The first edition of the European Championships will be launched on Thursday evening, 6 September. It is the first tournament of its kind in the world for national teams. The tournament comes as a result of arduous and protracted negotiations that began in 2011 between the federations of the 55 Member States of the Continental Federation of the game .
The first edition of the European Championships will be launched on Thursday evening, 6 September. It is the first tournament of its kind in the world for national teams. The tournament comes as a result of arduous and protracted negotiations that began in 2011 between the federations of the 55 Member States of the Continental Federation of the game. What is this tournament? Will it affect the traditional tournaments of the round of the old continent?
The first edition of a new spherical competition, dubbed the "European league ", will be launched on Thursday evening, the 6th of September. This European football date came after arduous and protracted negotiations between the federations of the 55 Member States of the Continental Federation of the game, which began in 2011 with the aim of increasing the experience of their teams, improving their international rankings, reducing the number of non-important international friendly matches and replacing them with more competitive meetings.
The first week of the competition will be preceded by strong matches by the French national champion of the former German-elected champion.
How will the teams be deployed ?
The national teams of the 55 countries participating in the tournament were distributed to four grades according to their ranking within the European Football Association, with the top 12 teams playing first class, followed by 12 in second class, 15 in the third class, and 16 in class. IV.
Each grade was then divided into four groups, consisting of the first and second grade groups and the first Class IV groups of three teams, while the rest of the third and fourth degree groups consisted of four teams.
The breakdown of the difference in grades and groups is as follows:
First Class:
Group 1: France, Germany, Netherlands
Group B: Belgium, Switzerland, Iceland
Group C: Portugal, Italy, Poland
Group D: Spain, England, Croatia
Second class:
First group: Slovakia, Ukraine, Czech Republic
Group B: Russia, Sweden, Turkey
Group III: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Ireland
Group D: Wales, Republic of Ireland, Denmark
Third Degree:
Group 1: Scotland, Albania, Israel
Group B: Hungary, Greece, Finland, Estonia
Group C: Slovenia, Norway, Bulgaria, Cyprus
Group IV: Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Lithuania
Grade 4:
Group I: Georgia, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Andora
Group B: Belarus, Luxembourg, Moldova, San Marino
Group III: Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands, Malta, Kosovo
Group D: Macedonia, Armenia, Liechtenstein, Gibraltar