England Play Wales in Euro 2012 Draw

England will face Wales in a big local derby in their Euro 2012 qualifying group. The other sides are
Switzerland, Bulgaria and Montenegro. Wales last qualified for the finals of a major championship at the 1958 World Cup, but they did reach the quarter-finals of the European Championship in 1976 when the tournament was decided on a knockout basis. Neighbours Scotland weren’t so lucky getting Spain, Czech Republic, as well as Liechtenstein and Lithuania. Northern Ireland face Italy, while the Republic of Ireland are in Russia’s group.

Joining Northern Ireland in Group C are world champions Italy, World Cup qualifiers Serbia, Solvenia, Estonia and the Faroe Islands. France will compete with Luxembourg, Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Romania in Group D.

There are 14 places available alongside the co-hosts for the tournament which runs from 8 June to 1 July.

Portugal will take on the Scandinavian duo Norway and Denmark. Netherlands, who won the European Championships in 1988, also have a difficult group with Hungary, Finland and Moldova. Germany play Austria in a most interesting group that also includes Turkey.

The road to the finals kicks off in September through to October 2011 with the nine group winners automatically qualifying for the tournament together with the runner-up with the best overall record.
The eight other runners-up will then face play-offs over two legs in November 2011.

Poland and Ukraine will be only the third co-hosts of the European Championship, following in the footsteps of Belgium and the Netherlands in 2000 and Austria and Switzerland in 2008.

Euro 2012 qualifying draw:
GROUP A: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Austria, Turkey, Germany
GROUP B: Andorra, Armenia, Macedonia, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, Russia
GROUP C: Faroe Islands, Estonia, Slovenia, NORTHERN IRELAND, Serbia, Italy
GROUP D: Luxembourg, Albania, Belarus, Bosnia, Romania, France
GROUP E: San Marino, Moldova, Hungary, Finland, Sweden, Netherlands
GROUP F: Malta, Georgia, Latvia, Israel, Greece, Croatia
GROUP G: Montenegro,WALES, Bulgaria, Switzerland, ENGLAND
GROUP H: Iceland, Cyprus, Norway, Denmark, Portugal
GROUP I: Liechtenstein, Lithuania, SCOTLAND, Czech Republic, Spain

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