Europe 2024: Nine countries that have qualified

The world of football is gearing towards the start of next year Euro competition.

Germany automatically qualified as they are the hosts of the tournament.

They have been joined by countries like Austria, Turkey, Belgium, Scotland, as well as France, Spain and Portugal.

England also recently qualified after defeating Italy 3-1 on Tuesday night.

The Euro competition kicks off next June and matches will take place across 10 venues.

24 teams will play in six groups of four and the top two will qualify automatically for the last 16.

The top four third-placed countries will also go through.

Italy are the reigning champions after overcoming England in the summer of 2021.

Meanwhile, club football is expected to return this weekend and one of the games to look out for in the Premier League is a match between Chelsea and Arsenal set to be played at Stamford Bridge.