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EURO 2024 PLAY-OFFS

Semi-Finals

Mar 21 – Cardiff

Wales 4 (Brooks 3, Williams 38, Johnson 47, D. James 86)

Finland1 (Pukki 45)

Wales: Ward – Mepham, Rodon, B. Davies – Roberts, J. James, Ampadu, Williams; Brooks (Moore 61), Wilson (Broadhead 90); Johnson (D. James 73).

Finland: Hradecky – Alho (Niskanan 87), Tenho, Ivanov, Peltola; Lod (Antman 73), Schuller (Kairinen 73), Kamara, Hakans; Pohjanpalo (Kallman 78), Pukki (F. Jensen 78).

Mar 21 – Warsaw

Poland 5 (Frankowski 22, Zielinksi 50, Piotrowski 70, Mets 73 og, S. Szymanski 76)

Estonia1 (Vetkal 78)

Poland: Szczesny – Bednarek, Dawidowicz, Kiwior; Frankowski (Cash 46, Puchacz 56), Zielinski (S. Szymanski 72), Slisz, Piotrowski (Moder 73), Zalewski; Swiderski (Buksa 72), Lewandowsk­i.

Estonia: Hein – Paskotsi, J. Tamm, Klavan, Mets, Kallaste (Pikk 67); Palumets (Poom 67), Vetkal, Soomets (Ainsalu 82); A. Tamm (Hussar 31), Jurgens (Lepik 67).

Sent off: Paskotsi 27.

Final

Mar 26 – Cardiff

Wales 0

Poland 0

After Extra-Time. Poland win 5-4 on penalties

Wales: Ward – Mepham, Rodon, B. Davies – Roberts (Brooks 84, Broadhead1­12),

J. James, Ampadu, Williams; Wilson, Johnson (D. James 70); Moore.

Sent off: Mepham120+1.

Poland: Szczesny – Bednarek (Salamon 80), Dawidowicz, Kiwior; Frankowski, Piotrowski (Romanczuk1­05), Slisz, Zielinski (S. Szymanski1­01), Zalewski; Swiderski (Piatek 80), Lewandowsk­i.

Semi-Finals

Mar 21 – Zenica

Bosnia & Herzegovin­a1 (Matviyenko 56 og)

Ukraine 2 (Yaremchuk 85, Dovbyk 88)

Bosnia & Herzegovin­a: Sehic – Ahmedhodzi­c (Kovacevic 82), Hadzikadun­ic, Kolasinac; Dedic (Civic 68), Cimirot, Krunic (Rahmanovic 90+2), Gazibegovi­c; Hajradinov­ic (Pjanic 82); Dzeko, Demirovic.

Ukraine: Lunin – Konoplya, Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Mykolenko; Zinchenko (Malinovsky­i 76), Brazhko (Yaremchuk 81); Zubkov (Hutsulyak 76), Sudakov, Mudryk; Dovbyk (Talovyerov 90+2).

Mar 21 – Budapest

Israel1 (Zahavi 31 pen)

Iceland 4 (A. Gudmundsso­n 39, 83, 87, Traustason 42)

Israel: Glazer – Dasa, Vitor, Goldberg, Revivo; Kanichowsk­y (Gloukh 46), Dor Peretz (Abu Fani 70), Kinda (Safouri 62); Khalaili (Abada 71), Zahavi, Turgeman.

Sent off: Revivo 73.

Iceland: Valdimarss­on – Palsson, Ingason, Gretarsson, Thorarinss­on; Willumsson (Thorsteins­son 46), Traustason (Bergmann Johannesso­n 62), Haraldsson, A. Sigurdsson (Anderson 77); Oskarsson (Gudjohnsen 62), Gudmundsso­n.

Final

Mar 26 – Wroclaw

Ukraine 2 (Tsyhankov 54, Mudryk 84)

Iceland1 (A. Gudmundsso­n 30)

Ukraine: Lunin – Konoplya, Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Mykolenko; Malinovsky­i (Zinchenko 64), Brazhko, Sudakov; Tsyhankov (Talovyerov 88), Yaremchuk (Dovbyk 72), Mudryk.

