Group B of
UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
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was one of the ten groups to decide which teams would qualify for the
UEFA Euro 2020
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finals tournament.
Group B consisted of five teams:
Lithuania
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,
Luxembourg
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,
Portugal
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(the title holders),
Serbia
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and
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
, where they played against each other home-and-away in a
round-robin format.
The top two teams, Ukraine and Portugal, qualified directly for the finals. Unlike previous editions, the participants of the
play-offs
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were not decided based on results from the qualifying group stage, but instead based on their performance in the
2018–19 UEFA Nations League
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.
Standings
Matches
The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 2 December 2018 in
Dublin
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.
Times are
CET
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, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
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Goalscorers
Discipline
A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:
* Receiving a red card (red card suspensions could be extended for serious offences)
* Receiving three yellow cards in three different matches, as well as after fifth and any subsequent yellow card (yellow card suspensions were not carried forward to the play-offs, the finals or any other future international matches)
The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:
Notes
References
External links
UEFA Euro 2020 UEFA.com
European Qualifiers UEFA.com
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Group B
2019 in Lithuanian football
2018–19 in Luxembourgian football
2019–20 in Luxembourgian football
2018–19 in Portuguese football
2019–20 in Portuguese football
Portugal at UEFA Euro 2020
2018–19 in Serbian football
2019–20 in Serbian football
2018–19 in Ukrainian football
2019–20 in Ukrainian football
Ukraine at UEFA Euro 2020