In the next few days, the first teams should secure their ticket for EURO 2024. On the other hand, for some it is already clear that they will not qualify for the European Championship.
As Germany prepares for the home European Championships next year in the USA, the DFB team will soon find out who their opponents could be at the tournament in their own country from June 14th to July 14th, 2024. More than half of the qualification is over and the first teams will already secure their ticket for the EURO. The group first and second make it immediately, three nations can then qualify via playoffs. Sportschau.de gives an overview of the decisions that have already been made and can be made now.
Group A
Scotland have won all five of their games so far and only need one more win to reach their fourth European Championship. On Thursday (October 12, 2023), the Scots will face second-placed Spain away from home, who only have to win two of their last five games. So it’s possible that all decisions in this group will be made next week. If Spain wins against Scotland and then both teams win their next game, they will be at EURO 2024.
Norway should still have hopes because Erling Haaland and Co. would have a good chance of taking part in the Nations League playoffs in March. Georgia has already secured its place there, but it is already clear for Cyprus that it will not play at the European Championships.
Group A, table arrow right
Group B
France also only needs one more win to secure their place at the EURO, but behind them there is an exciting duel for second place. The Netherlands and Greece are currently level with nine points, although the Dutch have played one game less. On Monday (October 16, 2023) there will be a direct duel in Athens, in which a (preliminary) decision could be made. Ireland and Gibraltar only have very theoretical chances.
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Group C
With England there is also a team in Group C that is quite confidently ahead. The 2021 finalist has 13 points and a win would actually mean that he would no longer be able to qualify. Italy (7 points), on the other hand, still has to stretch, is currently level on points with Ukraine and North Macedonia, but also has a game less.
The latter will meet on Saturday (October 14, 2023), where one of the pursuers will probably say goodbye to the race, although Ukraine still has a chance of making it to the playoffs. Malta has been out for a long time.
Group C, table arrow right
Group D
As confident as Croatia has been so far, it is not clear that it will be at the European Championships. On Thursday, Luka Modric’s team will face Turkey, who are tied on points and who, despite their good starting position, recently fired Stefan Kuntz as coach. And behind them lurk Armenia and Wales, only three points behind the points lost by the first two.
So there is high tension in the group. However, Croatia has the advantage of still having one more game to play than the competition. Left behind and with no chance Last is Latvia.
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Group E
A surprise is looming in this group: favorite Poland is about to be eliminated. Robert Lewandowski’s team, which has always taken part in the last four European Championship tournaments, only has six points with three games to go and is therefore a long way behind Albania (ten points) and the Czech Republic (eight and one game less).
Moldova also has eight points – but Poland still has a chance. Two wins now on the already defeated Faroe Islands and then against Moldova, then things would look better again for Lewandowski and Co. The last exit would be the Nations League playoffs, where Poland would be there.
Group E, table arrow right
Group F
At this point you can make it short: The winner of the game between Austria and Belgium on Friday (October 13th, 2023) is certain to be at the European Championships. And the other of the two only needs one more win – but only if Sweden wins all of its remaining games. So a lot would have to happen so that Austria and Belgium are not both allowed to take part in the EURO.
Otherwise, Azerbaijan has already been eliminated, as has Estonia, but is still in the playoffs.
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Group G
Things are much tighter in Group G. Hungary leads the table with ten points and one game less and can take a big step towards European Championship qualification on Saturday against Serbia (8). Behind them, Montenegro also has a good chance with eight points. Next week there will be a prestigious duel between Serbia and Montenegro – Montenegro has only been an independent state since 2006, previously both formed the common nation of Serbia-Montenegro.
Bulgaria and Lithuania, on the other hand, with only two points each, actually have no chance. Neither are qualified for the Nations League playoffs.
Group G, table arrow right
Group H
This is currently the most exciting of all qualification groups. Slovenia (13 points), Denmark (13), Finland and Kazakhstan (12 each) are fighting for the two European Championship places in one of the three groups of six – and on Saturday there will be two direct duels between Slovenia and Finland and Denmark and Kazakhstan. But even after that, everything is still open for the teams.
That probably no longer applies to Northern Ireland with only three points from six games, and especially not to pointless San Marino. Incidentally, if Kazakhstan doesn’t make it straight away, the country would still have the chance to qualify through the playoffs.
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Group I
With Switzerland (14 points), Romania (12) and Israel (11), there are three contenders for European Championship qualification. However, due to the terrorist attack on Israel by the radical Islamist group Hamas, this has initially taken a back seat and the important game between Israel and Switzerland on Thursday has been postponed.
Romania, on the other hand, can take an important step towards EURO 2024 in Belarus. Like Kosovo and Lithuania, the Belarusians only have theoretical chances. Israel would still have the opportunity to qualify from this group via the playoff detour.
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Group J
Portugal are the strongest team in the entire qualification with six wins from six games and a goal difference of 24:0, but the work is not quite done yet. Slovakia (13 points) and Luxembourg (10) could theoretically intercept Cristiano Ronaldo and Co. On Friday, Portugal can make everything clear against the Slovaks.
Even Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iceland are not completely out of the race for second place with six points, but they can’t afford any more slip-ups. With zero points, Liechtenstein has no EM ambitions whatsoever. On the other hand, they still have Luxembourg and Bosnia-Herzegovina if they don’t make it into the top two teams because they still have a chance of making it to the playoffs.
Group J, table arrow right
2023-10-10 10:55:14
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