With the Euro 2024 group stage now done and dusted, the remaining 16 nations will switch their focus to the knockout rounds as they endeavour to keep their hopes of continental glory alive. While points were up for grabs in the group stage, it is merely survival of the fittest from the last 16 onwards, with all teams competing in one-off ties settled in either 90 minutes, extra time or via a penalty shootout. Interestingly, the finals of Euro 2020, the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2022 World Cup were all decided by a penalty shootout, and spot-kick fever could once again hit this summer's European Championship in Germany .
Out of the 16 remaining nations at Euro 2024, six of them have never taken part in a penalty shootout on the continental stage: Austria , Belgium , Georgia , Romania , Slovakia and Slovenia . The remaining 10 teams have experienced mixed fortunes from 12 yards over the years, and here, Sports Mole takes a look at the best-performing nations in penalty shootouts at the European Championship. © Reuters Penalty shootout wins: 1 Penalty shootout defeats: 4 Success rate: 20% Few Three Lions supporters will be surprised to learn that England, who have had so many penalty heartaches down the years, are ranked bottom of this list with a success rate of just 20% having won only one of their five European Championship shootouts.
England won their first Euros shootout in 1996, beating Spain 4-2 in the quarter-finals following a 0-0 draw in normal time. However,.
