Euro 2024 qualifying draw: England paired with Italy, France gets Dutch
The potential paths to Euro 2024 have been determined following Sunday's qualification draw in Frankfurt.
Italy and England - finalists in the European Championship held in 2021 - were pitted against one another in Group C. Italy will also face North Macedonia, the team that ended the Azzurri's chances of reaching the 2022 World Cup.
Elsewhere, the Netherlands and France will spar off in Group B, while Spain tries to keep Norway's Erling Haaland quiet in Group A.
Here are the qualification groups for the 24-team tournament set to be held in Germany in the summer of 2024:
Group A: Spain, Scotland, Norway, Georgia, Cyprus
Group B: Netherlands, France, Republic of Ireland, Greece, Gibraltar
Group C: Italy, England, Ukraine, North Macedonia, Malta
Group D: Croatia, Wales, Armenia, Turkey, Latvia
Group E: Poland, Czechia, Albania, Faroe Islands, Moldova
Group F: Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Azerbaijan, Estonia
Group G: Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Lithuania
Group H: Denmark, Finland, Slovenia, Kazakhstan, Northern Ireland, San Marino
Group I: Switzerland, Israel, Romania, Kosovo, Belarus, Andorra
Group J: Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Liechtenstein
The qualification group fixtures begin in March 2023 and run until November of that year. The final three Euro 2024 spots will be determined via playoffs scheduled for March 2024.