Who has the 2024 EUROs?
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The draw for UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying takes place at the Festhalle exhibition centre in Frankfurt, Germany on Sunday (11am) with Rob Page's Cymru in Pot 2 as they look to qualify for a third successive EURO finals. Show
While the immediate focus turns to the FIFA World Cup in Qatar next month, the next qualifying campaign takes place between March and November 2023 with 23 of the 53 nations involved in Sunday's draw looking to join hosts Germany. Cymru made history at EURO 2016 as Chris Coleman's side reached the semi-finals and again reached the knock-out stages under Page at EURO 2020. There will be ten qualifying groups comprising of seven groups of five teams and three groups of six teams. As the Netherlands, Croatia, Spain and Italy will also compete in the finals of the UEFA Nations League next summer, they will be allocated into the groups of five teams. The ten group winners and ten runners-up will automatically qualify for the finals with the remaining three places decided by the play-offs that will take place in March 2024. The 53 nations involved in the qualifying draw have been seeded based on the overall rankings of the latest UEFA Nations League tournament following the completion of the group stages. Russia are not included in the competition as they remain under suspension while the Czech Republic are now referred to as Czechia. The draw will be made by former EURO finalists Jürgen Klinsmann, Karl-Heinz Riedle, Gianluca Zambrotta and Demetrio Albertini. Here are the seven pots to which the 53 competing nations have been allocated: UEFA Nations League pot Netherlands, Croatia, Spain and Italy. Pot 1 Denmark, Portugal, Belgium, Hungary, Switzerland and Poland. Pot 2 France, Austria, Czechia, England, Cymru, Israel, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Scotland and Finland. Pot 3 Ukraine, Iceland, Norway, Slovenia, Republic of Ireland, Albania, Montenegro, Romania, Sweden and Armenia. Pot 4 Georgia, Greece, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands and North Macedonia, Pot 5 Slovakia, Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Belarus, Lithuania, Gibraltar, Estonia, Latvia, Moldova and Malta. Pot 6 Andorra, San Marino and Liechtenstein. EURO facts
England will face Italy and Ukraine in their Euro 2024 qualifying group. Defending champions Italy and England met in the final of Euro 2020 but have now been pitted against each other in their bid to qualify for the tournament in Germany. North Macedonia, who prevented Roberto Mancini's side from reaching the World Cup, will also feature in Group C. The Three Lions will start their qualifying campaign away at Italy in March 23 in what will be their first match after the Qatar World Cup, before hosting Ukraine three days later. England then play Malta and North Macedonia in June. England's Euro 2024 qualifying fixtures
Reacting to England's qualifying group, manager Gareth Southgate told Sky Sports News: "It's clearly a tough draw, given the quality of the opposition, and we've had draws in qualification that have probably been a little bit more comfortable than that. "But I'd have to say, Poland and Hungary in the last qualifying group (for the Qatar World Cup) was particularly tough as well. So we're used to that, and the draws are what they are, it's about how you perform on the day." On facing familiar opposition in Italy, the England manager added: "There are not too many surprises. We know the quality that they have and we know the depth that they have. England's record against Italy, generally, is not very good so we've got to improve that." The top two countries from each qualifying group - seven of which include just five countries - will qualify. Also See:
Scotland have been grouped with Spain and Norway while Wales will face Croatia. But the Republic of Ireland seemingly face a tough challenge after being drawn with Netherlands and France. Two teams from each of the three groups with six countries will also qualify for Euro 2024. Northern Ireland, also in a six-country group, will play Denmark, Finland and Slovenia. Germany, as hosts, have qualified automatically for the tournament while three countries will qualify from the play-offs. The qualifiers start in March and will conclude next November. