Group A of UEFA Euro 2020 took place from 11 to 20 June 2021 in Baku's Olympic Stadium and Rome's Stadio Olimpico.[1] The group contained Turkey, host nation and eventual champions Italy, Wales and Switzerland.
Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
Qualifying Rankings November 2019[nb 1] |
FIFA Rankings May 2021 |
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A1 | Turkey | 3 | Group H runner-up | 14 November 2019 | 5th | 2016 | Semi-finals (2008) | 14 | 29 |
A2 | Italy (host) | 1 | Group J winner | 12 October 2019 | 10th | 2016 | Winners (1968) | 2 | 7 |
A3 | Wales | 4 | Group E runner-up | 19 November 2019 | 2nd | 2016 | Semi-finals (2016) | 19 | 17 |
A4 | Switzerland | 2 | Group D winner | 18 November 2019 | 5th | 2016 | Round of 16 (2016) | 9 | 13 |
Notes
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Italy (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | Wales | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4[a] | |
3 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4[a] | |
4 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
In the round of 16,[2]
Turkey[4]
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Italy[4]
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[4]
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Wales | 1–1 | Switzerland |
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Report |
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Wales[7]
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Switzerland[7]
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[7]
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Turkey | 0–2 | Wales |
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Report |
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Turkey[9]
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Wales[9]
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[9]
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Italy | 3–0 | Switzerland |
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Report |
Italy[11]
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Switzerland[11]
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[11]
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Switzerland | 3–1 | Turkey |
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Report |
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Switzerland[13]
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Turkey[13]
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[13]
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Italy[15]
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Wales[15]
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:[15]
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Fair play points were to be used as a tiebreaker if the head-to-head and overall records of teams were tied (and if a penalty shoot-out was not applicable as a tiebreaker). These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:[2]
Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.
Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | |||||||||
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Italy | 1 | −1 | |||||||||||
Switzerland | 2 | 2 | 1 | −5 | |||||||||
Turkey | 2 | 2 | 3 | −7 | |||||||||
Wales | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | −8 |