Third Euro Musical Cup[edit]

Third EMC
Tournament details
Dates	12 – 13 June 2023
Teams	21
Final positions
Champions	Austria (1st title)
Runners-up	England
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	338 (13.52 per match)
Top scorer(s)	England (32 points)

Participating teams[edit]

Team	Participation			Best Performance
Team	Current	Consec.	Last	Best Performance
Austria	3	3	#2	Winners ranking (#2)
Belgium	3	3	#2	Round of 16 (#1)
Croatia	2	2	#2	Group stage (#2)
Denmark	2	1	#1	Round of 16 (#1)
England	1	1	–	Newcomer
France	2	1	#1	Quarter-finals (#1)
Finland	2	1	#1	Runner-up (#1)
Germany	2	1	#1	Round of 16 (#1)
Hungary	3	3	#2	Third place (#1)
Iceland	3	3	#2	Fourth place (#1)
Ireland	1	1	–	Newcomer
Italy	2	2	#2	Champion (#2)
Norway	2	1	#1	Round of 16 (#1)
Poland	3	3	#2	Round of 16 (#1)
Portugal	3	3	#2	Quarter-finals (#1)
Scotland	1	1	–	Newcomer
Spain	2	2	#2	Fourth place (#2)
Sweden	2	1	#1	Round of 16 (#1)
Switzerland	3	3	#2	Champion (#1)
Turkey	2	1	#1	Quarter-finals (#1)
Wales	2	2	#2	Group stage (#2)

Draw[edit]

Seeding and drawing[edit]

The pots were filled based on the positions of each country in the most World Cup Ranking at the point (After the sixteenth cup), starting from the best placing teams and progressively going down through the pots, and the teams out of the world ranking were sorted based on placings on the Euro Cup ranking, and finally, population.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Sweden (#1 W) England (#2 W) Germany (#6 W) Scotland (#7 W) Ireland (#8 W) France (#10 W) Norway (#12 W)	Iceland (#14 W) Italy (#18 W) Finland (#19 W) Belgium (#21 W) Wales (#22 W) Denmark (#23 W) Switzerland (#28 W)	Portugal (#31 W) Spain (#34 W) Poland (#35 W) Hungary (#43 W) Austria (#64 W) Turkey (#67 W) Croatia (#19)

Results of the draw[edit]

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F	Group G
Norway	Sweden	England	Ireland	France	Scotland	Germany
Denmark	Iceland	Belgium	Italy	Finland	Wales	Switzerland
Turkey	Spain	Croatia	Portugal	Poland	Austria	Hungary

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	2	1	1	0	16	15	1	4
Turkey	2	1	0	1	13	12	1	3
Denmark	2	0	1	1	12	14	-2	1


(Spidergawd - "Oceanchild") Norway	8 – 8	Denmark (Malrun - "Breaking the Illusion")
(Tolgahan Çoğulu & Sinan Ayyıldız - "Boomerang") Turkey	7 – 8	Norway (Aurora - "Running With the Wolves")
(Goodiepal - "Data-Spotting") Denmark	4 – 6	Turkey (Arzu Ece - "Sev")

Group B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	2	1	1	15	14	1	4
Iceland	2	1	1	13	12	1	4
Spain	2	0	0	12	14	-2	0


(Night - "Crimson Past") Sweden	7 – 7	Iceland (Emiliana Torrini - "Unemployed in Summertime")
(Rata Negra - "Bien Triste") Spain	7 – 8	Sweden (Blues Pills - "Ain't No Change")
(Sigur Rós - "Untitled #3 (Samskeyti)") Iceland	6 – 5	Spain (Alvaro Soler - "Sofia")

Group C[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	2	2	0	16	13	3	6
Belgium	2	1	1	16	15	1	3
Croatia	2	0	2	11	15	-4	0


(Radiohead - "Paranoid Android") England	9 – 8	Belgium (Waterloo - "Why May I Not Know")
(Let 3 - "Mama ŠČ!") Croatia	5 – 7	England (Portishead - "The Rip")
(Tamino - "Indigo Night") Belgium	8 – 6	Croatia (Riva - "Rock Me")

Group D[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	1	1	0	16	14	2	4
Ireland	2	1	0	1	14	15	-1	3
Portugal	2	0	1	1	15	16	-1	1


