Euro 2024 qualifying playoffs: all participants, match schedule and tournament rules

Who is eligible to compete in the playoffs is determined according to the ranking of the previous Nations League tournament.

The teams that won their groups of the 2022/23 Nations League, for example, Georgia or Bosnia and Herzegovina, are guaranteed to play in the playoffs.

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If one or more (or all) group winners of a certain League qualify for the Euros through the main qualifying round, they will be replaced in the playoffs by the next ranked teams from the same league. For example, after Scotland qualified for the 2024 European Championship, Finland was guaranteed participation in the playoffs, because in League B they are next in the ranking.

There is a certain nuance in League A, 13 teams in this division qualified, and the first team to fill the playoffs was Estonia, as the winner of League D.

Playoff schedule and results

Path A

March 21, Croatia or Poland – Estonia March 21, Poland or Wales – Finland, Ukraine or Iceland March 26, final match for a place at the Euro

Path B

March 21, Israel – Ukraine or Iceland March 21, Bosnia and Herzegovina – Finland or Ukraine March 26, final match for a place at the Euro

Path C

March 21, Georgia – Luxembourg March 21, Greece – Kazakhstan March 26, final match for a place at the Euro

A list of all teams that have already qualified for the 2024 European Championship is available on ISPORT. The tournament in Germany will take place from June 14 to July 14, 2024. in ten cities.

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