Can Israel’s national soccer team reach Euro championship?
Ahead of Euro 2024, ISRAEL21c asked sports experts whether Israel has a chance to qualify for the world’s second most popular soccer tournament.
By Yulia Karra courtesy of Israel21C
The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as “the Euros,” is the second most popular soccer tournament in the world, surpassed only by the World Cup.
Euro 2024 in Germany will see teams from 24 nations battle it out for the chance to be crowned the best on the continent. The tournament is set to take place between June 14 and July 14.
The Israeli national soccer team qualified for the World Cup on one occasion, in 1970, but it has never in its history managed to make it to the Euros.
Despite soccer being the most popular sport in Israel, the country’s achievements in this field on the international arena so far have been modest.
“Our position in the soccer world is quite unique,” Uri Levy, founder of popular soccer site BabaGol, tells ISRAEL21c.
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