The last draw for the 2024 European Championship in Germany subsequent June and July passed off on Saturday in Hamburg. Twenty-one of the 24 members, together with the hosts, now know their opponents — or potential opponents — on the event, with the ultimate three qualifiers for Euro 2024 to be decided through a 12-team playoff in March.
Here’s how the eight four-nation teams shake out:
Group A: Germany, Scotland, Hungary, Switzerland
Don’t be fooled: Playing on residence soil, Germany is a reputable title contender regardless of its latest struggles. Scotland has to love its probabilities of additionally getting out of this robust foursome in Group A after its spectacular qualifying marketing campaign. But the Scots will face stiff competitors from a Hungarian staff that’s taking part in its third consecutive Euros, and a Swiss facet ranked increased by FIFA than both.
Group B: Spain, Croatia, Italy, Albania
The undisputed Group of Death options three groups ranked in FIFA’s Top 10. Spain and Croatia contested the final UEFA Nations League last in June, with La Roja in the end prevailing on penalties. Italy, the defending champion, can win any main event it qualifies for. As for Albania, all of the Eagles did was win their qualifying group — one which included Robert Lewandowski-led Poland and a former European runner-up, Czechia.
Group C: England, Denmark, Serbia, Slovenia
The Three Lions had been already many bookies choose to win a primary continuous title subsequent summer season. Saturday definitely did not change that, with England getting drawn into {one of the} weaker teams within the competitors in Group C. Denmark might be the most important menace to Harry Kane & Co., however, realistically, it is a three-horse race for second place. Serbia has elite forwards in all-time prime scorer Aleksandar Mitrović and Juventus striker Dusan Vlahovic. But additionally they bombed out of the final two World Cups and are enjoying in a Euro for the primary time in 20 years. Meantime, Slovenia was the second lowest-ranked nation to qualify outright after the Albanians.
Group D: France, Netherlands, Austria, POL/WAL/FIN/EST
France is the opposite odds-on favourite to win all of it, and a stiff check from an enhancing Dutch outfit — which it beat twice in Euro 2024 qualifying, together with a slender 2-0 victory in October — within the first spherical ought to arrange Les Bleus properly for the all-or-nothing knockout rounds. It could be beautiful if Austria by some means snuck into the highest two in Group D, however they will have an actual likelihood to advance as the most effective third-place finishers. It will not be simple, although, particularly if both Poland or Wales — two groups with latest expertise at main tourneys — emerge because the playoff winner.
Group E: Belgium, Slovakia, Romania, ISR/BIH/UKR/ISL
As with England in Group C, Belgium is the clear favourite to prime its quartet in Group E. With all due respect to the Slovakians and Romanians, each of which had been eradicated within the group stage of the final Euros, the Red Devils may face even much less resistance in reaching the second spherical. Ukraine might be the favourite to spherical issues out over Israel, Iceland or Bosnia and Herzegovina after giving Italy all it might deal with on the ultimate match day of qualifying — a sport the Azzurri would in all probability have misplaced had the Ukrainians’ late penalty appeals not been controversially waved away by the referee and his video assistant.
Group F: Portugal, Czechia, Turkey, GEO/GRE/KAZ/LUX
Portugal has a roster stacked sufficient to win its second continental title since 2016 in what’s extensively anticipated to be then-39-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo’s farewell on the worldwide degree. The Portuguese had been the most effective staff throughout qualifying fingers down, ending as the one unbeaten, untied staff with an ideal 10-0 report and an astounding 36 targets for and simply two in opposition to. Czechia made the quarterfinals of the final Euro, whereas Turkey seems able to take the following step after reaching the final two tourneys however failing to advance in both. Greece, the 2004 champions which had the misfortune of sharing a qualifying group with France and the Netherlands, ought to fill out Group F over relative minnows Georgia, Kazakhstan or Luxembourg.
Doug McIntyre is a soccer author for FOX Sports. Before becoming a member of FOX Sports in 2021, he was a employees author with ESPN and Yahoo Sports and he has lined United States males’s and ladies’s nationwide groups at a number of FIFA World Cups. Follow him on Twitter @ByDougMcIntyre.
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