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Tournament details | |
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Dates | League phase: 3 September – 17 November 2020 Nations League Finals: 2–6 June 2021 |
Teams | 16 |
Relegated | Bosnia and Herzegovina Iceland Sweden |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 47 |
Goals scored | 129 (2.74 per match) |
Attendance | 62,370 (1,327 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Romelu Lukaku (5 goals) |
← 2018–19 2022–23 → |
The 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A is the top division of the 2020–21 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the second season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA. League A will culminate with the Nations League Finals in June 2021 to determine the champions of the competition.
Portugal were the defending champions, but they failed to qualify for the 2021 finals after finishing second in their group behind France.
Format[]
Following a format change from the first season, League A was expanded from 12 to 16 teams. The league consists of the top ranked UEFA members from 1–16 in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League overall ranking, split into four groups of four. Each team played six matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format on double matchdays in September, October and November 2020. The winners of each group advanced to the 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals, and the fourth-placed team of each group will be relegated to the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B.
The Nations League Finals will take place in June 2021 and be played in a knockout format, consisting of the semi-finals, third place play-off, and final. The semi-final pairings, along with the administrative home teams for the third place play-off and final, are determined by means of a draw. The host country will be selected among the four qualified teams by the UEFA Executive Committee, with the winners of the final crowned as the champions of the UEFA Nations League.
The four group winners will be drawn into groups of five teams for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (in order to accommodate for the Nations League Finals).
Teams[]
Team changes[]
The following are the team changes of League A from the 2018–19 season:
Promoted from Nations League B |
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The following team changes were initially set to occur in League A, but did not after no teams were relegated due to the format change by UEFA:
Initially relegated to Nations League B |
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Seeding[]
In the 2020–21 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2018–19 Nations League overall ranking, with a slight modification: teams which were originally relegated in the previous season were ranked immediately below teams promoted prior to the format change. The seeding pots for the league phase were confirmed 4 December 2019, and were based on the access list ranking.
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The draw for the league phase took place on 3 March 2020, 18:00 CET, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Each group contained one team from each pot.
Groups[]
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Group 1[]
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
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Italy | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 12 | Qualification to Nations League Finals |
Netherlands | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 11 | |
Poland | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina (R) | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 2 | Relegation to League B |
4 September 2020 20:45 |
Italy | 1–1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Attendance: 0 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece) |
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Sensi 67' | Report | Džeko 57' |
4 September 2020 20:45 |
Netherlands | 1–0 | Poland | Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam Attendance: 0 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria) |
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Bergwijn 61' | Report |
7 September 2020 20:45 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–2 | Poland | Bilino Polje, Zenica Attendance: 0 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey) |
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Hajradinović 24' (pen.) | Report | Glik 45' Grosicki 67' |
7 September 2020 20:45 |
Netherlands | 0–1 | Italy | Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany) |
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Report | Barella 45+1' |
11 October 2020 18:00 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0–0 | Netherlands | Bilino Polje, Zenica Attendance: 1,600 Referee: István Kovács (Romania) |
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Report |
11 October 2020 20:45 |
Poland | 0–0 | Italy | Stadion Energa Gdańsk, Gdańsk Attendance: 9,200 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain) |
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Report |
14 October 2020 20:45 |
Italy | 1–1 | Netherlands | Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia, Bergamo Attendance: 623 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England) |
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Pellegrini 16' | Report | Van de Beek 25' |
14 October 2020 20:45 |
Poland | 3–0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Stadion Miejski, Wrocław Attendance: 8,152 Referee: Craig Pawson (England) |
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Lewandowski 40', 52' Linetty 45+1' |
Report | Ahmedhodžić 15' |
15 November 2020 18:00 |
Netherlands | 3–1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam Attendance: 0 Referee: François Letexier (France) |
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Wijnaldum 6', 14' Depay 55' |
Report | Prevljak 63' |
15 November 2020 20:45 |
Italy | 2–0 | Poland | Stadio Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia Attendance: 0 Referee: Clément Turpin (France) |
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Jorginho 27' (pen.) Berardi 84' |
Report | Góralski 77' |
18 November 2020 20:45 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0–2 | Italy | Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo Attendance: 0 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) |
