EURO 2024 DRAW GUIDE: When is it, how does it work & who are the favourites?
England will discover their fate on Saturday as to who they will play in the group stage at the European Championship next summer.
Time has flown by since the Three Lions' painful penalty shoot-out defeat in the final of Euro 2020 to Italy at Wembley Stadium, and on July 14, 2024, Gareth Southgate's squad will again hope to be playing in the final and deliver the first major trophy for the men's side since the 1966 World Cup.
The Lionesses got the job done in the summer of 2022, and Southgate's side will be hoping to match their efforts, though the usual suspects including France, Germany, Portugal, Spain and Italy will be standing in their way.
While Euro 2020 was played across Europe, next summer's tournament will return to some normality as all 51 games will be played in Germany.
So, with the group stage draw coming up, Mail Sport has compiled this guide for everything you need to know.
To answer this question, we will start with who they can't play, and the good news is that the Three Lions will avoid some of the pre-tournament favourites.
Next summer's competition will consist of 24 nations, who have been split into four pots of six teams - with their placing determined by their ranking in the Euro 2024 qualifiers.
England are in Pot 1, which means they will avoid hosts Germany (who automatically qualified), France, Portugal, Spain and Belgium.
Every other nation who has qualified for next summer's competition, England could play in the group stage. They will be drawn alongside one side from each of the other three pots.
That means they could face a rematch with Italy, who since the final loss they defeated twice in the qualifiers to make next summer's competition.
There are a number of interesting challenges in Pot 3
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