According to the second paragraph of Article 2 1 of UEFA Official Order Book, the host country France will participate in this qualifier, but the match with the opponents in the same group is a friendly match, and no matter whether the game wins or loses, it will not be counted in the group points. Platini had previously explained the change in the rules of the European Cup qualifiers, because it was difficult for the host to arrange friendly matches before.
According to the rules of the qualifiers, 9 teams are the first, 9 teams are the second, and the best team is the third. The remaining eight teams will be the third team, and the four winning teams will advance. Together with the host country France, 24 teams will participate in the 20 16 European Cup. The schedule of 20 16 European Cup qualifiers has also changed. This week's qualifiers will be held in six days.
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Information about European Cup qualifiers:
1. According to the rules of drawing lots for the preliminaries, the teams of 5/kloc-0 will be divided into 9 groups, including 6 groups and 6 teams, 3 groups and 5 teams, and 9 teams in 1-5 files, while 6 teams in 6 files will be divided into 6 groups and 6 teams.
2. Teams of all grades will not meet in the preliminaries. Defending champion Spain and nine teams from Germany, Netherlands, Italy, England, Croatia, Portugal, France and Russia became the seed teams.
3. 14 teams will join Poland and Ukraine in the final of the 20 16 European Cup.
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