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Moldova national football team


campaigns entered to date, except UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying, in which they finished fifth in the seven-team Group C with 12 points. Friendly match Friendly match 2018–19 UEFA Nations League 2018–19 UEFA Nations League 2018–19 UEFA Nations League 2018–19 UEFA Nations League 2018–19 UEFA Nations League 2018–19 UEFA Nations League Friendly match UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying UEFA Euro 2020
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying


The UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying tournament is a football competition that is being played from March 2019 to March 2020 to determine the 24 UEFA member men's national teams that will advance to the UEFA Euro 2020 final tournament. The competition is linked with the 2018–19 edition of the UEFA Nations League, giving countries a secondary route to qualify for the final tournament. For the first time since 1976, no team will automatically qualify for the UEFA European Championship as the host country. There are 55 national teams participating in the qualifying process,
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UEFA Euro 2020


, September, October and November 2019. With the creation of the UEFA Nations League starting in 2018, the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League is to be linked with UEFA Euro qualifying, providing teams another chance to qualify for Euro 2020. Four teams from each division that have not already qualified for the Euro finals are to compete in the play-offs for each division, to be played in March 2020. The winners of the play-offs for each division, to be decided by two "one-off" semi-
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group A


Group A of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying is one of the ten groups to decide which teams will qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020 finals tournament. Group A consists of five teams: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England, Kosovo and Montenegro, where they will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams will qualify directly for the finals. Unlike previous editions, the participants of the play-offs will not be decided based on results from the qualifying group stage, but
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group B


Group B of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying is one of the ten groups to decide which teams will qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020 finals tournament. Group B consists of five teams: Lithuania, Luxembourg, Portugal (the title holders), Serbia and Ukraine, where they will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams will qualify directly for the finals. Unlike previous editions, the participants of the play-offs will not be decided based on results from the qualifying
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group C


Group C of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying is one of the ten groups to decide which teams will qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020 finals tournament. Group C consists of five teams: Belarus, Estonia, Germany, Netherlands and Northern Ireland, where they will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams will qualify directly for the finals. Unlike previous editions, the participants of the play-offs will not be decided based on results from the qualifying group stage, but
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group D


Group D of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying is one of the ten groups to decide which teams will qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020 finals tournament. Group D consists of five teams: Denmark, Georgia, Gibraltar, Republic of Ireland and Switzerland, where they will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams will qualify directly for the finals. Unlike previous editions, the participants of the play-offs will not be decided based on results from the qualifying group stage,
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group E


Group E of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying is one of the ten groups to decide which teams will qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020 finals tournament. Group E consists of five teams: Azerbaijan, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia and Wales, where they will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams will qualify directly for the finals. Unlike previous editions, the participants of the play-offs will not be decided based on results from the qualifying group stage, but instead
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group F


Group F of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying is one of the ten groups to decide which teams will qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020 finals tournament. Group F consists of six teams: Faroe Islands, Malta, Norway, Romania, Spain and Sweden, where they will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams will qualify directly for the finals. Unlike previous editions, the participants of the play-offs will not be decided based on results from the qualifying group stage
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group G


Group G of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying is one of the ten groups to decide which teams will qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020 finals tournament. Group G consists of six teams: Austria, Israel, Latvia, North Macedonia, Poland and Slovenia, where they will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams will qualify directly for the finals. Unlike previous editions, the participants of the play-offs will not be decided based on results from the qualifying group stage
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group H


Group H of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying is one of the ten groups to decide which teams will qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020 finals tournament. Group H consists of six teams: Albania, Andorra, France, Iceland, Moldova and Turkey, where they will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams will qualify directly for the finals. Unlike previous editions, the participants of the play-offs will not be decided based on results from the qualifying group stage,
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group I


Group I of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying is one of the ten groups to decide which teams will qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020 finals tournament. Group I consists of six teams: Belgium, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Russia, San Marino and Scotland, where they will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams will qualify directly for the finals. Unlike previous editions, the participants of the play-offs will not be decided based on results from the qualifying group stage
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group J


Group J of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying is one of the ten groups to decide which teams will qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020 finals tournament. Group J consists of six teams: Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Greece, Italy and Liechtenstein, where they will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams will qualify directly for the finals. Unlike previous editions, the participants of the play-offs will not be decided based on results from the qualifying group
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying


qualified for UEFA Euro 2020. To determine the overall rankings of the European Qualifiers, results against teams in sixth place are discarded and the following criteria are applied: Below is the schedule of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying campaign. The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 2 December 2018 following the draw. The qualifying group stage draw was held on 2 December 2018, 12:00 CET (11:00 local time), at the Convention Centre Dublin in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The 55 teams were drawn into 10 groups: five
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs


