France will face the Netherlands, Austria and a play-off opponent in the group stage in Germany

The France team will kick off its Euro against Austria, in Düsseldorf (Germany), on June 17.

No group of death this time for the Blues. Seeded for this Euro 2024 draw, carried out on Saturday December 2, France was placed in Group D, alongside Austria, the Netherlands and the winner of Path A of the play-offs ( Wales, Finland, Poland or Estonia). They will begin their competition with a match against Austria on June 17 in Düsseldorf (Germany).

The Tricolores will then follow up with a shock in Leipzig, on June 21 against the Netherlands, the Blues’ biggest opponent in this group, whom they had already encountered during the qualifiers. They will finish in Dortmund, against the country from the A play-offs, on June 25. “It’s a difficult, dense group”reacted Didier Deschamps at the microphone of TMC, while waiting to know the identity of the third opponent.

Present in the France group during qualifying for this Euro, the Dutch lost twice against the Blues, but Didier Deschamps tempers it: “Both times they were missing important players.u complete, they are among the best European nations. At the World Cup, they were close to eliminating Argentina.”

Italy, Spain and Croatia in the group of death

In the draw, France is doing better than Spain, placed in the “death” group with Italy, Croatia and Albania. Another attractive group, C, with England, Denmark, Serbia and Slovenia. Host country, Germany is doing well with Hungary, Scotland and Switzerland on the menu. The opening match will pit the Germans against the Scots on June 14 in Munich.

Reigning vice-world champions, the Blues will be among the big favorites when it comes time to start this Euro 2024, three years after their surprise elimination in the round of 16 against Switzerland at Euro 2021. As a reminder, the first two from each group will be directly qualified for the round of 16, as well as the four best third-placed teams from the six groups.