UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying: England drawn with Italy; Croatia pooled with Wales, France grouped Dutch, Russia banned.
Euro Football Defending champions Italy will face England in their Euro 2024 qualifying groups Draw, a repeat of last year's tournament final, following the draw on Sunday in Frankfurt's Festhalle.
The North Macedonians, who stopped Roberto Mancini's team from qualifying for the World Cup Play-off match, will also play against the Italians, who defeated England 3-2 on penalties at Wembley stadium in London in 2021 to win the European championship.
With the current World Cup champions France & former European winners Netherlands has been drawn with the reigning 2004 European champions Greece, Ireland, and Gibraltar in Group B,
As Euro host Germany has been Drawn along with the overall 53 European Football Nationals Teams.
Following their invasion of Ukraine and UEFA's ban of all Russian teams, Russia and Belarus were excluded from the EURO 2024.
EURO 2024 Draw: Format, How it Works.?
There are three groups with six teams each, and there are seven groupings with five countries each. Croatia, the Netherlands, Italy, and Spain, the four Nations League champions, have been placed in the smaller groups.
Playoffs will begin in March 2024 after the qualifying group matches, which will take place from March to November 2023.
The top two teams from each of the ten groups advance directly to Euro 2024, with the other three berths being determined in play-offs in March 2024.
The Top 24-team Euro 2024 finals will be held in 10 stadiums across German.
EURO 2024 Draw: Qualifying groups in full, All 53-teams in 10 Groups.
Group A: Spain, Scotland, Norway, Georgia, Cyprus
Group B: Netherlands, France, Republic of Ireland, Greece, Gibraltar
Group C: Italy, England, Ukraine, North Macedonia, Malta
Group D: Croatia, Wales, Armenia, Turkey, Latvia
Group E: Poland, Czech Rep, Albania, Faroe Islands, Moldova
Group F: Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Azerbaijan, Estonia
Group G: Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Lithuania
Group H: Denmark, Finland, Slovenia, Kazakhstan, Northern Ireland, San Marino
Group I: Switzerland. Israel, Romania, Kosovo, Belarus, Andorra
Group J: Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Liechtenstein
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