The play-offs of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying tournament will decide the last four teams which will qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020 final tournament. Unlike previous editions, the participants of the play-offs will not be decided based on results from the qualifying group stage. Instead, 16 teams which failed to qualify through their group will be selected based on their performance in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League. The sixteen teams will be divided into four paths, each containing four teams, with each play-off path featuring two
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying


fail to qualify for the finals tournament. With the creation of the UEFA Nations League starting in 2018, the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League will be linked with UEFA Euro qualifying, providing teams another chance to qualify for UEFA Euro 2020. The qualifying process will guarantee that at least one team from each division of the previous Nations League season will qualify for the final tournament (either directly or through the play-offs). The main qualifying process began in March 2019, instead of late 2018 immediately following the 2018 FIFA World Cup
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2018–19 UEFA Nations League


the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying group stage may still qualify for the final tournament via the play-offs. Each league in the UEFA Nations League will be allocated one of the four remaining UEFA Euro 2020 places. Four teams from each league who have not already qualified for the European Championship finals will compete in the play-offs of their league, to be played in March 2020. The play-off berths will be first allocated to each group winner, and if any of the group winners have already qualified for the European
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs


single-leg semi-finals, and one single-leg final. The four play-off path winners will join the twenty teams which have already qualified for UEFA Euro 2020. The matches will take place between 26 and 31 March 2020. With the new play-off format, the qualifying process will guarantee that at least one team from each division of the previous Nations League season will qualify for the final tournament. The 16 teams will be selected based on their performance in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League. These teams
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UEFA Euro 2020


the national teams from the host cities to fail to qualify for the finals tournament. The UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying draw was held on 2 December 2018 at the Convention Centre Dublin in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The main qualifying process started in March 2019, instead of immediately in September 2018 following the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and is scheduled to end in November 2019. The format remains largely the same, although only 20 of the 24 spots for the finals tournament are to be decided from the main qualifying process, leaving
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying


with Kosovo taking part for the first time. The draw took place at the Convention Centre Dublin, Republic of Ireland, on 2 December 2018. There will be no automatic qualifying berth, and all 55 UEFA national teams, including the 12 national teams whose countries will stage matches, must compete in the qualifiers for the 24 places at the finals tournament. As the host cities were appointed by UEFA in September 2014, before the qualifiers of UEFA Euro 2020, it is possible for the national teams from the host cities to
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2019 Campeonato Pernambucano


relegated to the 2020 Campeonato Pernambucano A2. Top three teams not already qualified for 2020 Série A, Série B or Série C qualified for 2020 Série D. Starting from the quarter-finals, the teams played a single-elimination tournament with the following rules: "Sport qualified for the 2020 Copa do Brasil." "Náutico qualified for the 2020 Copa do Brasil." "Afogados qualified for the 2020 Copa do Brasil." "Sport qualified for the 2020 Copa do Nordeste." The 2019 Campeonato Pernambucano team was a
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2018–19 UEFA Nations League


group stage draw and the European qualifying play-offs, overall UEFA Nations League rankings are established as follows: The 2018–19 UEFA Nations League will be linked with UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying, providing teams another chance to qualify for UEFA Euro 2020. The main qualifying process began in March 2019 instead of immediately in September 2018 following the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and will end in November 2019. The format will remain largely the same, although only 20 of the 24 spots for the finals tournament will be decided from the main qualifying
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying


The teams were seeded based on the November 2018 UEFA Nations League overall rankings. Teams in "italics" are final tournament hosts. Matches take place from 21 March to 19 November 2019. Teams which fail in qualifying group stage may still qualify for the final tournament through the play-offs. Each league in the UEFA Nations League will be allocated one of the four remaining UEFA Euro 2020 places. Four teams from each league which have not already qualified for the European Championship finals will compete in the play-offs of their
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UEFA Euro 2020


stage); Brussels, marked with red, were initially selected but removed from the list of venues by UEFA on 7 December 2017 and the planned games there were moved to Wembley. There is no automatic qualifying berth, and all 55 UEFA national teams, including the 12 national teams whose countries are scheduled to stage matches, must compete in the qualifiers for the 24 places at the finals tournament. As the host cities were appointed by UEFA in September 2014, before the qualifiers of UEFA Euro 2020, it is possible for
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Sweden national football team


Granqvist. Three days later, they achieved a 2–0 victory over Russia in Solna. The two wins meant promotion for Sweden to League A and a guaranteed play-off spot for the UEFA Euro 2020, should they not qualify directly via the regular qualification process. The draw for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying was held on December 2, 2018. Sweden were seeded in pot 2 and drawn in Group F together with Spain, Norway, Romania, Faroe Islands and Malta. Sweden started their qualifying campaign on 23 March 2019 with
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San Marino national football team


Lithuania in Euro 2016 qualification. Official matches section begin=headtohead / section end=headtohead / Unofficial matches From 1986 to present days: The following is the list of players selected for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying against Russia on 8 June 2019 and Kazakhstan on 11 June 2019.br "Caps and goals as of 11 June 2019 after the Euro 2020 qualifying match against Kazakhstan." The following players have been called up within the last 12 months. In January 2006, the Sammarinese Football Association named Massimo Bonini as their greatest ever player
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Santi Cazorla


