Fourth Euro Musical Cup[edit]

Fourth EMC
Tournament details
Dates	13 July 2023
Teams	21
Final positions
Champions	England (1st title)
Runners-up	Norway
Third place	Denmark
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	384 (15.36 per match)
Top scorer(s)	England (34 points)

Participating teams[edit]

Team	Participation			Best Performance
Team	Current	Consec.	Last	Best Performance
Austria	4	4	#3	Champion (#3)
Belgium	4	4	#3	Round of 16 (#1)
Czech Republic	2	1	#2	Group stage (#2)
Denmark	3	2	#3	Round of 16 (#1)
England	2	2	#3	Runner-up (#3)
Estonia	1	1	–	Newcomer
Finland	3	2	#3	Runner-up (#1)
France	3	2	#3	Fourth place (#3)
Germany	3	2	#3	Winners ranking (#3)
Iceland	4	4	#3	Fourth place (#1)
Ireland	2	2	#3	Group stage (#3)
Italy	3	3	#3	Champion (#2)
Luxembourg	1	1	–	Newcomer
Netherlands	2	2	#1	Quarter-finals (#1)
Norway	3	2	#3	Winners ranking (#3)
Poland	4	4	#3	Round of 16 (#1)
Scotland	1	1	#3	Group stage (#3)
Slovenia	2	1	#2	Group stage (#2)
Sweden	3	2	#3	Winners ranking (#3)
Switzerland	4	4	#3	Champion (#1)
Turkey	3	2	#3	Quarter-finals (#1)

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 (#3 W) Germany (#5 W) Scotland (#8 W) France (#9 W) Ireland (#11 W) Norway (#12 W)	Denmark (#15 W) Italy (#16 W) Iceland (#19 W) Finland (#20 W) Belgium (#22 W) Poland (#26 W) Switzerland (#29 W)	Netherlands (#38 W) Turkey (#39 W) Luxembourg (#52 W) Austria (#69 W) Czech Republic (#22 E) Slovenia (#28 E) Estonia (Debut)

Results of the draw[edit]

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F	Group G
Scotland	Sweden	England	Norway	Ireland	France	Germany
Italy	Finland	Belgium	Iceland	Poland	Denmark	Switzerland
Estonia	Slovenia	Netherlands	Turkey	Luxembourg	Czech Republic	Austria

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Estonia	2	1	1	15	14	1	3
Italy	2	1	1	15	15	0	3
Scotland	2	1	1	14	15	-1	3


(Camera Obscura - "French Navy") Scotland	8 – 7	Italy (Ligabue - "Certe Notti")
(Mari Kalkun - "Sata-Sata!") Estonia	8 – 6	Scotland (Simple Minds - "Belfast Child")
(Sick Tamburo - "Un Giorno Nuovo") Italy	8 – 7	Estonia (Vennaskond - "Pille Riin")

Group B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Finland	2	1	1	15	15	3
Slovenia	2	1	1	14	14	3
Sweden	2	1	1	14	14	3


(Hot Breath - "Bad Feeling") Sweden	8 – 7	Finland (Don Huonot - "Riidankylväjä")
(Joker Out - "Carpe Diem") Slovenia	7 – 6	Sweden (Weatherday - "Come In")
(Käärijä - "Cha Cha Cha") Finland	8 – 7	Slovenia (Martin Krpan - "Od Visine Se Zvrti")

Group C[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	2	1	1	0	15	12	3	4
Belgium	2	1	1	0	15	14	1	4
Netherlands	2	0	0	2	12	16	-4	0


(Coldplay - "Higher Power") England	7 – 7	Belgium (Krisy - "Bounce")
(Martin Garrix - "Animals") Netherlands	5 – 8	England (Led Zeppelin - "In the Evening")
(Geike - "Off Shore") Belgium	8 – 7	Netherlands (Dog Faced Hermans - "Jan 9")

Group D[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	2	2	0	16	14	2	6
Iceland	2	1	1	16	16	0	3
Turkey	2	0	2	15	17	-2	0


(Blood Command - "(A World Covered In) Purple Shrouds") Norway	8 – 7	Iceland (GusGus - "Higher")
(Dimitri From Paris - "Sacré Français") Turkey	7 – 8	Norway (Suzanne Sundfor - "Kamikaze")
(Emiliana Torrini - "Unemployed in Summertime") Iceland	9 – 8	Turkey (Kâzım Koyuncu - "Ella Ella")

Group E[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Luxembourg	2	1	1	15	15	3
Poland	2	1	1	15	15	3
Ireland	2	1	1	15	15	3

The triple way tie was decided by the overall quality of both songs played.


