Euro 2024 qualifying groups draw results

A total of 53 European nations learned their qualifying fates for Euro 2024 as the October 9 draw was held in Frankfurt, Germany.A number of big countries are set to face off during qualification as a result, including Euro 2021 finalists England and Italy who will once again resume their rivalry in Group C, alongside Ukraine, North Macedonia, and Malta.Gareth Southgate's side will be looking for revenge after the Azzurri took the 2021 crown on penalties at a packed-out Wembley Stadium, while North Macedonia will be eyeing up another shock against Italy after dumping Roberto Mancini's team out of 2022 World Cup reckoning at the play-off stage.Elsewhere, Netherlands and France were also drawn together in Group B alongside Ireland, Greece and Gibraltar, though other top Nick Bosa Jersey seeds Spain, Belgium and Portugal will likely be content with their groups.MORE: Here are the final groups that were drawn for Euro 2024 qualifying.Pot 1 +UNL finalistsPot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6Group ASpainScotlandNorwayGeorgiaCyprusGroup BNetherlandsFranceIrelandGreeceGibraltarGroup CItalyEnglandUkraineN. MacedoniaMaltaGroup DCroatiaWalesArmeniaTurkeyLatviaGroup EPolandCzech Rep.AlbaniaFaroe IslandsMoldovaGroup FBelgiumAustriaSwedenAzerbaijanEstoniaGroup GHungarySerbiaMontenegroBulgariaLithuaniaGroup HDenmarkFinlandSloveniaKazakhstanN. IrelandSan MarinoGroup ISwitzerlandIsraelRomaniaKosovoBelarusAndorraGroup JPortugalBosnia HerzegovinaIcelandLuxembourgSlovakiaLiechtensteinMORE: The Euro 2024 qualifying draw took place on Sunday, October 9 in the host country Germany. Frankfurt's Festhalle Exhibition Centre was the venue for the draw (11:00 BST / 06:00 ET).UEFA had four ex-players on hand to a sist the draw: Former German internationals Jurgen Klinsmann and Karl-Heinz Riedle, and ex-Italy stars Gianluca Zambrotta and Demetrio Albertini.UEFA provided The 53 nations participating in qualifying were seeded ahead of the draw San Francisco 49Ers T Shirts based on the final 2022/23 UEFA Nations League rankings following the completion of the Nations League group stage in September 2022.Germany automatically qualifies as host and will not participate in qualifying.Ru sia is banned from competing in the 2024 Euros as part of UEFA's decision to sanction the country following its invasion of Ukraine in February 2021.Below were the pot designations ahead of the October 9, 2022 qualifying draw:NationsLeagueFinalistsPot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6NetherlandsDenmarkFranceUkraineGeorgiaSlovakiaAndorraCroatiaPortugalAustriaIcelandGreeceN. IrelandSan MarinoSpainBelgiumCzech Rep.NorwayTurkeyCyprusLiechtensteinItalyHungaryEnglandSloveniaKazakhstanBelarusSwitzerlandWalesIrelandLuxembourgLithuaniaPolandIsraelAlbaniaAzerbaijanGibraltarBosnia andHerzegovinaMontenegroKosovoEstoniaSerbiaRomaniaBulgariaLatviaScotlandSwedenFaroe IslandsMoldovaFinlandArmeniaN. MacedoniaMaltaThe four Nations League finalists Netherlands, Croatia, Spain, Italy were broken out into a separate pot because they required special consideration.Given that those four nations needed to have open dates in June 2023 in order to participate in the Nations League finals, they had tobe part of one of the five-team groups (A-G) and avoid the six-team groups (H-J), which feature additional matchdays.MORE: The draw followed a straightforward proce s: Officials began by drawing the Nations League Finalists pot, and then proceeded to Pot 1, and then Pot 2, and so on until each pot was emptied and teams were allocated to a group.Groups A-G:Sevengroups of 5 teams eachGroups H-J:Threegroups of 6 teams eachUnle s there were restrictions or exceptions (see list below), teams were drawn into the next Ricky Watters T Shirts available group in alphabetical order (from Group A through Group J).That means the four Nations League teams were first drawn into Groups A-D and then the draw continued with the other Pot 1 teams slotted into Groups E-J. Up next was Pots 2-5 with every nation slotted in a group.The six-team groups are Groups H-J and so the three Pot 6 teams were drawn into one of those.Draw restrictions, exceptions and conditionsThe European governing body implemented a handful of restrictions to the draw. Were any of these scenarios to arise during the draw, they would have required adjustments:Prohibited matchups The following teams were prohibited from being drawn together for politicalreasons:Armenia/Azerbaijan, Belarus/Ukraine, Gibraltar/Spain, Kosovo/Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ricky Watters Jersey Kosovo/Serbia.Winter exceptions One group could only have a maximum of two nations from the following list due to winter weather considerations: Belarus, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Norway.Travel exceptions UEFAoutlinedcountry pairings that would constitute "exce sive travel distance" and tournament officials only allowed a maximum ofone of those pairings in a single group. The round-robin qualifying will take place from March to November 2023 and the top two teams from each group qualify directly to Euro 2024 in Germany.The final three berths to the tournament will come through . These will be instead of group qualifying performance which has always been the case in the past.The Euros will be held in Germany between June 14 and July 14 of 2024. A total of 24 nations will contend for the European title:Group qualifying (20): Top two teams from each qualifying group;Playoff berths (3): Playoff participants (not group qualifying);Host nation (1): Germany qualifies automatically as host.Euros 2024 qualifying scheduleDateMatchesStageMarch 23-25, 2023Matchday 1Group qualifyingMarch 26-28, 2023Matchday 2Group qualifyingJune 16-17, 2023Matchday 3Group qualifyingJune 19-20, 2023Matchday 4Group qualifyingSept. 7-9, 2023Matchday 5Group qualifyingSept. 10-12, 2023Matchday 6Group qualifyingOct. 12-14, 2023Matchday 7Group qualifyingOct. 15-17, 2023Matchday 8Group qualifyingNov. 16-18, 2023Matchday 9Group qualifyingNov. 19-21, 2023Matchday 10Group qualifyingMarch San Francisco 49Ers Golf Sporting Goods 21, 2024Playoff SemisQualifying playoffsMarch 26, 2024Playoff FinalsQualifying playoffsJune 14-July 14, 2024Euro 2024Tournament