Today, the Romanian national football team will meet their rivals in the preliminary match of the 2024 European Championship, which is hosted by Germany. “Tricolor” have reached the third round of the draw, which will take place at 13:00 (Romanian time) at the Festhalle Frankfurt.

After the draw, 7 groups of 5 teams each and 3 groups of 6 teams will be created. The scorecards were compiled based on the 2022-23 Nations League hierarchy.

The winners of the 4 groups from League A in the Nations League will be in a special urn and divided into groups of 5 players.

Euro 2024, what the lottery boxes look like

UNL Urn: Netherlands, Croatia, Spain, Italy

Box 1: Denmark, Portugal, Belgium, Hungary, Switzerland, Poland

Block 2: France, Austria, Czech Republic, England, Wales, Israel, Bosnia, Serbia, Scotland, Finland

Urna 3: Ukraine, Iceland, Norway, Slovenia, Ireland, Albania, Montenegro, Romania, Sweden, Armenia

Block 4: Georgia, Greece, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands, North Macedonia

Block 5: Slovakia, Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Belarus, Lithuania, Gibraltar, Estonia, Latvia, Moldova, Malta

Urn 6: Andorra, San Marino, Liechtenstein.

Know:

• According to the UEFA procedure, the following pairs are not possible: Armenia-Azerbaijan, Belarus-Ukraine, Gibraltar-Spain, Kosovo-Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo-Serbia.

• In addition, due to climatic conditions, no group will be able to contain more than two teams from the following list: Belarus, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway.

• Other restrictions related to too large distances will be activated in groups where Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Iceland will be.

What does a hell group look like for tricolors

Romania could end up in the same group as the football powers of the Old Continent, one of the most difficult options being the option where the tricolors will be next to Spain and France. If we add Turkey and Slovakia, we will get a qualifying group of five teams, from which it is difficult to qualify for Euro-2024.

Spain, France (England), Romania, Turkey, Slovakia

A possible hell group of six teams could look like this: Spain, France, Romania, Turkey, Belarus, Liechtenstein.

At the opposite pole, the available qualification group (if there is one for the tricolor) could look like this: Hungary (Poland), Israel (Finland), Romania, Faroe Islands, Malta (Moldova), Andorra (Liechtenstein).

When will the qualifying matches for Euro-2024 take place

The matches of the EURO 2024 qualifying tournament will take place between March and November 2023, and 20 qualification matches will be determined. A further 3 representative teams will earn a place in the final tournament following the Nations League play-offs in March 2024.

First stage: March 23-25, 2023

II stage: March 26-28, 2023

III stage: June 16-17, 2023

IV stage: June 19-20, 2023

Stage V: September 7-9, 2023

VI stage: September 10-12, 2023

VII stage: October 12-14, 2023

VIII stage: October 15-17, 2023

IX stage: October 16-18, 2023

Stage X: November 19-21, 2023.