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 to have a look at.
That is why there is so much excitement building around Euro 2024. Thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic which pushed Euro 2020 back a year and then the winter 2022 World Cup, it feels like the international tournaments are coming around thick and fast. It won’t be long before Euro 2024 is underway.
Here is a look at the route to the final from here, and all you need to know about the big game itself.
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.
Before teams start thinking too much about the final, they need to make it to the tournament first.
Hosts Germany have qualified automatically as is tradition, which means 23 spots are there to play for. While Italy are the defending champions, they don’t qualify automatically for Euro 2024.
53 nations have been divided into ten groups, with seven groups containing five teams and three containing six. Each team will play everybody in their group home and away, with the winners and runners-up of each group advancing to the Euro 2024 finals.
The remaining three spots will be decided via the play-offs. These will take place in March 2024 with 12 teams taking part. These teams will be selected based on their performance in the 2022/23 Nations League, and, obviously, they mustn’t have already qualified for the finals.
A number of iconic German stadiums will be used for Euro 2024, including nine that were selected to host games at the 2006 World Cup.
Olympiastadion
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Allianz Arena
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Signal Iduna Park
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Mercedes-Benz Arena
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Arena AufSchalke
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Deutsche Bank Park
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Volksparkstadion
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Merkur Spielarena
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RheinEnergieStadion
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Red Bull Arena
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The Allianz Arena and Signal Iduna Park – grounds which host the Bundesliga’s biggest two teams in Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund -have been selected as the stadiums to host the Euro 2024 semi finals.
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