UEFA Euro 2020 qualification fixtures. On 7 June, he made his first appearance for Spain since November 2015, a gap of 1302 days, when he started in a 4–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying win over Faroe Islands. It was also a milestone occasion for Cazorla as he captained the national team for the first time in the second half of the match, assuming the armband following regular captain Sergio Ramos' exit from the match. Cazorla has three dogs, one of which is named Zlatan after the Swedish footballer. He has
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2018–19 UEFA Nations League A


2018 by the UEFA Executive Committee, with the winners of the final crowned as the inaugural champions of the UEFA Nations League. The four group winners will be drawn into groups of five teams for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying competition (in order to accommodate for the Nations League Finals). In addition, League A will be allocated one of the four remaining UEFA Euro 2020 places. Four teams from League A which have not already qualified for the European Championship finals will compete in the play-offs, to be played in
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs


up to League A: The 16 selected teams will then be allocated to paths of 4 teams. A draw will take place to allocate teams to the different paths, subject to the following conditions: With these conditions, the draw procedure is as follows, starting with League D and working up to League A: If there are no teams from League A (i.e. they have all qualified directly for UEFA Euro 2020), then this procedure will result in four teams from lower leagues being allocated to the path of League A.
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying


the overall rankings of the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League. There will be five groups of five teams, and five groups of six teams, with the four UEFA Nations League Finals participants guaranteed to be drawn into groups of five teams (so they can compete in the Nations League Finals in June 2019). The top two teams in each of the 10 groups qualify for Euro 2020. If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied: Notes Following
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Fiorin Durmishaj


for the national team. Only one more document is needed from the Albanian Football Association, and once that is received, the green light will be given. It's expected that the process will be completed in time for Durmishaj to participate in the first two UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Liechtenstein and Bosnia and Herzegovina. On 24 March 2019, Eventually, ahead of the crucial upcoming UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match against Bosnia and Herzegovina, on the road. Head coach of the Greek national team, Angelos Anastasiadis has summoned he
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Robert Skov


1-0 win over South Africa in the 69th minute. That goal scored by Robert Skov, was ultimately the goal that secured Denmark's advance to the quarter finals. In May 2018 he was named in Denmark’s preliminary 35-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. However, he did not make the final 23. In March 2019 he was selected for the Denmark squad for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying tournament. He made his debut on 10 June 2019 in an Euro 2020 qualifier against Georgia, as a starter
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Ibrahim Drešević


. On 31 January 2019, Drešević joined Eredivisie side Heerenveen, on a three and a half year contract. On 16 February 2019, he made his debut in a 2–2 home draw against PSV after coming on as a substitute at 79th minute in place of Jizz Hornkamp. On 22 May 2019, Drešević received a call-up from Kosovo for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Montenegro and Bulgaria, he is not available in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match against Montenegro that FIFA does not permitting to play for Kosovo due
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North Macedonia national football team


and one loss, and were promoted to the League C for the next edition of the Nations League. Macedonia were assured of a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs place. Macedonia was renamed North Macedonia after the Prespa agreement came into force on 12 February 2019. For the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying North Macedonia were placed in Group G, along with Austria, Israel, Latvia, Poland and Slovenia. North Macedonia managed two first impressive results, drawing Slovenia 1–1 away and before that, defeated Latvia 3–1 at home, to
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Georgia national football team


, having previously stated he would do so before the match regardless of the result. In June 2016, Georgia beat the reigning European champions Spain 1–0 in their final pre-Euro 2016 friendly. In 2018, they were the first team to earn promotion in the new UEFA Nations League. They scored the event's first goal in a UEFA Nations League D game in Kazakhstan before beating Latvia twice and Andorra, with 2 games still to spare. The following players were called up for UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Gibraltar and
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North Macedonia national football team


put their hope high to qualify for the first ever UEFA Euro. However, North Macedonia would soon face setbacks when they faced off stronger sides, with the team fell 0–1 to Poland and 1–4 to Austria, both games were played in Skopje. Stadiums which have hosted North Macedonia international football matches: Squad named for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group G matches against and on 7 and 10 June 2019. "Caps and goals as of 10 June 2019 after game against Austria." The following players are also eligible for the
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Albania national football team


