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Georgia, Ukraine, Poland book place at Euro 2024

Georgia, Ukraine and Poland have booked their place in the 2024 UEFA Championship to be held in June in Germany.

George defeated Greece while Ukraine and Poland defeated Iceland and Wales respectively on Tuesday evening to fill the three spots left at the 2024 Euros.

The earlier kickoff saw the match between Georgia and Greece end in stalemate after extra time.

Georgian goalkeeper, Giorgi Mamardashvili proved decisive as the game ended 4-2 in favour of Georgia in Tbilisi. This is the first time they are qualifying for a major tournament after being recognised as a European country over 30 years ago.

Chelsea’s Mykhaylo Mudryk was the hero as his 84th-minute goal put Ukraine through to the finals of Euro 2024.

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Albert Gudmundsson had opened the scoring for Iceland in the 30th minute but Ukraine fought hard to come from behind to beat the former – thanks to Viktor Tsigankov and Mudryk’s 54th and 84th minute goals at the Tarczynski Arena Wroclaw.

Poland, just like Georgia had to dig deep until the end of extra time to win it on penalties.

They beat Wale 5-4 on penalties at the Tarczynski Arena Wroclaw to reach the Euro 2024 finals in June.

Georgia will play Türkiye, Portugal and Czechia in Group F.

Ukraine on the other hand will play Belgium, Slovakia and Romania in Group E.

Meanwhile, Poland will face the Netherlands, Austria and France in Group D.

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