Euro 2024: Round of 16 matchups locked in

With the group stages done and dusted for Euro 2024, the top 16 teams have advanced to the knockouts of the competition.

There have been some surprise qualifiers, under-performers, and plenty of own goals (seven) so far in the tournament so here's all you need to know heading into the round of 16.

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Defending champs Italy have been riding their luck so far in the tournament as they scored a late equaliser against Croatia to make it to this stage of the tournament. After conceding the fastest goal in Euro history, they bounced back well against Albania and narrowly lost to Spain. Italy still have a chance to win back-to-back titles.

Switzerland made it through to the knockouts with no losses and their draw against Germany showed they can put up a fight against European heavyweights. They were giant-killers at the last tournament as they knocked out France and have a good chance of repeating that feat against Italy.

Euro 2024 hosts Germany remain undefeated heading into the knockouts thanks to strong performances across their squad which led to them topping Group A. Jamal Musiala and Niclas Füllkrug have scored two goals each and 21-year-old Julian Wirtz has also been impressive.

They will play Denmark, who drew all their matches in the group stage.They were semi-finalists at the last Euros so are no strangers to knockout football but the hosts hometown advantage may prove too much for the Danes.

England have made it through the groups unscathed results-wise but the scrutiny they have faced from the media surrounding their defensive-minded play-style under coach Gareth Southgate. They’ve scored two goals in their three matches with the likes of Harry Kane and Phil Foden, both prominent scorers in their club competitions, failing to hit full strides yet.

Slovakia could ruin any chances of the trophy "coming home" for England as they already upset Belgium earlier in the tournament with a 1-0 win.

Spain were the only team to win all three matches in the group stage and have shown why they were picked as favourites for the tournament. Sixteen-year-old Lamine Yamal has proved "if you’re good enough, you’re old enough" and could help Spain go far in the knockouts.

In Georgia’s first ever Euros, they have exceeded expectations by making the knockouts and provided the upset of the tournament so far, beating Portugal 2-0. Striker Georges Mikautadze is the tournament's top scorer with three goals.

France faced an early scare with star striker Kylian Mbappe sustaining a broken nose in the win against Austria. However, he came back to score his first ever Euros goal from the penalty spot, donning a mask against Poland. France are also yet to find the net themselves from open play (scored via an own goal against Austria).

Belgium have not lived up to the "dark horse" tag they were given before the tournament. Striker Romelu Lukaku has been unfortunate not to score having three goals disallowed, but he has also squandered some great chances. They finished second in their group but were booed off the field by their supporters after their 0-0 draw against Ukraine.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal rounded out the group stage with a shocking 2-0 loss to newcomers Georgia, while resting many of their key players. An injury-time winner saved them against Czechia but they showed their class against Türkiye with a 3-0 win.

Slovenia were another team to draw all their matches and qualified as one of the best third-placed teams. They held England goalless in their 0-0 draw but this could be the end of the road for them.

All the teams in Group E finished on four points but Romania came out on top as they had a better goal difference than the others. This was earned by their 3-0 win against Ukraine which demonstrated how exciting they can be on the counter-attack.

Netherlands were underperformers in the group stage, capped off by their 3-2 loss to Austria. Ronald Koeman’s team scraped through as one of the best third-placed teams. However, they do have some of the best supporters in the competition backing them.

Austria had a decent chance of making it out of their group, but they finished top of their group above the likes of France and the Netherlands. They have played some great counter-attacking football and deserve to be in the knockouts under former Manchester United manager Ralf Rangnick.

Türkiye had a strong start and finish to the group stage but, when facing one of the tournament frontrunners, Portugal, they didn’t front up. They scored two "goal of the tournament" contenders against Georgia as 19-year-old Arda Güler scored a screamer from outside the box and Mert Müldür lashed home a volley on the edge of the box.