Key events
Preamble
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Euro 2024 qualifying draw. You know the drill: an interminable preamble – no, not this one – and then a load of balls. Aptly enough, Euro 2024 will have 24 teams (Euro 2072 is going to be a riot), and this is how they will be decided.
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Germany qualify automatically as hosts
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There will be ten groups, seven with five teams and three with six. The top two teams in each group qualify automatically.
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The last three places will be decided through the play-offs, with entry determined by performances in the Nations League.
Uefa Nations League pot (these teams are guaranteed a five-team group)
Netherlands, Croatia, Spain, Italy
Pot 1
Denmark, Portugal, Belgium, Hungary, Switzerland, Poland
Pot 2
France, Austria, Czech Republic, England, Wales, Israel, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Scotland, Finland
Pot 3
Ukraine, Iceland, Norway, Slovenia, Republic of Ireland, Albania, Montenegro, Romania, Sweden, Armenia
Pot 4
Georgia, Greece, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan, Kosova, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands, North Macedonia
Pot 5
Slovakia, Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Belarus, Lithuania, Gibraltar, Estonia, Latvia, Moldova, Malta
Pot 6
Andorra, San Marino, Liechtenstein