Italy face a troublesome job 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 whereas defending champions Italy have been drawn in the identical group as Spain.
The Germans, three-time winners, will kick off the one-month match 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 even face Hungary and Switzerland in Group A.
Italy face a troublesome job in defending their title, drawn in Group B with Spain, Croatia and Albania.
France and the Netherlands will face one another once more after coming by means of 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, the Czech Republic and the playoff C winners.
The hosts certified mechanically, and 20 groups have superior by means of the European qualifiers. Three groups are nonetheless unknown and can come by means of 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 finest third-placed finishers.
Within the semifinal playoffs on March 21, Poland will face Estonia and Wales will tackle Finland in path A.
In path B, Israel will play in opposition to Iceland whereas Bosnia and Herzegovina will face Ukraine.
In path C, Georgia will tackle Luxembourg and Greece will play in opposition to Kazakhstan.
The playoff finals shall 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.
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 noises continued sporadically till the draw was accomplished.
Related noises disrupted a BBC reside broadcast of an English soccer sport 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
