With the completion of the World Cup qualifying matches, the seeding pots for the 2008 European Championship, which will be held in Austria and Switzerland, have been determined. In the qualifying tournament, whose start is scheduled for September 2006 and the draw for January 27, 2006, the Ukrainian national team will be in the third pot.
All teams will be divided into seven groups, six of which will have seven teams each and one will have eight. The first two teams from each group advance to the final part of Euro 2008. Austria and Switzerland are exempt from qualification as hosts of the competition.
Pot 1: Greece (European champion), Holland, England, Portugal, Czech Republic, France, Sweden.
Pot 2: Germany, Croatia, Italy, Turkey, Poland, Spain, Romania.
Pot 3: Serbia and Montenegro, Russia, Denmark, Bulgaria, Norway, UKRAINE, Slovakia.
Pot 4: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ireland, Belgium, Latvia, Israel, Scotland, Slovenia.
Pot 5: Hungary, Finland, Estonia, Wales, Lithuania, Albania, Iceland.
Pot 6: Georgia, Macedonia, Belarus, Armenia, Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Moldova.
Pot 7: Liechtenstein, Azerbaijan, Andorra, Malta, Faroes, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, San Marino.