Hosts France take position one in Group A so will
not be involved in the draw, meaning Pot 1 will have five teams
allocated to the remaining groups.
The other 3 pots have 6 teams each, with one side from each pot allotted to all six groups.
• Pot 1: Spain (holders), Germany, England, Portugal, Belgium• Pot 2: Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Ukraine*
• Pot 3: Czech Republic, Sweden*, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary*
• Pot 4: Turkey, Republic of Ireland*, Iceland, Wales, Albania, Northern Ireland
In the return legs of last two play-off matches, Sweden played out an
away 2-2 draw in Denmark, for a 3-2 aggregate win. A double from Paris
Saint-Germain superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic all but killed Denmark's
chances in in Copenhagen after losing the first leg 1-2 in Solna. Yussuf
Poulsen and Jannik Vestergaard scored late in the game after trailing
their visitors for most part of the first 80 minutes at Telia Park.
Sweden have previously took part in the European Championships in 1992,
2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012.
Elsewhere in Maribor, Ukraine qualified for the continent's biggest
tournament thanks to a stoppage time goal from Dynamo Kyiv forward
Andriy Yarmolenko against Slovenia, which gave the Eastern European
nation a place in the Euro 2016 by virtue of 3-1 win. Ukraine won the
first leg 2-0 at Lviv last week. This is only the second time that
Ukraine have qualified for the coveted tournament, after 2012.
Yesterday, Hungary and Republic of Ireland qualified after beating
Norway and Bosnia and Herzegovina in their respective play-off matches.
These four teams will join hosts France, and nine group winners -
England (E), Czech Republic (A), Austria (G), Northern Ireland (F),
Portugal (I), Spain (C), Italy (H), Belgium (B), Germany (D); nine group
runner-ups - Iceland (A), Switzerland (E), Wales (B), Romania (F),
Albania (I), Poland (D), Russia (G), Slovakia (C) and Croatia (H); and
the best third-placed team during main qualifying Turkey in the June
10-July 10 tournament next year.
The draw for the tournament takes place on December 12 in Paris,
wherein France, Germany, Spain, England, Portugal and Belgium were given
top seeds.
These 24 teams will be drawn into six groups of four each. The top
two sides from each group along with the four best third-placed sides
will progress to the Round of 16, before the knock out stages.
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