Second Euro Musical Cup

Second EMC
Tournament details
Dates	April 17 2023
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Italy (1st title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Third place	Northern Ireland
Fourth place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	317 (14.41 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Italy (33 points)

Participating teams

Team	Participation			Best Performance
Team	Current	Consec.	Last	Best Performance
Austria	2	2	#1	Round of 16 (#1)
Belgium	2	2	#1	Round of 16 (#1)
Bosnia-Herzegovina	1	1	–	Newcomer
Croatia	1	1	–	Newcomer
Czechia	1	1	–	Newcomer
Hungary	2	2	#1	Third place (#1)
Iceland	2	2	#1	Fourth place (#1)
Italy	1	1	–	Newcomer
Northern Ireland	1	1	–	Newcomer
Poland	2	2	#1	Round of 16 (#1)
Portugal	2	2	#1	Quarter-finals (#1)
Serbia	1	1	–	Newcomer
Slovakia	1	1	–	Newcomer
Slovenia	1	1	–	Newcomer
Spain	1	1	–	Newcomer
Switzerland	2	2	#1	Champion (#1)
Ukraine	1	1	–	Newcomer
Wales	1	1	–	Newcomer

Draw

Seeding and drawing

The pots were filled based on the positions of each country in the most World Cup Ranking at the point (After the twelfth cup), starting from the best placing teams and progressively going down through the pots, and the teams out of the world ranking were sorted based on placings on the previous cup, and finally, population.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Italy (#14) Iceland (#17) Belgium (#21) Wales (#26) Spain (#31) Hungary (#34)	Northern Ireland (#37) Switzerland (#40) Ukraine (#41) Portugal (#42) Poland (11th) Austria (15th)	Czech Republic (15) Serbia (23) Slovakia (28) Croatia (30) Bosnia-Herzegovina (32) Slovenia (37)

Results of the draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F
Belgium	Iceland	Italy	Hungary	Wales	Spain
Northern Ireland	Portugal	Ukraine	Switzerland	Austria	Poland
Serbia	Bosnia-Herzegovina	Czech Republic	Slovakia	Croatia	Slovenia

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Northern Ireland	2	1	1	0	15	14	1	4
Belgium	2	0	2	0	14	14	0	2
Serbia	2	0	1	1	14	15	-1	1


(Blu Samu - "I Run") Belgium	7 – 7	Northern Ireland (Darkest Era - "Floodlands")
(Saban Bajramovic - "Maki Maki") Serbia	7 – 7	Belgium (YellowStraps - "Blue")
(Stiff Little Fingers - "Alternative Ulster") Northern Ireland	8 – 7	Serbia (Ekatarina Velika - "Ti Si Sav Moj Bol")

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Portugal	2	2	0	16	13	3	6
Iceland	2	1	1	15	15	0	3
Bosnia	2	0	2	13	16	-3	0


(Emiliana Torrini - "Hold Heart") Iceland	7 – 8	Portugal (José Cid - "Mellotron, o Planeta Fantástico")
(Bijelo Dugme - "Đurđevdan Je A Ja Nisam S Onom Koju Volim") Bosnia-Herzegovina	7 – 8	Iceland (Kaleo - "Way Down We Go")
(Maro - "Saudade, Saudade") Portugal	8 – 6	Bosnia-Herzegovina (Zabranjeno Pušenje - "Zenica Blues")

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	2	1	1	0	15	14	1	4
Czech Republic	2	1	0	1	15	13	2	3
Ukraine	2	0	1	1	14	17	-3	1


(Killer Boogie - "Superpusher '69") Italy	8 – 8	Ukraine (Arlekin - "It Wouldn't Last")
(Petr Novák - "Povídej") Czech Republic	6 – 7	Italy (Giancane - "Ipocondria")
(Ivanov Down - "Theme") Ukraine	6 – 9	Czech Republic (Prazsky Vyber - "Zubatá")

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	2	1	1	16	15	1	3
Slovakia	2	1	1	15	15	0	3
Switzerland	2	1	1	14	15	-1	3


