One of the big guns are going home early . I'll be supporting Croatia and I reckon they have a good chance to win it . The draw :

Big trio in tough Euro 2008 group

World Champions Italy have been drawn in the same group as France and Holland for the European Championship finals next summer in Austria and Switzerland.

The draw is based on European qualifying so the Italians will play France in a repeat of the 2006 World Cup final in the last Group C game.

Only the top two teams from each group go through to the knock-out stages.

Switzerland will face the Czech Republic in the opening match of the tournament on 7 June in Basle.

And reigning champions Greece will play Sweden, Spain and Russia in Group D.

France coach Raymond Domenech had complained of the seeding system before the draw and he will now have a tough task to get his team through to the quarter-finals.

Group C also features Romania who qualified ahead of Holland. They are one of three pairings of teams who have been drawn in the same group in the finals despite having played each other in qualifying.

Italy and France plus Sweden and Spain will also have to play each other again.

Croatia boss Slaven Bilic was happy to receive a favourable draw despite the prospect of facing three-times winners Germany in Group B.

The Croats will also play co-hosts Austria and Poland.

Fellow hosts Switzerland have to contend with Portugal and Turkey, as well as the Czechs, in Group A.

The draw was made at a ceremony in Lucerne, Switzerland which featured former European Championship winners such as Franz Beckenbauer, Michel Platini, Marco Van Basten and Jurgen Klinsmann.

Full Groups: Group A:

Switzerland

Czech Republic

Portugal

Turkey

Group B:

Austria

Croatia

Germany

Poland Group C:

Holland

Italy

Romania

France Group D:

Greece

Sweden

Spain

Russia

Not ar5ed. I'll be out cutting grass and doing some DIY when this mickey mouse cup is on

Not ar5ed. I'll be out cutting grass and doing some DIY when this mickey mouse cup is on

I'll be supporting Croatia . I have to watch it as my grass doesn't need cutting ,though I should be getting on with some DIY .

I predict this thread to dissapear to page 12 very quickly

What's the odds on Greece retainng the trophy ??

Who cares? It's an absolute farce when two of the top seeds are Switzerland and Austria.

I'm sure there will be plenty of other things too watch next summer.

Who cares? It's an absolute farce when two of the top seeds are Switzerland and Austria.

I'm sure there will be plenty of other things too watch next summer.

Cricket ??

Rugby ??

Wimbledon ??

Olympics ??

F1 - A1 ??

Who needs a mickey mouse tournement

Who cares? It's an absolute farce when two of the top seeds are Switzerland and Austria.

I'm sure there will be plenty of other things too watch next summer.

:D

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/en...res/default.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/co...res/default.stm

Who cares? It's an absolute farce when two of the top seeds are Switzerland and Austria.

I'm sure there will be plenty of other things too watch next summer.

:D

Highland games for the Jocks? Caber tossing and other entralling events