Caught Offside will be bringing you the Euro 2016 draw live from Paris on Saturday evening at 17H GMT.
For the first time ever, 24 teams are taking part in the continental championship, and the two-dozen sides are set to find out their first-round opponents on Saturday evening.
Full groups for #Euro2016. #CantWait pic.twitter.com/Xp24iq4gUg
— Prince Narkortu Teye (@TeyePrince) December 12, 2015
Voici ce qui nous attend en juin prochain ! Qu'est-ce que vous en pensez? #AllezLesBleus #GroupeA pic.twitter.com/XH33J3diTs
— Equipe de France (@equipedefrance) December 12, 2015
At least Scotland avoided any of the big guns.
— Tom Williams (@tomwfootball) December 12, 2015
Reminder that 4x 3rd place teams get through from #EURO2016 group stages. Predicting goes out the window, pure knockout. Gonna be great.
— Jeff Livingstone (@IBWMJeff) December 12, 2015
England will play Wales in Group B on June 16th.
https://t.co/GRgnn6Xl8y #bbceuro2016 #Euro2016Draw pic.twitter.com/rPsnTFrAXa
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) December 12, 2015
— James Dart (@James_Dart) December 12, 2015
Republic of Ireland have been drawn in Group E, along with Belgium. #Euro2016Draw
— Jonathan Johnson (@Jon_LeGossip) December 12, 2015
England's last game at France 98 was in St Etienne, v Argentina . Final group game there this time…
— Mark Ogden (@MarkOgden_) December 12, 2015
England will play Euro 2016 Group B matches in Marseille, Lens and St Etienne.
— Dan Roan (@danroan) December 12, 2015
#Spain drawn in Group C – matches in Toulouse and Bordeaux, the two closest venues to their border. They should love that! #Euro2016Draw
— Robin Bairner (@RBairner) December 12, 2015
The #Euro2016 mascot has just come out on stage! This is 'Super Victor…
https://t.co/GRgnn6Xl8y #bbceuro2016 pic.twitter.com/4P1XqkLmGO
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) December 12, 2015
Et pour ouvrir le tirage au sort, un magnifique spectacle ! #EURO2016 https://t.co/Wrj2VRMwE4
— UEFA EURO 2016 (@EURO2016) December 12, 2015
#Euro2016Draw kicks off with Can Can dancers. High-kicking and not a yellow card in sight. Bit of accordion action now.
— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) December 12, 2015
The all-important #EURO2016 draw pots… *France will be top seed in Group A pic.twitter.com/xEl4MrepUh
— UEFA EURO 2016 (@UEFAEURO) December 12, 2015
The all-important #EURO2016 draw pots… *France will be top seed in Group A pic.twitter.com/xEl4MrepUh — UEFA EURO 2016 (@UEFAEURO) December 12, 2015
The all-important #EURO2016 draw pots… *France will be top seed in Group A pic.twitter.com/xEl4MrepUh
— UEFA EURO 2016 (@UEFAEURO) December 12, 2015
The all-important #EURO2016 draw pots… *France will be top seed in Group A pic.twitter.com/xEl4MrepUh — UEFA EURO 2016 (@UEFAEURO) December 12, 2015
1 hour to go until @UEFAEURO 2016 draw. Good luck to Michael O’Nell & @OfficialIrishFA pic.twitter.com/UIRnGtCLBg
— Johnny McKinstry (@johnnymckinstry) December 12, 2015
La scène du tirage au sort. #Euro2016Draw pic.twitter.com/eqiSTxrWpJ
— Maxime Dupuis (@maximedupuis) December 12, 2015
Following a gruelling qualifying campaign, all of the participating nations will be desperate to find out who they will be meeting at the summer showpiece in France in just over six months’ time.
There is particular interest in the draw in the British Isles, where home nations England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland will all be present in the pots following successful qualifying campaigns.
With the tournament expanded, there is every chance of a ‘Group of Life’ for Roy Hodgson’s Three Lions, with a possible pool containing Slovakia, Albania and Switzerland (whom England beat in qualifying) a real prospect.
However, there’s also the chance that England could find themselves pooled with Italy, Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s Sweden, and Gareth Bale’s Wales…over to you Roy!
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Various factors (lots of minnows, hosts being good, the pots all looking sensible) mean there probably won’t be a Euro 2016 group of death
— Michael Cox (@Zonal_Marking) December 12, 2015
Below is the complete run down of qualifiers and their pre-draw pots, stay tuned to Caught Offside for the live action, the instant reaction, and the best of social media.
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Pot One
Spain
Germany
England
Portugal
Belgium
Pot Two
Italy
Russia
Switzerland
Austria
Croatia
Ukraine
Pot Three
Czech Republic
Sweden
Poland
Romania
Slovakia
Hungary
Pot Four
Turkey
Republic of Ireland
Iceland
Wales
Albania
Northern Ireland