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Report | Belotti 22' Berardi 68' |
18 November 2020 20:45 |
Poland | 1–2 | Netherlands | Silesian Stadium, Chorzów Attendance: 0 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel) |
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Jóźwiak 6' | Report | Depay 77' (pen.) Wijnaldum 84' |
Group 2[]
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
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Belgium | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 15 | Qualification to Nations League Finals |
Denmark | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | |
England | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 10 | |
Iceland (R) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 0 | Relegation to League B |
5 September 2020 18:00 (16:00 UTC±0) |
Iceland | 0–1 | England | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Attendance: 0 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia) |
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Ingason 89' | Report | Walker 70' Sterling 90+1' (Pen) |
5 September 2020 20:45 |
Denmark | 0–2 | Belgium | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 0 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland) |
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Report | Denayer 10' Mertens 77' |
8 September 2020 20:45 |
Belgium | 5–1 | Iceland | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland) |
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Report | H. Friðjónsson 11' |
8 September 2020 20:45 |
Denmark | 0–0 | England | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 0 Referee: István Kovács (Romania) |
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Report |
11 October 2020 18:00 (17:00 UTC+1) |
England | 2–1 | Belgium | Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany) |
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Rashford 39' (pen.) Mount 65' |
Report | Lukaku 16' (pen.) |
11 October 2020 20:45 (18:45 UTC±0) |
Iceland | 0–3 | Denmark | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Attendance: 60 Referee: Bojan Pandžić (Sweden) |
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Report | Sigurjónsson 45' (o.g.) Eriksen 46' Skov 61' |
14 October 2020 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1) |
England | 0–1 | Denmark | Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 0 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain) |
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Maguire 32' James 90+4' |
Report | Eriksen 35' (pen.) |
14 October 2020 20:45 (18:45 UTC±0) |
Iceland | 1–2 | Belgium | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík Attendance: 60 Referee: Vitali Meshkov (Russia) |
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Sævarsson 17' | Report | Lukaku 9', 38' (pen.) |
15 November 2020 20:45 |
Belgium | 2–0 | England | Den Dreef, Leuven Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) |
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Tielemans 10' Mertens 24' |
Report |
15 November 2020 20:45 |
Denmark | 2–1 | Iceland | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 141 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey) |
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Eriksen 12' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.) | Report | Kjartansson 85' |
18 November 2020 20:45 |
Belgium | 4–2 | Denmark | Den Dreef, Leuven Attendance: 0 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia) |
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Tielemans 3' Lukaku 56', 69' De Bruyne 87' |
Report | Wind 17' Chadli 86' (o.g.) |
18 November 2020 20:45 (19:45 UTC±0) |
England | 4–0 | Iceland | Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 0 Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal) |
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Rice 20' Mount 24' Foden 80', 84' |
Report | Sævarsson 54' |
Group 3[]
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
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France | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 16 | Qualification to Nations League Finals |
Portugal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 | |
Croatia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 3 | |
Sweden (R) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 | Relegation to League B |
5 September 2020 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1) |
Portugal | 4–1 | Croatia | Estádio do Dragão, Porto Attendance: 0 Referee: Davide Massa (Italy) |
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Cancelo 42' Jota 59' Félix 71' A. Silva 90+6' |
Report | Petković 90+2' |
5 September 2020 20:45 |
Sweden | 0–1 | France | Friends Arena, Solna Attendance: 0 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland) |
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Report | Mbappé 42' |
8 September 2020 20:45 |
France | 4–2 | Croatia | Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 0 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania) |
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Griezmann 43' Livaković 45+1' (o.g.) Upamecano 65' Giroud 77' (pen.) |
Report | Lovren 17' Brekalo 55' |
8 September 2020 20:45 |
Sweden | 0–2 | Portugal | Friends Arena, Solna Attendance: 0 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) |
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Svensson 44' | Report | Ronaldo 45+1', 72' |
11 October 2020 18:00 |
Croatia | 2–1 | Sweden | Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Attendance: 2,020 Referee: John Beaton (Scotland) |
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Vlašić 32' Kramarić 84' |
Report | Berg 66' |
11 October 2020 20:45 |
France | 0–0 | Portugal | Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain) |
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Report |
14 October 2020 20:45 |
Croatia | 1–2 | France | Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands) |
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Vlašić 64' | Report | Griezmann 8' Mbappé 79' |
14 October 2020 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1) |
Portugal | 3–0 | Sweden | Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia) |
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B. Silva 21' Jota 44', 72' |
Report |
14 November 2020 20:45 (19:45 UTC±0) |
Portugal | 0–1 | France | Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany) |
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Report | Kanté 54' |
14 November 2020 20:45 |
