Fifth EMC
Tournament details
Dates15 August 2023
Teams21
Final positions
Champions  Scotland (1st title)
Runners-up  England
Third place  Italy
Fourth place  Latvia
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored330 (13.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)  Scotland (34 points)

Participating teams

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Team Participation Best Performance
Current Consec. Last
  Armenia 1 1 Newcomer
  Austria 5 5 #4 Champion (#3)
  Croatia 3 1 #3 Group stage (#2, #4)
  Denmark 4 3 #4 Third place (#4)
  England 3 3 #4 Champion (#4)
  Germany 4 3 #4 Fourth place (#4)
  Greece 2 1 #1 Round of 16 (#1)
  Hungary 4 1 #3 Third place (#1)
  Iceland 5 5 #4 Fourth place (#1)
  Italy 4 4 #4 Champion (#2)
  Latvia 1 1 Newcomer
  Luxembourg 2 2 #4 Winners ranking (#4)
  Netherlands 3 2 #4 Quarter-finals (#1)
  Northern Ireland 2 1 #2 Third place (#2)
  Norway 4 3 #4 Runner-up (#4)
  Poland 5 5 #4 Round of 16 (#1)
  Portugal 4 1 #3 Runner-up (#2)
  Romania 1 1 Newcomer
  Scotland 3 3 #4 Group stage (#3, #4)
  Switzerland 5 5 #4 Champion (#1)
  Ukraine 2 1 #2 Group stage (#2)

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 Euro Cup ranking at the point, 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 World Cup Ranking (After the nineteenth cup), and finally, population.

Pot 1

Top 8 teams

Pot 2

Top 16 teams

Pot 3

Top 24 teams

Team Pos. Team Pos. Team Pos.
  England #1   Denmark #9   Croatia #23
  Italy #2   Germany #10   Scotland #24
  Austria #3   Iceland #12   Greece #29
  Switzerland #4   Northern Ireland #13   Ukraine #31
  Norway #5   Poland #18   Romania #61 W
  Portugal #6   Netherlands #19   Armenia Debut
  Hungary #7   Luxembourg #21   Latvia Debut

Results of the draw

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Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G
  Switzerland   Austria   Portugal   Hungary   Italy   England   Norway
  Germany   Luxembourg   Netherlands   Denmark   Iceland   Northern Ireland   Poland
  Latvia   Romania   Croatia   Scotland   Armenia   Ukraine   Greece

Group Stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Latvia 2 2 0 0 14 10 4 6
  Germany 2 1 0 1 12 13 -1 3
  Switzerland 2 0 0 2 11 14 -3 0
(Brainticket - "Black Sand")   Switzerland 6 – 7   Germany (Eisbrecher - "Zwischen Uns")
(Marta - "Drāma")   Latvia 7 – 5   Switzerland (Minus 8 - "Forbidden Lover")
(Terranova - "Skin & Bones")   Germany 5 – 7   Latvia (Vitas - "The 7th Element")

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Luxembourg 2 2 0 0 12 10 2 6
  Austria 2 1 0 1 12 11 1 3
  Romania 2 0 0 2 12 15 -3 0
(HVOB - "Azrael")   Austria 4 – 5   Luxembourg (Thunderfuzz - "Distortion")
(Fanfare Ciocărlia - "Moliendo Café")   Romania 6 – 8   Austria (Sofa Surfers - "The Low Rider")
(Anne-Marie David - "Tu Te Reconnaîtras")   Luxembourg 7 – 6   Romania (Exit Oz - "Colț de Rai")

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Croatia 2 2 0 0 14 12 2 6
  Netherlands 2 1 0 1 14 12 2 3
  Portugal 2 0 0 2 11 15 -4 0
(Marlow Digs - "Moving")   Portugal 5 – 8   Netherlands (The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - "Embers")
(Mayales - "Ti Dobro Znas Kome Pricam")   Croatia 7 – 6   Portugal (Moullinex - "Take My Pain Away")
(Endorphin - "Share Your Pain")   Netherlands 6 – 7   Croatia (Višnja Korbar - "Parkovi")

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Scotland 2 1 0 0 18 12 6 6
  Hungary 2 1 0 0 16 15 1 3
  Denmark 2 0 0 1 10 17 -7 0
(Thy Catafalque - "Sirály")   Hungary 8 – 6   Denmark (The Prunes - "Blaalyn Express")
(Cocteau Twins - "Serpentskirt")   Scotland 9 – 8   Hungary (DJ Bootsie - "Horseriders Towards the Abyss")
(Efterklang - "Modern Drift")   Denmark 4 – 9   Scotland (KT Tunstall - "Suddenly I See")

