What countries will be in Euro 2024?
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September 20, 2022, 1:57 PM UTC (AP) -- The 13 European national teams going to this year’s World Cup will play their last competitive soccer games in the Nations League this week, two months before the tournament starts in Qatar. For the rest of continent’s teams — with the exception of Russia, which has been suspended because of the war in Ukraine — next week’s final Nations League standings will decide the playoff path some will need to qualify for the 2024 European Championship. Luke Brown October 9, 2022 at 7:31 AM EDT England have been drawn in the same group as Italy in qualifying for Euro 2024 in Germany, while Scotland will take on Spain. Follow all the reaction below.
(Photo: Getty Images) October 9, 2022 at 6:51 AM EDT The gamesTeams will begin the Euro 2024 qualifying campaign just three months after the 2022 World Cup final. Qualifying runs from March to November 2023, before the line-up is completed after the play-offs in March 2024. Matchday 1: March 23-25, 2023 Matchday 2: March 26-28, 2023 Matchday 3: June 16-17, 2023 Matchday 4: June 19-20, 2023 Matchday 5: September 7-9, 2023 Matchday 6: September 10-12, 2023 Matchday 7: October 12-14, 2023 Matchday 8: October 15-17, 2023 Matchday 9: November 16-18, 2023 Matchday 10: November 19-21  Luke Brown· Managing Editor, News October 9, 2022 at 6:50 AM EDT Standout groupsThree immediately jump out to me: Groups A, B and C. It's not an especially easy draw for England, particularly given their recent struggles in the Nations League. Luke Brown· Managing Editor, News October 9, 2022 at 6:47 AM EDT And that's that!The draw ceremony comes to a close. Stick with us as we bring you some live reaction to today's Euro 2024 qualification draw.
Luke Brown· Managing Editor, News October 9, 2022 at 6:45 AM EDT Pot 6Group 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 and Herzegovina, Iceland, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Lichtenstein Luke Brown· Managing Editor, News October 9, 2022 at 6:44 AM EDT Pot 5Group 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 Group I: Switzerland, Israel, Romania, Kosovo, Belarus Group J: Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Luxembourg, Slovakia Luke Brown· Managing Editor, News October 9, 2022 at 6:41 AM EDT Pot 4Group A: Spain, Scotland, Norway, Georgia Group B: Netherlands, France, Republic of Ireland, Greece Group C: Italy, England, Ukraine, North Macedonia Group D: Croatia, Wales, Armenia, Turkey Group E: Poland, Czech Republic, Albania, Faroe Islands Group F: Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Azerbaijan Group G: Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria Group H: Denmark, Finland, Slovenia, Kazakhstan Group I: Switzerland, Israel, Romania, Kosovo Group J: Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Luxembourg Luke Brown· Managing Editor, News October 9, 2022 at 6:36 AM EDT Pot 3Group A: Spain, Scotland, Norway Group B: Netherlands, France, Republic of Ireland Group C: Italy, England, Ukraine Group D: Croatia, Wales, Armenia Group E: Poland, Czech Republic, Albania Group F: Belgium, Austria, Sweden Group G: Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro Group H: Denmark, Finland, Slovenia Group I: Switzerland, Israel, Romania Group J: Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland Luke Brown· Managing Editor, News October 9, 2022 at 6:32 AM EDT Pot 2Group A: Spain, Scotland Group B: Netherlands, France Group C: Italy, England Group D: Croatia, Wales Group E: Poland, Czech Republic Group F: Belgium, Austria Group G: Hungary, Serbia Group H: Denmark, Finland Group I: Switzerland, Israel Group J: Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina Luke Brown· Managing Editor, News October 9, 2022 at 6:28 AM EDT Pot 1Group E: Poland Group F: Belgium Group G: Hungary Group H: Denmark Group I: Switzerland Group J: Portugal Luke Brown· Managing Editor, News October 9, 2022 at 6:27 AM EDT UNL potGroup A: Spain Group B: Netherlands Group C: Italy Group D: Croatia Luke Brown· Managing Editor, News October 9, 2022 at 6:25 AM EDT We start with the big boysTeams from pot one and the Nations League pot will be drawn first. Luke Brown· Managing Editor, News October 9, 2022 at 6:24 AM EDT There are some restrictions, tooThis is a UEFA draw so of course it’s not as simple as drawing a series of numbered balls out of a big hat… For political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan will be kept apart in the draw today, as will Belarus and Ukraine and Gibraltar and Spain. Also: Kosovo cannot be in a group with Bosnia-Herzegovina or Serbia. Only two Nordic or Baltic countries can be drawn together because of potentially treacherous winter weather conditions, meanwhile. Luke Brown· Managing Editor, News October 9, 2022 at 6:23 AM EDT UEFA is currently running through the draw rulesTeams will begin the Euro 2024 qualifying campaign just three months after the 2022 World Cup final. Qualifying runs from March to November 2023, before the line-up is completed after the play-offs in March 2024.
