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. [1] 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.
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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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 [nb 2] (host) | 2 | Group I runner-up | 13 October 2019 | 12th | 2016 | Winners (1960) | 12 | 38 |
Notes
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 stage |
2 | Denmark (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | Finland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | Russia (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] |
In the round of 16, [2]
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. [3] [4] [5] 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. [6] 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. [7]
Denmark | 0–1 | Finland |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [9] |
Belgium [12] | Russia [12] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [12] |
Finland [14] | Russia [14] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [14] |
Denmark [16] | Belgium [16] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [16] |
Russia [18] | Denmark [18] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [18] |
Finland [20] | Belgium [20] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees: [20] |
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 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 |
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