UEFA EUROcup 2018

The UEFA EUROcup 2018 is the 1st edition ever organised, hosted in Germany and the Netherlands. This is the 1st tournament ever played who have needed qualifiers, divided into three tournaments:

1. The tournament of England: 1 match
2. The tournament of Spain: 6 matches
3. The tournament of Italy: 6 matches

The tournament will oppose 16 teams, divided into 4 groups of 4 teams. The 2 bests of each group qualify for the quarter-finals. This tournament is also a part for the FIFA World Cup 2018 qualifiers, the ranking of each team will give special scenarios:

* Winner, finalist, semi-finalist, quarter-finalist: qualified for the World Cup
* Group Stage, 3rd place: play-offs for the World Cup.
* Group Stage, 4th place: eliminated.

## Participants

Hosts:

* Germany
* Netherlands

Play-offs:

* Sweden
* Spain
* Switzerland
* Czech Republic
* Slovenia
* Ireland
* Poland
* Belgium
* Romania
* Denmark
* Italy
* France
* Russia
* Portugal (best loser)

## Host Stadiums

The 2 hosts have opened 6 stadiums for the tournament:

* Allianz Arena
* Amsterdam Arena
* Borussia Park
* Olympiastadion
* Veltins-Arena
* Volksparkstadion

## Seeding

Before the tournament takes place, a seeding is made to determinate
the groups for the tournament. The 16 teams are seeded into 4 groups of 4 teams, playing against all others teams in their group, winning points depending of their results (3 points a win, 1 point a tie, 0 point a lose). The 2 best teams are qualified for the quarter-finals.

The seeding is make depending on these rules:

1. Germany and Netherlands are automatically in the pot 1 (best pot), forgetting their actual level.
2. The 14 remaining teams are seeded into the 4 pots depending of their results in their respectives play-off matches.

The pots ends with this composition:

* Netherlands
* Belgium
* France
* Czech Republic
* Russia
* Slovenia
* Denmark
* Italy
* Poland
* Switzerland
* Romania
* Portugal

Final Seeding

* Russia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Czech Republic
* France
* Denmark
* Switzerland
* Italy
* Belgium
* Poland
* Ireland
* Portugal

## Group Stage

### Group A

#### Wesneday 18th of april

Germany  1-0  Russia

Allianz Arena

 M. Ozil 27'

Spain  3-0  Sweden

Borussia Park

 Isco 9', Diego Costa 62', Marco Ascensio 84'

#### Sunday 22nd of april

Sweden 0-1  Germany

Volksparkstadion

 T. Kroos 15'

Russia 0-1  Spain

Olympiastadion

 Sergio Busquets 19'

#### Thursday, 26th of april

Spain 0-1  Germany

Veltins-Arena

 M. Gómez 45'

Russia 1-2  Sweden

Amsterdam Arena

 D. Kuzyaev 80'  O. Toivonen 27', M. Berg 84'

### Group B

#### Thursday 19th of april

Romania 1-0  Czech Republic

Olympiastadion

 C. Keseru 4'

France 2-0 Denmark

Veltins Arena

 A. Griezmann 81', P. Pogba 89'

#### Monday 23rd of april

Denmark 0-1  Romania

Borussia Park

 A. Chipciv 76'

Czech Republic 0-2  France

Allians Arena

 A. Griezmann 20' (P), 74'

#### Friday 27th of april

France  1-1  Romania

Veltins Arena

 P. Pogba 65'  C. Keseru 25'

Czech Republic  1-1 (3-0 Pe.) Denmark

Volksparkstadion

 P. Schick 55' A. Cornelius 23, C. Eriksen 70'

At the end of the match, Czech Republic and Denmark ends in a perfect tie, for determinate who will end in the 3rd place, the two teams played the penalties, with a crushing 3-0 victory for Czech Republic.

### Group C

#### Friday 20th april

Slovenia  0-0  Switzerland

Borussia park

Italy  2-4  Belgium

Volksparkstadion

 A. Belotti 27', 41'  K. de Bruyne 5', 33' R. Lukaku 12', 21'

#### Tuesday 24th april

Belgium  1-1  Slovenia

Volksparkstadion

 R. Lukaku 23'  J. Ilicic 17'

Switerland  0-1  Italy

Veltins Arena

 A. Belotti 23'

#### Saturday 28th april

Italy  1-2  Slovenia

Allianz Arena

 A. Belotti 33'  B. Verbic 14', J. Ilicic 65'

Switzerland  0-0  Belgium

Olympiastadion

### Group D

#### Saturday 21st april

Netherlands  0-0  Poland

Amsterdam Arena

Ireland  1-1  Portugal

Allianz Arena

 J. Hendrick 11'  C. Ronaldo 24'

#### Wesneday 25th april

Portugal  0-1  Netherlands

Amsterdam Arena

 M. Depay 77' (P)

Poland  0-1  Ireland

Olympiastadion

 D. Meyler 29'

#### Sunday 29th april

Ireland  2-1  Netherlands

Amsterdam Arena

 J. Hendrick 49', 79'  M. Depay 6'

Poland  0-0  Portugal

Borussia Park

## Final Stage

### Quarter-Finals

#### Thursday 3rd may

Germany  3-1  Romania

Borussia Park

 M. Gómez 32', S. Khedira 37', T. Kroos 63'  J. Boateng 76' (OG)

Belgium  1-1 (3-0 P.)  Netherlands

Amsterdam Arena

 E. Hazard 4'  A. Robben 12'

#### Friday 4th may

France  0-1  Spain

Veltins Arena

 Thiago 86'

Ireland  1-0  Slovenia

Volksparkstadion

 J. Hendrick 45'

### Semi-Finals

#### Tuesday 8th may

Germany  1-1 (1-3)  Belgium

Allianz Arena

 T. Muller 44'  R. Lukaku 39'

#### Wesneday 9th may

Spain  1-0  Ireland

Olympiastadion

 Iniesta 32'

### 3rd place

#### Sunday 13rd may

Germany  1-0  Ireland

Allianz Arena

 T. Muller 32' (P)

### Final

#### Monday 14th may

Belgium  1-0  Spain

Amsterdam Arena

 E. Hazard 22'

## Statistics

### Best scorers

#### 4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

  E. Hazard
  T. Kroos