MOSCOW, Oct 9The Ukrainian national team was in the same group with the teams of Italy and England during the draw for the qualifying tournament of the European Football Championship in 2024. The draw for the qualifying tournament was held on Sunday in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The national teams of Ukraine, Italy and England were in Group C, where the teams of North Macedonia and Malta will also play. The British and Italians faced each other in the final of the European Championship, which took place in 2021. Roberto Mancini's team won the penalty shootout. The Ukrainian national team took part in the European Championships three times (2012, 2016, 2020), before that the team could not reach the final part of the tournament. At the Euro 2021, Ukrainians reached the quarterfinals, showing their best result in history. In 2012, the national team entered the European Championship as the host of the tournament. The European Championship will be held from June 14 to July 14, 2024 in Germany. The selection will start on March 23, 2023. The top two teams from each group will advance to the European Championship. Four more teams will be selected through the playoffs, where they will go according to the results of the League of Nations. Earlier, the International Football Federation (FIFA) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) published a joint statement according to which Russian teams and clubs were suspended from participation in all international competitions at indefinite term. In mid-July, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected the appeals of the Russian Football Union (RFU), Moscow clubs CSKA and Dynamo, St. Petersburg Zenit and Sochi on the ban on participation in international competitions imposed by UEFA and FIFA. the decision not to allow the Russian team to the draw for the 2024 European Championship qualifying tournament. The results of the draw: group A — teams of Spain, Scotland, Norway, Georgia, Cyprus; group B — teams of the Netherlands, France, Ireland, Greece, Gibraltar; group D — teams of Croatia , Wales, Armenia, Turkey, Latvia; group E — national teams of Poland, Czech Republic, Albania, Faroe Islands, Moldova; group F — national teams of Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Azerbaijan, Estonia; group G — national teams of Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Lithuania; group H — national teams of Denmark, Finland, Slovenia, Kazakhstan, Northern Ireland, San Marino; group I — national teams of Switzerland, Israel, Romania, Kosovo, Belarus, Andorra; group J — national teams of Portugal, Bosnia and Herzego wine, Iceland, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Liechtenstein.
