World Cup winners France have been positioned in a ‘group of dying’ for subsequent yr’s European Championships after they had been drawn with Portugal and Germany.
On the attract Bucharest, Didier Deschamps’ males had been handed a bunch containing Cristiano Ronaldo’s reigning champions Portugal in addition to four-time World Cup winners Germany. They may even face the winners of playoff A, to be held in March.
The total draw:
Group A: Turkey, Italy, Switzerland, Wales
Group B: Denmark, Finland, Belgium, Russia
Group C: The Netherlands, Ukraine, Austria, winners playoff D (Georgia, Belarus, Macedonia, Kosovo)
Group D: England, Croatia, Czech Republic, winners playoff C (Scotland, Israel, Norway, Serbia)
Group E: Spain, Sweden, Poland, winners playoff B (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Eire, Slovakia, Republic of Eire)
Group F: Portugal, France, Germany, winners playoff A (Iceland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary)
Euro 2020 is being held throughout 12 cities in 12 nations to mark the 60th anniversary of the event.
The event kicks off on June 12 in Rome, with the ultimate being performed at Wembley Stadium in London on July 12.
Russia will host 4 matches in St. Petersburg – three group video games and one quarterfinal.
The #EURO2020 teams have been drawn! ?
Which matches are you excited for? pic.twitter.com/CU7SvtNAXq
— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) November 30, 2019
Every group might be primarily based in two cities:
Group A: Rome, Baku
Group B: St. Petersburg, Copenhagen
Group C: Amsterdam, Bucharest
Group D: London, Glasgow
Group E: Dublin, Bilbao
Group F: Munich, Budapest
Twenty groups have already certified, whereas the remaining 4 might be decided via playoffs in March.
Probably the most intriguing group is Group F, which sees World Cup winners France tackle a Germany underneath Joachim Loew who might be determined to reverse their poor exhibiting ultimately yr’s event in Russia. European Champions Portugal, additionally winners of the inaugural UEFA Nations League in the summertime, make it the event’s undoubted ‘Group of Loss of life’.
That second when Portugal, France & Germany are drawn in the identical group ?#EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/C1wtz76mRU
— UEFA EURO 2020 (@EURO2020) November 30, 2019
Because of the nature of the draw, Russia already knew they might be dealing with world quantity 1-ranked group Belgium – whom they met in qualifying – in addition to Denmark, though Finland had been drawn with them to finish Group B. The Finns might be making their first look at a significant finals.
Elsewhere, England will face Croatia, the group that beat them within the World Cup semifinal in Russia in 2018.
A resurgent Netherlands meet difficult opponents in Ukraine, though additionally they play much less fancied opposition in Austria.
The draw seems to have been form to Roberto Mancini’s Italy, one other group who missed the World Cup in Russia.
They play Turkey within the event’s opening sport in Rome on June 12, earlier than assembly Switzerland and Wales.