(Anima Sound System - "Shalom") Hungary	7 – 8	Switzerland (Liliput - "Die Matrosen")
(The Bridgeheads - "Pi") Slovakia	7 – 9	Hungary (Isten Hata Mögött - "Kéjgáz")
(Muddy Monk - "En Lea") Switzerland	6 – 8	Slovakia (MonoPlastic - "How to Dance My Pain Away")

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Austria	2	1	1	0	14	13	1	4
Croatia	2	0	2	0	14	14	0	2
Wales	2	0	1	1	13	14	-1	1


(Marina - "Happy") Wales	6 – 7	Austria (Global Deejays - "The Sound of San Francisco")
(Hladno Pivo - "Pitala Si Me") Croatia	7 – 7	Wales (Datblygu - "Y Teimlad")
(Fennesz - "Oto") Austria	7 – 7	Croatia (Haustor - "Ena")

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	2	2	0	0	16	13	3	6
Poland	2	0	1	1	14	15	-1	1
Slovenia	2	0	1	1	13	15	-2	1


(Sr. Chinarro - "Quiromántico") Spain	8 – 7	Poland (Marta - "When It's Going Wrong")
(FLO - "Singularity") Slovenia	6 – 8	Spain (Los Planetas -"Segundo Premio")
(Maanam - "Szare Miraze") Poland	7 – 7	Slovenia (Laibach - "The Whistleblowers")

Winning teams ranking

Group	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
B	Portugal	2	2	0	0	16	13	3	6
F	Spain	2	2	0	0	16	13	3	6
A	Northern Ireland	2	1	1	0	15	14	1	4
C	Italy	2	1	1	0	15	14	1	4
E	Austria	2	1	1	0	14	13	1	4
D	Hungary	2	1	0	1	16	15	1	3

Final stage

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final



Portugal	7 (8)

Northern Ireland	7 (7)
		Portugal	7

		Italy	10
Spain	6

Italy	8
		Third place



		Northern Ireland	6+

		Spain	6

Semifinals

Portugal	(8) 7–7 (7)	Northern Ireland
"Former Living Thing" by Dispirited Spirits TB: "Saudade, Saudade" by Maro		"Called Out in the Dark" by Snow Patrol TB: "Floodlands" by Darkest Era

Spain	6–8	Italy
"Desértico" by Gata Cattana		"Looking for You" by Nino Ferrer

Third place match

Northern Ireland	6+–6	Spain
"Glue" by Bicep		"Nebula" by Uma

Final

Portugal	7–10	Italy
"Estou Além" by António Variações		"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65

Results

2nd Euro Music Cup Champion
Italy (1st Title)

Pos.	Country	Gr	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Final
1	Italy	C	4	3	1	0	33	27	6	10
2	Portugal	B	4	2	1	1	30	30	0	7
Third-place play-off
3	Northern Ireland	A	4	1	3	0	28	27	1	6
4	Spain	F	4	2	1	1	28	27	1	7
Group stage eliminations
5	Austria	E	2	1	1	0	14	13	1	4
6	Hungary	D	2	1	0	1	16	15	1	3
7	Czech Republic	C	2	1	0	1	15	13	2	3
8	Iceland	B	2	1	0	1	15	15	0	3
9	Slovakia	D	2	1	0	1	15	15	0	3
10	Switzerland	D	2	1	0	1	14	15	-1	3
11	Belgium	A	2	0	2	0	14	14	0	2
12	Croatia	E	2	0	2	0	14	14	0	2
13	Poland	F	2	0	1	1	14	15	-1	1
14	Serbia	A	2	0	1	1	14	15	-1	1
15	Wales	E	2	0	1	1	13	14	-1	1
16	Slovenia	F	2	0	1	1	13	15	-2	1
17	Ukraine	C	2	0	1	1	14	17	-3	1
18	Bosnia-Herzegovina	B	2	0	0	2	13	16	-3	0