0–4 defeat to Scotland at home. Panucci would be sacked after Albania got a hammered 0–2 defeat to Turkey in the opening campaign for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying. Another Italian, Edoardo Reja, was appointed to help Albania to improve in a tough group, but improvement is still very little. The Albanian side continued to slump, suffering a 0–1 loss away to Iceland before managed to gain its second win against Moldova 2–0. The following players have been called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Iceland and Moldova,
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UEFA European Championship qualifying


offs. Participation in those play-offs would be determined based on the teams' performances in the newly formed UEFA Nations League and not in the qualifying itself. From each of the four divisions of the 2018–19 Nations League, the four best-placed teams not yet qualified for Euro 2020 (the group winners, unless already qualified) would advance to a four-team play-off for that division using a knock-out system of semi-finals and a final. The four final winners would qualify for the Euro
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UEFA Women's Euro 2021


the preliminary round has been abolished and all entrants start from the qualifying group stage. The qualifying competition consists of two rounds: The draw for the qualifying group stage was held on 21 February 2019 in Nyon. The qualifying group stage will take place from August 2019 to September 2020, while the play-offs will take place in October 2020. The following teams qualified for the final tournament. The final tournament draw will take place at the 02 arena on 22 January 2021. The following stadiums are proposed to host matches in
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying


the qualifying group stage, the qualifying play-offs will take place in March 2020 to determine the remaining 4 teams for the finals tournament. Unlike previous editions, the participants of the play-offs will not be decided based on results from the qualifying group stage. Instead, 16 teams will be selected based on their performance in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League. These teams will be divided into four paths, each containing four teams, with one team from each path qualifying for the final tournament. Each league will have its
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2020 Copa do Brasil


The 2020 Copa do Brasil will be the 32nd edition of the Copa do Brasil football competition. The competition will be contested by 91 teams, either qualified through participitating their respective state championships (70), by the 2020 CBF ranking (10), by the 2019 Copa do Nordeste (1), by the 2019 Copa Verde (1) or by the 2019 Série B/2020 Copa Libertadores (9). The winners of the 2020 Copa do Brazil will qualify for the 2021 Copa Libertadores group stage. In the last years
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2022 European Men's Handball Championship qualification


January or 11 to 13 January 2019. The winners of each group will qualify for the EHF EURO Qualifiers ‘relegation round’, along with the three lowest ranked teams among the fourth ranked teams in the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship qualification and the winning team of the Emerging Nations Championship. The draw for EHF EURO 2022 Relegation Round took place at the EHF Office on 23 July 2019. Pre-qualified teams will join the qualified teams from previous rounds. Those teams will be split into eight groups, with the winners
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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification


for the World Cup, and the fifth-placed team advances to the inter-confederation play-offs. The 2020–21 UEFA Nations League season will be partially linked with European qualifiers for the World Cup, similar to the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs, therefore the league can provide two teams a participation in the second round of qualification. The qualifying format for the FIFA-affiliated UEFA teams will be confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 24 September 2019 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. There will be two inter-
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying


league, to be played in March 2020. The play-off berths will be first allocated to each Nations League group winner, and if any of the group winners have already qualified for the European Championship finals, then to the next best ranked team of the league, etc. The qualifying play-off draw will take place on 22 November 2019 in order to determine the paths which the non-group winners will participate in. The final hosts will also be drawn between the two semi-final pairings. The overall
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UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Group A


Group A of the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying competition consists of six teams: Netherlands, Russia, Slovenia, Turkey, Kosovo, and Estonia. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 21 February 2019, 13:30 CET (), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking. The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between August 2019 and September 2020. The group winners and
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UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Group B


Group B of the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying competition consists of six teams: Italy, Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel, Malta, and Georgia. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 21 February 2019, 13:30 CET (), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking. The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between August 2019 and September 2020. The group
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UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Group C


Group C of the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying competition consists of five teams: Norway, Wales, Belarus, Northern Ireland, and Faroe Islands. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 21 February 2019, 13:30 CET (), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking. The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between August 2019 and September 2020. The group winners and
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UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Group D


Group D of the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying competition consists of five teams: Spain, Czech Republic, Poland, Moldova, and Azerbaijan. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 21 February 2019, 13:30 CET (), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking. The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between August 2019 and September 2020. The group winners and the
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UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Group E


Group E of the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying competition consists of five teams: Scotland, Finland, Portugal, Albania, and Cyprus. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 21 February 2019, 13:30 CET (), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking. The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between August 2019 and September 2020. The group winners and the three
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UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Group F


Group F of the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying competition consists of five teams: Sweden, Iceland, Hungary, Slovakia, and Latvia. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 21 February 2019, 13:30 CET (), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking. The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between August 2019 and September 2020. The group winners and the three
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UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Group G


Group G of the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying competition consists of five teams: France, Austria, Serbia, Kazakhstan, and Macedonia. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 21 February 2019, 13:30 CET (), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking. The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between August 2019 and September 2020. The group winners and the three
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UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Group H


Group H of the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying competition consists of five teams: Switzerland, Belgium, Romania, Croatia, and Lithuania. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 21 February 2019, 13:30 CET (), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking. The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between August 2019 and September 2020. The group winners and the three
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UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying Group I


Group I of the UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying competition consists of five teams: Germany, Ukraine, Republic of Ireland, Greece, and Montenegro. The composition of the nine groups in the qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 21 February 2019, 13:30 CET (), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. with the teams seeded according to their coefficient ranking. The group is played in home-and-away round-robin format between August 2019 and September 2020. The group winners and
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Portugal national handball team


