Fifth Euro Musical Cup[edit]

Fifth EMC
Tournament details
Dates	15 August 2023
Teams	21
Final positions
Champions	Scotland (1st title)
Runners-up	England
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Latvia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	330 (13.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Scotland (34 points)

Participating teams[edit]

Team	Participation			Best Performance
Team	Current	Consec.	Last	Best Performance
Armenia	1	1	–	Newcomer
Austria	5	5	#4	Champion (#3)
Croatia	3	1	#3	Group stage (#2, #4)
Denmark	4	3	#4	Third place (#4)
England	3	3	#4	Champion (#4)
Germany	4	3	#4	Fourth place (#4)
Greece	2	1	#1	Round of 16 (#1)
Hungary	4	1	#3	Third place (#1)
Iceland	5	5	#4	Fourth place (#1)
Italy	4	4	#4	Champion (#2)
Latvia	1	1	–	Newcomer
Luxembourg	2	2	#4	Winners ranking (#4)
Netherlands	3	2	#4	Quarter-finals (#1)
Northern Ireland	2	1	#2	Third place (#2)
Norway	4	3	#4	Runner-up (#4)
Poland	5	5	#4	Round of 16 (#1)
Portugal	4	1	#3	Runner-up (#2)
Romania	1	1	–	Newcomer
Scotland	3	3	#4	Group stage (#3, #4)
Switzerland	5	5	#4	Champion (#1)
Ukraine	2	1	#2	Group stage (#2)

Draw[edit]

Seeding and drawing[edit]

The pots were filled based on the positions of each country in the Euro Cup ranking at the point, 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 World Cup Ranking (After the nineteenth cup), and finally, population.

Pot 1 Top 8 teams		Pot 2 Top 16 teams		Pot 3 Top 24 teams
Team	Pos.	Team	Pos.	Team	Pos.
England	#1	Denmark	#9	Croatia	#23
Italy	#2	Germany	#10	Scotland	#24
Austria	#3	Iceland	#12	Greece	#29
Switzerland	#4	Northern Ireland	#13	Ukraine	#31
Norway	#5	Poland	#18	Romania	#61 W
Portugal	#6	Netherlands	#19	Armenia	Debut
Hungary	#7	Luxembourg	#21	Latvia	Debut

Results of the draw[edit]

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F	Group G
Switzerland	Austria	Portugal	Hungary	Italy	England	Norway
Germany	Luxembourg	Netherlands	Denmark	Iceland	Northern Ireland	Poland
Latvia	Romania	Croatia	Scotland	Armenia	Ukraine	Greece

Group Stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Latvia	2	2	0	14	10	4	6
Germany	2	1	1	12	13	-1	3
Switzerland	2	0	2	11	14	-3	0


(Brainticket - "Black Sand") Switzerland	6 – 7	Germany (Eisbrecher - "Zwischen Uns")
(Marta - "Drāma") Latvia	7 – 5	Switzerland (Minus 8 - "Forbidden Lover")
(Terranova - "Skin & Bones") Germany	5 – 7	Latvia (Vitas - "The 7th Element")

Group B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Luxembourg	2	2	0	12	10	2	6
Austria	2	1	1	12	11	1	3
Romania	2	0	2	12	15	-3	0


(HVOB - "Azrael") Austria	4 – 5	Luxembourg (Thunderfuzz - "Distortion")
(Fanfare Ciocărlia - "Moliendo Café") Romania	6 – 8	Austria (Sofa Surfers - "The Low Rider")
(Anne-Marie David - "Tu Te Reconnaîtras") Luxembourg	7 – 6	Romania (Exit Oz - "Colț de Rai")

Group C[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Croatia	2	2	0	14	12	2	6
Netherlands	2	1	1	14	12	2	3
Portugal	2	0	2	11	15	-4	0


(Marlow Digs - "Moving") Portugal	5 – 8	Netherlands (The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - "Embers")
(Mayales - "Ti Dobro Znas Kome Pricam") Croatia	7 – 6	Portugal (Moullinex - "Take My Pain Away")
(Endorphin - "Share Your Pain") Netherlands	6 – 7	Croatia (Višnja Korbar - "Parkovi")

Group D[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Scotland	2	1	0	18	12	6	6
Hungary	2	1	0	16	15	1	3
Denmark	2	0	1	10	17	-7	0


(Thy Catafalque - "Sirály") Hungary	8 – 6	Denmark (The Prunes - "Blaalyn Express")
(Cocteau Twins - "Serpentskirt") Scotland	9 – 8	Hungary (DJ Bootsie - "Horseriders Towards the Abyss")
(Efterklang - "Modern Drift") Denmark	4 – 9	Scotland (KT Tunstall - "Suddenly I See")

