Who Needs What To Qualify For Euro 2025 Knockouts?

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A divided schematic of England's Georgia Stanway and Wales' Angharad James-Turner aft their opening-game defeats astatine Euro 2025Image source, Getty Images

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England and Wales still person activity to do to scope nan Euro 2025 quarter-finals

England will scope nan Euro 2025 quarter-finals if they hit Wales successful their last Group D lucifer connected Sunday.

The defending champions would person been connected nan brink of elimination had they mislaid to nan Netherlands connected Wednesday, but alternatively produced a superb 4-0 win to support their destiny successful their ain hands.

Wales, bottommost of Group D, are group for an early exit aft losing to France connected Wednesday - they now request to hit England by a immense separator to person a chance of going through.

BBC Sport looks astatine really each of nan 4 groups are shaping up - and who needs what to scope nan quarter-finals.

Group D

 France 6pts, England 6pts, Netherlands 3pts, Wales 0ptsImage source, Getty Images/BBC

Remaining fixtures (all times BST): England v Wales & Netherlands v France (both 13 July, 20:00)

England, who won nan tourney successful 2022, will beforehand if they hit tourney debutants Wales nary matter nan consequence successful nan Netherlands' lucifer pinch France.

If nan Lionesses neglect to hit Wales, they whitethorn still scope nan quarter-finals if different results spell their way.

Wales are connected nan brink of elimination aft conclusion to France connected Wednesday night.

They would request to hit England by astatine slightest 4 goals because of their unfavourable head-to-head extremity quality successful matches involving themselves, nan defending champions and nan Netherlands.

France booked their spot successful nan quarter-finals aft picking up 3 points against Wales. A constituent against nan Netherlands will unafraid apical spot.

The Netherlands will beforehand if they hit France connected Sunday and England don't hit Wales. A tie will return nan Dutch done if England lose.

If England, France and nan Netherlands each decorativeness connected six points, nan Netherlands are apt to beryllium nan broadside that misses retired connected head-to-head results because of their dense conclusion by England.

At this tournament, teams level connected points are separated by head-to-head record. And if 3 teams are level connected points, their head-to-head grounds is calculated arsenic if they were successful a mini-league.

At a glance: Who is done and who is out?

Through to nan quarter-finals: Norway, Spain, Germany, Sweden, France

Out: Iceland, Belgium, Denmark, Poland

Group A

 Norway 6pts, Switzerland 3pts, Finland 3pts, Iceland 0ptsImage source, BBC Sport/Getty Images

Remaining fixtures (all times BST): Finland v Switzerland & Norway v Iceland (both 10 July, 20:00)

Norway became nan first squad to unafraid their spot successful nan quarter-finals pinch a triumph complete Finland connected Sunday, mixed pinch Switzerland's victory. They are guaranteed apical spot because of their head-to-head grounds against some teams.

Hosts Switzerland go into nan last information of games knowing a constituent would guarantee they advancement via extremity difference.

Finland request to hit Switzerland to spell through.

Iceland are eliminated.

Group B

Euro 2025 Group BImage source, BBC Sport/Getty Images

Remaining fixtures (all times BST): Italy v Spain & Portugal v Belgium (both 11 July, 20:00)

Spain progressed pursuing nan 2nd information of group games, aft they hit Belgium and Portugal grounded to triumph against Italy.

The Spanish will triumph Group B if they debar conclusion against Italy successful nan last information of games.

Italy will spell done arsenic group winners if they hit Spain, aliases arsenic runners-up if they debar defeat.

Portugal can only advancement arsenic runners-up if they hit Belgium, Italy suffer to Spain and location is simply a six-goal plaything betwixt them and nan Italians.

Belgium are out.

Group C

 Sweden 6pts, Germany 6pts, Denmark 0pts, Poland 0ptsImage source, BBC Sport/Getty Images

Remaining fixtures (all times BST): Poland v Denmark & Sweden v Germany (both 12 July, 20:00)

Germany and Sweden both secured spots successful nan quarter-finals connected Tuesday pinch wins complete Denmark and Poland respectively.

The brace look each different successful nan last information of fixtures wherever nan victor will beforehand arsenic Group C victor and nan loser arsenic runner-up. Should nan 2 teams draw, Sweden will apical nan group connected extremity difference.

Denmark and Poland were some eliminated pinch defeats connected Tuesday.

What is nan format astatine Euro 2025?

The apical 2 teams from each of nan 4 groups will advancement to nan quarter-finals, pinch nan sides successful 3rd and 4th eliminated.

If 2 aliases much teams successful nan aforesaid group are adjacent connected points astatine nan extremity of nan phase, nan pursuing criteria will find their rankings:

  • Most points won successful matches betwixt those teams

  • Goal quality successful matches betwixt those teams

  • Goals scored successful matches betwixt those teams

  • If teams still person an adjacent ranking, nan supra criteria will beryllium reapplied exclusively to matches betwixt nan remaining teams to find rankings

  • If teams are still level past extremity quality crossed each group matches is used

  • Then goals scored successful each group matches

  • Then Disciplinary record

  • Then higher position successful nan wide European qualifiers

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