Today in Hamburg will be held the draw of the group stage of the final part of Euro 2024, which, as we recall, will be held next summer in Germany. The draw ceremony will start at 19:00 Kyiv time.
We would like to remind you that 24 national teams will take part in Euro 2024. All of them before the draw for the group stage of the tournament are distributed into four baskets - six teams in each. Accordingly, the draw will result in the formation of six groups - four teams in each.
According to the regulations, the first basket was formed by Germany (as the host country of the European Championship), as well as the best five teams from among those who won their Euro-2024 qualifying groups. The remaining five qualifying group winners were placed in the second basket, with Austria, as the best of the teams that finished second in their groups, keeping them company.
A further nine 'second' teams, in order of their performance in the Euro 2024 qualifying cycle, filled the positions in the third and fourth baskets in succession.
On top of that, the composition of the fourth basket will be completed by three winners of the play-offs for the Euro 2024 qualifiers under the Nations League quota (their names will not be known at the time of the draw - the play-offs will take place in March next year). Recall, one of the participants of this play-off round (in the way "B") is the national team of Ukraine. And today's draw will determine the composition of the group, in which the "blue-yellow" team will get in case of reaching the European Championship.
The composition of the baskets in the draw for the final part of Euro 2024
Basket 1: Germany, Portugal, France, Spain, Belgium, England.
Basket2: Hungary, Turkey, Romania, Denmark, Albania, Austria.
Basket3: Netherlands, Scotland, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic.
Basket4: Italy, Serbia, Switzerland, winner of Pathway "A" playoffs, winner of Pathway "B" playoffs, winner of Pathway "C" playoffs.
