Italy face a tricky activity in defending their title, drawn in Group B the place they’ll face Spain, Croatia and Albania.
Hosts Germany will face Scotland within the opening match of Euro 2024 in Munich following the draw, whereas defending Champions Italy have been drawn in the identical group as Spain.
The Germans, three-times winners, will kick off the one-month match in Munich on June 14, with the ultimate on July 14 in Berlin’s Olympic stadium.
The draw was held on Saturday on the Elbphilharmonie live performance corridor in Hamburg, one of many 10 host cities of the match.
Germany may also face Hungary and Switzerland in Group A.
Italy face a tricky activity in defending their title, drawn in Group B the place they’ll face Spain, Croatia and Albania.
France and the Netherlands will face one another once more after coming via the qualifying marketing campaign in the identical group, drawn in Group D alongside Austria and the winner of playoff A.
England, crushed finalists in Euro 2020, are in Group C alongside Denmark, Slovenia and Serbia.
Group E sees Belgium tackle Romania, Slovakia and the winners of playoff B, whereas Group F options Portugal, Turkey, Czech Republic and the playoff C winners.
The hosts certified routinely and 20 groups superior via the European qualifiers. Three groups are nonetheless unknown and can come via the playoffs in March.
The highest two in every of the six Euro 2024 teams proceed to the spherical of 16 together with the 4 greatest third-placed finishers.
The ultimate three tickets can be decided by way of playoffs in March.
Within the semi-final playoffs on March 21, Poland will face Estonia and Wales will tackle Finland in path A.
In path B, Israel will play towards Iceland, whereas Bosnia and Herzegovina will face Ukraine.
In path C, Georgia will tackle Luxembourg and Greece will play towards Kazakhstan.
The playoff finals can be on March 26.
The draw ceremony was disrupted by unexplained noises that competed for consideration with the group names being learn out on stage on Saturday.
The interruption, which appeared to sound like sexual noises, was clearly heard for a number of minutes on the ceremony broadcast from a live performance corridor in Hamburg.
UEFA director of competitions Giorgio Marchetti famous the noise in his commentary earlier than persevering with with the draw for the final six locations for lower-ranked groups within the 24-nation match lineup. The sound continued sporadically till the draw was accomplished.
Related noises disrupted a BBC dwell broadcast of an English soccer recreation in January between Wolves and Liverpool. It turned out to be a prank use of a cell phone subsequent to the studio.
The teams are as follows:
- Group A: Germany, Scotland, Hungary, Switzerland
- Group B: Spain, Croatia, Italy, Albania
- Group C: England, Denmark, Slovenia, Serbia
- Group D: France, Austria, Netherlands, Playoff winner A
- Group E: Belgium, Romania, Slovakia, Playoff winner B
- Group F: Portugal, Turkey, Czech Republic, Playoff winner C