Euro 2024 draw LIVE: England drawn in group C as Scotland and Wales discover opponents

Hamburg’s shipping containers will light up the sky and illustrate the groups for Euro 2024.

Now for the final guest of the ceremony... It’s Albärt!

The mascot was decided after a vote was conducted among UEFA.com users and schoolchildren across Europe.

The format is currently being explained to the audience in Hamburg. So here’s a reminder of how it all works and the pots.

How does the draw work?

As hosts, Germany are automatically assigned to Group A. The draw will then place the remaining teams from Pot 1 into Groups B-F. The process continues with the teams from Pot 2 placed into Groups A-F, and the same procedure applies to Pot 3 and Pot 4.

Teams will also be given a position within their group, which will determine their fixture schedule. As hosts, Germany will occupy position A1.

What are the pots?

Pot 1: Germany (hosts), Portugal, France, Spain, Belgium, England

Pot 2: Hungary, Turkey, Romania, Denmark, Albania, Austria

Pot 3: Netherlands, Scotland, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic

Pot 4: Italy, Serbia, Switzerland, Play-off winner A, Play-off winner B, Play-off winner C

Miguel Delaney on Gareth Southgate’s preparations for Germany next summer.

“England still hadn't decided their training base on the morning of the draw, but their logistics for the day were almost upset by the freezing minus-three weather in Hamburg. There were a lot of cancelled flights, which meant Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann drove 800km.”

Our chief football writer Miguel Delaney brings an update from Hamburg.

“In the Hotel Atlantic and Elbphilharmonie, where the main events around the draw where being held, most of the excitement came from the smaller countries. Albania manager and former Arsenal player Sylvinho, for example, was buzzing around talking to everyone.

“He was clearly enthused by the whole thing, talking to the Independent about 'creating dreams'. It was a bit more muted among the major nations, who seemed most concerned with logistics. That was no doubt down to the nature of the competition, which is now in its third year in this format.

“With 24 teams qualified and 16 going through from the group stage, the bigger teams can look further into the future, but the space has been opened so more smaller countries can be here.”

Former Scotland international James McFadden is confident Steve Clarke’s side can deliver in Germany.

“It's massive for Scotland, qualifying so comfortably. I don't think Scotland will be fearful. I don't think many gave Scotland a chance,” said McFadden.

“To win the first five games. It was a really good performance, controlled. Oslo, in June, it was amazing. Absolutely superb. It'll be brilliant to see the Tartan Army in Germany.”

Not long now, we’ll be bringing you all the groups for next summer’s Euro 2024.

All of the guests are starting to take their seats at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie.

Chris Sutton claims England are “favourites.”

We’re now just moments away from the Uefa Euro 2024 final draw.

At the Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, we’ll hear a classical concert, likely to be around 20 minutes, prior to the draw.

Uefa is expecting around 800 guests, down from its usual 2,000 to make room for Uefa’s grand stage and extra security for fire safety reasons.

While the conditions are sub-zero in Hamburg, Munich is covered in snow. There has even been talk of eight-hour drives for the likes of Julian Nagelsmann to attend tonight.

While Uefa staff have travelled for up to 16 hours to arrive from Geneva due to the snow.

England have climbed to third in the Fifa world rankings after completing an unbeaten qualifying campaign for Euro 2024.

Gareth Southgate’s side will be among the top seeds at next summer’s tournament and are now behind only Argentina and France in the men’s rankings.

Belgium also climb a place from fifth to fourth, with Brazil dropping down two places from third after recent defeats to Colombia and Argentina.

It is the first time that the five-time World Cup winners have been outside of the top three since 2016.

Steve Clarke’s Scotland, meanwhile, are down two places to 36th after a run of five games without a win.

The toughest possible draw for England (current world ranking 3rd) would be: Denmark (19th), Netherlands (6th), Italy (9th).

The simplest draw, meanwhile, would comprise of: Albania (62nd), Slovenia (54th), Kazakhstan* (100th).

*Kazakhstan are part of qualifying play-off Path C