The Portugal national handball team is the national handball team of Portugal. It is governed by the Portuguese Handball Federation and takes part in international team handball competitions. The Portuguese squad achieved minor results at international level, but has qualified three times for the World Men's Handball Championship, and reached the 12th place in the 2003 edition, when they hosted the competition. This is the squad for the 2020 EHF Euro qualification matches against Romania and Lithuania. Head coach: Paulo Pereira 2020 European Men's Handball Championship Qualification Phase 2 (
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2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament


The 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament will be the 5th edition of the AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine which women's national teams from Asia qualify for the Olympic football tournament. The top two teams of the tournament qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Japan as the AFC representatives, together with Japan which already qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics as the host nation (and do not participate in the qualifying stage
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Roberto Mancini


Luigi Di Biagio. Mancini was appointed manager six months after Italy failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup under Gian Piero Ventura, after a play-off defeat to Sweden in November 2017—the first time Italy had failed to qualify for the tournament since the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Mancini's contract is incentive-based as his contract runs until 2020, however, he would be given an automatic extension if Italy qualify for UEFA Euro 2020. On 28 May 2018, Italy won their first match under Mancini, a 2–1
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Olivier Giroud


Euro 2020 qualifiers against Moldova and Iceland, taking his tally to 35 for France. In doing so, he surpassed David Trezeguet to become the nation's third-highest goalscorer of all-time, behind only Thierry Henry and Michel Platini. Giroud is capable of playing in several offensive positions, but usually plays as a striker or as a centre-forward; he has also occasionally been used as a second striker, or even as a false 9. A hard-working striker, he is known in particular for his
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2019–20 Euro Hockey League


The 2019–20 Euro Hockey League will be the 13th season of the Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier club field hockey tournament, organized by the European Hockey Federation. The Round of 16 will be held in Barcelona in October 2019 and the Final 8 will be held at a yet to be decided venue at Easter 2020. Waterloo Ducks are the defending champions but they failed to qualify for this year's edition. A total of 20 teams from 11 of the 45 EHF member associations will participate in the 2019–20 Euro Hockey League.
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2018–19 UEFA Nations League B


will be allocated one of the four remaining UEFA Euro 2020 places. Four teams from League B which have not already qualified for the European Championship finals will compete in the play-offs for each division, to be played in March 2020. The play-off berths will be first allocated to the group winners, and if any of the group winners have already qualified for the European Championship finals, then to the next best ranked team of the division, etc. If there are fewer than four teams in League B which
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Andrei Radu


clean sheet in a victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina. The following month, "Tricolorii mici" went on to finish top of the group and thus qualified for the final tournament for the second time in their history. Radu was called up for the first time to the Romania senior squad for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers against Norway and Malta in June 2019. Later that month, he was a starter in all three group fixtures of the UEFA Under-21 Euro in Italy, conceding three goals and keeping a clean sheet in a draw
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying


own play-off path if at least four teams have not already qualified in the conventional qualifying group stage. The Nations League group winners will automatically qualify for the play-off path of their league. If a group winner has already qualified through the qualifying group stage, they will be replaced by the next best-ranked team in the same league. However, if there are not enough non-qualified teams in the same league, then the spot will go to the next best team in the overall ranking. However
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2020–21 UEFA Nations League


4 teams in League A are determined by their finish in the Nations League Finals: The overall UEFA Nations League rankings are established as follows: The Nations League has been partially linked with European qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, similar to the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs. The winners of ten groups after the first round will qualify directly. A possible option is to add two teams based on their Nations League performance to the 10 group runners-up for a 12-team second round to be conducted in
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs


same league, then the spot will go to the next best team in the overall ranking. However, group winners cannot face teams from a higher league. As the final tournament draw takes place in November 2019 prior to the play-offs, should a host team qualify for the play-offs, a second final tournament draw may be required after the play-offs on 1 April 2020. Based on the Nations League rankings, the 16 selected teams will be chosen as follows, starting with League D and working
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Racism in association football


from Montenegro fans. UEFA charged the Montenegro FA with racist behaviour. Ex-player John Barnes said calls for players to walk off the pitch wouldn't work. As of April 2019, UEFA has punished Montenegro for their fans racial abuse to some of the black players in the England national team. It occurred in a Euro 2020 qualifier between the two sides. The punishment includes paying a 20,000 euro fine and being forced to play their next qualifying match behind closed doors in an empty stadium. The Football Association has commented by
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Noah Frick


