Yes for Euro 2008, it was a 16-team tournament, so top two of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.Jackson Harrison wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 19:14Top 2 go through right?amenina wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 18:58Article 14 explains the tiebreakers: https://documents.uefa.com/r/Regulation ... ion-OnlineJackson Harrison wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 13:38
That would be weird.
Could come down to a drawing of lots of fair play coefficients decided it.
If all six matches of a group finish 0-0, then all four teams, tied on 3 points, are also tied on all criteria a-f, so criteria g, i.e., disciplinary points will be used as tiebreaker.
If criteria g is still tied on a subset of teams, then criteria h, i.e., higher position in qualifying round coefficient ranking, will be used. For example, since England are seeded in the top pot for the qualifying round, they will win the tiebreaker over other teams in their group.
But there is also Article 14.02, which specifies that in some cases, a penalty shoot-out between two teams may be used as a tiebreaker. For example, if the first four matches all finish 0-0, and in the final round of matches, Team A beat Team B, while Team C and Team D draw their match, then Team A finish first with 5 points and Team B finish last with 2 points. In that case, Team C and Team D both have 3 points, and also the same goal difference and goals scored, and also just drew their head-to-head match. In that case, a penalty shoot-out will be used after their match to decide who finish second and who finish third.
This method has been used in UEFA youth tournaments as a tiebreaker to decide who advance to the next stage, but never in a senior tournament. Of course, it came very close during Euro 2008, when Turkey came back against the Czech Republic from 2 goals down to tie the match at the 87th minute due to Cech's error. Had the score stay 2-2, the penalty shoot-out method would be used to decide who advance as group runners-up behind Portugal. But of course Turkey scored another goal to complete the comeback and the penalty shoot-out tiebreaker was not necessary.
If you mean the 2024 U-19 qualifying round, then top two of each group, together with the best third-placed team (using record against the top two teams) advance to the elite round (Portugal had a bye to the elite round).