UEFA Euro 2024 knockout stage

The knockout stage of UEFA Euro 2024 will begin on 29 June 2024 with the round of 16 and end on 14 July 2024 with the final at Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany.^[1]

All times listed are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Format[edit]

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out.^[2]

UEFA set out the following schedule for the round of 16:^[2]

Match 1: Winner Group B vs 3rd Group A/D/E/F
Match 2: Winner Group A vs Runner-up Group C
Match 3: Winner Group F vs 3rd Group A/B/C
Match 4: Runner-up Group D vs Runner-up Group E
Match 5: Winner Group E vs 3rd Group A/B/C/D
Match 6: Winner Group D vs Runner-up Group F
Match 7: Winner Group C vs 3rd Group D/E/F
Match 8: Runner-up Group A vs Runner-up Group B

As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there will be no third place play-off.

Combinations of matches in the round of 16[edit]

The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams will depend on which four third-placed teams qualify for the round of 16:^[2]

Combination according to the four qualified teams

Third-placed teams qualify from groups						1B vs	1C vs	1E vs	1F vs
A	B	C	D			3A	3D	3B	3C
A	B	C		E		3A	3E	3B	3C
A	B	C			F	3A	3F	3B	3C
A	B		D	E		3D	3E	3A	3B
A	B		D		F	3D	3F	3A	3B
A	B			E	F	3E	3F	3B	3A
A		C	D	E		3E	3D	3C	3A
A		C	D		F	3F	3D	3C	3A
A		C		E	F	3E	3F	3C	3A
A			D	E	F	3E	3F	3D	3A
	B	C	D	E		3E	3D	3B	3C
	B	C	D		F	3F	3D	3C	3B
	B	C		E	F	3F	3E	3C	3B
	B		D	E	F	3F	3E	3D	3B
		C	D	E	F	3F	3E	3D	3C

Qualified teams[edit]

The top two placed teams from each of the six groups, along with the four best-placed third teams, will qualify for the knockout stage.^[2]

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third-placed teams (Best four qualify)
A
B
C
D
E
F

Bracket[edit]

30 June – Cologne

Winner Group B

5 July – Stuttgart

3rd Group A/D/E/F

Winner Match 39

29 June – Dortmund

Winner Match 37

Winner Group A

9 July – Munich

Runner-up Group C

Winner Match 45

1 July – Frankfurt

Winner Match 46

Winner Group F

5 July – Hamburg

3rd Group A/B/C

Winner Match 41

1 July – Düsseldorf

Winner Match 42

Runner-up Group D

14 July – Berlin

Runner-up Group E

Winner Match 49

2 July – Munich

Winner Match 50

Winner Group E

6 July – Berlin

3rd Group A/B/C/D

Winner Match 43

2 July – Leipzig

Winner Match 44

Winner Group D

10 July – Dortmund

Runner-up Group F

Winner Match 47

30 June – Gelsenkirchen

Winner Match 48

Winner Group C

6 July – Düsseldorf

3rd Group D/E/F

Winner Match 40

29 June – Berlin

Winner Match 38

Runner-up Group A

Runner-up Group B

Round of 16[edit]

Runner-up Group A vs Runner-up Group B[edit]

29 June 2024