Noah Zinedine Frick (born 16 October 2001) is a Swiss-born Liechtensteiner footballer who plays as a forward for Vaduz and the Liechtenstein national team. Frick made his international debut for Liechtenstein on 23 March 2019, coming on as a substitute for Nicolas Hasler in the 86th minute of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying home match against Greece, which finished as a 0–2 loss. In June 2019, Frick scored for Liechtenstein's U21s in their first-ever competitive victory as they beat Azerbaijan in 2021 UEFA Euro qualifying; ending a
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2020 Copa do Nordeste


season, 12 teams (9 state league champions and best placed teams in the 2019 CBF ranking from Bahia, Ceará and Pernambuco) gained direct entries into the group stage while the other four berths will be decided by the Pré-Copa do Nordeste. The 2020 Pré-Copa do Nordeste was the qualifying tournament of 2020 Copa do Nordeste. It was played from 1 to 15 May 2019. Best placed team in the 2019 CBF ranking not already qualified from Alagoas, Bahia, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio
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2019 Campeonato Pernambucano


The 2019 Campeonato Pernambucano (officially the Pernambucano da Série A1 de 2019) was the 105th edition of the state championship of Pernambuco organized by FPF. The championship began on 19 January and ended on 21 April. In the Finals, Sport and the defending champions Náutico tied 2–2 on aggregate. Sport won on penalties to win their 42nd Campeonato Pernambucano title. As champions, Sport qualified for the 2020 Copa do Brasil and 2020 Copa do Nordeste. Náutico and Afogados qualified for 2020 Copa do Brasil as runners-up and third placed
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Poland national football team


. Following UEFA Euro 2012, it has been used as the venue for all qualifying matches and some friendly matches of the Poland national team. Poland national football team plays selected matches at other major Polish stadiums, including: The following players have been called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against and on 7 and 10 June 2019. "Caps and goals updated as of 10 June 2019 after the match against Israel. Caps and goals including all matches officially recognized by PZPN (also those not recognized by FIFA).
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Moise Kean


a friendly match against the United States in Genk, which eventually ended in a 1–0 victory. On 23 March 2019, Kean made his first start and scored his first goal for Italy in a 2–0 home win over Finland in Italy's opening UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match. In doing so, he became the youngest forward to start a match for Italy since Edoardo Mariani started against France in 1912; Kean is currently either the fourth or fifth-youngest forward ever to start a match for Italy, behind only Mariani, Leopoldo
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Callum Hudson-Odoi


Odoi also enjoyed considerable success at youth level for England, being part of the squad which ended as runners-up in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship and which won the FIFA U-17 World Cup in the same year. In March 2019, he became the youngest player to debut in a competitive match for England, doing so in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers against Czech Republic. Hudson-Odoi was born and raised in Wandsworth, Greater London. He is the younger brother of non-League striker Bradley Hudson-Odoi and the son
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Sono Motors Sion


was later increased to a realistic estimate of 9,500 euros. Between the year 2020 and 2028, they plan to produce 260,000 vehicles, and for doing this work they have contracted NEVS for this reason. The aim is using 100% renewable energy to power that factory. The production will begin in July 2020 and the price will start at 25,500 Euros. Although the production has not been started, they have already 10000 preorders. The aim is at the end, reaching 43,000 vehicles for the production rate every year. For producing
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs


will be divided into four paths, each containing four teams, with one team from each path qualifying for the final tournament. Each league will have its own play-off path if at least four teams are available. The Nations League group winners will automatically qualify for the play-off path of their league. If a group winner has already qualified through the conventional qualifying group stage, they will be replaced by the next best-ranked team in the same league. However, if there are not enough teams in the
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Kosovo national futsal team


in Group E of the UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying, together with Cyprus, Denmark and Norway. On 30 January 2017, Kosovo made his debut on UEFA Futsal Euro qualifying with a 1–5 away win against Norway that was simultaneously also the first-ever competitive win. Kosovo has so far only participated in one international tournament in Futsal Week 2016, an international futsal tournament. The following players have been called up for the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifications."All caps and goals as of 2 February 2019 after match against ,
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Fabio Quagliarella


under new Italy manager Antonio Conte, although he did not appear during the matches. On 3 October 2015, Quagliarella earned another call-up, once again for Italy's Euro 2016 qualifying matches against Azerbaijan and Norway; once again, he did not appear during the matches. On 15 March 2019, he received a call up from Roberto Mancini for UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Finland and Liechtenstein. On 23 March 2019, Quagliarella came off the bench in the 80th minute for Italy, in a 2–0 home win over
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2018–19 UEFA Nations League A


A, which will participate in the Nations League Finals, will also receive the following fees based on performance: This means that the maximum amount of solidarity and bonus fees for a team from League A is €7.5M. The four best teams in League A according to the overall ranking that have not qualified for UEFA Euro 2020 through the qualifying group stage will compete in the play-offs, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament. If there are fewer than four teams in League A that have not qualified, the remaining
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2020 Euro Hockey League Women


The 2020 Euro Hockey League Women will be the first edition of the Euro Hockey League Women, Europe's premier women's club field hockey tournament, organized by the European Hockey Federation. It will be held at a yet to decided venue on Easter 2020. A total of 8 teams from 6 of the 45 EHF member associations will participate in the 2020 EHL Women. The association rankings based on the EHL country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association: For the 2020 Euro Hockey League Women,
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Baku bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics


