UEFA EURO 2024 draw

Last night, the draw was made for all the group stages at next year’s European Championships. There are some very interesting groups, and I will give my thoughts on each group along the way.

Before I get started with that though, I will state who is in each play-off.

Play-off A

• Wales
• Poland
• Finland
• Estonia

Poland should win this, but I did think they’d run away with the lead of their qualifying group. So, they might not win this, but you never know.

Play-off B

• Israel
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Ukraine
• Iceland

Personally, I hope Iceland wins this. I also do not find it fair that Israel is still allowed to compete despite UEFA banning Russia for doing the exact same thing that Israel is doing right now in Palestine.

Play-off C

• Georgia
• Greece
• Kazakhstan
• Luxembourg

This is between Georgia and Greece for me. Their squad depth seems much better.

Group A

• Germany
• Scotland
• Hungary
• Switzerland

Not the most exciting group, but could still provide some surprising results. Most likely to win the group based on recent form is Hungary, who are on a 12-game unbeaten streak, which just so happens to be the number of games that Liverpool’s new number 8 Dominik Szoboszlai took over as captain.

Group B

• Spain
• Croatia
• Italy
• Albania

This is without a doubt the Group of Death. Spain are the current holders of the Nations League, Italy are the current tournament holders, and Croatia are Nations League finalists and got to at least the semi-finals of the last two World Cups.

Group C

• Slovenia
• Denmark
• Serbia
• England

This should be a favourable group for England, the only one I can see causing any real issues is Denmark. But this is an interesting group.

Group D

• Play-off winner A
• Netherlands
• Austria
• France

Easy runner-up for the Group of Death, depending on who wins the play-off.

Group E

• Belgium
• Slovakia
• Romania
• Play-off winner B

This is not the most exciting group on the face of it, but maybe that is a good thing. I mean, look at Group E in the World Cup last year.

Group F

• Türkiye
• Play-off winner C
• Portugal
• Czechia

This is a pretty decent group, I’m actually quite looking forward to this one.