When is the draw for Euro 2008?
qualifications
The top two of the seven European Cup qualifiers will qualify for the 2008 European Cup finals jointly organized by Austria and Switzerland.
The seven group
The 2008 European Cup qualifiers were divided into 7 groups, including 6 groups with 7 teams, 1 group with 8 teams. The qualifiers started in the autumn after the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Austria and Switzerland, the co-sponsors of the final stage, automatically won two seats in the final.
seeded team
Each group in the qualifying stage is composed of teams at all levels. Defending champions are always listed as seed teams, while other teams are divided into several grades according to their results in the 2006 World Cup European preliminaries, the 2002 European Cup preliminaries and the 2004 European Cup preliminaries.
grade
The scoring rule of the preliminaries is to divide the total points obtained by each team in the above three preliminaries by the total number of times they participated, and then rank them according to the points coefficient obtained. For the teams that have directly advanced to the final stage in the above three cups and have not participated in the qualifiers, the results of the last three qualifiers (including the World Cup and the European Cup) will be calculated.
Composition of qualification group
After the European preliminaries of the World Cup, UEFA will draw lots to decide the grouping of the European Cup preliminaries according to the ranking of each team.
If two or more teams have the same integral coefficient, the ranking order shall be determined according to the following rules:
A) Only the latest preliminaries are counted, and the one with the highest integral coefficient is the first;
B) The highest goal difference in each game;
C) Those who score more goals per game are the first;
D) The average away goal is the first;
E) draw lots.
Qualification system
In the preliminaries, each team will play a round robin, and each team will play two rounds of home and away games with all opponents in the same group. The winner of each game gets 3 points, the draw gets 1 point, and the loser gets no points.
Ranking rules when the qualified scores are the same
If two or more teams have the same points after the preliminaries, the group ranking will be determined in turn according to the following rules:
A) In the competition between teams with the same points, the one with the highest score is the first;
B) In the match between teams in the same team, the goal difference is the highest;
C) In the competition between teams of the same team, the team that scored the most goals was in the front;
D) In the competition between teams of the same team, the away goal is the most advanced;
E) If there are still two or more teams in the same team after calculation according to the rules of a)-d), the scope will be narrowed down to these teams and the ranking will be recalculated according to the rules of a)-d). If you still can't prioritize, then press f) to decide;
F) In the order of all group matches: 1. Goal difference, 2. Number of goals, 3. Number of away goals, 4. Fair play score;
G) draw lots.
Final circle
16 teams advanced to the finals, including the first place in seven groups and the second place in seven groups, as well as the co-organizers Austria and Switzerland.
Final division
UEFA will divide the 16 teams that have advanced to the final into four groups, A, B, C and D, with four teams in each group.
Grouping principle
In the final round, the seed teams of the four groups include two co-organizers and defending champions (if they make it to the final round), and the remaining one or two seed teams are determined by the results of the 2006 World Cup preliminaries and the 2006 and 2008 European Cup qualifiers (the calculation method is the same as that of the qualifiers). Other teams decided to divide the documents in the same way, and then draw lots for grouping.
Group match schedule
The finals group match is a single round robin system (winner gets 3 points, draw 1 point, loser gets no points). The group match will be held according to the schedule decided later. The last two games of each group must kick off at the same time.
1/4 finally
The top two players in each group in the finals advance to the 1/4 finals, and the 1/4 finals are knockout rounds.
semifinal
1/4 The four winning teams advanced to the semi-finals, which was also the decisive knockout round.
final
The two teams that won the semi-final entered the final.
1/4 final, semi-final and final draw
If the two sides draw in 90 minutes, there will be 15 minutes of overtime in the first half and the second half. If overtime is still a draw, it will be decided by penalty kick.