EURO 2024 schedule: Waiting for the opening day

How many teams are participating in EURO 2024?

EURO 2024 has 24 national teams competing, including Germany as the host.

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According to the rules of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), 24 teams will be divided into 6 groups, each group has 4 teams, in which the German team as the host is automatically placed in group A, specifically:

Group A: Germany, Scotland, Hungary, Switzerland

Group B: Spain, Croatia, Italy, Albania

Group C: Slovenia, Denmark, Serbia, England

Group D: Poland, Netherlands, Austria, France

Group E: Belgium, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine

Group F: Turkey, Georgia, Portugal, Czech Republic

The teams will compete in a round robin format, with the top two teams from each group, along with the four third-placed teams from the six groups with the best records, advancing to the round of 16.

Fans eagerly await EURO 2024 to begin

EURO 2024 match schedule

Group stage: from June 15 - 27

Round of 16: June 29 to July 3

Quarter-finals: July 5 - 7

Semi-finals: July 10 - 11

Final match, closing ceremony: July 15

After the opening ceremony, host Germany will play the opening match against Scotland (in Group A) at the Munich Football Arena (Munich) at 2:00 a.m. on June 15 (Vietnam time).

10 stadiums selected to host EURO 2024

Berlin: Olympiastadion Berlin (capacity 70,000 seats)

Cologne: Cologne Stadium (47,000 seats)

Dortmund: BVB Stadion Dortmund (66,000 seats)

Dusseldorf: Dusseldorf Arena (47,000 seats)

Frankfurt: Frankfurt Arena (48,000 seats)

Gelsenkirchen: Arena AufSchalke (50,000 seats)

Hamburg: Volksparkstadion Hamburg (50,000 seats)

Leipzig: Leipzig Stadium (42,000 seats)

Munich: Munich Football Arena (67,000 seats)

Stuttgart: Stuttgart Arena (54,000 seats)

Of the 10 stadiums hosting EURO 2024, 9 were used at the 2006 World Cup hosted by Germany. Munich Football Arena (home of Bayern Munich) was chosen to host EURO for the second consecutive time.

EURO is held with perfect facilities

Munich Football Arena to host EURO 2024 opening ceremony and opening match between hosts Germany and Scotland

EURO 2024 prize money for teams

The total prize money for EURO 2024 is similar to EURO 2020 at 331 million euros, specifically as follows:

Qualifying for the finals: 9.25 million euros

Match bonus: 1 million euros for a win and 500,000 euros for a draw.

Round of 16: €1.5 million

Quarter-finals: 2.5 million euros

Semi-final: 4 million euros

Champion: 8 million euros

Runner-up: 5 million euros

The EURO 2024 champions could take home a total prize money of 28.25 million euros.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/lich-thi-dau-euro-2024-cho-ngay-khai-hoi-185240612110820627.htm