Luke Brown· Managing Editor, News October 9, 2022 at 6:20 AM EDT This is taking an age, as expectedSo a quick reminder of the pots before we get underway. Nations League pot (top seeds that have to go in smaller groups): Netherlands, Croatia, Spain, Italy. Pot 1 (the other top seeds): Denmark, Portugal, Belgium, Hungary, Switzerland, Poland. Pot 2: France, Austria, Czech Republic, England, Wales, Israel, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Scotland, Finland. Pot 3: Ukraine, Iceland, Norway, Slovenia, Republic of Ireland, Albania, Montenegro, Romania, Sweden, Armenia. Pot 4: Georgia, Greece, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands, North Macedonia. Pot 5: Slovakia, Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Belarus, Lithuania, Gibraltar, Estonia, Latvia, Moldova, Malta. Pot 6: Andorra, San Marino, Liechtenstein. Luke Brown· Managing Editor, News October 9, 2022 at 6:19 AM EDT The legends on stageA number of European football legends are up on stage to conduct the draw. Former Italy stars Gianluca Zambrotta and Demetrio Albertini are joined by home favourites Jurgen Klinsmann and Karl-Heinz Riedle. Luke Brown· Managing Editor, News October 9, 2022 at 6:14 AM EDT Look who it isGareth Southgate has arrived. Luke Brown· Managing Editor, News October 9, 2022 at 6:07 AM EDT And now some highlights from Euro 2020...... no sight of the below so far, however. Luke Brown· Managing Editor, News October 9, 2022 at 6:06 AM EDT The show startsSo apparently that was Lena performing Looking for Love. Hansi Flick looks as though he enjoyed it at least. Luke Brown· Managing Editor, News October 9, 2022 at 6:04 AM EDT Here we goPedro Pinto welcomes everybody to today's draw and we go straight to a performance from the checks notes German winner of the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest. Excellent. Luke Brown· Managing Editor, News October 9, 2022 at 5:57 AM EDT Your 5 minute warningA reminder: get in touch with us by tweeting @TheAthleticUK or emailing [email protected] Luke Brown· Managing Editor, News Who qualified for Euro 2024?The Euro 2024 qualifying groups
Group A: Spain, Scotland, Norway, Georgia, Cyprus. Group B: Netherlands, France, Republic of Ireland, Greece, Gibraltar. Group C: Italy, England, Ukraine, North Macedonia, Malta.
How many countries are in the 2024 Euro?How many countries will qualify for Euro 2024? There will be 24 teams at Euro 2024. Hosts Germany will be joined by the winners and the runners-up from each of the 10 groups. The final three places will be decided by playoffs.
Why are Germany not in Euro 2024?Euro 2024 group pots, seeds
The 53 nations participating in qualifying were seeded ahead of the draw based on the final 2022/23 UEFA Nations League rankings following the completion of the Nations League group stage in September 2022. Germany automatically qualifies as host and will not participate in qualifying.
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