Although Norway still has a match 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 Norway is officially out of Euro 2024 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.
Erling Haaland has lost hope of participating in Euro 2024 after Israel's 1-2 loss to Romania (Photo: EPA).
According to UEFA regulations, teams that do not have direct tickets to the Euro 2024 finals according to the two leading teams in each group in the qualifying round can still go to Germany next summer, through their position on the UEFA Nations League rankings.
In the 3 Leagues of the UEFA Nations League (including Leagues A, B, C), each League will have 4 play-off spots for Euro 2024 for teams ranked from high to low who have not yet won 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 League A spot will be transferred to League B (4 to 5).
In League B, the play-off spots are currently held by five teams: Israel, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Finland, Ukraine and Iceland. Norway is 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 a major international tournament like the World Cup or Euro.
For Norway, since participating in Euro 2000 until now, this country has never qualified for Euro or World Cup despite having a golden generation with stars like Erling Haaland and Martin Odegaard.
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