YOUR GUIDE TO DRAW FOR EURO QUALIFIERS
TOMORROW England find out who their opponents will be in Euro 2020 qualification.
They are already guaranteed a play-off spot after winning their Nations League group, but can qualify automatically by finishing in the top two of their qualifying group. The draw will take place at 11am in Dublin.
HOW DOES DRAW WORK?
The 55 teams will be drawn from six pots — plus the Nations League pot which England will be in — into 10 qualifying groups: five groups of five teams and five groups of six teams.
The four Nations League finalists will be in five-team groups. The top two teams from each group will qualify for Euro 2020.
WHO IS IN EACH POT?
Nations League pot — ENGLAND, Portugal, Holland, Switzerland. Pot 1 — Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Poland. Pot 2 — Germany, Iceland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Austria, WALES, Czech Republic. Pot 3 — Slovakia, Turkey, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, NORTHERN IRELAND, SCOTLAND, Norway, Serbia, Finland, Bulgaria, Israel. Pot 4 — Hungary, Romania, Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Cyprus, Estonia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Georgia.
Pot 5 — Macedonia, Kosovo, Belarus, Luxembourg, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Gibraltar, Faroe Islands.
Pot 6 — Latvia, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Malta, San Marino.
WHAT’S THE BEST DRAW FOR ENGLAND?
Austria, Norway, Cyprus, Gibraltar.
AND THE WORST DRAW?
Germany, Turkey, Greece, Macedonia.
WHO HOSTS EURO 2020?
There are 12 host cities: London, Baku, Copenhagen, Munich, Budapest, Rome, Amsterdam, Dublin, Bucharest, St Petersburg, Glasgow and Bilbao.
WHEN ARE THE QUALIFIERS PLAYED?
There are two games in March, two in September, two in October and two in November — plus two in June for the six-team groups, when England will be contesting the Nations League finals instead.
AND THE PLAY-OFFS?
With 20 teams qualifying from the 10 groups, the final four places at the Euros will be filled by play-off winners. The 16 teams who won their Nations League groups are guaranteed a play- off spot. If a Nations League group winner finishes in the top two of their Euros qualification group, their play-off place will go to the next-best ranked team from the Nations League who have not already qualified for the tournament. P.S. On Monday at 1.30pm we find out who England will face in the Nations League semi-final.