December 6, 2006

UEFA EURO 2009 with twelve teams competing will be included in UEFA UEROTOP events

Thirty teams will take part in the qualifying round draw held on December 13, 2006 and be drawn into six groups of five.

Matches will be played between April 2007 and October 2008.

Top teams in each group plus Host Finland and play-off winners from six runners-up and four best placed third teams become part of the UEFA EURO 2009 Final in Finland.

Seeding pots
Pot A Germany (holders), Sweden, Norway, Denmark, England, France.
Pot B Russia, Italy, Czech Republic, Iceland, Ukraine, Netherlands.
Pot C Spain, Scotland, Poland, Serbia, Switzerland, Hungary.
Pot D Belgium, Portugal, Belarus, Republic of Ireland, Austria, Greece.
Pot E Slovenia, Northern Ireland, Israel, Slovakia, Romania, Wales.