Euro 2024 group stage draw

[Hibbyradge]

Happening now 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[SteveHFC]

Get on with it.

[Hibbyradge]

Bbc 2

[blackpoolhibs]

Happening now 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I will turn the tv on about 7.30 to catch the action.:greengrin

[Hibbyradge]

Get on with it.

I'm not doing it!

[JoeT]

Anyone else thinking it's strange this is all in English?

[cabbageandribs1875]

it's going to be Group C eh :greengrin


or maybe even Group A :) opening game again

[JoeT]

Nice

[SteveHFC]

A2 gonna be expensive as hell.

[green day]

A2 gonna be expensive as hell.

Opening game, Munich !

[Betty Boop]

Germany v Scotland opening match

[SteveHFC]

Germany
Hungary
Switzerland

It is.

[cabbageandribs1875]

please don't let it be Italy

[SHODAN]

Decent. Outside chance of round 2.

[BILLYHIBS]

Think it’s coming to a climax now :greengrin

[HH81]

That guy who did fa cup draw sex noise is doing it again. Live on YouTube.

[JohnM1875]

Think it’s coming to a climax now :greengrin

😂

[Itsnoteasy]

Someone will get their 4rse felt

[cabbageandribs1875]

Groups E & F don't have any ties i'll go out of my way to watch :) or even Englands group

[SteveHFC]

Opening game, Munich !

Will need to be online soon as they go on sale for the cheap ticket.

[MKHIBEE]

I fly out as we play Germany. Need to change to an earlier date. Got 1 ticket for France v Play off B winner in Dortmund

[sleeping giant]

Anyone else hearing that haha

[Stairway 2 7]

Anyone know our game dates and cities

[Billy Whizz]

Does runner up in Group A, play winner of Group B, in the next round

[BILLYHIBS]

Opening match Germany v Scotland 14th June

[cabbageandribs1875]

27440

[JammyDoidger]

Second game Swiss in cologne 19th?

[Stairway 2 7]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland's draw in full...

🗓️ Jun 14 - Germany, Munich
🗓️ Jun 23 - Hungary, Stuttgart
🗓️ Jun 19 - Switzerland, Cologne

[JPrinty]

Second game Swiss in cologne 19th?

Sure is! I got tickets for that game in the lottery. Absolutely buzzing!

[neil7908]

BBC saying very very tough but I'm not sure about that one. Germany are home but they are really poor at the moment.

Hungary and the Swiss will be hard games but both winnable.

[JammyDoidger]

Sure is! I got tickets for that game in the lottery. Absolutely buzzing!

Unreal mate, some luck. Enjoy yourself, I'm In dusselforf 13th-20th just delighted in close by!

[SteveHFC]

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[JPrinty]

Unreal mate, some luck. Enjoy yourself, I'm In dusselforf 13th-20th just delighted in close by!

I know, decided to make Cologne our base so has worked out perfectly

[Hibs90]

https://x.com/AFC_Ryy/status/1731007843686371676?s=20

[Irish_Steve]

Was someone watching something they shouldn’t have been, there was some strange moaning sounds lol

[Pretty Boy]

We arrive into Frankfurt at 3.50 on the Friday.

Debating on whether to just watch it in Frankfurt or get the 5.15 flight down to Munich.

My tickets are for Belgium v Slovakia which is decent without being spectacular.

We'll be clearing out of Frankfurt on the Friday just as the England fans descend for their 2nd group game.

[Pretty Boy]

Groups E & F don't have any ties i'll go out of my way to watch :) or even Englands group

Turkey v Greece is a very real possibility in Group F. That would be tasty.

With the size of the Turkish population in Germany the atmosphere would be unreal.

[Paul1642]

I think we’ve an actually got one of the best draws out of the 3rd seed teams.

[Musselbound]

BBC saying very very tough but I'm not sure about that one. Germany are home but they are really poor at the moment.

Hungary and the Swiss will be hard games but both winnable.

Any draw would've been tough for Scotland but it could certainly have been worse. I'd have preferred to avoid the hosts at least in the opening game. Lose that and we're already up against it. Other games winnable as you say but would rather have had one of them first to get a point or 3 on the board.

