At 1 a.m. Beijing time on December 3, the draw ceremony for the group stage of the 2024 European Championship was held in Hamburg, Germany.
This year's European Championship follows the system of 24 teams and 6 group stages, and among the 24 official teams, excluding Germany, which has advanced as the host, 20 teams have advanced through the European preliminaries, and another 3 play-off places are to be decided in March next year.
The round of 24 is divided into six groups of four teams, with the top two teams from each group and the four best third-placed teams advancing to the round of 16.
In the draw, the host Germany and Spain, England, France, Belgium, Portugal and other 6 teams were included in the first seeded team, but.
There are many surprising strong team names in the third and fourth gears. The Netherlands and Croatia are placed in the third pot, the old powerhouse Italy that won the championship last year is in the fourth pot, and the World Cup regulars such as Switzerland and Serbia have also entered the fourth pot, and this is almost certain that the probability of the group of death in this European group will be very high. In addition, the last three qualifiers for this European Championship will be determined in the European Championship play-offs in March next year. The 12 play-off teams are divided into 3 groups, with 4 teams from each group finishing on the last train.
Euro 2024 Group: Group A: Germany, Scotland, Hungary, Switzerland;Group B: Spain, Croatia, Italy, Albania;Group C: Slovenia, Denmark, Serbia, England;Group D: Play-off A winners (Poland vs. Estonia, Wales vs. Finland), Netherlands, Austria, France;Group E: Belgium, Slovakia, Romania, Play-off B Winner (Israel vs. Iceland, Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Ukraine);Group F: Turkey, Play-off C Winners (Georgia vs. Luxembourg, Greece vs. Kazakhstan), Portugal, Czech Republic.