EURO 2024 Build-Up: The Groups
Football fans across the world are gearing up for the Euro 2024 which is set to start on Friday. The tournament host Germany is going to kick things off against Scotland in Munich. The tournament will take place between 14th June and 14th July.
Group A hosts Germany, Scotland, Hungary, and Switzerland. Germany are favorites to come out on top of this group but the rest are not going to be pushovers. Julian Nagelsmann and his charges are out to right the wrongs of the 2022 World Cup where they were eliminated in the group stage phase.
Group B could turn out to be the group of death as it has defending champions Italy, Spain, Croatia, and Albania. Italy, Spain, and Croatia will all be looking for the top 2 spots to get automatic qualification to the Round of 16.
Group C has England, Slovenia, Serbia and Denmark. England will be hoping to go one better this time around after they lost in the final last time. Denmark and Serbia will be fighting for the second spot for automatic application.
Group D has 2022 World Cup runners-up France, Netherlands, Austria and Poland. France was eliminated in the Round of 16 in 2021 and will be hoping to get inspiration from Mbappe and company this time. Netherlands and Austria are in the same group again just like in Euro 2020.
Belgium, Ukraine, Slovakia, and Romania make Group E while Portugal, Czech Republic, Turkey, and Georgia are in the final Group F.
The top 2 of each group automatically qualify for the Round of 16 plus the 4 best third-placed teams.
