Does third place qualify for the Euro 2020 last 16?
TWENTY-FOUR teams are competing against each other in the hope of becoming European champions. And as Portugal proved in 2016, you CAN finish third in your group and go on to take home the trophy. 3 Wales could finish third and qualify Credit: AP   WIN 50,000! Dream Team Euros  FREE fantasy football game   Euro squads: All of the players picked so far   Euro 2020 betting special: England 35/1 to beat Croatia   Fixtures: When to watch all your Euro 2020 matches   Betting special: Get England at 20/1 to wear home kit vs Croatia   Build-up LIVE: Latest news and updates from around the teams  The top two teams from each group will go on to compete in the knockout stages of the competition. Yes, finishing third does lead to qualification for the knockout stages but only for four of the best third-placed teams. All of the teams that finish third in the group stages of the Euros are put into a table. And their position in the table is determined firstly by how many points they picked up in the group stages. But if the teams cannot be separated by points, whichever team has the highest goal difference finishes higher up the table. If the table cannot be decided through points or goal difference, it then goes to the number of goals scored in the group stages. 3 An unlikely hero in Eder popped up in the 109th minute to score the winning goal in the Euro 2016 final Credit: GETTY IMAGES  3 Eder's goal stunned favourites France Credit: GETTY IMAGES  And if the first three fail to separate the teams, it then goes to fair play conduct, followed by the team's Uefa ranking. The procedures are as followed:  Higher number of points obtained; Superior goal difference; Higher number of goals scored Fair play conduct; Position in the Uefa national team coefficient ranking system.  Follow ALL of the latest news and updates from Euro 2020 with our live blog  WIN 50,000 with Dream Team Euros Dream Team Euros is HERE! The best fantasy football game to accompany Euro 2020 has arrived. And you can play absolutely FREE for your chance to win the 50,000 jackpot. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR FREE! Dream Team Euros 50,000 jackpot  The best fantasy football game this summer  Play in mini-leagues against your mates, colleagues, family members - and some hand-picked celebrities  FREE to play  Most read in Football Live Blog DENMARK 0 FINLAND 0 Danes welcome Finland to Copenhagen for Euro 2020 Group B opener Live Blog RED DEVILS NEWS Ronaldo for 'Pogba SWAP', Sancho Ballon d'Or clause REJECTED by BVB Live Blog TRANSFER NEWS LIVE Chelsea 'unlikely' to sign Haaland, Werner 'eyed by Real Madrid' Live Blog WALES 1 SWITZERLAND 1 Kieffer Moore bullet header levels for Dragons in Baku ALL GUNS BLAZING O'Shaughnessy to craic Euros with Finland after time at Cheltenham & Army HERE WE CRO Meet the Wags as England face Croatia including a law grad & Shakira lookalike  Portugal qualified for the knockout stages of Euro 2016 via the third-placed route after drawing all three of their group games against Hungary, Iceland and Albania. The Navegadores scraped their way through to the final of the competition, only winning one game inside 90 minutes against Wales in the semi-finals. And when they met home nation France in the final, an unlikely hero in Eder popped up in extra time to score the only goal of the game causing a massive upset.