Four friendly neighbours renew old acquaintainces. Germany are tournament favourites after their World Cup renaissance, but Croatia are well fancied to crack some skulls this summer. Austria will be hoping for a good debut on home soil, while Poland finished ahead of Portugal in qualifying.
Austria
Coach: Josef Hickersberger
Team: TBC
Croatia
Led by former international star Slaven Bilić the Croatia team for 2008 will be well respected by their group opponents and are expected to at least progress from the group stage.
See the Croatia team page for squad list, qualifying stats and full analysis.