Euro 2024: Which teams have qualified for round of 16?

All sixteen teams have qualified for the Euro 2024 knockout stages as Georgia beat Portugal in the final Group F match to book the last slot to go through the group stages.

Turkey and Georgia finishes second and third in the Group F while Romania topped Group E followed by Belgium and Slovakia to qualify for Round of 16.

Denmark and Slovenia recently joined Germany, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, France, England and Netherlands to qualify for the Euro 2024 round of 16.

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How did Germany qualify?

Host nation Germany became the first team to qualify for the round of 16 after its 2-0 win against Hungary. Julian Nagelsmann’s men opened its campaign with a 5-1 win against Scotland and is confirmed of at least a top two spot.

How did Spain qualify?

Spain was the second team to book its place in the Round of 16 as Group B winner after a 1-0 win against defending champion Italy. La Roja started its campaign with a 3-0 win against Croatia.

How did Portugal qualify?

Cristiano Ronaldo-led Portugal is the latest team to qualify for the Round of 16 after its win against Turkey. It reaches the next round as Group F winner after opening its campaign with a 2-1 win against the Czech Republic.

How did Switzerland qualify?

Switzerland finished its Group A matches second in the standings confirming its spot in the Round of 16.

It opened its campaign with a 3-1 win over Hungary but drew against Scotland. In its final matchday, it drew 1-1 against Germany to end its group stage with five points.

How did Italy qualify?

Italy ended its Group B second in the standings with four points ahead of Croatia confirming its spot in the Round of 16.

Italy opened its campaign with a 2-1 win over Albania, It lost by a solitary goal against leader Spain however it drew 1-1 against Croatia thanks to a last gasp goal by Mattia Zaccagni to go past Croatia in the standings.

How did France qualify?

France had already qualified before it could play its game against Poland since Albania lost to Spain in Group B.

France opened its campaign with a 1-0 win over Austria but had a goalless draw against Netherlands. France had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Poland to ends its group stage second, one point behind Austria.

How did England qualify?

England qualified before it could play its game against Slovenia since Albania lost to Spain in Group B.

After two matches, England had four points to its name which is enough to confirm at least a third place finish in Group C and enough to be the top-four third placed teams across all groups.

How did Netherlands qualify?

Netherlands had already qualified before it could play its game against Austria since Albania lost to Spain in Group B.

Netherlands opened its campaign with a 2-1 win over Poland but had to settle for a draw against France after a Xavi Simons goal was turned down by VAR. It lost its final game to Austria after a late Sabitzer goal to end the Group D in third with four points.

Four points is enough for Netherlands to qualify as one of the four third-best teams for Euro 2024 round of 16.

How did Austria qualify?

Austria beat Netherlands to end its group stage on top with six points to its name.

It lost to France in the opening match followed by a 3-1 win over Poland, Austria beat Netherlands 3-2 to ends Group D on top over France by one point.

How did Denmark qualify?

Denmark settled for a goalless draw against Serbia and finished the group stage second with three points.

Both Denmark and Serbia has the same stats after the three group stage matches but the Danes finished second because:

According to Article 23 of UEFA rules, if the five criteria keep two sides equal, then the overall European Qualifiers rankings come into play for table standings.

According to the rankings there, Denmark is ranked ninth while Slovenia is 15th. Since the former has a better rank here, it finished above Slovenia in the Group standings on Tuesday.

How did Slovenia qualify?

Slovenia played out a goalless draw against England and finished the group stage third with three points. It had the same stats but still qualified third because:

According to Article 23 of UEFA rules, if the five criteria keep two sides equal, then the overall European Qualifiers rankings come into play for table standings.

According to the rankings there, Denmark is ranked ninth while Slovenia is 15th. Since the former has a better rank here, it finished above Slovenia in the Group standings on Tuesday.

How did Romania qualify?

Romania topped Group E after drawing its last game against Romania and ended its group stage with four points. All four teams in the group has the same points but Romania has a superior goal difference of 1 to top the standings. Belgium too had a goal difference of 1 but it lost to Romania in the opening match and hence is behind.

How did Belgium qualify?

Belgium ended it Group E second with four points after a goalless draw against Ukraine. Belgium finished behind Romania despite being level on points because it lost to Romania in the opening match.

How did Slovakia qualify?

Slovakia ended its Group E standings third with four points. It drew its last match against Romania and is level on points with Belgium but has an inferior goal difference of (0), compared to Belgium’s (1.)

How did Turkey qualify?

Turkey finished its Group F second in the standings with six points.

It opened its campaign with a win over Georgia but lost to Portugal in its second match. Turkey won the final match 2-1 against Czechia to end its group stage on a high.

How did Georgia qualify?

Georgia caused the biggest upset of the tournament by beating leader Portugal 2-0 finish Group F with four points and become one of the four best third-place teams of Euro 2024.

It lost its opening match to Turkey but salvaged a 1-1 draw against Czechia which set it up to qualify for the last-16 with the all-important win over Portugal.