The top two of the 10 qualifying groups for Euro 2024 football are guaranteed a place in the final phase of the competition, which will already include Germany, the host of the competition, UEFA announced on Tuesday.
“The 10 group winners and the 10 runners-up qualify for the final. The other three places are determined via the playoffto play in March 2024″reads a note published on UEFA’s official website, after the Executive Committee meeting, which took place in Hvar, Croatia.
A total of 53 countries will compete for a place in the final stage of the next European Championship, which will have 24 teams, through seven groups of five and another three of six. The teams will be sorted according to the overall ranking of the UEFA Nations League 2022/23 and divided into seven pots.
In the same note, UEFA confirmed Russia’s exclusion from the competition due to the country’s football suspension due to the invasion of Ukraine.
The draw is scheduled for October 9 in Frankfurt.
Source: DN
