First reactions to EM tickets
National coach Julian Nagelsmann and sports director Rudi Völler reacted with satisfaction to the group draw for the home European Championships in Hamburg. “This is not a group of death, but there are no really bad opponents,” said Nagelsmann on “MagentaTV”, referring to the opponents Scotland, Hungary and Switzerland. “This is an interesting group in which we obviously want to assert ourselves.”
Sports director Rudi Völler was also satisfied, although he warned: “We are not in a situation where we disrespect any opponents or take them lightly. Those days are over.” DFB President Bernd Neuendorf even raved after the draw: “Super attractive group, great opponents.”
Nagelsmann is particularly looking forward to the first game against the Scots on June 14th: “It will be a great start, but a nice one because we expect an emotional game.” The Scots have “great fans, it will be a nice start in Munich”.
The national team will play against Hungary on June 19th in Stuttgart. “I have trained some players from Hungary and know what the players there can do. “This is a team that plays very interesting football,” said Nagelsmann about their second group opponents.
Regarding the duel against the Swiss on June 23rd in Frankfurt/Main, the former Bayern coach said: “It’s a little derby against our direct neighbors. We had that last time against Austria, where we didn’t look so good. We want to look better against Switzerland.” The DFB team lost 2-0 in Austria in the last international match of the year.
21 of 24 tickets awarded: The European Championship participants based on current squad value
Playoffs for EURO 2024: Which teams still have a chance of getting a ticket to the European Championship?
Twelve nations will fight for the three open starting places in the playoffs in March 2024. There are no more arithmetic games and “if-then constellations”; instead, the game is only played in a knockout system. In Path A Poland, Wales and Estonia are certainly represented, the fourth team still has to be determined by drawing lots.
In Path B Israel and Bosnia-Herzegovina definitely play. The Path C is already complete and includes Georgia, Greece, Kazakhstan and Luxembourg. All playoff participants will be determined in spring 2024 depending on the results in the Nations League and will then play in three semi-finals (March 21) and three finals (March 24) for participation in the UEFA EURO 2024.
In which mode will EURO 2024 be played in Germany?
The EURO 2024 tournament will be played in the same format as EURO 2020. From the six preliminary round groups, the top two group winners and the four best third-placed teams will qualify for the round of 16. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals will then be played in a knockout system. The EURO 2024 final will take place on July 14, 2024 in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
331 million euros in prize money at EURO 2024
Winning the final at the 2024 European Championship in Germany alone is worth 8 million euros. The Executive Committee of the European Football Union UEFA approved the bonus payments for next summer’s tournament on Saturday before the draw. In total, the association is paying out 331 million euros – as much as at the last Corona European Championship in 2021.
All 24 European Championship participants receive a starting bonus of 9.25 million euros, and there is 1.5 million euros for qualifying for the round of 16. Whoever reaches the quarter-finals will receive an additional 2.5 million euros. 4 million euros go to the semi-finalists, 5 million euros to the losing finalist. Each group game won brings an additional 1 million euros, each draw 500,000 euros. In the best case scenario, the European champion will receive a total of 28.25 million euros in UEFA bonuses.
It is not yet known which bonuses the German Football Association will pay out to the national team. The German players at the 2021 European Championship would each have received prize money of 400,000 euros if they won the title. The selection of the then national coach Joachim Löw came to an end in the round of 16.
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