[cabbageandribs1875]

Turkey v Greece is a very real possibility in Group F. That would be tasty.

With the size of the Turkish population in Germany the atmosphere would be unreal.


that would be their opening game as well


Turkey vs Georgia/Greece/Kazakhstan/Luxembourg (Dortmund)

[JPrinty]

Ticket Portal apparently back open.

[oneone73]

Hopefully the games that are through the week will be played in the evenings? Just thinking about having to book days off.

[Dalianwanda]

Koln stadium is class..Saw them beatin leverkusen there..brilliant dive bars scattered about too.

[Since90+2]

Turns out the tickets we got in the lottery are Hungary v Scotland.

[WeAreHibs]

Turns out the tickets we got in the lottery are Hungary v Scotland.

Class!

Just booked flights and hotel for that weekend.

[Wembley67]

Ridic prices already, £2k for 4 nights...nah. might fly to Hungary and drive up 👍

[Stairway 2 7]

Ticket Portal apparently back open.

Yeah just checked, not sure what these tickets are

[JPrinty]

Yeah just checked, not sure what these tickets are

I'd imagine that it's the remaining tickets after you take out the 10000 for each team and the tickets sold from the first wave. Must have deliberately kept back tickets for this purpose of making them available for other fans of the teams involved

[SHODAN]

Applied for all three games in the latest lottery. Here's hoping.

[MagicSwirlingShip]

Applied again, didn’t even realise there was another lottery, here’s hoping!

[Stairway 2 7]

I'd imagine that it's the remaining tickets after you take out the 10000 for each team and the tickets sold from the first wave. Must have deliberately kept back tickets for this purpose of making them available for other fans of the teams involved

Cheers, yeah your probably right makes sense

[CropleyWasGod]

Applied for all three games in the latest lottery. Here's hoping.

Gone for the Germany game, to right an old wrong......

Still smarting from 98, when I got tickets for the Brazil game in the ballot, but had to turn them down :rolleyes:

[Pretty Boy]

Stuck in an application for the Germany game because you never know. Also applied for the Netherlands opening game in Hamburg.

[Mr Grieves]

Turns out the tickets we got in the lottery are Hungary v Scotland.

Nice, the Stuttgart stadium is class

[CallumLaidlaw]

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[1875Sean]

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Seen that on the uefa site, decent they are all night games

[Moulin Yarns]

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What tv channel will be showing them?

[SteveHFC]

What tv channel will be showing them?

BBC or ITV.

[Stairway 2 7]

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Yep games here, website is German time so plus 1 hour
https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/0275-151eb1c333ea-d30deec67b13-1000--uefa-euro-2024-fixtures-when-and-where-are-the-matches/

[GreenNWhiteArmy]

No reason why we can't get out that group tbh

There will be HUGE pressure on Germany in that opener

[Leithenhibby]

How long is the ticket portal open for the 2nd batch in the lottery?

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[CallumLaidlaw]

How long is the ticket portal open for the 2nd batch in the lottery?

[emoji106][emoji2528]

Til the 12th. Find out end of January.


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[Leithenhibby]

Til the 12th. Find out end of January.


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Cheers 👍

[MountcastleHibs]

We’re flying Manchester-Munich on the morning of the 14th. Two night stay, back to Manchester the 16th. 500 quid for flights and hotel. Manchester and Birmingham flights to Munich a lot cheaper than Scottish airports.

[BS44]

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That's a lot of drinking time before all of the Scotland games, good luck to anyone who is on the German beer then going to each of the matches!

[Baader]

No reason why we can't get out that group tbh

There will be HUGE pressure on Germany in that opener

It's a good draw with a Pot A side. Germany have been poor since they won the world cup. If they weren't hosts their recent form would not have them a Pot A side.

They won't have played a competitive match in 2 years by the time we face them and the pressure is on them. Years ago that never mattered but they just don't have the same quality of player right now. It's still a big ask but we can get something from it.

