The quota allocation of the European Cup is controversial, and UEFA denies favoring the host Germany

CCTV5 program list, January 15, 2024) - The European Football Federation recently announced the qualification list for the 2024 European Cup, and 24 teams were qualified. However, this list has caused some controversy. Some people believe that UEFA has favored Germany, the host country, and made the German team easily qualified,

CCTV5 program list, January 15, 2024) - The European Football Federation recently announced the qualification list for the 2024 European Cup, and 24 teams were qualified. However, this list has caused some controversy. Some people think that UEFA has favored Germany, the host country, to make Germany easily qualified, while some other strong teams have to go through the test of the play offs. UEFA denied this and said that the quota allocation was fair without any bias.

According to the rules of UEFA, 20 of the 24 places in the 2024 European Cup will come from the group stage of the preliminary contest, and the first two of each group will be directly promoted. The other four places come from the play off stage of the preliminary round. The 16 teams participating in the play off are the third in each group and the champions in four levels of the European National League (if these teams have passed the group match, the places will be extended to the next team in the same level). The play off match is in the form of knockout match, and finally four teams are selected for promotion.

UEFA announced on Monday the grouping of the 2024 European Cup group matches, with Germany in Group A, Romania, Iceland and Northern Macedonia in the same group. This group is considered to be the easiest. The German team has hardly met any strong opponents, so it is extremely difficult to qualify. While other traditional strong teams, such as Italy, Spain, France, England, etc., have all suffered from different degrees of death. They will have to compete with other strong teams for places to qualify, and may even fall into the play offs.

This situation has caused some fans and the media to question that UEFA has hidden operations in grouping, deliberately allowing the German team to easily qualify, while allowing other strong teams to kill each other, so as to protect the interests of the host country. Some even pointed out that Uefa President Cefelin is German, and he may be interested in providing convenience for the German team.

UEFA denied this and said that the grouping was completely random without any human intervention. A spokesman of UEFA said in an interview: "UEFA has always been committed to ensuring the fairness and impartiality of the European Cup. We have not been partial to any team, nor have we been unfavourable to any team. Grouping is based on the results of the lottery. The lottery process is open and there is no secret. We will not give special treatment to Germany because it is the host country, which is unreasonable and impossible. "

UEFA also said that the reason why the German team was placed in a seemingly easy group was that they performed well in the qualifying and won the status of seed team, which meant that they would not be in the same group as other seed teams, which were all hot spots to win the European Cup. UEFA said: "The German team has won the qualification of the seed team by virtue of its own strength, which is what they deserve. But some other strong teams, if they do not get the status of the seed team, it is because their performance in the qualifiers is not good enough, which is also their own responsibility. We cannot give them special care because of their reputation, which is unfair."

UEFA also pointed out that even if the German team's group seems easy, it does not mean that they can easily qualify, because football is round, and any team may be cold. UEFA said: "We cannot underestimate any team, nor overestimate any team. In the history of the European Cup, we have seen many surprises and accidents, and no team can guarantee a 100% victory. The German team is no exception. They should also respect their opponents and try to play well in every game to win the chance of promotion."

UEFA finally said that they hope all fans and the media can pay attention to and support the European Cup with a positive and rational attitude, instead of being biased and suspicious, creating unnecessary controversy and negative emotions. UEFA said: "The European Cup is a grand event of European football, a stage to show the style and level of European football, and an opportunity to promote the unity and development of European football. We hope that all participants, whether teams, players, coaches, referees, fans or the media, can contribute to the success and excellence of the European Cup with a positive and rational attitude, instead of attacking and slandering each other for some unimportant things, which is meaningless and unnecessary. "

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