Football, EURO 2012 qualifying draw

The qualifying draw for Euro 2012 was made in Warsaw, Poland with Group C arguably the toughest where Italy, Serbia and Slovenia were placed together.

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Group A is also intriguing as Germany, Turkey and Austria were all drawn in the same pool while Portugal once again tackle Denmark in Group H.

Holders Spain have a relatively easy-looking group, although they will have to watch out for the Czech Republic and Scotland. England have an interesting British derby against Wales in Group G.

Fifty-one of the 53 UEFA member associations will take part in qualifying, with hosts Poland and Ukraine qualifying automatically for the tournament.

Poland legend Zbigniew Boniek and Ukrainian heroes Andriy Shevchenko and Oleg Blokhin were some of the luminaries who helped conduct the draw.

The 51 teams were divided into six groups of six teams and three groups of five teams.

The winners of the nine groups and the best runner-up qualify directly for the final tournament. The eight remaining runners-up will have to battle it out in play-off matches to decide which teams grab the remaining four tickets for Poland/Ukraine.

Here are the complete groupings:

Group A

Germany

Turkey

Austria

Belgium

Kazakhstan

Azerbaijan

Group B

Russia

Slovakia

Republic of Ireland

FYR Macedonia

Armenia

Andorra

Group C

Italy

Serbia

Northern Ireland

Slovenia

Estonia

Faroe Islands

Group D

France

Romania

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Belarus

Albania

Luxembourg

Group E

Netherlands

Sweden

Finland

Hungary

Moldova

San Marino

Group F

Croatia

Greece

Israel

Latvia

Georgia

Malta

Group G

England

Switzerland

Bulgaria

Wales

Montenegro

Group H

Portugal

Denmark

Norway

Cyprus

Iceland

Group I

Spain

Czech Republic

Scotland

Lithuania

Liechtenstein

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