Third Euro Musical Cup

Third EMC
Tournament details
Dates	12 – 13 June 2023
Teams	21
Final positions
Champions	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> Austria (1st title)
Runners-up	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480"> England
Third place	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000"> Italy
Fourth place	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600"> France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	338 (13.52 per match)
Top scorer(s)	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480"> England (32 points)

Participating teams

Team	Participation			Best Performance
Team	Current	Consec.	Last	Best Performance
Austria	3	3	#2	Winners ranking (#2)
Belgium	3	3	#2	Round of 16 (#1)
Croatia	2	2	#2	Group stage (#2)
Denmark	2	1	#1	Round of 16 (#1)
England	1	1	–	Newcomer
France	2	1	#1	Quarter-finals (#1)
Finland	2	1	#1	Runner-up (#1)
Germany	2	1	#1	Round of 16 (#1)
Hungary	3	3	#2	Third place (#1)
Iceland	3	3	#2	Fourth place (#1)
Ireland	1	1	–	Newcomer
Italy	2	2	#2	Champion (#2)
Norway	2	1	#1	Round of 16 (#1)
Poland	3	3	#2	Round of 16 (#1)
Portugal	3	3	#2	Quarter-finals (#1)
Scotland	1	1	–	Newcomer
Spain	2	2	#2	Fourth place (#2)
Sweden	2	1	#1	Round of 16 (#1)
Switzerland	3	3	#2	Champion (#1)
Turkey	2	1	#1	Quarter-finals (#1)
Wales	2	2	#2	Group stage (#2)

Draw

Seeding and drawing

The pots were filled based on the positions of each country in the most World Cup Ranking at the point (After the sixteenth 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 Euro Cup ranking, and finally, population.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Sweden (#1 W) England (#2 W) Germany (#6 W) Scotland (#7 W) Ireland (#8 W) France (#10 W) Norway (#12 W)	Iceland (#14 W) Italy (#18 W) Finland (#19 W) Belgium (#21 W) Wales (#22 W) Denmark (#23 W) Switzerland (#28 W)	Portugal (#31 W) Spain (#34 W) Poland (#35 W) Hungary (#43 W) Austria (#64 W) Turkey (#67 W) Croatia (#19)

Results of the draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F	Group G
Norway	Sweden	England	Ireland	France	Scotland	Germany
Denmark	Iceland	Belgium	Italy	Finland	Wales	Switzerland
Turkey	Spain	Croatia	Portugal	Poland	Austria	Hungary

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	2	1	1	0	16	15	1	4
Turkey	2	1	0	1	13	12	1	3
Denmark	2	0	1	1	12	14	-2	1


(Spidergawd - "Oceanchild") Norway	8 – 8	Denmark (Malrun - "Breaking the Illusion")
(Tolgahan Çoğulu & Sinan Ayyıldız - "Boomerang") Turkey	7 – 8	Norway (Aurora - "Running With the Wolves")
(Goodiepal - "Data-Spotting") Denmark	4 – 6	Turkey (Arzu Ece - "Sev")

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	2	1	1	15	14	1	4
Iceland	2	1	1	13	12	1	4
Spain	2	0	0	12	14	-2	0


(Night - "Crimson Past") Sweden	7 – 7	Iceland (Emiliana Torrini - "Unemployed in Summertime")
(Rata Negra - "Bien Triste") Spain	7 – 8	Sweden (Blues Pills - "Ain't No Change")
(Sigur Rós - "Untitled #3 (Samskeyti)") Iceland	6 – 5	Spain (Alvaro Soler - "Sofia")

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	2	2	0	16	13	3	6
Belgium	2	1	1	16	15	1	3
Croatia	2	0	2	11	15	-4	0


(Radiohead - "Paranoid Android") England	9 – 8	Belgium (Waterloo - "Why May I Not Know")
(Let 3 - "Mama ŠČ!") Croatia	5 – 7	England (Portishead - "The Rip")
(Tamino - "Indigo Night") Belgium	8 – 6	Croatia (Riva - "Rock Me")

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	1	1	0	16	14	2	4
Ireland	2	1	0	1	14	15	-1	3
Portugal	2	0	1	1	15	16	-1	1


