Draw the 2024 European Football Championship
The countdown has begun for the EURO 2024 Qualifiers. Before the tournament to be held in Germany, the draw for the qualifying groups will take place today.
After the completion of the UEFA Nations League, the bags of the EURO 2024 Qualifiers were also announced. The draw for the EURO 2024 Qualifiers is taking place today.
The EURO 2024 Qualifying bags are as follows:
Bag 1: Netherlands, Croatia, Spain, Italy, Denmark Portugal, Belgium, Hungary, Switzerland, Poland
Bag 2: France, Austria, Czechia, England, Wales, Israel, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Scotland, Finland
Bag 3: Ukraine, Albania, Norway, Slovenia, Ireland, Iceland, Montenegro, Romania, Sweden, Armenia
Bag 4: Georgia, Greece, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands, North Macedonia
Bag 5: Slovakia, Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Belarus, Lithuania, Gibraltar, Estonia, Latvia, Moldova, Malta
Bag 6: Andorra, San Marino, Liechtenstein.
When does the EURO 2024 Qualifiers start?
The qualifiers will start on 23-25 March 2023 and the qualifying groups will end with the matches to be played on 19-21 November 2023.
The play-off semi-finals will be played on March 21, and the final matches will be held on March 26. The 3 teams that win in the finals will go to the tournament.
What is the format of the EURO 2024 Qualifiers?
A total of 53 teams will compete in 10 groups in the qualifiers. While 7 of the groups will consist of 5 teams, 3 will consist of 6 teams.
The 20 teams that finished their group in the first two places in the EURO 2024 Qualifiers will directly participate in the European Championship. Germany, on the other hand, will take part in the tournament without qualifying with their host contingent.
The last three teams to participate in the tournament, which will consist of 24 teams, will be determined according to the results obtained in the Nations League among the teams that failed in the EURO 2024 Qualifiers.
The teams that will be determined according to the points ranking of the Nations League among the unsuccessful teams in the European Championship Qualifiers will play the play-offs. Winners will be announced after the one-legged semi-finals and finals.