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 will be selected based on their performance in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League. The 16 teams will be divided into four paths, each containing four teams, with each play-off path featuring two single-leg semi-finals, and one single-leg final. The four play-off path winners will join the 20 teams which have already qualified for UEFA Euro 2020. The matches will take place between 26 and 31 March 2020.

Format
The 16 teams will be selected based on their performance in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League. The 16 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 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 the group winners have already qualified through the classic qualifying group stage, they will be replaced by the next best-ranked teams in the same league. However, if there are not enough teams in the same league, then the group winners will be replaced by the next best team in the overall ranking, but group winners cannot face teams from a higher league.

Team selection
The 16 selected teams will be chosen as follows, starting with League D and working up to League A:


 * 1) All available group winners will be selected.
 * 2) If a group winner has already qualified through the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying group stage, they will be replaced by the next best-ranked team from the same league which has not also already qualified.
 * 3) If fewer than four teams from a given league have failed to qualify, then the remaining spaces for that league will be allocated by the overall Nations League ranking:
 * 4) If the league has a group winner selected for the play-offs, the next best team in the overall ranking from a lower league will be selected.
 * 5) If the league has no group winner available, the best team in the overall ranking will be selected.

Path allocation
The 16 selected teams will then be allocated to paths of 4 teams. This is designed so that group winners will not have to compete with teams from a higher league in the play-off stage. Starting with League D and working up to League A:


 * 1) Form a path with four teams from the same league.
 * 2) If there are more than four teams qualified in a given league, group winners are automatically allocated to that league's path. Then, draw which remaining teams will participate in the play-off path of that league.
 * 3) Remaining teams are drawn into a path of a higher league.

Additional conditions may be applied, subject to approval, including seeding principles and the possibility of final tournament hosts having to be drawn into different paths. 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.

Match pairings and rules
Each play-off path will feature two single-leg semi-finals, and one single-leg final, taking place in March 2020. 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 level at the end of normal time, 30 minutes of extra time is played. If the scores remain tied, a penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner.

Teams guaranteed at least play-offs
The following teams are guaranteed at least to reach the play-offs, but may still qualify directly for the finals.

Draw
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 following is the composition of the play-off paths:

Schedule
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 are in parentheses).

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