The Euro 2024 Finals draw is about to happen in Hamburg on Sunday. Before the identical although, a number of questions appear to emerge in regards to the course of for the match draw and the way groups are grouped.
So, to handle the identical, right here now we have an in depth explainer on how your complete course of works.
TEAMS
- Twenty one of many 24 last locations have been stuffed.
- Hosts Germany certified mechanically and 20 groups certified by way of the European qualifiers, the highest two in every group.
- Three groups are unknown on the time of the draw, they’ll come by way of the playoffs in March. Teams certified for the playoffs based mostly on their efficiency within the Nations League.
SEEDING
- Teams have been seeded in accordance with the general European qualifiers rankings, and there are six groups in every of the 4 pots.
- Germany, as hosts, are mechanically seeded in Pot 1 and won’t be drawn as they’ve been allotted to Group A.
- The three playoff winners are positioned in Pot 4.
POTS
The 24 groups – three of that are but to be decided by the play-offs – have been separated into 4 pots of six forward of the Euro 2024 draw. There might be 21 groups within the Euro 2024 draw on 2 December, plus the three place holders for the unconfirmed qualifiers from the play-offs.
As host nation, Germany are mechanically allotted into Pot 1 and might be positioned in Group A. The different 20 groups to have already certified are allotted pots in accordance with their leads to the qualification stage for Euro 2024.
Pot 1: Germany, Portugal, France, Spain, Belgium, England
Pot 2: Hungary, Turkey, Romania, Denmark, Albania, Austria
Pot 3: Netherlands, Scotland, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic
Pot 4: Italy, Serbia, Switzerland, Playoff winner A (Poland/Wales/Finland/Estonia), Playoff winner B (Israel/Bosnia/Ukraine/Iceland), Playoff winner C (Georgia/Greece/Kazakhstan/Luxembourg)
DRAW PROCEDURE
- The draw will place groups into six teams, with 4 groups in every group.
- The draw begins with Pot 1, with the primary staff drawn assigned to the primary-accessible group in alphabetical order (Group B on this case as Germany are in Group A).
- An extra six pots (A, B, C, D, E, F) are required to attract the respective staff’s place in every group, which can resolve the fixture order inside the group.
- Once Pot 1 has been emptied, the draw continues with Pot 2 in the identical approach, then Pot 3 and ends with Pot 4.
- Teams inside every group play one another as soon as, and the group winners and runners-up will advance to the spherical of 16, together with the 4 greatest third-positioned groups.
POSSIBLE OUTCOMES
- With groups seeded in accordance with their efficiency within the qualifiers and never their FIFA rating, defending champions Italy are more likely to face a troublesome group as they discover themselves in Pot 4.
- One potential consequence might see them face France, Hungary and the Netherlands. They might additionally play England who they defeated on penalties within the last of Euro 2020 and performed in the identical qualifying group for Euro 2024.
- England and Scotland might be drawn in the identical group, as they have been at Euro 2020.
- World Cup 2022 semi-finalists Croatia are in Pot 3.
FINALS
- In the opening match of the match, hosts Germany tackle the staff drawn as A2, in Munich on June 14.
- The Euro 2024 last will happen on July 14 in Berlin.
- Ten cities have been chosen as venues throughout Germany – Berlin, Cologne, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich and Stuttgart.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – Reuters)
