By Selcuk Bugra Gokalp
ANKARA (AA) - The 2024 UEFA European Championship's qualifying draw was held at the Festhalle exhibition center in Frankfurt on Sunday.
Germany was not included in the draw as it advanced to the finals directly because it is the host nation.
Türkiye will play with Croatia, Wales, Armenia and Latvia in Group D at Euro 2024.
The first qualifying round games will be played on March 23–25, 2023.
Italian legends Gianluca Zambrotta and Demetrio Albertini brought the European Championship trophy to the stage.
German legends Jurgen Klinsmann and Karl-Heinz Riedle joined the duo to host the draws.
There were new additions to the draw process this year:
The four finalists of the UEFA Nations League are drawn into groups of five teams, to allow them to participate in the finals in June 2023.
Five country pairs are declared as prohibited and these must not be drawn into the same group: Armenia/Azerbaijan, Belarus/Ukraine, Gibraltar/Spain, Kosovo/Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo/Serbia
A maximum of two winter venues may be drawn into the same group including Belarus, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania and Norway
Several country pairings have been declared to represent an excessive travel distance. A maximum of one such pair may be drawn into the same group.
The EURO 2024, the 17th edition of the UEFA European Championship, will be held among 24 nations between June 14 and July 14, 2024 in Germany.
The group stage winners, runners-up and the best four third-placed teams will advance to the Round of 16.
Germany and Spain are the most successful teams in the competition history with three titles, while the reigning champions are Italy, which have two titles.
- The group stage draws are as follows:
Group A
Spain
Scotland
Norway
Georgia
Greek Cypriot Administration
Group B
Netherlands
France
Republic of Ireland
Greece
Gibraltar
Group C
Italy
England
Ukraine
North Macedonia
Malta
Group D
Croatia
Wales
Armenia
Türkiye
Latvia
Group E
Poland
Czechia
Albania
Faroe Islands
Moldova
Group F
Belgium
Austria
Sweden
Azerbaijan
Estonia
Group G
Hungary
Serbia
Montenegro
Bulgaria
Lithuania
Group H
Denmark
Finland
Slovenia
Kazakhstan
Northern Ireland
San Marino
Group I
Switzerland
Israel
Romania
Kosovo
Belarus
Andorra
Group J
Portugal
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Iceland
Luxembourg
Slovakia
Liechtenstein