From 10 June to 10 July, the European football will watch over France, land of the next European Football Championship. First stage of the competition: the draw which takes place this Saturday afternoon at the Palais des Congrès de Paris. The questions are scrambling: the France team she will inherit a group “easy”? Who composed the “Group of Death”? What of Germany, world champion Spain, European champion title, or Sweden Zlatan? To answer these questions, Dutchman Ruud Gullit (1988 European champion with the Netherlands) and the French Bixente Lizarazu will have the difficult task of carrying out the draw. Follow the ceremony, discover groups and live scenes on The Point.fr
The nations are grouped into four hats:
Pot 1: France, Spain, Germany, England, Portugal, Belgium
Hat 2 : Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Ukraine
Hat 3 : Czech Republic, Sweden, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary
Hat 4 : Turkey, Iceland, Ireland, Country Wales, Albania, Northern Ireland
– Gareth Bale will play against the ! England
This is the second game and he attributed risk of much attention: a clash between Wales Gareth Bale and England. The meeting will take place in Lens.
– The France will play against Albania
For its first participation in history to the Euro, Albania will play in the Blues group. The match will take place June 15 at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille.
– The distribution of the first hat
As agreed, France included in group A. One group was assigned to other teams the first hat: England (Group B), Germany (Group C), Spain (Group D), Belgium (Group E) and Portugal (Group F).
– David Trezeguet on stage
decisive scorer for the Blues at Euro 2000 David Trezeguet is one of four attackers charged the draw.
– A concert at the foot the Eiffel Tower
Two artists of Cirque du Soleil succeeded the Lido dancers. Then there are twenty-four hip hop dancers took the stage, dressed in the colors of teams qualified for the Euro. David Guetta, Ambassador of the Euro, then announced a free concert will be held at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.
– A show to start
The two emcees, Dutchman Ruud Gullit and French Bixente Lizarazu, have launched the evening. A show of fifteen minutes then started with, in particular, dancers Lido.
– Enhanced Security
The ceremony at the convention center takes place under surveillance. In addition to the police force placed around the venue, the audience present at the convention center are forbidden to leave the room for the duration of the ceremony.
– Only a few minutes of patience
– The West of France, the great forgotten
Ten stadiums will host matches of Euro this summer. All French regions are represented, all … except the “Great West”. Stages of Rennes, Nantes, Angers Guingamp or will ring hollow for the Euro. Some teams should nevertheless set up their base camp in western countries: Sweden Zlatan will Pornichet near Saint-Nazaire while Poland is announced in La Rochelle.
– Masters of Ceremony are ready
As host country, France is sure to avoid other countries the first hat?. Thus, the Blues do not will cross the road in the first round of Spain, double defending champion of the tournament, Germany, the reigning world champion, Belgium (first the Fifa rankings), England and Portugal . But some nations will be “easier” to play than others
The hardest draw for the Blues . Italy, Poland, Ireland
The most easy draw for the Blues : Switzerland, Hungary, Northern Ireland
– 27 million euros for the winner
The General Secretary of UEFA, Gianni Infantino, said Friday the allocations to be granted during the Euro. In total, 24 teams will share a budget of 301 million euros (196 million in 2012). Each course will pocket € 8 million, while the winner will leave with a check for 27 million euros. In the first round, a victory will be rewarded with one million euros, a draw by 500,000 euros.
– Platini is not the
He dreamed of a return on stage at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, but the Court of Arbitration Sport (CAS) has decided otherwise. Michel Platini will not attend the draw. The CAS announced yesterday its continued suspension of 90 days decided by the Ethics Commission of the FIA. Read our article “Platini remains on the bench.”
Note that Michel Platini will appear a few seconds in a video clip dedicated to the purposes “the most decisive of the Euro”. The opportunity to review its semifinal realization of Euro 1984 against Portugal (3-2).
– What will look like the ceremony
According to? organizers, the ceremony should last 56 minutes. Before Bixente Lizarazu and Ruud Gullit will take the stage for the draw, a show of fifteen minutes is expected. “We wanted to deal with modern cliches associated with France,” explained in the columns of Paris Julien Pateau, artistic director of UEFA Events. On the program: the “French Cancan” by the Lido dancers or a David Guetta tube revisited by hip-hop dancers. After the show, the Henri Delaunay trophy, will be presented by Vicente Del Bosque, coach of Spain won the last two editions of the Euro 2008 and 2012
– The draw: user manual
Early draw, each country of the first hat will be assigned a group (except France present in group A). Then, it is the smallest country in the UEFA index that will be drawn (cap 4 and 3) before the place of the second hat is then designated countries.
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