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Euro 2021 play-offs: Matches, teams & Nations League qualification explained

The qualifying stages of Euro 2021 are approaching an end, but we still won't know the full roster of participating teams until June 2020.

Twenty teams automatically advanced to the finals through the qualifying stages, which leaves four additional teams fighting for a spot through the play-offs.

Things, of course, were complicated by the global crisis of the coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak, but Goal has everything you need to know.

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What are the Euro 2021 play-offs?

The top two in each of the 10 Euro 2021 qualifying groups automatically advance to the tournament, making for 20 participants.