All of them already have an appointment at the beginning of summer 2024 in Germany. In this long qualifying race, 20 countries performed well by securing the top two places in the ten groups. Germany, as the host country, has already secured a ticket to participate in the competition that will be held from June 14 to July 14.
The 21 eligible 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 every match, which is enough to give the Portuguese the position of first seed and Cap 1. The Blues, who will also be the first seed and hold Cap 1, signed the biggest success of this group stage with the festival (14-0) against Gibraltar on Saturday, ensuring they secure first place in the group ahead of the Netherlands. Cristiano Ronaldo’s teammates have conceded just two goals (against Slovakia) in ten matches.
For the rest of the top groups, Spain, England and Belgium easily dominated their opponents also included in the top cap. Among the other, more surprising qualifiers that will make up Caps 2, 3 and 4, Albania finished first in its group, ahead of Group A. The Czech Republic sent Poland to the qualifiers.
Hungary also topped its group, 4 points ahead of Serbia. Denmark and Slovenia emerged from a difficult six-party group with Finland, Kazakhstan and Northern Ireland.
Italy, the European champion, qualified at the last minute
As for the last team to qualify for the qualifiers, Italy qualified at the last minute against Ukraine by scoring a draw (0-0) against its rival, while Croatia secured its ticket thanks to its victory over Armenia (1-0).
But all is not over for those who missed out. Three tickets still need to be distributed during the qualifiers at the end of March. 12 countries are still in the running: Poland, Wales, Israel, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Iceland, Finland, Greece, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Georgia and Estonia.
