The final match schedule for the tournament was confirmed on 6 December 2012. All twelve finalists began the tournament at the group stage, with those not eliminated then advancing to the knockout stage.
Group stage The group winners and runners-up would qualify for the knockout stage, along with the best two third-placed teams; the remaining four teams would be eliminated.
Tie-breaking criteria If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied: • Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; • Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question; • Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; • Superior goal difference in all group matches; • Higher number of goals scored in all group matches; • Position in the
UEFA national team coefficient ranking system as at
the final draw; However, the normal tiebreaking rules do not apply if two teams tie (following the application of tiebreakers 1–5) after having met in their final fixture of the group stage, then their ranking will be determined by
penalty shoot-out;
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Ranking of third-placed teams The best two third-placed teams advanced to the knockout stage, with teams being ranked using points as the only criterion. UEFA introduced this principle to avoid teams entering their final matches and "playing on" the previous results, and also to negate the factor of the potentially different strengths of the groups by eliminating goal difference from the calculation.
Knockout stage The eight advancing teams entered the knockout stage to compete in a
single-elimination style tournament. In the knockout stage (including the final), if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes,
extra time of two periods (15 minutes each) was played. If the score was still level after extra time, the match was decided by a
penalty shootout.
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