Olympics respectively. Baku failed to become a Candidate City when the IOC selected the candidate cities on May 23, 2012. After Baku failed to become a candidate, Azerbaijan joined forces with neighboring Georgia in a bid to host UEFA Euro 2020. However, this plan failed when UEFA announced that UEFA Euro 2020 would be held across Europe in multiple countries. It has been stated that Baku would bid again for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Baku hosted the 2015 European Games which were the first European Games to be held. Tokyo was
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2019 Campeonato Paraibano


two winning teams from the second (semi-final) stage played over two legs, with the team with the best record in the competition so far playing the second leg at home. The two finalists qualified to participate in the 2020 Copa do Brasil and 2020 Copa do Nordeste. The two best placed teams (other than those already participating in a national league) qualified to participate in the 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. In the semi-final stage, the winner of each group played the runner up of their group over
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2019 Campeonato Mineiro


representatives in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série D and the Copa do Brasil. The three best-placed teams not already qualified for the 2019 seasons of the Série A, Série B or Série C, earn places in the 2020 Série D. The four best-placed teams qualify for the 2020 Copa do Brasil. Should a team qualify for the cup by other means, their entry is passed down to the next best-placed team. The knockout stage was played between the 8 best-placed teams from the previous stage, with
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2020 Copa do Brasil


, Copa do Brasil was officially called Copa Continental Pneus do Brasil for sponsorship reasons but the deal with Continental will end in 2019. The competition will be a single elimination knockout tournament, the first two stages featuring a single match and the other stages featuring two-legged ties. Eleven teams will qualify for the Round of 16 (Teams qualified for 2020 Copa Libertadores/Série B champions (9), Copa Verde champions and Copa do Nordeste champions). The remaining 80 teams will play the first stage. The 40 winners
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2019 Campeonato Paraense


to decide the third place. Semifinal and final matches will round trip. The worst placed of each group will be relegated to the Second Division. The champion qualify to the 2020 Copa Verde. The champion, the runner-up and the 3rd-placed team qualify to the 2020 Copa do Brasil. The best two teams who isn't on Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série B or Série C qualifies to 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. "Remo won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the finals." "Independente Tucuruí won
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2020 Copa do Nordeste


The 2020 Copa do Nordeste will be the 17th edition of the main football tournament featuring teams from the Brazilian Northeast Region. The competition features 16 clubs, with Bahia, Ceará and Pernambuco having two seeds each, and Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Alagoas, Paraíba, Maranhão and Piauí with one seed each. Four teams were decided by a qualifying tournament (Pré-Copa do Nordeste). The 2020 Copa do Nordeste champions will have a berth in the Round of 16 of the 2021 Copa do Brasil. In this
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UEFA Euro 2020


The 2020 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2020 or simply Euro 2020, is scheduled to be the 16th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe organised by UEFA. It is scheduled to be held in 12 cities in 12 European countries from 12 June to 12 July 2020. Portugal are the defending champions, winning the 2016 edition. For the first time, the video assistant referee (VAR) system will be used at the UEFA European Championship. Former UEFA President Michel
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UEFA Euro 2020


finals (the best-ranked team vs. the fourth-best-ranked team, and the second-best-ranked team vs. the third-best-ranked team, played at home of higher ranked teams) and one "one-off" final (with the venue drawn in advance between the two semi-finals winners), are scheduled to join the 20 teams that have already qualified for the Euro finals. The venues were selected and announced by UEFA on 19 September 2014. However, the UEFA Executive Committee
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UEFA Euro 2020


(2000). The original Wembley stadium hosted games and the final in UEFA Euro 1996, but although stand on the same site, this is classified as a different stadium to the current Wembley Stadium. Each city will host three group stage matches and one match in the round of 16 or quarter-finals. The match allocation for the 12 stadiums is as follows: The host cities were divided into six pairings, established on the basis of sporting strength (assuming all host teams qualify), geographical considerations, and security
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Czech Republic and the euro


adopted a policy of striving to gather political support to adopt the euro by 2020. In April 2015, the coalition government announced it had agreed to not set a euro adoption target and not to enter ERM-2 until after the next legislative election scheduled for 2017, making it unlikely that the Czech Republic will adopt the euro before 2020. In addition, the coalition government agreed that if it wins re-election it would set a deadline of 2020 to agree on a specific euro adoption roadmap. In June 2015, finance minister Andrej
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2018–19 UEFA Nations League C


in March 2018. Each team in League C will receive a solidarity fee of €750,000. In addition, the four group winners will receive double this amount with a €750,000 bonus fee. This means that the maximum amount of solidarity and bonus fees for a team from League C is €1.5 million. The four best teams in League C according to the overall ranking that have not qualified for UEFA Euro 2020 through the qualifying group stage will compete in the play-offs, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament
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2018–19 UEFA Nations League C


