Euro 2024 | Italy faces showdown with Ukraine in Euro 2024 qualifying. Albania and Slovenia well set to advance

Defending champ Italy needs strong finish to qualify for Euro 2024; Albania, Slovenia can secure group victories; Romania, Israel have outside chances. Twelve teams will qualify, eight already have; Netherlands, Hungary, Serbia best placed. Croatia, Italy in danger of not qualifying directly.

The final rounds of European Championship qualifiers sees defending champion Italy needing a strong finish to clinch a spot at the tournament, while Albania and Slovenia can secure surprising group victories.

Romania is another unlikely team controlling its own Euro 2024 destiny, although Israel still has an outside chance to secure direct advancement from that group.

Slovenia tops Group H ahead of Denmark, but could still be overtaken by an even lower-ranked team — Kazakhstan.

Twelve teams will secure advancement in the next week to the tournament hosted by Germany. Eight teams already qualified last month: France, England, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Austria, Scotland and Turkey.

The Netherlands, Hungary and Serbia are best placed to confirm their qualification.

Three more teams will advance from a 12-team playoffs in March.

Among those in danger of not qualifying directly are Croatia, a finalist and semifinalist at the past two World Cups, and Italy, which failed to reach either of those tournaments.