Climate, conflicts and distances … The Euro 2020 draws the most complex

The absence of the German team will constitute the first draw of the draw of Euro 2012, which will take place Sunday in the Irish capital, Dublin, but other points will make it perhaps the most complicated draw in the history of the tournament.

Factors related to climate and long distances, as well as host cities and conflicts, should attract the lion's attention during the draw to decide how to compete for the 55 European qualifying teams.

The teams are divided into 10 groups, the first and second places of each group ending at the end of the competition between March and November 2019. The finals are held in 12 European countries and include 24 teams.

There are 20 teams in the qualifying round, while the other four are part of the first round of the UEFA Champions League.

According to the results of the League of Nations of Europe, the teams of Switzerland, Portugal, the Netherlands and England, winner of the four groups of the league level I of the League of Nations Nations, lead the first four groups of the Euro 2020.

The other best teams, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Croatia and Poland, are leading groups of 5 to 10.

Germany missed the opportunity to beat their Dutch counterpart, who received a 2-2 double in the closing seconds of their Group A match in the first round of the league's first league on 19 November. decide that the presence of Germany in the second-tier teams in the draw of the tournament With nine other teams.

There are seven levels in the draw, with Latvia, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Malta and San Marino at the final level, which will be in groups 6 to 10, each with six teams instead of five.

"Of course, we would have preferred a different scenario, but we will face the situation and accept it," said German coach Joachim Loew, of the second-tier team.

Loew said he would continue to rebuild the 2014 World Cup in Germany, but was shocked to leave the group stage of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Loew noted at the same time that the reconstruction phase was not at odds with "the need to obtain results for direct eligibility for the Euro 2020".

If Germany qualifies for the finals of the Euro 2020, it will get at least two home home matches, Munich being one of the host cities.

In addition to Munich, EURO 2020 matches will be played in the cities of Rome, Italy, Baku, Azerbaijan, Amsterdam, Romania, St. Petersburg, Copenhagen, Denmark, London, Scottish Glasgow, Belbao, Dublin and Budapest. .

According to the rules of the draw, no qualifying group will have more than two hosts of the tournament.

Conflicts or diplomatic tensions are also imposed on the lottery system, since there can not be a single group between Gibraltar and Spain, Kosovo and Serbia or Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

These restrictions would also apply to Russia and Ukraine, but they will not automatically meet in a single group as they are part of the high-level teams.

The winter cold of 10 countries, the European Union (UEFA), also imposed more restrictions: it was decided not to play qualifying matches in March and November in Finland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands , and maximum attempts to avoid the matches of those same months in Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Norway Russia and Ukraine, and no group will include more than two of these 10 teams.

There are also restrictions on teams that will face Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Iceland, given the huge distances.