The sadness is double for Erling Haaland when he is suffering from an ankle injury and the Norwegian team is not qualified to attend the Euro 2024 finals taking place in Germany next year.
Although the Norwegian team still has a match yet to play against Scotland tomorrow (2:45 a.m. on November 20), Israel’s 1-2 defeat to Romania in the early morning of November 19 means that Norway is officially out of participation. Euro 2024 takes place in Germany next summer.
In Group A, the two direct tickets to Euro 2024 belong to Spain and Scotland, so Norway is forced to rely on the play-off spot.
According to UEFA regulations, teams that do not have direct tickets to the Euro 2024 finals according to the top two teams in each group in the qualifying round can still go to Germany next summer, through the above position. rankings in the UEFA Nations League.
In the 3 Leagues of the UEFA Nations League (including Leagues A, B, C), each League will have 4 places to compete for tickets to the Euro 2024 finals for teams ranked from high to low that do not have direct tickets to Germany. Because the German team has been given priority, League A only has 3 spots left.
In addition, in League A, only Poland and Wales do not have direct tickets, so one spot from League A will be transferred to League B (4 to 5).
In League B, the play-off spots belong to 5 teams: Israel, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Finland, Ukraine and Iceland. Norway is ranked right behind Iceland so there is no chance of reaching Euro 2024, even if it is only the play-off round.
Having to stay home and watch Euro 2024 on TV is a huge sadness for Erlling Haaland, as the striker who helped Man City win the “historic treble” has so far not qualified to participate in such a major international tournament. World Cup or Euro.
As for Norway, since participating in Euro 2000 until now, this country has not once qualified for the Euro or World Cup despite possessing a golden generation with stars like Erling Haaland and Martin Odegaard.