Second EMC
Tournament details
DatesApril 17 2023
Teams18
Final positions
Champions  Italy (1st title)
Runners-up  Portugal
Third place  Northern Ireland
Fourth place  Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored317 (14.41 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Italy (33 points)

Participating teams

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Team Participation Best Performance
Current Consec. Last
  Austria 2 2 #1 Round of 16 (#1)
  Belgium 2 2 #1 Round of 16 (#1)
  Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 1 Newcomer
  Croatia 1 1 Newcomer
  Czechia 1 1 Newcomer
  Hungary 2 2 #1 Third place (#1)
  Iceland 2 2 #1 Fourth place (#1)
  Italy 1 1 Newcomer
  Northern Ireland 1 1 Newcomer
  Poland 2 2 #1 Round of 16 (#1)
  Portugal 2 2 #1 Quarter-finals (#1)
  Serbia 1 1 Newcomer
  Slovakia 1 1 Newcomer
  Slovenia 1 1 Newcomer
  Spain 1 1 Newcomer
  Switzerland 2 2 #1 Champion (#1)
  Ukraine 1 1 Newcomer
  Wales 1 1 Newcomer

Draw

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Seeding and drawing

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The pots were filled based on the positions of each country in the most World Cup Ranking at the point (After the twelfth cup), starting from the best placing teams and progressively going down through the pots, and the teams out of the world ranking were sorted based on placings on the previous cup, and finally, population.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

Results of the draw

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Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F
  Belgium   Iceland   Italy   Hungary   Wales   Spain
  Northern Ireland   Portugal   Ukraine   Switzerland   Austria   Poland
  Serbia   Bosnia-Herzegovina   Czech Republic   Slovakia   Croatia   Slovenia

Group Stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Northern Ireland 2 1 1 0 15 14 1 4
  Belgium 2 0 2 0 14 14 0 2
  Serbia 2 0 1 1 14 15 -1 1
(Blu Samu - "I Run")   Belgium 7 – 7   Northern Ireland (Darkest Era - "Floodlands")
(Saban Bajramovic - "Maki Maki")   Serbia 7 – 7   Belgium (YellowStraps - "Blue")
(Stiff Little Fingers - "Alternative Ulster")   Northern Ireland 8 – 7   Serbia (Ekatarina Velika - "Ti Si Sav Moj Bol")

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Portugal 2 2 0 0 16 13 3 6
  Iceland 2 1 0 1 15 15 0 3
  Bosnia 2 0 0 2 13 16 -3 0
(Emiliana Torrini - "Hold Heart")   Iceland 7 – 8   Portugal (José Cid - "Mellotron, o Planeta Fantástico")
(Bijelo Dugme - "Đurđevdan Je A Ja Nisam S Onom Koju Volim")   Bosnia-Herzegovina 7 – 8   Iceland (Kaleo - "Way Down We Go")
(Maro - "Saudade, Saudade")   Portugal 8 – 6   Bosnia-Herzegovina (Zabranjeno Pušenje - "Zenica Blues")

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Italy 2 1 1 0 15 14 1 4
  Czech Republic 2 1 0 1 15 13 2 3
  Ukraine 2 0 1 1 14 17 -3 1
(Killer Boogie - "Superpusher '69")   Italy 8 – 8   Ukraine (Arlekin - "It Wouldn't Last")
(Petr Novák - "Povídej")   Czech Republic 6 – 7   Italy (Giancane - "Ipocondria")
(Ivanov Down - "Theme")   Ukraine 6 – 9   Czech Republic (Prazsky Vyber - "Zubatá")

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Hungary 2 1 0 1 16 15 1 3
  Slovakia 2 1 0 1 15 15 0 3
  Switzerland 2 1 0 1 14 15 -1 3
(Anima Sound System - "Shalom")   Hungary 7 – 8   Switzerland (Liliput - "Die Matrosen")
(The Bridgeheads - "Pi")   Slovakia 7 – 9   Hungary (Isten Hata Mögött - "Kéjgáz")
(Muddy Monk - "En Lea")   Switzerland 6 – 8   Slovakia (MonoPlastic - "How to Dance My Pain Away")

Group E

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Austria 2 1 1 0 14 13 1 4
  Croatia 2 0 2 0 14 14 0 2
  Wales 2 0 1 1 13 14 -1 1
(Marina - "Happy")   Wales 6 – 7   Austria (Global Deejays - "The Sound of San Francisco")
(Hladno Pivo - "Pitala Si Me")   Croatia 7 – 7   Wales (Datblygu - "Y Teimlad")
(Fennesz - "Oto")   Austria 7 – 7   Croatia (Haustor - "Ena")

Group F

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Spain 2 2 0 0 16 13 3 6
  Poland 2 0 1 1 14 15 -1 1
  Slovenia 2 0 1 1 13 15 -2 1
(Sr. Chinarro - "Quiromántico")   Spain 8 – 7   Poland (Marta - "When It's Going Wrong")
(FLO - "Singularity")   Slovenia 6 – 8   Spain (Los Planetas -"Segundo Premio")
(Maanam - "Szare Miraze")   Poland 7 – 7   Slovenia (Laibach - "The Whistleblowers")

Winning teams ranking

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Group Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
B   Portugal 2 2 0 0 16 13 3 6
F   Spain 2 2 0 0 16 13 3 6
A   Northern Ireland 2 1 1 0 15 14 1 4
C   Italy 2 1 1 0 15 14 1 4
E   Austria 2 1 1 0 14 13 1 4
D   Hungary 2 1 0 1 16 15 1 3

Final stage

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Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Portugal7 (8)
 
 
 
  Northern Ireland7 (7)
 
  Portugal7
 
 
 
  Italy10
 
  Spain6
 
 
  Italy8
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Northern Ireland6+
 
 
  Spain6

Semifinals

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  Portugal(8) 7–7 (7)  Northern Ireland
"Former Living Thing" by Dispirited Spirits
TB: "Saudade, Saudade" by Maro
"Called Out in the Dark" by Snow Patrol
TB: "Floodlands" by Darkest Era

  Spain6–8  Italy
"Desértico" by Gata Cattana "Looking for You" by Nino Ferrer

Third place match

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  Northern Ireland6+–6  Spain
"Glue" by Bicep "Nebula" by Uma

Final

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  Portugal7–10  Italy
"Estou Além" by António Variações "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65

Results

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2nd Euro Music Cup Champion
 
Italy
(1st Title)
Pos. Country Gr Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Final
1   Italy C 4 3 1 0 33 27 6 10
2   Portugal B 4 2 1 1 30 30 0 7
Third-place play-off
3   Northern Ireland A 4 1 3 0 28 27 1 6
4   Spain F 4 2 1 1 28 27 1 7
Group stage eliminations
5   Austria E 2 1 1 0 14 13 1 4
6   Hungary D 2 1 0 1 16 15 1 3
7   Czech Republic C 2 1 0 1 15 13 2 3
8   Iceland B 2 1 0 1 15 15 0 3
9   Slovakia D 2 1 0 1 15 15 0 3
10   Switzerland D 2 1 0 1 14 15 -1 3
11   Belgium A 2 0 2 0 14 14 0 2
12   Croatia E 2 0 2 0 14 14 0 2
13   Poland F 2 0 1 1 14 15 -1 1
14   Serbia A 2 0 1 1 14 15 -1 1
15   Wales E 2 0 1 1 13 14 -1 1
16   Slovenia F 2 0 1 1 13 15 -2 1
17   Ukraine C 2 0 1 1 14 17 -3 1
18   Bosnia-Herzegovina B 2 0 0 2 13 16 -3 0