The European Championship created another group of death: Spain, Italy met Croatia! Portugal and England were signed
In the early morning of December 3, Beijing time, the 2024 Euro 2024 group draw ceremony was held at the Hamby Hamone Concert Hall in Hamburg, Germany. And the final draw results, the fate of the major giants is very different.
France meets the Netherlands after the European preliminaries, Spain, Italy, and Croatia are in the same group as the "Group of Death", and the host Germany meets Scotland, Hungary, and Switzerland, and the four teams have a chance to qualify; Portugal will face the challenge of Turkey and the Czech Republic, but there is little suspense about qualifying, and England has drawn a draw.
The specific results of the draw are as follows:
Group A: Germany, Scotland, Hungary, Switzerland
Group B: Spain, Croatia, Italy, Albania
Group C: Slovenia, Denmark, Serbia, England
Group D: Play-off Group A winners, Netherlands, France, Austria
Group E: Belgium, Slovakia, Romania, winner of Group A of the play-offs
Group F: Portugal, Turkey, Czech Republic, winner of Group C of the play-offs
At Euro 2024 in Germany, 24 teams will participate. So far, 21 teams have been confirmed. The other three places will be decided through the play-offs. The 24 teams are divided into 6 groups, each group consists of 4 teams, divided into 4 grades of first, second, third and fourth.
The top 2 finishers from each group, and the 4 best 3rd finishers advance to the round of 16. Euro 2024 will be played on 14 June at the Allianz Arena in Munich and 14 July at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, with a total of 51 matches (36 group stage + 15 knockout matches).
Attached: Euro 2024 brackets
First gear: Germany, Portugal, France, Spain, Belgium, England
Second pot: Hungary, Denmark, Albania, Austria, Turkey, Romania
Pot 3: Scotland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Croatia
Pot 4: Serbia, Italy, Switzerland, Play-off Group A winner, Group B winner, Group C winner
Play-off matchups
Group A: Wales vs Finland, Poland vs Estonia
Group B: Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Ukraine, Israel vs Iceland
Group C: Georgia vs Luxembourg, Greece vs Kazakhstan