During the final tournament, held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Spain was drawn in Group E with Sweden, Slovakia and Poland; the team itself was already tipped alongside Belgium and France as the top favourites to win the European trophy. On 14 June, they shockingly drew 0–0 with Sweden, and on 19 June they drew 1–1 with Poland, as for the result, the team's poor forms in both games were subject to criticisms. Although they won 5–0 against Slovakia on 23 June, that was not enough to top the group and therefore they ended up in second place.