For the Red Devils, the road to Euro 2024 begins this Sunday. Or, at least, they will know the route and the pitfalls to avoid in order to arrive safely in Germany. At the stroke of noon, the 53 countries taking part in the qualifiers (the Mannschaft are automatically qualified, Russia being excluded) will have their eyes riveted on the Festhalle exhibition center in Frankfurt, where the draw will take place. spell. Let’s be clear, it would take a real industrial disaster… not to see Belgium participate in its third consecutive Euro. The selections will be divided into ten groups (seven of five teams and three of six teams). Qualified for the Final Four of the Nations League, the Netherlands, Croatia, Spain and Italy are guaranteed to appear in a quantitatively more restricted pool. Which means that the Red Devils have the same number of chances to fall into a group of five or six.
A very tricky hat 2
All group winners and runners-up will win their ticket for the continental meeting (from June 14 to July 14, 2024). If some nations are scarecrow in the lower hats (France and England in 2, Ukraine and Norway in 3, Turkey in 4 and Slovakia in 5), there is no therefore not really cause to worry about our selection. Taking a “big piece” would not be a tragedy in itself, insofar as it would make it possible to offer a good poster for Belgian supporters, while giving the possibility to the youngest elements of the national team to cut their teeth against to a leading nation.
Imagine, in the worst case, that Belgium does not finish in the first two positions of its group, it would still have a chance to qualify via the play-offs. Where the twelve best selections – based on the recent Nations League – not qualified directly will compete for the last three folding seats. Belgium, seventh in this particular table, therefore possibly has a second chance.
Small specificity of the draw: political and geographical criteria, decreed by UEFA, will prevent certain countries from competing. This is notably the case of Belarus and Ukraine, Spain and Gibraltar or Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina…
