Everyone loves international tournaments, right? It's a chance to cheer on your own country, watch a silly amount of football every day for a few weeks and see players and teams you don't normally get a look at.
That's why there's so much excitement building around Euro 2024. After the COVID-19 pandemic pushed Euro 2020 back a year and then the winter 2022 World Cup, international tournaments are coming around thick and fast.
It won't be long before Euro 2024 is underway, so here's everything you need to know about this summer's competition.
Euro 2024 will take place in Germany during the summer of 2024 and will run from 14 June to 14 July.
Two countries — Germany and Turkey — announced bids to host Euro 2024 back in 2017 and the Germans took 12 of the 17 votes total.
Hosts Germany qualified automatically as is tradition, which means 23 spots were up for grabs in the Euro 2024 qualifying rounds.
53 nations were divided into ten groups, with seven groups containing five teams and three containing six. Each team played everybody in their group home and away, with the winners and runners-up of each group advancing to the Euro 2024 finals.
There are still three remaining spots that will be decided via the play-offs. These will take place in March 2024 with 12 teams taking part. The teams were selected based on their performance in the 2022/23 Nations League, and, obviously, they couldn't have already qualified for the finals.
Nation
Qualification route
Germany
Hosts
Spain
Group A winner
Scotland
Group A runner-up
France
Group B winner
Netherlands
Group B runner-up
England
Group C winner
Italy
Group C runner-up
Turkey
Group D winner
Croatia
Group D runner-up
Albania
Group E winner
Czechia
Group E runner-up
Belgium
Group F winner
Austria
Group F runner-up
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