(Aphex Twin - "Aisatsana [102]") Ireland	6 – 8	Italy (Casino Royale - "CR-X")
(José Mario Branco - "Inquietação") Portugal	7 – 8	Ireland (The Script - "Hall of Fame")
(Bulldozer - "Cut Throat") Italy	8 – 8	Portugal (They Must Be Crazy - "Cura di Jambu")

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	2	1	1	0	16	14	2	4
Poland	2	0	2	0	16	16	0	2
Finland	2	0	1	1	14	16	-2	1


(Daft Punk - "Something About Us") France	8 – 6	Finland (Haikara - "Köyhän Pojan Kerjäys")
(Myslovitz - "Długość Dźwięku Samotności") Poland	8 – 8	France (The Supermen Lovers - "Starlight")
(Nightwish - "Gethsemane") Finland	8 – 8	Poland (Lux Occulta - "Samuel Wraca do Domu")

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Austria	2	2	0	15	12	3	6
Scotland	2	1	1	16	16	0	3
Wales	2	0	2	13	16	-3	0


(Craig Armstrong - "Finding Beauty") Scotland	9 – 8	Wales (Hybrid - "If I Survive")
(Tosca - "Ocean Beat") Austria	8 – 7	Scotland (Sophie - "Elle")
(Kelly Lee Owens - "Arpeggi") Wales	5 – 7	Austria (Peace Orchestra - "Who Am I")

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	2	1	1	0	17	16	1	4
Switzerland	2	1	0	1	17	16	1	3
Hungary	2	0	1	1	15	17	-2	1


(Amon Düül II - "Archangels Thunderbird") Germany	9 – 8	Switzerland (Remo Forrer - "Watergun")
(Anima Sound System - "Shalom") Hungary	8 – 8	Germany (Kraftwerk - "Autobahn")
(Robert Miles - "Children") Switzerland	9 – 7	Hungary (Black Hill - "The Gathering of Deer")

Winning teams ranking

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
C	England	2	2	0	16	13	3	6
F	Austria	2	2	0	15	12	3	6
D	Italy	2	1	1	16	14	2	4
E	France	2	1	1	16	14	2	4
G	Germany	2	1	1	17	16	1	4
A	Norway	2	1	1	16	15	1	4
B	Sweden	2	1	1	15	14	1	4

Final stage

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final



England	8

Italy	7
		England	8 (7)

		Austria	8 (8)
Austria	8

France	7
		Third place



		Italy	8

		France	6

Semifinals

England	8–7	Italy
"Beautiful Ones" by Suede		"Black Jesus" by 9 Lazy 9

Austria	8–7	France
"High Noon" by Kruder & Dorfmeister		"Miles Away" by Lilium

Third place match

Italy	8–6	France
"Ride on Time" by Black Box		"Seize the Day" by Wax Tailor

Final

England	(7) 8–8 (8)	Austria
"Sunday Morning" by Hamzaa TB: "The Rip" by Portishead		"Running Back to You" by Mary Jane's Soundgarden TB: "Ocean Beat" by Tosca

Results

3rd Euro Music Cup Champion
Austria (1st Title)

Pos.	Country	Gr	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Final
1	Austria	F	4	3	1	0	31	27	4	10
2	England	C	4	3	1	0	32	28	4	10
Third-place play-off
3	Italy	D	4	2	1	1	31	28	3	7
4	France	E	4	1	1	2	29	30	-1	4
Group stage eliminations
5	Germany	G	2	1	1	0	17	16	1	4
6	Norway	A	2	1	1	0	16	15	1	4
7	Sweden	B	2	1	1	0	15	14	1	4
8	Iceland	B	2	1	1	0	13	12	1	4
9	Switzerland	G	2	1	0	1	17	16	1	3
10	Belgium	C	2	1	0	1	16	15	1	3
11	Turkey	A	2	1	0	1	13	12	1	3
12	Scotland	F	2	1	0	1	16	16	0	3
13	Ireland	D	2	1	0	1	14	15	-1	3
14	Poland	E	2	0	2	0	16	16	0	2
15	Portugal	D	2	0	1	1	15	16	-1	1
16	Hungary	G	2	0	1	1	15	17	-2	1
17	Finland	E	2	0	1	1	14	16	-2	1
18	Denmark	A	2	0	1	1	12	14	-2	1
19	Spain	B	2	0	0	0	12	14	-2	0
20	Wales	F	2	0	0	2	13	16	-3	0
21	Croatia	C	2	0	0	2	11	15	-4	0

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