[Col2]

I think it’s an almost perfect draw for us.

Germany are arguable the weakest pot a team and having them in tournament opener will be brilliant. I can see us getting a draw from it.

Hungary and Switzerland are 50:50 type games so every chance of qualifying given 16 of 24 teams get through.

[JohnM1875]

Difficult group. I’d always want to avoid the hosts. Hungary on an unbelievable run the last few years and Switzerland are just a solid well drilled team. Saying that, we’re winning the whole thing!

[B.H.F.C]

I think it’s an almost perfect draw for us.

Germany are arguable the weakest pot a team and having them in tournament opener will be brilliant. I can see us getting a draw from it.

Hungary and Switzerland are 50:50 type games so every chance of qualifying given 16 of 24 teams get through.

No sure about that. I think it could have been a lot worse, but no near perfect.

Pot 1 team are always likely to beat us. Agree Germany nothing special but playing them as hosts, in the opening game makes it harder.

Hungary is a decent draw from that Pot. Won their group, but it was a poor group.a

Switzerland not a good draw from Pot 4. Experienced and done well in tournaments and they’ll have a lot of support there as well.

We can certainly compete but nowhere near perfect IMO.

[MartinfaePorty]

When we played Germany in Dortmund a few years ago, I sold the ticket I had for the away end, as my brother wasn't then a member of the SSC and got us 2 tickets for the home end. Fantastic stadium and was made very welcome by the German fans and had a great time, although when Neil McCann scored to get us to 2-1 down I had to apologise for going a bit nuts!

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[Col2]

No sure about that. I think it could have been a lot worse, but no near perfect.

Pot 1 team are always likely to beat us. Agree Germany nothing special but playing them as hosts, in the opening game makes it harder.

Hungary is a decent draw from that Pot. Won their group, but it was a poor group.a

Switzerland not a good draw from Pot 4. Experienced and done well in tournaments and they’ll have a lot of support there as well.

We can certainly compete but nowhere near perfect IMO.

In Pot 1 IMHO weakest team, Pot 2 we could have got Denmark or Turkey. Hungary will be tough but nothing more. Pot 4 could have been Italy. Granted if we have got a play off team then maybe but we could have got Czech (on a par with the Swiss). Germans pressure on first game, usually a cagey game.

So maybe Germany, Albania and play off C as absolutely perfection but what are then odds? We had a tougher qualifying group that this draw.

[Onceinawhile]

We've got as much chance as getting 9/9 as 0/9.

There's no gimmes, but similarly, no walkover game.

See what happens.

[MartinfaePorty]

The best thing is we're going abroad to a country that loves football. This'll be my 4th tournament and only my 2nd outside the UK: WC98, Euro96, Euro20, and the next Euros are here as well! Wish I'd gone to Sweden 92. My pals have some fantastic memories of that tournament!

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[B.H.F.C]

In Pot 1 IMHO weakest team, Pot 2 we could have got Denmark or Turkey. Hungary will be tough but nothing more. Pot 4 could have been Italy. Granted if we have got a play off team then maybe but we could have got Czech (on a par with the Swiss). Germans pressure on first game, usually a cagey game.

So maybe Germany, Albania and play off C as absolutely perfection but what are then odds? We had a tougher qualifying group that this draw.

As I say, I think it could have been a hell of a lot worse but still don’t think near perfect, and definitely not easier than the qualifying group.

Switzerland have been to the knockout stages of multiple tournaments on the bounce. Good to avoid Italy in pot 4 but they were next worse, Crap draw from that pot when you see what you could have had.

Don’t think it’s too dissimilar to the draw in 2020. Hungary is the one we really need to look to win.

[davhibby]

As I say, I think it could have been a hell of a lot worse but still don’t think near perfect, and definitely not easier than the qualifying group.

Switzerland have been to the knockout stages of multiple tournaments on the bounce. Good to avoid Italy in pot 4 but they were next worse, Crap draw from that pot when you see what you could have had.

Don’t think it’s too dissimilar to the draw in 2020. Hungary is the one we really need to look to win.

