When is the EURO 2024 play-off draw?
The UEFA EURO 2024 play-off draw will take place from midday CET on Thursday 23 November.
Where is the play-off draw?
The draw will take place at The House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland.
What are the play-off brackets in each path?
Semi-finals – Path C: Georgia (1) vs Luxembourg (4), Greece (2) vs Kazakhstan (3)
Semi-finals – Path B: Israel (1) vs Ukraine / Iceland (4)*, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2) vs Finland / Ukraine (3)*
Semi-finals – Path A: Poland (1) vs Estonia (4), Wales (2) vs Finland / Ukraine / Iceland (3)
Final Path C: Georgia / Luxembourg vs Greece / Kazakhstan (host to be drawn)
Final Path B: Israel / Ukraine / Iceland vs Bosnia and Herzegovina / Finland / Ukraine (host to be drawn)
Final Path A: Poland / Estonia vs Wales / Finland / Ukraine / Iceland (host to be drawn)
How will the play-off draw work?
Path C
No draw, allocation confirmed.
The League C path will be formed of three League C group winners, Georgia, Greece and Kazakhstan, as well as the League C group runner-up, Luxembourg. No draw is required and the semi-finals of path C are determined as:
a. Semi-final 1: Georgia v Luxembourg
b. Semi-final 2: Greece v Kazakhstan
Path B
Draw between the three League B runners-up Finland, Ukraine and Iceland.
The League B path is formed by two League B group winners, Israel and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as two out of the three League B group runners-up entering the draw: Finland, Ukraine and Iceland.
Israel, as the best-ranked group winners, will be the home team in semi-final 1, and Bosnia and Herzegovina will host semi-final 2. To decide which two teams join the League B group winners in path B, a draw is conducted from a single pot, containing three balls representing Finland, Ukraine and Iceland.
• A first ball is drawn.
o If the team drawn first is Finland, the team is allocated to Semi-final 2.
o If the team drawn first is Iceland, the team is allocated to Semi-final 1.
o If the team drawn first is Ukraine, no allocation to the semi-final 1 or 2 can be made until the second ball has been drawn.
• A second ball is drawn.
o If the team drawn second is Finland, the team is allocated to Semi-final 2.
o If the team drawn second is Iceland, the team is allocated to Semi-final 1.
o If the team drawn second is Ukraine, the team is allocated to Semi-final 1 in case the first team drawn was Finland, or to Semi-final 2 in case the first team drawn was Iceland.
The semi-finals of path B are determined depending on the draw outcome as:
a. Semi-final 1: Israel v Ukraine/Iceland
b. Semi-final 2: Bosnia-Herzegovina v Finland/Ukraine
Path A
Remaining League B team to complete the path.
The third and last ball is drawn and the team is allocated to path A to fill the last open spot.
The League A path will be formed of the two League A teams entering the draw, Poland and Wales, the League B runner-up drawn in third position (either Finland, Ukraine or Iceland), and Estonia from League D. No draw is required and the semi-finals of path A are determined as:
a. Semi-final 1: Poland v Estonia
b. Semi-final 2: Wales v Finland/Ukraine/Iceland
How are the play-off finals allocated?
Three draws will be held to determine which semi-final pair within each play-off path is given the right to host the play-off final.
Once the semi-final in question has been played, the winner of this match is certain to be at home against the winner of the other semi-final.
For each path, two balls will be prepared representing each semi-final pair: Semi-final 1 and Semi-final 2.
Path C
The first ball drawn will determine which semi-final winner of Path C will host the final match. The second ball drawn is shown to complete the draw for Path C.
Paths B and A
The draw continues with Path B and concludes with Path A in the same fashion.
How can I watch the play-off draw?
The draw will be streamed live on UEFA.com and the official UEFA EURO 2024 app.
When are the play-off fixtures?
There will be six semi-finals on 21 March 2024 and three finals on 26 March 2024, with the three winning teams in those games completing the 24-team EURO finals line-up.
How were the play-offs formed?
Twelve teams are involved based on their performance in the 2022/23 Nations League – nominally the group winners of Leagues A, B and C, but where they have already qualified they were replaced by the next best-ranked team in their league. The four play-off slots are allocated to each league from League C to League A in reverse alphabetical order.
If fewer than four teams from one league enter the play-offs, the first available slot is allocated to the best-ranked group winner of League D, Estonia.
Remaining slots were allocated on the basis of the overall 2022/23 Nations League rankings, to the best-ranked teams that had not already qualified, subject to the restriction that group winners of Leagues A, B and C could not be in a play-off path with teams from a higher league.
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