The 17th European Championships are getting closer. We know the composition of the Euro 2024 groups

As of now, we know the 21/24 participants for the European Football Championship, which will take place this summer in ten German cities - Berlin, Munich, Dortmund, Cologne, Hamburg, Gelsenkirchen, Leipzig, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Dusseldorf. The other three finalists will be determined by the March play-offs, while the composition of the individual groups for the final tournament is already known (the winners of the play-offs will simply be assigned to the respective group).

Euro 2024 Groups

• Group A: Germany, Hungary, Scotland, Switzerland
• Group B: Spain, Albania, Croatia, Italy
• Group C: England, Denmark, Slovenia, Serbia
• Group D: France, Austria, Netherlands, bar A (Poland, Wales, Finland, Estonia)
• Group E: Belgium, Romania, Slovakia, leg B (Israel, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Iceland)
• Group F: Portugal, Turkey, Czech Republic, Bar C (Georgia, Greece, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg)

It is already clear that there will be no shortage of excitement and, from the start of the group stage, we will be witnesses to some fantastic matches. It should be interesting, for example, in Group B, where Spain will face Italy and Croatia, and in Group C with the English, the Danes and the unpredictable Serbs.

Group D seems to be strong, with France, Austria and the Netherlands (Poland, led by Robert Lewandowski, may join them in the play-offs). Group F, with Portugal, Turkey and the Czechs, should also be full of interesting matches.

The new European champion will be announced on 14 July in Berlin. The title won at Euro 2020 (played in... 2021) will be defended by the Italians, and as many as 51 matches will have to be played to find out the winner of Euro 2024.

Bookmaker betting on Euro 2024 - where to bet?

We have no doubt that there will be huge interest in betting on Euro 2024 matches. The best online operators today are companies with a gigantic international reach, as evidenced by the presence of bookmaker companies on the shirts and advertising banners of every second team in the Premier League.

The offer of online bookmakers is already bursting at the seams, and betting on the fact that there will be even more odds and bonuses on the eve of the World Cup is a kind of bookmaker's "sure thing". It is possible to bet not only on individual matches and group results, but also on the winners of the entire tournament, as well as the Euro 2024 top scorer.

Who will win the European Championships? Euro 2024 favourites

As usual in this type of event, there will be at least a few teams competing for the title. Who will be the favourites at Euro 2024, and which team is considered the dark horse of the event? For this purpose, we have taken a look at the predictions of the obstawianie-meczy.net experts, who have made several selections and indicated the teams that could fight for gold in the summer of 2024. Remember to only play with bookmakers who are legal in your country.

In the first place, they name the English and the French. The Gareth Southgate-led team came close to winning the previous Euros, but the Italians won the final at Wembley on penalties to take the title. France also lost the final on penalties, only for the tri-colours to be marginally beaten by Argentina at the Qatar World Cup, and now Mbappe and co. are predicting a march for gold.

The hosts of Euro 2024, Germany, are somewhat of an outright favourite for the title. The country's national team did not participate in the qualifiers, and their poor form in friendly matches led the German federation to sack Hansi Flick, who was replaced by the young Julian Nagelsmann. Analysts setting the bookmaker's odds for Euro 2024 also do not underestimate the Spaniards, who had a brilliant qualifying campaign and are expected to win their first title since 2012 with a mixture of routine and youth.

In naming the Euro 2024 favourites, it is impossible not to mention the Portuguese national team. After an unsuccessful performance in Qatar, Fernando Santos was replaced by Roberto Martinez, who changed the game of Cristiano Ronaldo and Co. as if by magic. The Portuguese were by far the best team in the qualifiers, winning all 10 matches in a tough group against Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iceland and Slovakia, and their goal difference of 36:2 speaks for itself.

So much for the favourites. And whose victory at Euro 2024 would be regarded as the biggest surprise? We do not yet know the finalists, but of the teams that will definitely play at the European Championships, the outsider at the moment is the Albanian team, which left the Czechs and Poles behind in the qualifiers and will face Spain, Italy and Croatia at the tournament, and any point gained in this group of death would be a big surprise.