{"id":53355,"date":"2024-06-17T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T06:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2012807"},"modified":"2024-06-17T09:15:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-17T07:15:51","slug":"is-there-a-third-place-play-off-at-euro-2024","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/is-there-a-third-place-play-off-at-euro-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there a third-place play-off at Euro 2024?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Your complete guide on whether there is a third-place play-off at Euro 2024. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Walters\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 17 June 2024 at 06:00 AM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Euro 2024 takes centre stage this summer as Germany host the 17th edition of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Germany, England, France and Spain are among the favourites to win the tournament, with the hosts looking to lift the trophy for a record fourth time.<\/p>\n<p>As we all know, there can only be two finalists and one winner, with the two losing semi-finalists usually facing off against each other in the third-place play-off.<\/p>\n<p>The game takes place at the World Cup, the African Cup of Nations and the Copa America, but will fans around the world be tuning in for a third-place play-off at Euro 2024?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/radiotimes.com\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> has all you need to know about Euro 2024, including whether there\u2019s a third-place play-off.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Is there a third-place play-off at Euro 2024?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Euro 2024 sees the best national teams in Europe facing off against each other, and there will be millions of eyes on the final.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, <strong>fans won\u2019t have to tune in for a third-place play-off in Germany this summer<\/strong>, as UEFA axed the game at European Championships after 1980.<\/p>\n<p>Czechoslovakia beat Italy 9-8 on penalties that year following a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Fans didn\u2019t buy tickets to the game and television figures were low, which resulted in UEFA scrapping the match for the European Championship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/best-football-players-world\/\">Best football players in the world<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/best-premier-league-players-all-time\/\">Best football players of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <p><strong>Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/\" data-outlook-id=\"1ecfb338-0259-4dbc-b0fa-c5906a1a028d\">Sport<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" data-outlook-id=\"6228b369-d86e-422b-8cfd-0f37f147ac55\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\" data-outlook-id=\"08577dc1-b61a-44eb-8fc3-e1ac61d4968d\">Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\" data-outlook-id=\"273994a7-a0dd-4707-8678-2362f9167f9c\">The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Your complete guide on whether there is a third-place play-off at Euro 2024. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":53356,"template":"","categories":[1,7,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/is-there-a-third-place-play-off-at-euro-2024-scaled.jpg",2560,1708,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/is-there-a-third-place-play-off-at-euro-2024-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/is-there-a-third-place-play-off-at-euro-2024-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/is-there-a-third-place-play-off-at-euro-2024-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/is-there-a-third-place-play-off-at-euro-2024-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/is-there-a-third-place-play-off-at-euro-2024-1536x1025.jpg",1536,1025,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/is-there-a-third-place-play-off-at-euro-2024-2048x1366.jpg",2048,1366,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Your complete guide on whether there is a third-place play-off at Euro 2024.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/53355"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}