The draw for the European Championship qualification groups for EURO 2024 will take place on October 9th. Austria will be drawn from the second pot after being relegated to the Nations League.
24 nations will take part in the European Championship 2024 in Germany. After all Nations League games have ended, the pot allocation for the upcoming European Championship qualification is now clear.
Austria could qualify for a European Championship for the third time in a row. Whether this succeeds will be decided next year. The draw for the qualifying groups will take place on October 9th. The ÖFB team is drawn from pot 2. For the national team there could be tough but also doable tasks.
The pot division in the overview
Pot 1: Netherlands, Croatia, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Portugal, Belgium, Hungary, Switzerland, Poland
Pot 2: France, AustriaCzech Republic, England, Wales, Israel, Bosnia, Serbia, Scotland, Finland
Pot 3: Ukraine, Iceland, Norway, Slovenia, Ireland, Albania, Montenegro, Romania, Sweden, Armenia
Pot 4: Georgia, Greece, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Armenia, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands, North Macedonia
Pot 5: Slovakia, Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Belarus, Lithuania, Gibraltar, Estonia, Latvia, Moldova, Malta
Pot 6: Andorra, San Marino, Liechtenstein
If the ÖFB team is drawn into a group with one of the four Nations League finalists (Netherlands, Spain, Croatia, Italy), Ralf Rangnick’s team will only have to play eight games, as these groups only consist of five teams .
All group winners and runners-up have their starting places for the European Championships secured. The remaining three places will be played out in Nations League group winners play-offs.
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