EURO 2024 has announced the composition of the core groups

Although club football was played at the weekend, Saturday evening belonged to the national team. In Hamburg, Germany, the draw was made for the preliminary groups of the final EURO 2024 tournament, which will take place in Germany. 

On Friday night, Hamburg played host to the city’s derby between St. Pauli and HSV, and on Saturday, the German city became the centre of the action for European national football as the preliminary groups for EURO 2024 were drawn.

The final tournament of the European Championship, which will take place in Germany, will see 24 teams take part. However, we don’t know all of them yet, as some national teams have to fight their way through the barrage. 

EURO 2024 will kick off on 14 June 2024, with the last match scheduled for 14 July 2024 in the German capital. It will be played in 10 cities. Berlin, Munich, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Leipzig and Frankfurt will host the tournament.

The tournament will kick off in Munich with a match between Germany and Scotland.

EURO 2024 core groups

Group A

A1 – Germany
A2 – Scotland
A3 – Hungary
A4 – Switzerland

Group B

B1 – Spain
B2 – Croatia
B3 – Italy
B4 – Albania

Group C

C1 – Slovenia
C2 – Denmark
C3 – Serbia
C4 – England

Group D

D1 – Winner of Barrage Branch A (Poland, Wales, Finland, Estonia)
D2 – Netherlands
D3 – Austria
D4 – France

Group E

E1 – Belgium
E2 – Slovakia
E3 – Romania
E4 – Winner of Barrage Branch B (Israel, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Iceland)

Group F

F1 – Turkey
F2 – Winner of barrage branch C (Georgia, Luxembourg, Greece, Kazakhstan)
F3 – Portugal
F4 – Czech Republic

Source: UEFA