UEFA to share Euro 2024 Golden boot honours

Ahead of Sunday’s final of the Euro 2024 Championship between Spain and England, UEFA announced on Friday that they will share the Championship’s Golden Boot.

The recognition will be shared between six players if the match fails to produce a clear winner of the prize, three years after Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo won the award at Euro 2020 despite being level on five goals with Czechia’s Patrik Schick.

England captain Harry Kane and Spain forward Dani Olmo are two of six players tied on three goals so far in the tournament as they head into the final in Berlin.

Cody Gakpo (Netherlands), Georges Mikautadze (Georgia), Jamal Musiala (Germany) and Ivan Schranz (Slovakia) make up the congested list of players tied on the same number of goals.

Jude Bellingham and Fabián Ruiz go into the final with prospects of topping the scoring charts having both scored two goals at Euro 2024, but Kane and Olmo are favorites to move clear of the pack by taking their tally to at least four goals in the Olympiastadion.

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But with nothing separating the six players on three goals, UEFA has confirmed that the top scorer prize will be shared unless a player can break the four-goal mark.

The policy marks a change from the previous tournament when Portugal forward Ronaldo was announced as the winner due to having registered one assist alongside his five goals at the pandemic-delayed Euro 2020.

Schick, who tied with Ronaldo on five goals, missed out because he hadn’t registered an assist in the competition.