Third EMC
Tournament details
Dates12 – 13 June 2023
Teams21
Final positions
Champions  Austria (1st title)
Runners-up  England
Third place  Italy
Fourth place  France
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored338 (13.52 per match)
Top scorer(s)  England (32 points)

Participating teams

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Team Participation Best Performance
Current Consec. Last
  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

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Seeding and drawing

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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

Results of the draw

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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

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Group A

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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


Final stage

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Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  England8
 
 
 
  Italy7
 
  England8 (7)
 
 
 
  Austria8 (8)
 
  Austria8
 
 
  France7
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Italy8
 
 
  France6

Semifinals

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  England8–7  Italy
"Beautiful Ones" by Suede "Black Jesus" by 9 Lazy 9

  Austria8–7  France
"High Noon" by Kruder & Dorfmeister "Miles Away" by Lilium

Third place match

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  Italy8–6  France
"Ride on Time" by Black Box "Seize the Day" by Wax Tailor

Final

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  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

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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