Quiz Goal.com's international experts in our Euro 2012 draw Twitter Q&A

As the names come out of the hat in Kiev, our team of football editors will be on hand to answer your questions ahead of next summer's showpiece tournament in Poland and Ukraine

2 Dec 2011 09:05:00

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The draw for the group stages of Euro 2012 takes place today as national teams from across Europe descend on Kiev to find out who they will face in next summer's championships.

England are placed in Pot 2 along with Germany, Italy and Russia, and face being drawn with the likes of reigning European and world champions Spain, who are in Pot 1 with the Netherlands and hosts Poland and Ukraine.

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Meanwhile, the Republic of Ireland are in Pot 4 after beating Estonia in their play-off game last month and they could face Fabio Capello’s side for the first time since 1995.

The draw will be made at 5pm when the 16 teams will be put into four groups of four with the top two teams in those groups qualifying for the knockout stages.

Goal.com will be hosting a special Euro 2012 draw Twitter Q & A at 6pm GMT will have experts from across our network for all the biggest teams including Spain, Italy, Portugal, England, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and France. 

Tweet your questions for our editors to answer at @GoalUK and follow all the reaction with us LIVE on Friday afternoon.

Visit our Euro 2012 microsite for all you need to know ahead of Friday's draw and beyond - team profiles, stadium guides, even which hotels are best to stay in!

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"We know each other's games and obviously we're training with each other day in and day out.

"So, it was really good to start up top with him."

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