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B. Final tournament
8.01 The UEFA Executive Committee has entrusted the Polish Football Association
(PZPN) and the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) with the joint organisation
and staging of the final tournament.
Group formation
8.02 The UEFA administration divides the 16 teams that qualify for the final tournament
into four groups (A, B, C, D) of four teams each.
8.03 By means of a draw, the four groups are formed as follows:
Group A Group B Group C Group D
A1 B1 C1 D1
A2 B2 C2 D2
A3 B3 C3 D3
A4 B4 C4 D4
Coefficients
8.04 The seeded teams are the host associations, with the reigning European
champions if they qualify, and one or two teams with the best coefficients
according to the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system (see Annex I,
paragraph 1.2.2). The other finalists are assigned to the four groups by means of a
draw, according to their coefficients.
8.05 If any of the teams in question have the same coefficient, the criteria listed in
paragraph 7.02 apply. Results from the play-offs referred to in paragraph 7.07 are
thereby not taken into consideration.
Two ways of interpretting that. A) Playoffs aren't taken into consideration in the event of the same coefficient. But that wouldn't make sense because if playoffs are considered then you wouldn't have same coefficient and
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7.07 The eight remaining runners-up contest play-off matches. The four ties are
determined by means of a draw. The four runners-up with the best position in
the UEFA national team coefficient ranking system (see Annex I, paragraph
1.2.2) are seeded for the draw. If any of the teams in question have the same
coefficient, the criteria listed in paragraph 7.02 apply. The play-offs are played
according to the knockout system, with each team playing each opponent
twice, in home and away matches. {striked}The seeded teams play the return match
at home.{striked} The order of the two matches will be established by draw. The
teams which score the greater aggregate of goals in the two matches qualify
for the final tournament. Otherwise, the provisions of paragraph 7.08 apply.
