Euro 2024 semifinals: what happens if there’s a tie?

The Euro 2024 semifinals get underway today, with Spain, France and the Netherlands looking to add to their previous victories in the competition, while England are desperate to get their hands on the trophy for the very first time.

Three-time winners Spain take on two-time champions France in the first of the last-four clashes, with the second pitting 1988 victors the Netherlands against England, who had been considered tournament favourites before the action in Germany got underway.

Euro 2024 semifinals: full schedule

Tuesday July 9

Spain vs France - 3pm ET / 12 noon PT, Munich

Wednesday July 10

Netherlands vs England - 3pm ET / 12 noon PT, Dortmund

What tie-breakers are used in the knockout rounds in Euro 2024?

All ties in the Euro 2024 knockout stages are one-off games and will be settled over 90 minutes, if possible. If the two teams are level at the end of regulation time, extra time will be played in an effort to find a winner. Lasting for 30 minutes, extra time consists of two 15-minute halves and is played in its entirety, regardless of any changes to the score.

If the countries involved still can’t be separated after the additional half hour, the match will be decided by a penalty shootout. Both teams get five penalties each, with spot-kicks taken alternately by each side. If the teams remain level after five penalties each, they take additional rounds of single sudden-death kicks until one scores and the other misses.

When is the Euro 2024 final?

The winners of the Spain vs France and Netherlands vs England ties will face off in the Euro 2024 final, which will be played on Sunday July 14 at Olympiastadion in Berlin.

The stadium previously hosted the 2006 World Cup final between Italy and France, and the 2015 Champions League final between Barcelona and Juventus.

Unlike in other international tournaments, including the FIFA World Cup and the Copa América, the two beaten semifinalists will not take part in a third-place playoff.