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UEFA Draw Euro 2020 Qualification Groups

UEFA Draw Euro 2020 Qualification Groups

Euro 2020 will take place across Europe with fixtures in Scotland, England, Spain, Azerbaijan, Germany and several other countries.

Ryan Sidle

Ryan Sidle

England have already got a guaranteed play-off game to qualify for Euro 2020 but on Sunday they found out who they would play against in order to avoid needing that game.

Back in the summer Gareth Southgate and his men nearly brought football home, of course if football was actually the friends we made along the way then it did come home, or more like the enemies considering how irked everyone was by the song.

Next summer once more the Three Lions have the chance to bring football home when they play in the semi finals of the first UEFA Nations League.

If they once again just fall short then Southgate's Soldiers will have a third summer in a row to get it to come back to where it belongs in Euro 2020.

Now they know who they'll face in the qualifiers:

England's group in the Euro qualifiers. Image: UEFA
England's group in the Euro qualifiers. Image: UEFA

Topping their Nations League group means that England, like neighbours Scotland, actually have two chances to qualify for the Euros.

The top two from each group will qualify automatically but if the Three Lions do somehow fail in their group of five then they will go into a play off.

All four teams who will play in Portugal next summer in the Nations League were given groups of five, as were Croatia, but the rest of the groups are teams of six.

Germany's failure in the newest international tournament, being relegated from a group including Netherlands and France, meant they dropped into the second seeds and they were once again paired with their fiercest rivals Netherlands. That group also includes Northern Ireland.

Wales face World Cup finalists Croatia, Scotland, who also have a play-off to look forward to if they don't qualify, are joined by Belgium and Russia and Republic of Ireland are up against Switzerland and Denmark, who beat them in qualification for last summer's World Cup.

Holders Portugal also topped their group in the Nations League and will face Ukraine, Serbia, Lithuania and Luxembourg as they try and defend their title.

The semi finals and final will be held at Wembley. It's coming home one way or another, whether you like it or not.

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Ryan is a writer for SPORTbible. He covers all sport from football, formula one, cricket, rugby, tennis, athletics, mma and wrestling. He obviously hates YOUR football team and has no interest in synchronised swimming.

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