The Euro 2024 in Germany You already know 21 of the 24 contenders who will compete for the European throne. To be the heir of Italy, current champion. Spain will attend the tournament (from June 14 to July 14) as one of the favorites… but teams like England, France or Portugal are also in the highest echelons. Others like Belgium, Italy, Germany (host) or the Netherlands want to surprise.
Berlin will host the final but until reaching the historic German city there will be a tough road to overcome for all contenders for the title. The ‘Azzurra’ defend the title but there are many who want to dethrone Spalletti’s team. The transalpines, in fact, have been one of the teams that has had to reach the last day without knowing if they had a ticket or not. Like them, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Serbia or Croatia… the last team to qualify directly after beating Armenia 1-0 this Tuesday.
The official ball of Euro 2024 in the Berlin stadium.
The teams classified for Euro 2024
Many candidates… and few favorites who are truly on the first step. Each one with their points in favor, of course. France, current runner-up in the world, will surely be number one in the pools… because they have the most complete team: a solid defense, a midfield with impressive physical power and an attack led by Mbappéone of the best players in the world.
Then there are England, Spain and Portugal. Those of Southgate with a team on the rise where Kane and Bellingham assume command; Spain with a marked style (perhaps the team that is more ‘team’, in this aspect); Portugal, undefeated in the qualifying phase, ‘renewed’ after the arrival of Roberto Martínez and with Cristiano Ronaldo facing his last major national team tournament (in theory).
Cristiano Ronaldo, during a match with Portugal.
Then the rest: Germany plays at home but has many doubts game and Nagelsmann has just arrived, Italy defends title but has suffered a lot to get there a la Euro, Netherlands is in low hours, Belgium could surprise (this time yes) if he recovers De Bruyne and Courtois 100%…
And of course, are the ‘covered’ ones. Those teams that can break all predictions. Croatia It is always there despite the fact that its average age does not stop rising, Hungary, Scotland and Türkiye They have carried out great qualifying phases, Austria or Switzerland They always manage to reach the knockout playoffs and Denmark It is a team to take into account… if it does not mess up like it did in Qatar 2022, where it disappointed.
Seeds and pots
Next December 2 (Saturday) will be the draw of the group stage of Euro 2024. Spain starts as seeded thanks to its results in the qualifying phase; with it, Germany (will go to Group A as host of the tournament), Portugal, France, Belgium and England. The group leaders who have added the most points.
The rest of the leaders will be in pot 2, although a possible group of death has been ‘avoided’ with Croatia going to the third pot. To take into account the teams to avoid: Italy (pot 4), Croatia or the Netherlands (pot 3, both).
Bomb 1
GermanySpainFrancePortugalBelgiumEngland
Bomb 2
HungaryTurkeyDenmarkAlbaniaRomaniaAustria
Bomb 3
ScotlandCroatiaSloveniaSlovakiaCzech RepublicNetherlands
Bomb 4
ItalySerbiaSwitzerlandWinning selection of the repechage in Route AWinning selection of the repechage in Route BWinning selection of the repechage in Route C
Teams that will play in the Euro 2024 Playoffs
But there are still three places to decide and we will not know 100% until March. This Thursday, November 23, there will be the draw to complete the three repechage routes. Poland or Wales already know that they will be on Route A. Lewandowski’s men know that they will play Estonia in the semifinals, but Wales must wait to find out their rival.
The same thing happens on Route B: it is not entirely clear who Israel or Bosnia will face but both, like Poland and Wales, will be home in the semi-finals. On Route C everything is clear: Georgia vs Luxembourg and Greece vs Kazakhstan.
In Germany 2024 there will only be three teams of the 12 participants in this phase: one for each route.
Kvaratskhelia, in a duel against Carvajal.
The great absentees
But there are always teams to miss in big events. Despite being a Euro Cup with 24 teams… Haaland’s Norway is the great absentee. The City striker is the main star who will not be in Germany in the summer.
With them, Sweden It has also ‘hit’ in a notable way after being a regular at the last major national team tournaments in Europe. Qatar 2022 and its absence was already a warning. Ibrahimovic’s loss hurt.
2023-11-22 11:17:40
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