Group E[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	2	0	13	9	4	6
Armenia	1	0	0	11	13	-2	1
Iceland	1	0	1	10	12	-2	1


(Ligabue - "Certe Notti") Italy	6 – 4	Iceland (Retro Stefson - "Solaris")
(Sevak Khanagyan - "Qami") Armenia	5 – 7	Italy (Sick Tamburo - "Un Giorno Nuovo")
(Hjaltalín - "We Will Live for Ages") Iceland	6 – 6	Armenia (Sevak Amroyan - "Yarkhushta")

Group F[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	2	2	0	17	7	10	6
Northern Ireland	2	0	1	10	14	-4	3
Ukraine	2	0	1	12	18	-6	0


(The Jam - "Start!") England	8 – 1	Northern Ireland (Brian Kennedy - "Ireland's Call")
(Ivanov Down - "Theme") Ukraine	6 – 9	England (Judas Priest - "Night Crawler")
(The Undertones - "Teenage Kicks") Northern Ireland	9 – 6	Ukraine (Sealand Airlines - "Garrison")

Group G[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Greece	2	2	0	13	11	2	6
Poland	2	1	1	13	11	2	3
Norway	2	0	2	11	15	-4	0


(Les Imprimés - "I'll Never Leave") Norway	5 – 8	Poland (Kult - "Arahja")
(Moderator - "Worlds Remain") Greece	7 – 6	Norway (Sketch - "Grunn")
(Lao Che - "Wojenka") Poland	5 – 6	Greece (1000Mods - "She")

Winning teams ranking[edit]

Group	Team	Pld	W	GF	GA	GD	Pts
F	England	2	2	17	7	10	6
D	Scotland	2	2	18	12	6	6
A	Latvia	2	2	14	10	4	6
E	Italy	2	2	13	9	4	6
C	Croatia	2	2	14	12	2	6
G	Greece	2	2	13	11	2	6
B	Luxembourg	2	2	12	10	2	6

Final stage[edit]

Knockout stage[edit]

Semi-finals		Final



England	6 (9)

Latvia	6 (7)
		England	5

		Scotland	8
Scotland	8+

Italy	8
		Third place



		Latvia	8 (7)

		Italy	8 (8)

Semifinals[edit]

England	(9) 6–6 (7)	Latvia
"I Don't Know" by Paul McCartney TB: "Night Crawler" by Judas Priest		"I Wanna" by Marie N TB: "The 7th Element" by Vitas

Scotland	(2) 8–8 (0)	Italy
"Don't You" by Simple Minds		"Zitti e Buoni" by Maneskin

Third place match[edit]

Latvia	(7) 8–8 (8)	Italy
"Aija" by Sudden Lights TB: "Drama" by Marta		"Stappati Lungo i Bordi" by Giancane TB: "Zitti e Buoni" by Maneskin

Final[edit]

England	5–8	Scotland
"NeverStop" by Alison Goldfrapp		"Jacqueline" by Franz Ferdinand

Results[edit]

5th Euro Music Cup Champion
Scotland (1st Title)

Pos.	Country	Gr	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Final
1	Scotland	D	4	4	0	0	34	25	9	12
2	England	F	4	2	1	1	28	21	7	7
Third-place play-off
3	Italy	E	4	2	2	0	29	25	4	8
4	Latvia	A	4	2	2	0	28	24	4	8
Winners ranking eliminations
5	Croatia	C	2	2	0	0	14	12	2	6
6	Greece	G	2	2	0	0	13	11	2	6
7	Luxembourg	B	2	2	0	0	12	10	2	6
Group stage eliminations
8	Netherlands	C	2	1	0	1	14	12	2	3
9	Poland	G	2	1	0	1	13	11	2	3
10	Hungary	D	2	1	0	0	16	15	1	3
11	Austria	B	2	1	0	1	12	11	1	3
12	Germany	A	2	1	0	1	12	13	-1	3
13	Northern Ireland	F	2	0	0	1	10	14	-4	3
14	Armenia	E	1	0	0	0	11	13	-2	1
15	Iceland	E	1	0	0	1	10	12	-2	1
16	Romania	B	2	0	0	2	12	15	-3	0
17	Switzerland	A	2	0	0	2	11	14	-3	0
18	Norway	G	2	0	0	2	11	15	-4	0
19	Portugal	C	2	0	0	2	11	15	-4	0
20	Ukraine	F	2	0	0	1	12	18	-6	0
21	Denmark	2	0	0	1	10	17	-7	0	0