UEFA Nations League D (the bottom teams of Group 2, 3, and 4, along with the lowest ranked third-placed team of League C). In addition, League C will be allocated one of the four remaining UEFA Euro 2020 places. Four teams from League C which have not already qualified for the European Championship finals will compete in the play-offs for each division, to be played in March 2020. The play-off berths will be first allocated to the group winners, and if any of
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs


Each play-off path will feature two single-leg semi-finals, and one single-leg final, taking place in March 2020. Based on the Nations League rankings, the best-ranked team will host the fourth-ranked team, and the second-ranked team will host the third-ranked team. The host of the final will be decided by a draw in November 2019 between the two semi-final pairings. The play-offs are played in single-leg knockout matches. If scores are
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UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs


determine the paths which the non-group winners will participate in. The final hosts will also be drawn between the two semi-final pairings. The following is the composition of the play-off paths: section begin=Draw / section end=Draw / The 12 matches will be spread over six days, with the semi-finals on 26–28 March and the finals on 29–31 March 2020. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses). section begin
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2020 UEFA Europa League Final


stage of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, and if they have already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved will be given to the third-placed team of the 5th-ranked association according to next season's access list. This is the first UEFA club competition final hosted at the stadium, which was one of the venues of UEFA Euro 2012. An open bidding process was launched on 22 September 2017 by UEFA to select the venues of the finals of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA
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Istanbul bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics


host UEFA Euro 2016 but lost to France by one vote. In April 2012, Turkey submitted a bid to host the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship. Istanbul 2020 has stated that the Olympic bid still has the support of the government. On May 8, 2012 IOC President Jacques Rogge stated that if Istanbul is awarded the 2020 Olympics that they would have to withdraw as hosts of UEFA Euro 2020. IOC rules state that an Olympic host nation may not host another major sporting event in the country in the same year as the Olympics
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List of international goals scored by Romelu Lukaku


Luxembourg, and the other in a 9–0 win in a 2018 World Cup qualifier against Gibraltar in August 2017. Lukaku has scored more goals in friendlies than in any other format, with 21. He has scored thirteen goals in qualifying for the FIFA World Cup, five in FIFA World Cup finals, one in qualifying for the UEFA European Championship, two in the European Championship finals and four in the UEFA Nations League. Lukaku scored his most recent goal, a brace in a 3–0 victory in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying against Scotland
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UEFA Euro 2020


if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each), where each team is allowed to make a fourth substitution. If still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winners. As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there is no third place play-off. The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depend on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round
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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)


Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs. In the first round, the ten group winners will qualify directly. A possible option for the second round is to add two teams based on their Nations League performance to the 10 group runners-up to make it 12 teams that will play in two knockout stages, from which an additional three teams will also qualify. The format will be finalised during the UEFA Executive Committee session with the union's national teams competitions panel on 24 September 2019 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. To be confirmed.
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Kosovo national football team


Group A of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying, together with Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England and Montenegro. On 25 March 2019, Kosovo made their debut on UEFA European Championship qualifying with a 1–1 home draw against Bulgaria and the draw goal was scored by Arbër Zeneli on the 61st minute. On 11 June 2019, Kosovo won their first ever qualifying match for a major tournament by defeating Bulgaria 3–2. On 24 January 2018, in Lausanne, it was decided that Kosovo should be part of League D in Group 3 of the
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Dejan Lovren


to showing disrespect towards the Spanish national team and flag and a deliberate elbowing of Sergio Ramos, on 11 January 2019 UEFA banned Lovren for one international match, a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match against Azerbaijan. He speaks Croatian, German, English and French. Lovren first became involved in an on and off relationship with Anita Sekulić in 2005, when he was aged 16. The couple went through a crisis during Lovren's life in Lyon, splitting up for a short time, but then reconciled. Soon after, Sekulić got
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László Bénes


to number of prolonged injuries and low play time in at Mönchengladbach, Bénes made no further appearances in the national team under Kozák, who resigned in October 2018. However, after an increased play time on loan in Kiel, Bénes made a return to the national team. On 28 May 2019, when coach Pavel Hapal called him up for a double fixture in June - a home friendly against Jordan, to which, unusually, 29 players were called-up and a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying fixture against Azerbaijan, played away
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Vato Arveladze


. Arveladze was included in the squad of hosts Georgia for the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, where the team were eliminated in the group stage. He was called up to the senior national team for the first time in March 2019 for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Switzerland and the Republic of Ireland. He made his debut on 26 March 2019, when he started in the game against Ireland. Arveladze is the son of retired professional footballer Revaz Arveladze. Vato was born in the German city of Homburg, Saarland,
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Justinas Marazas


Justinas Marazas (born 23 February 2000) is a Lithuanian footballer who plays as a right midfielder for Riteriai, and the Lithuania national team. As professional started in 2017 m., when played first match in A Lyga. In first half of 2019 he was loaned and played in polish Wisla Plock. In summer 2019 he returned to FK Riteriai. Marazas made his international debut for Lithuania on 22 March 2019, coming on as a substitute for Saulius Mikoliūnas in the 76th minute of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match against Luxembourg,
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