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Wales manager Rob Page admits he is 'pretty happy' with the qualifying group for Euro 2024The Euro 2024 qualifying groupsGroup A: Spain, Scotland, Norway, Georgia, Cyprus. Group B: Netherlands, France, Republic of Ireland, Greece, Gibraltar. Group C: Italy, England, Ukraine, North Macedonia, Malta. Group D: Croatia, Wales, Armenia, Turkey, Latvia. Group E: Poland, Czech Republic, Albania, Faroe Islands, Moldova. Group F: Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Azerbaijan, Estonia. Group G: Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Lithuania. Group H: Denmark, Finland, Slovenia, Kazakhstan, Northern Ireland, San Marino. Group I: Switzerland, Israel, Romania, Kosovo, Belarus, Andorra. Group J: Portugal, Bosnia, Iceland, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Liechtenstein. When are the other Home Nations' games?Scotland Scotland vs Cyprus - March 25 2023, 2pm KO Scotland vs Spain - March 28 2023, 7.45pm KO Norway vs Scotland - June 17 2023, 5pm KO Scotland vs Georgia - June 20 2023, 7.45pm KO Cyprus vs Scotland - September 8 2023, 7.45pm KO Spain vs Scotland - October 12 2023, 7.45pm KO Georgia vs Scotland - November 16 2023, 5pm KO Scotland vs Norway - November 19 2023, 7.45pm KO Wales Croatia vs Wales - March 25 2023, 7.45pm KO Wales vs Latvia - March 28 2023, 7.45pm KO Wales vs Armenia - June 16, 2023, 7.45pm KO Turkey vs Wales - June 19, 2023, 7.45pm KO Latvia vs Wales - September 11 2023, TBC KO Wales vs Croatia - October 15 2023, 7.45pm KO Armenia vs Wales - November 18 2023, 3pm KO Wales vs Turkey - November 21 2023, 7.45pm KO Northern Ireland (kick-offs TBC) San Marino vs Northern Ireland - March 23 2023 Northern Ireland vs Finland - March 26 2023 Denmark vs Northern Ireland - June 16 2023 Northern Ireland vs Kazakhstan - June 19 2023 Slovenia vs Northern Ireland - September 7 2023 Kazakhstan vs Northern Ireland - September 10 2023 Northern Ireland vs San Marino - October 14 2023 Northern Ireland vs Slovenia - October 17 2023 Finland vs Northern Ireland - November 17 2023 Northern Ireland vs Denmark - November 20 2023 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland v France - March 27 2023 Greece v Republic of Ireland - June 16 2023 Republic of Ireland v Gibraltar - June 19 2023 France v Republic of Ireland - September 7 2023 Republic of Ireland v Netherlands - September 10 2023 Republic of Ireland v Greece - October 13 2023 Gibraltar v Republic of Ireland - October 16 2023 Netherlands v Republic of Ireland - November 18 2023 Who qualifies for Euro 2024?Two teams - the group winners and runners-up - will qualify automatically from each of the 10 groups. Three teams will then qualify via the play-offs. Germany, as hosts, are the only country currently certain to be one of the 24 nations in action at next summer's tournament. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Italy manager Roberto Mancini is looking forward to resuming his team's rivalry with EnglandWhat are the key Euro 2024 dates?The first round of qualifiers takes place between March 23-25 2023, while the final matches are on November 19-21 2023. However, the four Nations League finalists will not be in action on either matchday three or four as they will be competing in the finals of that tournament. What about the play-offs?Each country that won their Nations League group make it automatically into the play-offs, unless they progress to the tournament itself by finishing in the top two of their qualifying group. In that situation, the next best nation in the respective league will take their play-off place, with this decided by the following criteria: position in the group, points and goal difference. The draw for the play-offs takes place in November 2023, with the play-off semi-finals and finals being played between March 21 and 26, 2024. When is the tournament?The final tournament draw will take place in December 2023 at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. The teams will be seeded in accordance with the overall European Qualifiers rankings. Germany will be automatically seeded into pot 1 as hosts, and placed in position A1. The three play-off winners will not be known at the time of the draw but will be placed into pot 4 for the draw. The opening game of Euro 2024 is June 14 2024 with the final taking place on July 14 2024 at the Olympiastadion, Berlin. Who are the Euro 2024 hosts?Germany, the team of the EURO 2024 host association, qualify automatically for the final tournament and therefore did not take part in the qualifying draw. Who has bid for the 2028 Euros?The UK and Ireland have submitted a preliminary bid dossier to host UEFA EURO 2028.
Where will 2028 Euros be?The tournament is scheduled to be played from June to July 2028. The host – which will be either Turkey or a shared bid from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland – is expected to be chosen at the end of 2023.
Who is hosting the 2026 Euros?For the 2026 bid, Russia has proposed three venues in two cities, St. Petersburg and Moscow, with the 12,000-capacity VTB Arena in Moscow to host the final weekend.
Will Euro 2024 have 32 teams?European soccer's governing body also ditches plans to expand Euros to 32 teams from 24. Uefa plans to trim down the size of qualification groups for the men's 2028 European Championship due to a lack of interest from television broadcasters, according to The Times.
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