EURO 2024 draw to be held on Saturday

By Can Erozden

ANKARA (AA) – The UEFA EURO 2024 draw will be held on Saturday as 23 teams will join hosts Germany in next summer's finals.

Germany qualified for the tournament automatically.

Further 20 teams, which were the best two in each of 10 European qualifying groups, have booked their places for the EURO 2024 that will begin in Munich on June 14.

The EURO 2024 finals will have 24 teams as the final three berths will be determined via playoffs in March.

Last week, the playoff draws were made.

In the semifinal playoffs on March 21, Poland will face Estonia, and Wales will take on Finland in Path A, Israel will play against Iceland, Bosnia-Herzegovina will face Ukraine in Path B, and Georgia will take on Luxembourg, and Greece will play against Kazakhstan in Path C.

Each path (A, B and C) will have its own final.

In the playoff finals on March 26, winners of each draw will face one another in each path, and every playoff final winner will earn their ticket to the EURO 2024 finals.

Germany's Hamburg will host Saturday's draw that will start at 1700GMT. It is one of the 10 EURO 2024 host cities.

Italy are the defending European champions, as they won the EURO 2020 title.

Germany and Spain are the record holders with three EURO titles each.

Germans won the trophy in 1972, 1980 and 1996.

Spain were the EURO champions in 1964, 2008 and 2012.

- EURO 2024 draw pots

Pot 1: Germany (host nation), Portugal, France, Spain, Belgium, England

Pot 2: Hungary, Türkiye, Romania, Denmark, Albania, Austria

Pot 3: Netherlands, Scotland, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic

Pot 4: Italy, Serbia, Switzerland, Playoff winner A, Playoff winner B, Playoff winner C