Group E ofUEFA Euro 2024 took place from 17 to 26 June 2024.[1] The group containedBelgium,Slovakia,Romania, andUkraine. All four teams finished with four points, making it the first (and the only as of at least 2028) European Championship, and the first major tournament sinceGroup E of the1994 FIFA World Cup, where all teams in a group had the same amount of points. Ukraine became the first team to finish bottom of a European Championship group while earning as many as four points.[2][3]
| Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | Qualifying Rankings November 2023[nb 1] | FIFA Rankings April 2024 |
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| E1 |  Belgium | 1 | Group F winner | 13 October 2023 | 7th | 2020 | Runners-up (1980) | 4 | 3 |
| E2 |  Slovakia[nb 2] | 3 | Group J runner-up | 16 November 2023 | 6th | 2020 | Winners (1976) | 16 | 48 |
| E3 |  Romania | 2 | Group I winner | 18 November 2023 | 6th | 2016 | Quarter-finals (2000) | 8 | 46 |
| E4 |  Ukraine | 4 | Play-off winner B | 26 March 2024 | 4th | 2020 | Quarter-finals (2020) | 21 | 22 |
Notes
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Romania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advance toknockout stage |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
In theround of 16,[5]
          Romania[7] |      Ukraine[7] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[7] |
Based on theFIFA Men's World Ranking, Slovakia's win was the biggest upset inUEFA European Championship history, with 45 places separating Belgium (3rd) and Slovakia (48th).[9] This was short lived, however, sinceGeorgia (74th) beatPortugal (6th) 2-0 on June 26 inGroup F. 68 places separated Georgia and Portugal, beating the Belgium-Slovakia record by 23 places.[10]
     Belgium[12] |     Slovakia[12] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[12] |
    Slovakia[14] |      Ukraine[14] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[14] |
Belgium[16] | Romania[16] |
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| Man of the Match: Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium)[8] Assistant referees:[16] |
Slovakia[18] | Romania[18] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[18] |
Ukraine[20] |      Belgium[20] |
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[20] |
Fair play points would have been used as a tiebreaker if the head-to-head and overall records of teams had been tied (and if apenalty shoot-out was not applicable as a tiebreaker). These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received by players and team officials in all group matches as follows:[5]
Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player or team official in a single match.
| Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | |||||||||
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| Slovakia | 1 | 1 | –2 | ||||||||||
| Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 1 | –3 | |||||||||
| Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | –5 | |||||||||
| Romania | 1 | 2 | 4 | –7 | |||||||||
It is the first time in European Championship history that a team has won four points and finished bottom.
