Euro 2024: France To Face Netherlands As Spain Battle Italy

Defending champions Italy have been drawn in Group B of the Euro 2024 Championship, where they will face two-time champions Spain, who won the competition in 2008 and 2012.

Back-to-back World Cup semifinalists Croatia and Albania make up the final team in Group B.

The draw for next summer’s Euro 2024 in Germany took place on Saturday night and had a total of 21 teams who have already qualified for the tournament, with a further three places still up for grabs through a playoff tournament to be played in March.

2022 World Cup runners up France will play in Group D, where they will face Netherlands, Austria and the winners of Playoff A (Poland, Wales, Finland, Estonia).

England, still seeking their first major title since 1966, were drawn in Group C alongside Denmark, Slovenia and Serbia.

Hosts Germany were drawn out of Pot 1 into Group A and they will kick off the tournament against Scotland, with further group matches against Hungary and Switzerland.

Earlier on Saturday, UEFA announced the prize money for Euro 2024, in which the winner will collect an extra payout of €8 million ($8.70m) on top of their participation fee of €9.25m.

Teams will also receive a match bonus of €1m for wins and €500,000 for draws. There will be further rewards for teams that qualify for the Round of 16, quarterfinals and semifinals stages.

“The amount for distribution to the participating teams is confirmed at the same level as for … Euro 2020, i.e. a total of €331m,” UEFA said.

“The maximum amount that the champion team may achieve, if they will have won all three of their group matches, is €28.25m,” it added.

See Complete Euro 2024 Draw:

GROUP A: Germany (hosts), Scotland, Hungary, Switzerland.

GROUP B: Spain, Croatia, Italy, Albania.

GROUP C: Slovenia, Denmark, Serbia, England.

GROUP D: Play-off winner A, (Poland/Wales/Finland/Estonia), Netherlands, Austria, France.

GROUP E: Belgium, Slovakia, Romania, Play-off winner B (Israel/Bosnia/Ukraine/Iceland).

GROUP F: Turkey, Play-off winner C (Georgia/Greece/Kazakhstan/Luxembourg), Portugal, Czech Republic.