(The Script - "Hall of Fame") Ireland	7 – 8	Poland (Brodka - "Sadza")
(Jean-Claude Pascal - "Nous les Amoureux") Luxembourg	7 – 8	Ireland (Loudest Whisper - "Lir's Lament")
(Breakout - "Kiedy Byłem Małym Chłopcem") Poland	7 – 8	Luxembourg (Rome - "To Die Among Strangers")

Group F[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	2	1	1	0	17	16	1	4
Czech Republic	2	1	0	1	17	17	0	3
France	2	0	1	1	16	17	-1	1


(Sly Johnson - "Trust Me") France	8 – 8	Denmark (Secret Oyster - "Oyster Jungle")
(Jan Hammer - "Miami Vice Theme") Czech Republic	9 – 8	France (Kavinsky - "Zenith")
(Volbeat - "Heaven Nor Hell") Denmark	9 – 8	Czech Republic (WWW Neurobeat - "Pikola")

Group G[edit]

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


(Monika Roscher Bigband - "A Taste of the Apocalypse") Germany	9 – 8	Switzerland (Yello - "The Rhythm Divine")
(Soap&Skin - "Thanatos") Austria	8 – 8	Germany (King Khan - "Land of the Freak")
(Zeal & Ardor - "Devil Is Fine") Switzerland	7 – 8	Austria (Conchita Wurst - "Rise Like a Phoenix")

Winning teams ranking[edit]

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
D	Norway	2	2	0	0	16	14	2	6
C	England	2	1	1	0	15	12	3	4
G	Germany	2	1	1	0	17	16	1	4
F	Denmark	2	1	1	0	17	16	1	4
A	Estonia	2	1	0	1	15	14	1	3
E	Luxembourg	2	1	0	1	15	15	0	3
B	Finland	2	1	0	1	15	15	0	3

Final stage[edit]

Knockout stage[edit]

Semi-finals		Final



Norway	8+

Germany	8
		Norway	8

		England	10
England	9

Denmark	8
		Third place



		Germany	7

		Denmark	8

Semifinals[edit]

Norway	8+–8	Germany
"The Bomb-Proof Roll and Beyond" by Motorpsycho		"Pool Song" by Lea Porcelain

England	9–8	Denmark
"Overcome" by Tricky		"Against the Moon" by Iceage

Third place match[edit]

Germany	7–8	Denmark
"Space Train" by Spiral Drive		"The Wilderness of Pain" by Malrun

Final[edit]

Norway	8–10	England
"Winter is Never" by Gazpacho		"Heroes" by David Bowie

Results[edit]

4th Euro Music Cup Champion
England (1st Title)

Pos.	Country	Gr	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Final
1	England	C	4	3	1	0	34	28	6	10
2	Norway	D	4	2	1	1	32	32	0	7
Third-place play-off
3	Denmark	F	4	2	1	1	33	32	1	7
4	Germany	G	4	1	2	1	32	32	0	5
Winners ranking eliminations
5	Estonia	A	2	1	0	1	15	14	1	3
6	Luxembourg	E	2	1	0	1	15	15	0	3
7	Finland	B	2	1	0	1	15	15	0	3
Group stage eliminations
8	Austria	G	2	1	1	0	16	15	1	4
9	Belgium	C	2	1	1	0	15	14	1	4
10	Czech Republic	F	2	1	0	1	17	17	0	3
11	Iceland	D	2	1	0	1	16	16	0	3
12	Italy	A	2	1	0	1	15	15	0	3
13	Poland	E	2	1	0	1	15	15	0	3
14	Ireland	E	2	1	0	1	15	15	0	3
15	Slovenia	B	2	1	0	1	14	14	0	3
16	Sweden	B	2	1	0	1	14	14	0	3
17	Scotland	A	2	1	0	1	14	15	-1	3
18	France	F	2	0	1	1	16	17	-1	1
19	Switzerland	G	2	0	0	2	15	17	-2	0
20	Turkey	D	2	0	0	2	15	17	-2	0
21	Netherlands	C	2	0	0	2	12	16	-4	0