Group B of

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took place from 12 to 21 June 2021 in

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and

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. The group contained host nation

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and host nation

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. The head-to-head match between the hosts took place at Denmark's Parken Stadium.

Teams

Notes

Standings

In the

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, *The winner of Group B, Belgium, advanced to play the third-placed team of Group F,

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. *The runner-up of Group B, Denmark, advanced to play the runner-up of

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Matches

Denmark vs Finland

In the 43rd minute, the match was suspended after Danish midfielder

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collapsed on the pitch due to a

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. Eriksen was transferred to

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where he was stabilised. UEFA gave the players two options for restarting the match, either to resume later in the evening or the next day at 12:00 CEST. Only after receiving confirmation that Eriksen was awake, the Danish team agreed to continue the match that evening. The match was resumed at 20:30, with the last four minutes of the first half to be completed prior to a five-minute half-time break.

Belgium vs Russia

Finland vs Russia

Denmark vs Belgium

Russia vs Denmark

Finland vs Belgium

Discipline

Fair play points were to be used as a tiebreaker if the head-to-head and overall records of teams were tied (and if a

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was not applicable as a tiebreaker). These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows: *yellow card = 1 point *red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points *direct red card = 3 points *yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points Only one of the above deductions would be applied to a player in a single match.

References

External links

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Group B overview
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