This is how Hungary can qualify

2024. június. 24., 19:09   |    

This is how Hungary can qualify

There are several possible scenarios which would see Hungary reach the knockout stages of the 2024 European Championship in Germany.

Hungary Men defeated Scotland 1-0 in a tremendous battle yesterday in Stuttgart, victory in their third and final group A fixture meaning their three points might still be enough to eran Marco Rossi's squad a place in the Round of 16. In order to qualify, the following conditions must be met:

From the six groups, the group winners and runners-up automatically qualify for the last sixteen and will be joined by the four best third-placed teams. In order for Hungary to squeeze into the latter category, they must finish the group stage with a better record than at least two of the other participants to have ended up third in their groups. For example, Rossi's charges can remain in a better position than the third team in Group B if Spain don't lose to Albania and Italy earn at least one point against Croatia.

In this case, Albania and Croatia would finish with 2 points each, so they'd be below Hungary on points.

In Group C, the third-placed country would finish with fewer than three points if England beat Slovenia (in this case, any outcome in the Denmark-Serbia encounter is favourable to Hungary).

If Portugal don't lose to Georgia in Group F, and Czech Republic fail to beat Turkey, the third-placed team will also finish with fewer points than Hungary.

In Group E, each team has 3 points, but if Ukraine lose to Belgium by at least two goals and Romania beat Slovakia, Ukraine would be third and their goal difference would be -4, worse than Hungary's goal difference of -3.

If the results in two of these four groups go favourably, Hungary would qualify for the knockout stages of Euro 2024.

Key matches from Hungary's perspective:

Monday, June 24:

Group B

21.00 Albania-Spain

21.00 Croatia-Italy

Tuesday, June 25:

Group C

21.00 England-Slovenia

21.00 Denmark-Serbia

Wednesday, June 26:

Group E

18.00 Slovakia-Romania

18.00 Ukraine-Belgium

GROUP F

21.00 Czech Republic-Turkey

21.00 Georgia-Portugal


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