{"id":7158,"date":"2023-11-21T08:57:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T08:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=7158"},"modified":"2023-11-21T08:57:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T08:57:07","slug":"road-to-euro-2024-nations-secure-spots-in-prestigious-tournament-held-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/11\/21\/road-to-euro-2024-nations-secure-spots-in-prestigious-tournament-held-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Road to Euro 2024: Nations Secure Spots in Prestigious Tournament Held in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"

Germany is set to host the upcoming European Championship next summer, beginning on June 14. As the 17th edition of the prestigious tournament approaches, we review the nations that have successfully secured their places:<\/p>\n

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  1. Albania:<\/strong> Albania secures its second appearance at the European Championship, overcoming Poland and qualifying after a tense 1-1 draw with Moldova.<\/li>\n
  2. Austria:<\/strong> Austria secures their third consecutive European Championship appearance, with Marcel Sabitzer’s penalty securing a victory over Azerbaijan.<\/li>\n
  3. Belgium:<\/strong> Belgium qualifies for its seventh European Championship, sealing their spot with a 3-2 victory in Austria and accumulating 17 points from seven qualifiers.<\/li>\n
  4. Czech Republic:<\/strong> Czech Republic secures its place in Germany after a challenging qualification from Group E, eventually securing a spot with a final-day win over Moldova.<\/li>\n
  5. Denmark:<\/strong> Denmark, semi-finalists in the last Euros, secures a place in Germany by beating Slovenia 2-1, finishing three points ahead of Slovenia in Group H.<\/li>\n
  6. England:<\/strong> England, led by Jude Bellingham’s standout performance, completes a 3-1 comeback win over Italy, earning a place at Euro 2024 and aiming to improve on their Euro 2020 final loss.<\/li>\n
  7. France:<\/strong> France dominates qualifying, winning all seven matches, including a 14-0 home triumph over Gibraltar. The squad, led by Didier Deschamps, aims for a first European Championship triumph since 2000.<\/li>\n
  8. Germany:<\/strong> Germany automatically qualifies as hosts, seeking redemption after their group stage exit in the last World Cup. New coach Julian Nagelsmann will look to build a team around starlet Jamal Musiala.<\/li>\n
  9. Hungary:<\/strong> Hungary qualifies for their third consecutive European Championship after a 44-year absence from the competition.<\/li>\n
  10. Italy:<\/strong> Defending champions Italy secure their spot with a nerve-wracking 0-0 draw against Ukraine in their final qualifier, finishing behind England in Group C.<\/li>\n
  11. Netherlands:<\/strong> The Netherlands secures a place at Euro 2024 with a 1-0 home victory over the Republic of Ireland, led by coach Ronald Koeman.<\/li>\n
  12. Portugal:<\/strong> Portugal dominates Group J, winning all nine games with a remarkable goal difference of plus 32. Euro 2024 is likely to be Cristiano Ronaldo’s last major international tournament.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These teams will now prepare to compete on the grand stage, with Germany hosting the European Championship next summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Germany is set to host the upcoming European Championship next summer, beginning on June 14. As the 17th edition of the prestigious tournament approaches, we review the nations that have successfully secured their places: Albania: Albania secures its second appearance at the European Championship, overcoming Poland and qualifying after a tense 1-1 draw with Moldova. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":7211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[373],"class_list":["post-7158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-euro-2024-qualification"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7158"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7212,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7158\/revisions\/7212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}