For the next 30 days, the whole world will be watching one of the strongest tournaments on the planet – European Championship. Apart from the World Cup, Coppa America and AFCON, this is the most exciting competition in the world of football. For some of the participants, it’s even tougher than the World Cup (Kylian Mbappe). This addition will be played in Germany and will last from June 14th until July 14th, when we will get the new/old European champion.Who is participating?Time for some action🥳Euro 2024Im here for team England pic.twitter.com/8yfTAo0Qlm— Lietta Jacob💎 (@lietta_jay02) June 14, 2024 Apart from hosts Germany, 23 other countries qualified for this tournament: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.Who are the favorites?Lehmann: ‘England have mentality problems’As always, European giants like England and France are there at the very top. The French team is at it’s peak for years now. They were World Champions in 2018, runners-up in 2022, they also finished second in EURO 2016, but lost in Round of 16 in 2020. England is last EURO’s finalist and have the strongest team (on paper). Coach Gareth Southgate put additional pressure on himself by announcing he will step down if his team fails to win the tournament. Other strong teams are certainly Portugal, who are also at its peak with fantastic players across the board (Ronaldo, Silva, Dias, Leao, Fernandes) and they won the tournament back in 2016. Germany and Spain are record three time winners, but they both faced their setbacks in the recent years and have new coaches. However, with quality players at every position, they can always surprise just as the current champion Italy. They also have a new manager (Luciano Spalletti) and even thou they don’t have so many star players like other teams, their tactical knowledge and famous luck should put them right at the top of the pile.Where the games will be played?Mourinho predicts EURO winner, names most loyal fansThe tournament will get underway on June 14 at the 67,000-capacity Allianz Arena, with hosts Germany set to welcome Scotland to the home of Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich. The ground will host six matches in total, including one of the semi-finals on July 9. England will get their campaign underway at the 50,000-capacity Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen. England supporters will then head to the Frankfurt Arena, home of Eintracht Frankfurt, where they will face Denmark. The 47,000-seater ground was built in 1925 and will be the venue for five Euro 2024 fixtures. Next up is a trip to the River Rhine and the Cologne Stadium for their final group game against Slovenia. Famous Westfalenstadion, the Borussia Dortmund’s home will host six fixtures at Euro 2024, including a semi-final on the July 10. Fortuna Dusseldorf’s Dusseldorf Arena can hold 47,000 people and will welcome fans for five fixtures during the tournament. Hamburger SV’s Volksparkstadion (49.000 capacity) will host five Euro 2024 fixtures. The Stuttgart Arena and Leipzig Stadium will also host European teams and fans.What about the schedule?50% of Euro 2024 stadiums are club stadiums are for German second division sides. 🏟️🇩🇪• Olympic Stadium – Hertha Berlin• Volkspark Stadium – Hamburg Stadium • Aspart Arena – Fortuna Dusseldorf Stadium• Veltins Arena – Schalke Stadium• RheinEnergy Stadium – Köln Stadium pic.twitter.com/RZoDWMzp16— Ajesiwor wilberforce (@ajesiwor) June 14, 2024 The opening game will be played on Friday 14th of June between the hosts Germany and Scotland at 22h Nairobi time. In the upcoming days, there will be three games per day, at 16, at 19, and at 22h. The Round 3, as the last round before the elimination games will be played at the same time (19 or 22h) on June 25th and 26th. After a two day break, Round of 16 is starting on 29th of June, while the quarter-finals is reserved to July 5th. The final will be played on July 14th at 22h at the Olympiastadion, Berlin (capacity 74,475).EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP – GROUP STAGEFriday22.00: (1.30) Germany (5.20) Scotland (11.0)Saturday16.00: (3.20) Hungary (3.30) Switzerland (2.30)19.00: (1.90) Spain (3.50) Croatia (4.20)22.00: (1.42) Italy (4.30) Albania (8.50)Sunday 16.00: (5.70) Poland (3.80) Netherlands (1.63)19.00: (5.00) Slovenia (3.50) Denmark (1.75)22.00: (7.50) Serbia (4.40) England (1.50)***odds are subject to change***