Iceland: Valdimarss­on – Palsson, Ingason, Gretarsson, Thorarinss­on (Finnsson 63); Haraldsson (Anderson 87), Traustason, J. Gudmundsso­n, Thorsteins­son (Ellertsson 87); Gudjohnsen (Oskarsson 64), A. Gudmundsso­n.

Semi-Finals

Mar 21 – Tbilisi

Georgia 2 (Zivzivadze 40, 63)

Luxembourg 0

Georgia: Mamardashv­ili – Kakabadze, Kvirkvelia, Kashia, Dvali, Shengelia (Tsitaishvi­li 72); Chakvetadz­e (Kvekveskir­i 77), Kochorashv­ili (Kankava 86), Kiteishvil­i; Zivzivadze (Kvilitaia 86), Mikautadze (Davitashvi­li 77).

Luxembourg: Moris – Jans, Mahmutovic (Muratovic 90+1), Chanot, Pinto (M. Martins 42); Bohnert, Barreiro, C. Martins, Olesen

(O. Thill 77), Borges Sanches (Curci 77); Rodrigues (Korac 90+1).

Sent off: Chanot 56.

Path A

Path B

Path C

Mar 21 – Athens

Greece 5 (Bakasetas 9 pen, Pelkas15, Ioannidis 37, Kourbellis 40, Tapalov 86 og)

Kazakhstan 0

Greece: Vlachodimo­s – Baldock (Rota 67), Mavropanos, Hatzidiako­s (Retsos 46), Tsimikas; Bakasetas (Bouchalaki­s 74), Kourbellis, Mantalos; Masouras, Ioannidis (Konstantel­ias 64), Pelkas (Giakoumaki­s 64).

Kazakhstan: Shatskiy – Kairov (Tapalov

46), Bystrov, Marochkin, Erlanov, Vorogovski­y; Chesnokov (Zuev 68), Beisebekov (Sadybekov 46), Zaynutdino­v, Astanov (Orazov 46); Samorodov (Aymbetov 77).

Final

Mar 26 – Tbilisi

Georgia 0

Greece 0

After Extra-Time. Georgia win 4-2 on penalties

Georgia: Mamardashv­ili – Kvirkvelia, Kashia, Dvali; Kiteishvil­i (Kvekveskir­i104); Kakabadze, Kochorashv­ili, Chakvetadz­e (Davitashvi­li 104), Shengelia (Tsitaishvi­li 86); Zivzivadze (Mikautadze 74), Kvaratskhe­lia (Kvilitaia1­09).

Greece: Vlachodimo­s – Baldock (Rota 60), Mavropanos, Hatzidiako­s (Retsos105), Tsimikas; Kourbellis (Siopis 67), Mantalos (Bouchalaki­s 99); Masouras, Bakasetas, Pelkas (Konstantel­ias 61); Ioannidis (Giakoumaki­s 90).

Group A

Germany, Scotland, Hungary, Switzerlan­d

Group B

Spain, Croatia, Italy, Albania

Group C

Slovenia, Denmark, Serbia, England

Group D

Poland, Netherland­s, Austria, France

Group E

Belgium, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine

Group F

Turkey, Georgia, Portugal, Czech Republic

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Relegation Play-Outs

Mar 21 – Faro Gibraltar 0 Lithuania1 (Kucys 60)

Mar 26 – Kaunas

Lithuania1 (Cernych 50)

Gibraltar 0

Lithuania win 2-0 on aggregate and remain in League C – Gibraltar are relegated to League D

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Group A

Mar 21 – Khamis Mushait Afghanista­n 0 India 0

Mar 21 – Doha

Qatar 3 (Afif 47, 68, Al Rawi 51) Kuwait 0

Mar 26 – Guwahati

India1 (Chhetri 38 pen)

Afghanista­n 2 (Akbari 70, Mukhammad 88 pen)

Mar 26 – Farwaniya Kuwait1 (Daham 79) Qatar 2 (Almoez 77, 80)

Group B

PPPPWWWWDD­DDLMar 21 – Yangon

Myanmar1 (Soe Moe Kyaw 35) Syria1 (Al Dali 71)

Mar 21 – Tokyo Japan1 (Tanaka 2) North Korea 0

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Syria 7 (Khrbin 30, 54, 63 pen, Hesar 47, Al Ajaan 51, 68, Al Dali 80)

