The 2024 European Cup will be held in 10 stadiums in 10 cities of Germany from June 14 to July 14 next year. This is a large-scale football event hosted by Germany again after the 2006 World Cup. The European Cup is the highest level national football match in Europe. It is held every four years and attracts hundreds of millions of viewers around the world.
The 2024 European Cup will be held in 10 stadiums in 10 cities of Germany from June 14 to July 14 next year. This is a large-scale football event hosted by Germany again after the 2006 World Cup. The European Cup is the highest level national football match in Europe. It is held every four years and attracts hundreds of millions of viewers around the world.
The tournament system of Euro 2024 is the same as that of the previous one. There are 24 teams participating in the tournament, which are divided into six groups, with four teams in each group. The top two of the group matches and the third of the four best performers will be promoted to the knockout stage, which includes the 1/8 final, the 1/4 final, the semi-final and the final, and finally the winner of the European Cup.
The teams participating in the 2024 European Cup have been determined that, in addition to the automatic promotion of the host Germany, the other 23 teams were obtained through the European Cup qualifiers and the European National League play offs. The European Cup qualifiers are divided into 10 groups, with 5 or 6 teams in each group. The first two teams in the group match will be directly qualified for the European Cup. The play off of the European National League is played by the teams that are ranked high at all levels of the European National League but fail to qualify in the preliminary match, and the last three places for the European Cup are determined through two knockout rounds.
The list of teams participating in Euro 2024 is as follows:
team |
Promotion route |
Number of entries |
Germany |
host |
thirteen |
Belgium |
First place in Group F of preliminary contest |
six |
France |
First place in Group B of preliminary contest |
ten |
Portugal |
First place in qualifying group J |
eight |
Scotland |
Second place in Group A of the preliminary contest |
three |
Spain |
First place in Group A of preliminary contest |
eleven |
turkey |
First place in qualifying group D |
five |
Austria |
Second name of group F of preliminary contest |
three |
England |
First place in Group C of preliminary contest |
ten |
Hungary |
First place in Group G |
four |
Slovakia |
Rank of qualification competition group J |
five |
Albania |
First place in Group E of preliminary contest |
one |
Denmark |
First place in qualifying group H |
nine |
Netherlands |
Second place in Group B of the preliminary contest |
ten |
Romania |
First place in qualifying group I |
five |
Switzerland |
Second name of group I of preliminary contest |
five |
Serbia |
Second name of Group G in qualifying |
five |
Czech Republic |
Second name of group E of preliminary contest |
ten |
Italy |
National League play off A-level champion |
ten |
Croatia |
National League Play off B-level Champion |
six |
poland |
National League play off C-level champion |
four |
Northern Ireland |
National League Play off D-level Champion |
two |
The grouping and drawing ceremony of the 2024 European Cup will be held at the headquarters of UEFA in Frankfurt, Germany, on December 2, 2023, and the grouping and match of 24 teams will be determined. According to the regulations of UEFA, Germany, the host country, will be divided into Group A, while the other 23 teams will be divided into six seed stages, four teams in each stage, according to the results of the European Cup qualifiers and national leagues. Each group will select one team from different stages to ensure the fairness and competitiveness of the group matches.
The seed of Euro 2024 is shown in the following table:
Seed stall |
team |
one |
Germany, France, Spain, England |
two |
Belgium, Portugal, Italy, Netherlands |
three |
Turkey, Austria, Denmark, Romania |
four |
Switzerland, Serbia, Czech Republic, Croatia |
five |
Scotland, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland |
six |
Albania, Northern Ireland |
The group matches of Euro 2024 will start on June 14 and end on June 29. The specific schedule of group matches will be announced after the draw ceremony. The 24 teams of the European Cup will compete fiercely in the group matches. European powers will compete for the top two positions in the 10 groups. We will see who can break through and who can be out.