(Aphex Twin - "Aisatsana [102]") Ireland	6 – 8	Italy (Casino Royale - "CR-X")
(José Mario Branco - "Inquietação") Portugal	7 – 8	Ireland (The Script - "Hall of Fame")
(Bulldozer - "Cut Throat") Italy	8 – 8	Portugal (They Must Be Crazy - "Cura di Jambu")

Group E[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	2	1	1	0	16	14	2	4
Poland	2	0	2	0	16	16	0	2
Finland	2	0	1	1	14	16	-2	1


(Daft Punk - "Something About Us") France	8 – 6	Finland (Haikara - "Köyhän Pojan Kerjäys")
(Myslovitz - "Długość Dźwięku Samotności") Poland	8 – 8	France (The Supermen Lovers - "Starlight")
(Nightwish - "Gethsemane") Finland	8 – 8	Poland (Lux Occulta - "Samuel Wraca do Domu")

Group F[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Austria	2	2	0	15	12	3	6
Scotland	2	1	1	16	16	0	3
Wales	2	0	2	13	16	-3	0


(Craig Armstrong - "Finding Beauty") Scotland	9 – 8	Wales (Hybrid - "If I Survive")
(Tosca - "Ocean Beat") Austria	8 – 7	Scotland (Sophie - "Elle")
(Kelly Lee Owens - "Arpeggi") Wales	5 – 7	Austria (Peace Orchestra - "Who Am I")

Group G[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	2	1	1	0	17	16	1	4
Switzerland	2	1	0	1	17	16	1	3
Hungary	2	0	1	1	15	17	-2	1


(Amon Düül II - "Archangels Thunderbird") Germany	9 – 8	Switzerland (Remo Forrer - "Watergun")
(Anima Sound System - "Shalom") Hungary	8 – 8	Germany (Kraftwerk - "Autobahn")
(Robert Miles - "Children") Switzerland	9 – 7	Hungary (Black Hill - "The Gathering of Deer")

Winning teams ranking[edit]

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
C	England	2	2	0	16	13	3	6
F	Austria	2	2	0	15	12	3	6
D	Italy	2	1	1	16	14	2	4
E	France	2	1	1	16	14	2	4
G	Germany	2	1	1	17	16	1	4
A	Norway	2	1	1	16	15	1	4
B	Sweden	2	1	1	15	14	1	4

Final stage[edit]

Knockout stage[edit]

Semi-finals		Final



England	8

Italy	7
		England	8 (7)

		Austria	8 (8)
Austria	8

France	7
		Third place



		Italy	8

		France	6

Semifinals[edit]

England	8–7	Italy
"Beautiful Ones" by Suede		"Black Jesus" by 9 Lazy 9

Austria	8–7	France
"High Noon" by Kruder & Dorfmeister		"Miles Away" by Lilium

Third place match[edit]

Italy	8–6	France
"Ride on Time" by Black Box		"Seize the Day" by Wax Tailor

Final[edit]

England	(7) 8–8 (8)	Austria
"Sunday Morning" by Hamzaa TB: "The Rip" by Portishead		"Running Back to You" by Mary Jane's Soundgarden TB: "Ocean Beat" by Tosca

Results[edit]

3rd Euro Music Cup Champion
Austria (1st Title)

Pos.	Country	Gr	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Final
1	Austria	F	4	3	1	0	31	27	4	10
2	England	C	4	3	1	0	32	28	4	10
Third-place play-off
3	Italy	D	4	2	1	1	31	28	3	7
4	France	E	4	1	1	2	29	30	-1	4
Group stage eliminations
5	Germany	G	2	1	1	0	17	16	1	4
6	Norway	A	2	1	1	0	16	15	1	4
7	Sweden	B	2	1	1	0	15	14	1	4
8	Iceland	B	2	1	1	0	13	12	1	4
9	Switzerland	G	2	1	0	1	17	16	1	3
10	Belgium	C	2	1	0	1	16	15	1	3
11	Turkey	A	2	1	0	1	13	12	1	3
12	Scotland	F	2	1	0	1	16	16	0	3
13	Ireland	D	2	1	0	1	14	15	-1	3
14	Poland	E	2	0	2	0	16	16	0	2
15	Portugal	D	2	0	1	1	15	16	-1	1
16	Hungary	G	2	0	1	1	15	17	-2	1
17	Finland	E	2	0	1	1	14	16	-2	1
18	Denmark	A	2	0	1	1	12	14	-2	1
19	Spain	B	2	0	0	0	12	14	-2	0
20	Wales	F	2	0	0	2	13	16	-3	0
21	Croatia	C	2	0	0	2	11	15	-4	0