Sweden | 2–1 | Croatia | Friends Arena, Solna Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany) |
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Kulusevski 36' Danielson 45+2' |
Report | Danielson 82' (o.g.) |
17 November 2020 20:45 |
Croatia | 2–3 | Portugal | Stadion Poljud, Split Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Oliver (England) |
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Kovačić 29', 65' Rog 51' |
Report | Dias 52', 90' Félix 60' |
17 November 2020 20:45 |
France | 4–2 | Sweden | Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 0 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus) |
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Giroud 16', 59' Pavard 36' Coman 90+5' |
Report | Claesson 4' Quaison 88' |
Group 4[]
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Notes |
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Spain (A) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 11 | Qualification to Nations League Finals |
Germany | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 9 | |
Ukraine | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 6 | |
Switzerland | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | Relegation to League B |
3 September 2020 20:45 |
Germany | 1–1 | Spain | Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart Attendance: 0 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy) |
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Werner 51' | Report | Gayà 90+6' |
3 September 2020 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) |
Ukraine | 2–1 | Switzerland | Arena Lviv, Lviv Attendance: 0 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden) |
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Yarmolenko 14' Zinchenko 68' |
Report | Seferović 41' |
6 September 2020 20:45 |
Spain | 4–0 | Ukraine | Alfredo di Stéfano, Madrid Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France) |
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Ramos 3' (pen.), 29' Fati 32' F. Torres 84' |
Report |
6 September 2020 20:45 |
Switzerland | 1–1 | Germany | St. Jakob-Park, Basel Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Oliver (England) |
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Widmer 58' | Report | Gündoğan 14' |
10 October 2020 20:45 |
Spain | 1–0 | Switzerland | Alfredo di Stéfano, Madrid Attendance: 0 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey) |
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Oyarzabal 14' | Report |
10 October 2020 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) |
Ukraine | 1–2 | Germany | NSC Olimpiskiy, Kyiv Attendance: 17,573 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel) |
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Malinovskyi 77' (pen.) | Report | Ginter 20' Goretzka 49' |
13 October 2020 20:45 |
Germany | 3–3 | Switzerland | RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne Attendance: 0 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France) |
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Werner 28' Havertz 55' Gnabry 60' |
Report | Gavranović 5', 57' Freuler 26' Schär 90+4' |
13 October 2020 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) |
Ukraine | 1–0 | Spain | NSC Olimpiskiy, Kyiv Attendance: 10,495 Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland) |
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Tsyhankov 76' | Report |
14 November 2020 20:45 |
Germany | 3–1 | Ukraine | Red Bull Arena, Leipzig Attendance: 0 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania) |
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Sané 23' Werner 33', 64' |
Report | Yaremchuk 12' |
14 November 2020 20:45 |
Switzerland | 1–1 | Spain | St. Jakob-Park, Basel Attendance: 0 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland) |
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Freuler 26' Elvedi 79' |
Report | Gerard 89' |
17 November 2020 20:45 |
Spain | 6–0 | Germany | La Cartuja, Seville Attendance: 0 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden) |
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Morata 17' F. Torres 33', 55', 71' Rodri 38' Oyarzabal 89' |
Report |
17 November 2020 20:45 |
Switzerland | Cancelled | Ukraine | Swissporarena, Lucerne Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece) |
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Report |
Nations League Finals[]
- Main article: 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals
The host of the Nations League Finals, Italy, was selected from the four qualified teams. The semi-final pairings were determined by means of an open draw on 3 December 2020, 17:30 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
Qualified teams
Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA.
Bracket[]
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6 October – Milan | |||||||
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Spain | 2 | ||||||
10 October – Milan | |||||||
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Winners Match 2 | |||||||
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7 October – Turin | 10 October – Turin | ||||||
Belgium | Italy | ||||||
France | Losers Match 2 |
Semi-finals[]
Italy vs Spain[]
6 October 2021 20:45 |
Italy | 1-2 | Spain | San Siro, Milan Attendance: 33,524 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia) |
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Pellegrini 83' | Report | F. Torres 17', 45+2' |
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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Belgium v France[]
7 October 2021 20:45 |
Belgium | 2–3 | France | Juventus Stadium, Turin Attendance: 12,409 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany) |
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Carrasco 37' Lukaku 40' |
Report | Benzema 62' Mbappé 69' (pen.) T. Hernandez 90' |
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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Third place play-off[]
10 October 2021 15:00 |
Italy | Match 3 | Belgium | Juventus Stadium, Turin |
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Report |
Assistant referees:
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Final[]
- Main article: 2021 UEFA Nations League Final
10 October 2021 20:45 |
Spain | Match 4 | France | San Siro, Milan |
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Report |
Assistant referees:
Goalscorers[]There were 72 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.
External links[]
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