Think you may have this the wrong way around.
Hungary were probably the best pot 2 side, won their group and beat England 4-0 away last year in the Nations League. They’ve been on an upward trajectory since the last euros where they held their own in the group of death.
Switzerland on the other hand looked poor at the WC last year and won just 2 of their last 8 qualifiers - both against Andorra. If we’re going to qualify then we’ll need to beat Switzerland and see what we can do in the other two games

[SteveHFC]

The best thing is we're going abroad to a country that loves football. This'll be my 4th tournament and only my 2nd outside the UK: WC98, Euro96, Euro20, and the next Euros are here as well! Wish I'd gone to Sweden 92. My pals have some fantastic memories of that tournament!

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This will be my first one, buzzing for it.

[Trinity Hibee]

This will be my first one, buzzing for it.

Same.

I’ve got Spain Italy in the lottery too.

[Stairway 2 7]

Notice Germany are putting on thousands of night trains. I'll need it after the Stuttgart game, Koln is just a quick hop from Dusseldorf for the second game. Missing the first game but delighted I'll be there for two, especially as my mates were saying we were off our heads booking in June after the Georgia game

[CallumLaidlaw]

Notice Germany are putting on thousands of night trains. I'll need it after the Stuttgart game, Koln is just a quick hop from Dusseldorf for the second game. Missing the first game but delighted I'll be there for two, especially as my mates were saying we were off our heads booking in June after the Georgia game

Yeah same here regarding getting back to Düsseldorf after Stuttgart. Good 4 hours so will be an interesting journey back [emoji23]


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[Since90+2]

Honestly wouldn't surprise me if we beat Germany in the tournament opener then lost the next two and went out.

[B.H.F.C]

Think you may have this the wrong way around.
Hungary were probably the best pot 2 side, won their group and beat England 4-0 away last year in the Nations League. They’ve been on an upward trajectory since the last euros where they held their own in the group of death.
Switzerland on the other hand looked poor at the WC last year and won just 2 of their last 8 qualifiers - both against Andorra. If we’re going to qualify then we’ll need to beat Switzerland and see what we can do in the other two games

You could also saySwitzerland got to the last 16 of the last World Cup and only lost once in the qualifiers. It’s definitely not the best of draws from that pot. Overall I think the draw could have been a lot worse and the Hungary and Switzerland games are definitely winnable.

[Pretty Boy]

Notice Germany are putting on thousands of night trains. I'll need it after the Stuttgart game, Koln is just a quick hop from Dusseldorf for the second game. Missing the first game but delighted I'll be there for two, especially as my mates were saying we were off our heads booking in June after the Georgia game

We have decided just to stay in Frankfurt for the Germany game. Sure the atmosphere will be jumping.

On the off chance we get tickets in the new lottery the plan is to fly down (we don't arrive in Frankfurt until 3 and that's too tight for trains) and then night train it back.

[Stairway 2 7]

We have decided just to stay in Frankfurt for the Germany game. Sure the atmosphere will be jumping.

On the off chance we get tickets in the new lottery the plan is to fly down (we don't arrive in Frankfurt until 3 and that's too tight for trains) and then night train it back.

It'll be amazing in all the cities each night, genuinely can't wait to just watch random games . I was reading each city has 3 fan parks each. The smallest is 40k the biggest is 80k, all with multiple big screens and stages with live music ect. Says they are free and non ticketed too

[JimBHibees]

It'll be amazing in all the cities each night, genuinely can't wait to just watch random games . I was reading each city has 3 fan parks each. The smallest is 40k the biggest is 80k, all with multiple big screens and stages with live music ect. Says they are free and non ticketed too

Yep looking forward to that. Will be a great experience with loads of fans from all over imo.

[JimBHibees]

We have decided just to stay in Frankfurt for the Germany game. Sure the atmosphere will be jumping.

On the off chance we get tickets in the new lottery the plan is to fly down (we don't arrive in Frankfurt until 3 and that's too tight for trains) and then night train it back.

