|NOR}}||1–2 {{aet}}|{{fb|SRB}}}}

|-

| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;" | Final

{{OneLegResult|{{fb-rt|SRB}}||1–1 {{aet}} {{pso|4–5}}|{{fb|SCO}}}}

|}

=Path D=

{{OneLegStart|h_a=y}}

|-

| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;" | Semi-finals

{{OneLegResult|{{fb-rt|GEO}}||1–0|{{fb|BLR}}}}

{{OneLegResult|{{fb-rt|MKD}}||2–1|{{fb|KOS}}}}

|-

| colspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:whitesmoke;" | Final

{{OneLegResult|{{fb-rt|GEO}}||0–1|{{fb|MKD}}}}

|}

Goalscorers

{{#invoke:Goalscorers|main|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying}}

Overall ranking

The overall rankings were used for seeding in the final tournament draw.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/draws/2020/2001024/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207132845/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/draws/2020/2001024/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 December 2019 |title=UEFA EURO 2020 final tournament draw: how it will work |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |access-date=2 December 2018}} Results against sixth-placed teams were not considered in the ranking.

{{UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying group tables|Overall}}

Team of the European Qualifiers

Following the completion of the qualifying group stage, UEFA released a "Team of the European Qualifiers" on 29 November 2019. The team featured 11 players based on accumulated scores from the FedEx Performance Zone player rankings, which was based on form from qualifying. Additional weighting was given for teams that played only eight matches.{{cite news |url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/news/0257-0e17b28da41d-d1b0be55d685-1000/ |title=Who made the team of UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying? |website=UEFA |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=29 November 2019 |access-date=29 November 2019}}

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style="width:25%"| Goalkeeper

!style="width:25%"| Defenders

!style="width:25%"| Midfielders

!style="width:25%"| Forwards

style="vertical-align:top"

| {{fbicon|UKR}} Andriy Pyatov

| {{fbicon|ISL}} Ragnar Sigurðsson
{{fbicon|ESP}} Sergio Ramos
{{fbicon|TUR}} Merih Demiral

| {{fbicon|CYP}} Ioannis Kousoulos
{{fbicon|ISR}} Eran Zahavi
{{fbicon|NED}} Georginio Wijnaldum
{{fbicon|POR}} Bernardo Silva

| {{fbicon|ENG}} Harry Kane
{{fbicon|ENG}} Raheem Sterling
{{fbicon|NED}} Memphis Depay

References

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