UEFA Euro 2020 Group B
Group B of UEFA Euro 2020 took place from 12 to 21 June 2021 in Copenhagen's Parken Stadium and Saint Petersburg's Krestovsky Stadium. The group contained host nation Denmark, Finland, Belgium and host nation Russia. The head-to-head match between the hosts took place at Denmark's Parken Stadium.
Teams
Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
Qualifying Rankings November 2019 |
FIFA Rankings May 2021 |
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B1 | Denmark (host) | 3 | Group D runner-up | 18 November 2019 | 9th | 2012 | Winners (1992) | 15 | 10 |
B2 | Finland | 4 | Group J runner-up | 15 November 2019 | 1st | — | Debut | 20 | 54 |
B3 | Belgium | 1 | Group I winner | 10 October 2019 | 6th | 2016 | Runners-up (1980) | 1 | 1 |
B4 | Russia (host) | 2 | Group I runner-up | 13 October 2019 | 12th | 2016 | Winners (1960) | 12 | 38 |
Notes
- The European Qualifiers overall rankings from November 2019 were used for seeding for the final draw.
- From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | Denmark (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
3 | Finland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | Russia (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 |
- Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Denmark +2, Finland 0, Russia −2.
In the round of 16,
- The winner of Group B, Belgium, advanced to play the third-placed team of Group F, Portugal.
- The runner-up of Group B, Denmark, advanced to play the runner-up of Group A, Wales.
Matches
Denmark vs Finland
In the 43rd minute, the match was suspended after Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch due to a cardiac arrest. Eriksen was transferred to Rigshospitalet where he was stabilised. UEFA gave the players two options for restarting the match, either to resume later in the evening or the next day at 12:00 CEST. Only after receiving confirmation that Eriksen was awake, the Danish team agreed to continue the match that evening. The match was resumed at 20:30, with the last four minutes of the first half to be completed prior to a five-minute half-time break.
Denmark | 0–1 | Finland |
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Belgium vs Russia
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Finland vs Russia
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Denmark vs Belgium
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Russia vs Denmark
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Finland vs Belgium
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Discipline
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:
- yellow card = 1 point
- red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points
- direct red card = 3 points
- yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points
Only one of the above deductions would be applied to a player in a single match.
Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | |||||||||
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Belgium | 1 | −1 | |||||||||||
Denmark | 3 | 1 | −4 | ||||||||||
Finland | 2 | 2 | −4 | ||||||||||
Russia | 3 | 2 | −5 |