When is the draw for Euro 2020? Date and Ireland's…

When is the draw for Euro 2020? Date and Ireland's possible opponents and match venues

Ireland can put their name in the hat for Euro 2020 by beating Denmark at the Aviva Stadium on Monday night.

But fail to win and they can still reach the finals via the play-offs. If that is Ireland's fate, they will know who could be awaiting them at the finals before the play-off takes place in March.

Here is all you need to know about the Euro 2020 draw:

When is the Euro 2020 draw?

The draw will take place on Saturday 30 November.

It is set to start in Bucharest at 5pm (Irish time).

Which teams are involved?

The draw includes the teams that finished in the top two places from the ten qualifying groups plus the eventual four play-off winners.

Ireland's Shane Duffy (©INPHO/Ryan Byrne)

How does the draw work?

Each team will be put into a designed pot. There are four pots altogether with six teams in each pot. The pots are ranked 1-4 with the highest seeded teams in pot 1, the next highest in pot 2 and so on...

However, as there are 12 host nations, each nation that qualifies (or could qualify via the play-offs) is placed in one of the following groups so that they are guaranteed to be at home in at least two group games:

Group A: Italy, Azerbaijan
Group B: Russia, Denmark
Group C: Netherlands, Romania
Group D: England, Scotland
Group E: Spain, Republic of Ireland
Group F: Germany, Hungary

If both teams from each of these groups qualify, another draw will be held to determine which team plays at home.

In short, if Ireland qualify for Euro 2020, we know already that we will be guaranteed to be in Group E with Spain.

When will the group stage take place?

The group stage matches will take place between 12-24 June.

Where will Ireland play their matches?

A general view of the Aviva Stadium (©INPHO/James Crombie)

If Ireland qualify for Euro 2020 directly i.e. by beating Denmark at the Aviva, a draw will be made to decide if they or Spain play all three of their group matches at home.

If Ireland qualify for Euro 2020 via the playoffs, they will play two group matches at the Aviva in Dublin and will take on Spain in Bilbao.

Then we can start dreaming...

If Ireland win Group E they will play...