Myanmar 0

Mar 26 – Pyongyang

North Korea –

Japan –

Match cancelled and will not be reschedule­d

Group C

Mar 21 – Seoul

South Korea1 (Son Heung-min 42) Thailand1 (Suphanat 61)

Mar 21 – Singapore

Singapore 2 (Faris 53, Mahler 81) China 2 (Wu Lei10, 45+2)

AMar 26 – Tianjin

China 4 (Wu Lei 21, 85, Fei Nanduo 65 pen, Wei Shihao 90)

Singapore1 (Faris 22)

Mar 26 – Bangkok

Thailand 0

South Korea 3 (Lee Jae-sung19, Son Heung-min 54, Park Jin-seop 82)

Group D

AMar 21 – Kaohsiung

Chinese Taipei 0 Kyrgyzstan 2 (Kichin 54 pen, Merk 80)

Mar 21 – Muscat

Oman 2 (Al Sabhi 58, Al Ghassani 88) Malaysia 0

Mar 26 – Bishkek

Kyrgyzstan 5 (Kojo17, 38, 45, Brauzman 79, Ki. Merk 90+5)

Chinese Taipei1 (Wu Yen-shu 87 pen)

Mar 26 – Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia 0

Oman 2 (Al Malki 45+4 pen, Al Ghafri 90+4)

Group E

Mar 21 – Tehran

Iran 5 (Kanaani10, 48, Azmoun13, Mohebi 56, Noorafkan 90+2) Turkmenist­an 0

AMar 21 – Hong Kong

Hong Kong 0

Uzbekistan 2 (Shomurodov 49, Ashurmatov 66)

Mar 26 – Tashkent

Uzbekistan 3 (Shomurodov 20, Erkinov 63, Urunov 70)

Hong Kong 0

Mar 26 – Ashgabat Turkmenist­an 0 Iran1 (Ghayedi 45+5)

Group F

PPPPPWMar 21 – Jakarta Indonesia1 (Egy 52) Vietnam 0

Mar 21 – Basra Iraq1 (M. Ali 84) Philippine­s 0

WWWWDDDDDL­LLLLFFFFFA­Mar 26 – Hanoi

Vietnam 0

Indonesia 3 (Idzes 9, Oratmangoe­n 23, Sananta 90+8)

Mar 26 – Manila

Philippine­s 0

Iraq 5 (Hussein14, 36, Al Ammari 30, Iqbal 62, Tahseen 77)

Group G

AMar 21 – Islamabad

Pakistan 0

Jordan 3 (Al Tamari 2, 86, Olwan 9 pen)

Mar 21 – Riyadh

Saudi Arabia1 (S. Al Dawsari 23) Tajikistan 0

Mar 26 – Amman

Jordan 7 (Al Tamari15, 62, 79, Al Naimat 28, Al Rosan 52, Olwan 75, Abu Zraiq 83) Pakistan 0

Mar 26 – Dushanbe Tajikistan­1 (Soirov 80)

Saudi Arabia1 (Al Buraikan 46)

Group H

AMar 21 – Riffa

Nepal 0

Bahrain 5 (Al Humaidan 2, Baqer 4, Madan 45+4, Al Khattal 87, Abdullatif 90+6)

Mar 21 – Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 2 Yemen1 (Idrees 69 og)

(Saleh 24 pen, Adil 72)

Mar 26 – Riffa

Bahrain 3 (Baqer 7, Helal18, Al Aswad 36) Nepal 0

Mar 26 – Khobar Yemen 0

United Arab Emirates 3

Group I (Lima14, 22, Adil 35)

Mar 21 – Sydney

Australia 2 (Baccus 5, Rowles 54) Lebanon 0

AMar 21 – Kuwait City

Palestine 5 (Dabbagh 43, 53, 77, Qunbar 45+1, 49) Bangladesh 0

Mar 26 – Canberra

Lebanon 0

Australia 5 (Yengi 2, Jradi 47 og, Goodwin 48, 81, Iredale 68)

Mar 26 – Dhaka Bangladesh 0 Palestine1 (Termanini 90+4)

Finals Draw

Second Round

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