The draw for Euro 2024 will be held in Germany at 1 a.m. today, and Russia will not participate in this draw due to a global ban, and Germany is the host country who are automatically placed in the first place in Group A. The draw divided the 24 teams into four brackets, based on the Euro 2023 qualifying results, with the host Germany in first pot and then sorted by results, with all the group winners in place.
In the first and second gears, the second in the group is in the back row.
Sweden, ranked 26th in the world, Russia ranked 38th, Norway ranked 44th, and Ireland ranked 60th have all been missed.
As the world's ninth + UEFA Nations League runner-up + the last defending champion of Italy, the results of this European preliminary round are only 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, ranking second in Group C but only 14 points, belonging to the second lowest points among the promoted teams, and was helplessly placed in the fourth pot.
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, Austria, France.
Group E – Belgium, Slovakia, Romania, winner of Group B play-offs.
Group F – Turkey, play-off Group C winners, Portugal, Czech Republic.
Only 8 teams were eliminated in the group stage of the European Cup, and the top two teams in each group and the 4 best group thirds will advance to the round of 16, that is, the third in the group also has a probability of 2 3 to advance, there is no such thing as a group of death, after all, if you can't even get the third place in the group, it is a matter of strength rather than luck.
Teams that do not finish in the top two teams in the UEFA qualifying group will be allocated a place for the 2022-2023 UEFA Nations League with the first round on 21 March 2024, with the two winners from each group playing the second round on 26 March, with the winners of the second round advancing to the European Championship. The final places and groups are as follows: Play-off Group A – Poland vs Estonia, Wales vs Finland.
Play-offs Group B – Israel vs Iceland, Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Ukraine.
Play-offs Group C – Georgia vs Luxembourg, Greece vs Kazakhstan.
Since some groups have 5 teams and some groups have 6 teams, the teams with 6 teams will be sorted according to their results after removing the points from the last place. The qualifying results and world rankings of each team are as follows:
Germany (ranked 16th in the world) – hosts.
Portugal (ranked 7th in the world) – 24 points from 8 wins (10 wins from Group J in qualifying).
France (ranked 2nd in the world) – 22 points from 7 wins, 1 draw (1st in Group B of the qualifiers).
Spain (ranked 8th in the world) - 7-1 and 21 points (top in Group A of the qualifiers).
Belgium (ranked 4th in the world) – 6 wins, 2 draws, 20 points (top of Group F of the qualifiers).
England (ranked 3rd in the world) – 20 points from 6 wins, 2 draws (top of Group C in qualifying).
Hungary (ranked 27th in the world) – 5 wins, 3 draws, 18 points (top of Group G Qualifiers).
Turkey (ranked 37th in the world) – 5 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss, 17 points (top of Group D in qualifying).
Romania (ranked 43rd in the world) – 4 wins, 4 draws, 16 points (1st in Group I Qualifiers, 6 wins and 4 draws).
Denmark (ranked 19th in the world) - 5 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, 16 points (first in Group H of the qualifiers, 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses).
Albania (ranked 62nd in the world) – 4 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss, 15 points (top in Group E of the qualifiers).
Austria (ranked 24th in the world) – 6 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss, 19 points (2nd in Group F of the qualifiers).
Netherlands (ranked 6th in the world) – 6 wins, 2 losses, 18 points (2nd in Group B of the qualifiers).
Scotland (ranked 36th in the world) – 5 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss, 17 points (2nd in Group A of the qualifiers).
Croatia (ranked 10th in the world) – 5 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, 16 points (2nd in Group D of qualifiers, 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses).
Slovenia (ranked 54th in the world) – 5 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, 16 points (2nd in Group H of Qualifying).
Slovakia (ranked 45th in the world) – 5 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, 16 points (2nd in Group J in qualifying, 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses).
Czech Republic (ranked 39th in the world) – 4 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss, 15 points (2nd in Group E of the qualifiers).
Italy (ranked 9th in the world) – 4 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses, 14 points (2nd in Group C of the qualifiers).
Serbia (ranked 34th in the world) – 4 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses, 14 points (2nd in Group G of the qualifiers).
Switzerland (ranked 18th in the world) – 2 wins, 5 draws, 1 loss, 11 points (2nd in Group I of the qualifiers, 4 wins, 5 draws, 1 loss).
Winner of Group A of the play-offs.
Poland (ranked 31st in the world) vs Estonia (ranked 122nd in the world).
Wales (No. 29 in the world) vs Finland (No. 59 in the world).
Winner of Group B of the play-offs.
Israel (No. 75 in the world) vs. Iceland (No. 71 in the world).
Bosnia and Herzegovina (world No. 69) vs Ukraine (world No. 22).
Winner of Group C of the play-offs.
Georgia (world No. 77) vs. Luxembourg (world No. 83).
Greece (No. 47 in the world) vs Kazakhstan (No. 100 in the world).