Twenty-four teams are vying for the European Cup in France next summer. On Saturday, all 24 will learn their group-stage fate.
The 23 qualified nations have been divided into four pots based on UEFA coefficients. France -- the host nation -- have automatically been assigned as team A1 in Pot 1. The teams will be drawn into six groups of four teams.
You can see coverage of the draw for Euro 2016 during Soccer Saturday. Here is a look at all the pots #SSNHQ pic.twitter.com/riXgHMGoou
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The possibilities for multiple groups of death are endless. One likely draw would be as follows:
Group A: France, Russia, Slovakia, Wales.
Group B: England, Italy, Poland, Turkey.
Group C: Spain, Austria, Sweden, Iceland.
Group D: Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland.
Group E: Belgium, Ukraine, Hungary, Albania.
Group F: Portugal, Croatia, Romania, Ireland.
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In this likely scenario, Group B would serve as the Group of Death -- seeing England and Italy attempt to stave off Robert Lewandowski's Poland and a Turkish side that eliminated the Netherlands in qualification.
A free live stream of the Euro 2016 draw scheduled for 6 p.m. CET can be found here. Additional TV coverage can be found on ESPN2 (U.S. only).
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