Group E

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Italy 2 2 0 0 13 9 4 6
  Armenia 1 0 0 0 11 13 -2 1
  Iceland 1 0 0 1 10 12 -2 1
(Ligabue - "Certe Notti")   Italy 6 – 4   Iceland (Retro Stefson - "Solaris")
(Sevak Khanagyan - "Qami")   Armenia 5 – 7   Italy (Sick Tamburo - "Un Giorno Nuovo")
(Hjaltalín - "We Will Live for Ages")   Iceland 6 – 6   Armenia (Sevak Amroyan - "Yarkhushta")

Group F

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  England 2 2 0 0 17 7 10 6
  Northern Ireland 2 0 0 1 10 14 -4 3
  Ukraine 2 0 0 1 12 18 -6 0
(The Jam - "Start!")   England 8 – 1   Northern Ireland (Brian Kennedy - "Ireland's Call")
(Ivanov Down - "Theme")   Ukraine 6 – 9   England (Judas Priest - "Night Crawler")
(The Undertones - "Teenage Kicks")   Northern Ireland 9 – 6   Ukraine (Sealand Airlines - "Garrison")

Group G

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Greece 2 2 0 0 13 11 2 6
  Poland 2 1 0 1 13 11 2 3
  Norway 2 0 0 2 11 15 -4 0
(Les Imprimés - "I'll Never Leave")   Norway 5 – 8   Poland (Kult - "Arahja")
(Moderator - "Worlds Remain")   Greece 7 – 6   Norway (Sketch - "Grunn")
(Lao Che - "Wojenka")   Poland 5 – 6   Greece (1000Mods - "She")

Winning teams ranking

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Group Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
F   England 2 2 0 0 17 7 10 6
D   Scotland 2 2 0 0 18 12 6 6
A   Latvia 2 2 0 0 14 10 4 6
E   Italy 2 2 0 0 13 9 4 6
C   Croatia 2 2 0 0 14 12 2 6
G   Greece 2 2 0 0 13 11 2 6
B   Luxembourg 2 2 0 0 12 10 2 6


Final stage

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Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  England6 (9)
 
 
 
  Latvia6 (7)
 
  England5
 
 
 
  Scotland8
 
  Scotland8+
 
 
  Italy8
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Latvia8 (7)
 
 
  Italy8 (8)

Semifinals

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  England(9) 6–6 (7)  Latvia
"I Don't Know" by Paul McCartney
TB: "Night Crawler" by Judas Priest
"I Wanna" by Marie N
TB: "The 7th Element" by Vitas

  Scotland(2) 8–8 (0)  Italy
"Don't You" by Simple Minds "Zitti e Buoni" by Maneskin

Third place match

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  Latvia(7) 8–8 (8)  Italy
"Aija" by Sudden Lights
TB: "Drama" by Marta
"Stappati Lungo i Bordi" by Giancane
TB: "Zitti e Buoni" by Maneskin

Final

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  England5–8  Scotland
"NeverStop" by Alison Goldfrapp "Jacqueline" by Franz Ferdinand

Results

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5th Euro Music Cup Champion
 
Scotland
(1st Title)
Pos. Country Gr Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Final
1   Scotland D 4 4 0 0 34 25 9 12
2   England F 4 2 1 1 28 21 7 7
Third-place play-off
3   Italy E 4 2 2 0 29 25 4 8
4   Latvia A 4 2 2 0 28 24 4 8
Winners ranking eliminations
5   Croatia C 2 2 0 0 14 12 2 6
6   Greece G 2 2 0 0 13 11 2 6
7   Luxembourg B 2 2 0 0 12 10 2 6
Group stage eliminations
8   Netherlands C 2 1 0 1 14 12 2 3
9   Poland G 2 1 0 1 13 11 2 3
10   Hungary D 2 1 0 0 16 15 1 3
11   Austria B 2 1 0 1 12 11 1 3
12   Germany A 2 1 0 1 12 13 -1 3
13   Northern Ireland F 2 0 0 1 10 14 -4 3
14   Armenia E 1 0 0 0 11 13 -2 1
15   Iceland E 1 0 0 1 10 12 -2 1
16   Romania B 2 0 0 2 12 15 -3 0
17   Switzerland A 2 0 0 2 11 14 -3 0
18   Norway G 2 0 0 2 11 15 -4 0
19   Portugal C 2 0 0 2 11 15 -4 0
20   Ukraine F 2 0 0 1 12 18 -6 0
21   Denmark 2 0 0 1 10 17 -7 0 0