2023-11-23 02:11:36
They all already have an appointment at the start of summer 2024 in Germany. In this long race for the qualifiers, 20 countries did well by finishing among the first two places in the ten groups. Germany, as the host country, already had its ticket assured for its competition, which will take place from June 14 to July 14.
The 21 qualified countries: Germany, Spain, Scotland, France, Netherlands, England, Italy, Turkey, Croatia, Albania, Czech Republic, Belgium, Austria, Hungary, Serbia, Denmark, Slovenia, Romania, Switzerland, Portugal and Slovakia.
In detail, Portugal managed to achieve a flawless performance in these qualifiers by winning in each match, enough to offer the Portuguese the status of top seed and hat 1. The Blues, who will also be top seeds and in hat 1, signed the biggest success of this group phase with a festival (14-0) against Gibraltar this Saturday, and validated their first place in the group ahead of the Netherlands. Cristiano Ronaldo’s teammates have only conceded two small goals (against Slovakia) in ten games.
For the rest of the first groups, Spain, England, Belgium easily dominated their opponents also included in hat 1. Among the other more surprising qualifiers who will make up hats 2, 3 and 4, Albania has finished first in their group ahead of the Czech Republic and sent Poland to the play-offs.
Hungary also came out on top of its group, still 4 points ahead of Serbia. Denmark and Slovenia escaped a tricky six-way group with Finland, Kazakhstan and Northern Ireland.
Italy, reigning European champion, qualified at the last minute
As for the last nations to take their place, Italy qualified at the last minute against Ukraine by scoring a draw (0-0) against their opponent while Croatia validated its ticket thanks to its victory against Armenia (1-0).
But all is not over for those who missed their place. Three tickets still remain to be distributed during the play-offs at the end of March. Twelve countries are still in the race: Poland, Wales, Israel, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ukraine, Iceland, Finland, Greece, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Georgia and Estonia.
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