We are in Frankfurt have only got tickets for one of the games in Dortmund but will just enjoy. Not sure about the Denmark England game could be a challenge :greengrin

[Pretty Boy]

We are in Frankfurt have only got tickets for one of the games in Dortmund but will just enjoy. Not sure about the Denmark England game could be a challenge :greengrin

Thankfully we are leaving Frankfurt on the Wednesday so will be shipping out just as they arrive (I'm certain the vast majority of England fans will be brand new but there will be that visible minority). Got tickets for Belgium v Slovakia on the Monday in Frankfurt.

I've only been to Germany twice before but both times I have absolutely loved it. Great people, great beer and great football. It's almost impossible not to have a good time there.

[BS44]

Was someone watching something they shouldn’t have been, there was some strange moaning sounds lol

Aye!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67606049

[GreenCastle]

Germany 2006 was incredible.

The beer gardens and big screens were brilliant.

The stadium in Munich is probably one of the best I’ve ever been to.

Even the transport was really simple using underground to the games.

[Pretty Boy]

Germany 2006 was incredible.

The beer gardens and big screens were brilliant.

The stadium in Munich is probably one of the best I’ve ever been to.

Even the transport was really simple using underground to the games.

Was it proper German beer or is there some sponsorship deal with Budweiser or something for the fanzones?

[Stairway 2 7]

Was it proper German beer or is there some sponsorship deal with Budweiser or something for the fanzones?

It's Bitburger next year👌

https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/0285-18f402c937f2-9f8f466cd58b-1000--bitburger-becomes-official-national-partner-of-uefa-euro/

[Pretty Boy]

It's Bitburger next year👌

https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/0285-18f402c937f2-9f8f466cd58b-1000--bitburger-becomes-official-national-partner-of-uefa-euro/


Nice.

We are staying right next door to a Paulaner beer garden so daresay we will give them a fair bit of custom for a few days.

[GreenCastle]

Was it proper German beer or is there some sponsorship deal with Budweiser or something for the fanzones?

The local beer gardens had local beers and pretzels etc.

I assume the officia fan zones will have sponsors.

My tip would be go to the local beer gardens - the atmosphere was brilliant.

[hibby rae]

Does anyone know if the new ballot is for newcomers as well or just those of use who had registered by the original deadline?

[hibby rae]

Notice Germany are putting on thousands of night trains. I'll need it after the Stuttgart game, Koln is just a quick hop from Dusseldorf for the second game. Missing the first game but delighted I'll be there for two, especially as my mates were saying we were off our heads booking in June after the Georgia game

They did that when I saw Springsteen near Mannheim last summer, it was still a bit of a nightmare tbh and took longer than expected, DB can Scotrail it with the best of them sometimes!

Trains ran late, and were scheduled for every 20 mins but lots of no shows.

[Del Boy]

Does anyone know if the new ballot is for newcomers as well or just those of use who had registered by the original deadline?

Anyone

[Billy Whizz]

UEFA EURO 2024 prize money

The amount for distribution to the participating teams is confirmed at the same level as for UEFA EURO 2020, i.e. a total of €331 million. The distribution key will also be maintained as follows:

• Participating fee: €9.25m

• Match bonus: €1.0m for a win and €500,000 for a draw

• Qualification to the round of 16: €1.5m

• Qualification to the quarter-finals: €2.5m

• Qualification to the semi-finals: €4m

• The runners-up will receive an additional payment of €5m

• The 2024 European champions will receive an extra payment of €8m

The maximum amount that the champion team may achieve, if they will have won all three of their group matches, is €28.25m.

[Paul1642]

Around €12.25 million euros if we can get though the group with a proximity 4 points which would probably be enough as one of the 4 3rd placed teams that will through.

A fair bit of money for the SFA to hopefully invest wisely and really shows the importance of us continuing to qualify for future tournaments if we want to keep up with other nations.

Also shows how unlikely major work to Hampden is given that it would take being tournament winners to come close to funding serious work.

[Keith_M]

This might surprise some people but there's been a very positive reaction in Germany to being drawn to play Scotland.

Not so much for the team but for the visit of the Tartan Army.