The play-offs of the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying tournament decided the final four teams which qualified for the UEFA Euro 2016 final examination tournament. Eight teams, each of which finished third in their modify group were paired and contested in four ties, with the winner of each copulate qualifying for the final tournament. Each of the four ties were played over two home-and-away legs with the four winners found according to the criterion rules for the smasher phase in european competitions. [ 1 ] The matches took plaza between 12 and 17 November 2015. [ 2 ]

Ranking of third-placed teams [edit ]

The highest rank third placed team from the groups qualified automatically for the tournament, while the remainder entered the playoffs. As most groups contained six teams but one contained five, matches against the sixth-placed team in each group were not included in this ranking. As a result, a total of eight matches played by each team were counted in the third-placed rank table. [ 3 ]

Rules for classification: Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fifth in the group, 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Lower disciplinary points total; 6) generator : UEFA Rules for classification : Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fifth in the group, 1 ) Points ; 2 ) Goal remainder ; 3 ) Goals scored ; 4 ) Away goals scored ; 5 ) Lower disciplinary points full ; 6 ) UEFA national team coefficient ranking ; 7 ) draw of lots .

Seeding [edit ]

The draw for the play-offs was held on 18 October 2015, 11:20 hundred, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] The teams were seeded for the play-off draw according to the UEFA national team coefficient rankings updated after the completion of the qualifying group phase. The four top-ranked teams were seeded and paired with the four unseeded teams. [ 5 ] The ordering of legs of each link was besides decided by draw. [ 6 ]

The seedings were as follows : [ 5 ] [ 7 ]

drumhead [edit ]

The schedule of the play-offs was published by UEFA within one hour of the draw. [ 4 ] The eight matches were spread over the six days, with the first base leg on 12–14 November and the moment peg on 15–17 November. The kickoff times were 18:00 or 20:45 CET ( local times are in parentheses ). [ 6 ]

Matches [edit ]

Ukraine won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2016.
Sweden won 4–3 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2016.
Republic of Ireland won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2016.
Hungary won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2016.

Goalscorers [edit ]

There were 19 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 2.38 goals per match .
3 goals 2 goals 1 goal 1 own goal

discipline [edit ]

A player was mechanically suspended for the following match for the trace offences : [ 3 ]

  • 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 carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches)

The follow suspensions were served during the play-off matches :

See besides [edit ]

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