The campaign to qualify for the European 2024 Championship finals in Germany is fully underway, with all 53 teams in the ten groups in action during the international break, with games taking place between 23 and 28 March.
Among those vying for a place in the finals are Turkiye, Azerbaijan, and the four home nations: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Turkiye and Wales are drawn in the same group.
England and Scotland got off to a perfect start, winning both their opening qualifying games, with England beating Italy away and Scotland defying the odds to beat Spain.
Wales is undefeated after its first two games, holding World Cup semi-finalists to a draw. The results were mixed for Turkiye and Northern Ireland, with each team winning one game and losing another. Azerbaijan suffered two heavy defeats in their first two to leave them bottom of their group.
Scotland (Group A)
Scotland 3 v Cyprus 0, 25 March 2023
Scotland 2 v Spain 0, 28 March 2023
England (Group C)
Italy 1 v England 2, 23 March 2023
England 2 v Ukraine 0, 26 March 2023
Turkiye, Wales (Group D)
Armenia 1 v Turkiye 2, 25 March 2023
Croatia 1 v Wales 1, 25 March 2023
Turkiye 0 v Croatia 2, 28 March 2023
Wales 1 v Latvia 0, 28 March 2023
Azerbaijan (Group F)
Austria 4 v Azerbaijan 1, 24 March 2023
Sweden 5 v Azerbaijan 0, 27 March 2023
Northern Ireland (Group H)
San Marino 0 v Northern Ireland 2, 23 March 2023
Northern Ireland 0 v Finland 1, 26 March 2023
About Euro 2024
Euro 2024 will feature a total of 24 teams. The finals of the tournament will run for a month, from 14 June to 14 July 2024, and take place in a variety of venues across Germany next year.
Germany automatically qualifies for the Euro 2024 finals as tournament hosts. The remaining 23 places will be determined through the qualifying games, with twenty nations earning their place from the group stage and a further three from the play-offs.
In total 53 of UEFA’s 55 member associations are competing, plus Germany which has already qualified. The remaining member, Russia, was banned from the competition in September 2022 following the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
Euro 2024 Groups
The qualifying draw took place in Frankfurt on Sunday 9 October 2022. With Germany already qualified as hosts and Russia banned, the remaining 53 teams were split into ten groups.
There are seven groups of five teams and three groups of six teams. The top two from each group will qualify for the final tournament.
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, Türkiye, Latvia
Group E: Poland, Czechia, 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
The next round of group matches for Euro 2024 are in June. Games are scheduled to take place on 16-17 June, followed by another series of matches on 19-20 June.
