Who will win Euro 2024? BBC pundits make their tournament predictions

The European Championship starts successful Munich's Allianz Arena connected Friday and finishes astatine Berlin's Olympiastadion connected 14 July.

Twenty-four teams will title nan tournament, which will beryllium played retired successful 51 matches complete 31 days, including hosts Germany and holders Italy.

Who will get their hands connected nan Henri Delaunay Trophy this time? Who are nan different main contenders? And really will England and Scotland do?

BBC Sport's TV and power shot presenters and pundits foretell what will hap complete nan adjacent 4 weeks...

Alan Shearer: England tin spell each nan way. This is nan top chance we've had successful a agelong time.

If it's not going to beryllium England, past I would person to spell pinch France. With immoderate of nan talent and acquisition they have, they will beryllium really really reliable to beat.

Wayne Rooney: England person to beryllium looking astatine winning nan competition. I besides person a emotion for Portugal, they person sewage a really bully squad, bully individuals. They will person a bully go.

Thomas Hitzlsperger: Top of nan database is ever France, and they person to beryllium nan favourites, but I spot England and Portugal arsenic besides being successful that apical group of contenders and of people each German shot instrumentality thinks we tin triumph it, playing astatine home.

Izzy Christiansen: It's sewage to beryllium England, finally! After reaching nan last past clip out, let's dream they tin return nan adjacent measurement this time, conscionable for illustration nan Lionesses did successful 2022.

Rachel Corsie: Anyone but England!

Leanne Crichton: It’s astir apt France for me. They are astir apt nan astir accordant squad successful position of a squad who person been location and done it before, pinch quality, acquisition and world-class players.

Micah Richards: England are going each nan measurement to nan last but if they don't triumph it, past you person to look astatine France. You could reason that, individually, we person sewage nan amended players but arsenic a squad they will beryllium difficult to stop, pinch nan measurement Olivier Giroud leads nan statement and really Antoine Griezmann plays successful nan pocket... oh, and they person sewage Kylian Mbappe.

Joe Hart: It's England's time.

Martin Keown: France aliases England. I don't want to put immoderate unit connected England, but France are rather magnificent.

Ashley Williams: France person sewage specified a beardown squad. All those young players are increasing into mature stars.

Alan Shearer: England's beforehand six is 1 of nan best, if not THE best, successful world football. Some of nan players and nan talent we person will beryllium a threat for anyone.

Wayne Rooney: The past 2 tournaments they person been close, and they tin trust connected their acquisition from there. The likes of Harry Kane and Jordan Pickford tin thief nan players who are caller to it all, conscionable to settee them, and that will beryllium cardinal to getting them complete nan statement this time.

Joe Hart: Since nan 2018 World Cup they person been really increasing into tourney shot and learning what it takes. They've sewage immoderate players astatine a existent world level, who are performing regularly and cognize what it takes to triumph immense competitions.

Leanne Crichton: Nearly each squad who wins a tourney has had a typical player. Jude Bellingham could beryllium nan quality for England. Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney did it successful erstwhile years wherever they lit this squad up, and Bellingham, caller from a Champions League triumph astatine Wembley has nan expertise to do that again. England person everything connected insubstantial to triumph it, but acquisition is nan mobility people for me.

Thomas Hitzlsperger: The truth location is consistency successful nan guidance position -Gareth Southgate has been successful complaint for galore years now - and nan sheer magnitude of apical talent is benignant of frightening.

Pat Nevin: Hopes are that we get retired of nan group. It’s going to beryllium a reliable group pinch Germany, Switzerland and Hungary. Scotland person ne'er sewage retired of a group shape astatine a World Cup aliases Euros earlier truthful that would beryllium very bully for us.

The Germans will beryllium favourites to triumph nan group, but location are existent hopes that Scotland could get 2nd spot – and retrieve 3rd spot mightiness beryllium capable arsenic well. If we do get retired of nan group, nan head Steve Clarke will opportunity that is plentifulness but a batch of nan players are astatine nan apical level. Do Andy Robertson, Kieran Tierney aliases John McGinn deliberation getting retired of nan group is acold enough? No they don’t. They will want to spell further than that, but they won’t opportunity it retired loud.

Leanne Crichton: It’s sad that we spell into nan tourney pinch a spot of a depleted squad but I’m hopeful Scotland get retired nan group, I deliberation this could beryllium nan twelvemonth it happens. It mightiness not beryllium pretty, they whitethorn person to alteration nan attack successful position of being super-defensive successful phases of games. They tin do it, but during nan fantabulous tally astatine nan commencement of nan qualifying campaign, they were a spot much free flowing.

Thomas Hitzlsperger: Of people they want to upset Germany successful their first match, but that is not nan astir important crippled for them successful position of their way retired of nan group… it is nan Swiss and Hungary they will person to beat.

Alan Shearer: That's a reliable group for them. They haven't had a awesome tally starring up to nan Euros, but you ne'er cognize what could hap if they tin get a spot of momentum.

Wayne Rooney: They will person awesome support down them and their fans will beryllium location successful their numbers, but I do deliberation it will beryllium difficult for Scotland to get retired of their group.

Micah Richards: Scotland will scope nan past 16 but aft that they are done.

Joe Hart: As good arsenic England, I'll beryllium watching Scotland intimately because of my aged team-mates from Celtic who are successful their team. How Scotland do doesn't fuss me, but I want my pals to do well. There is value successful that team, I deliberation they consciousness for illustration they are going to beryllium solid, and arsenic difficult to hit arsenic they perchance can.

Rachel Corsie: I rather for illustration nan look of Poland. They’re successful a reliable group pinch nan Netherlands, Austria and France but, if results spell their way, they could possibly sneak retired and past you ne'er know.

I’m being a small spot persuaded to opportunity Scotland, but I’ll clasp judgement connected that for now.

Thomas Hitzlsperger: Ralf Rangnick has really transformed nan Austrian nationalist squad and I deliberation he is rather optimistic that they tin spell far. Maybe nan group is simply a small spot excessively hard, but they person already amazed a fewer group pinch nan measurement they play, and they tin upset nan large teams.

Joe Hart: Spain. I opportunity that respectfully because I understand that they are a immense footballing nation. They haven’t been awesome successful caller tournaments, but they’ve sewage a very bully harvest of young players and they are mixing that pinch nan likes of Alvaro Morata. I really deliberation they tin bring thing to nan table.

Ashley Williams: Serbia. They've sewage a very extracurricular chance but they person sewage a good-quality squad and they besides person bully acquisition successful tournaments.

Martin Keown: Germany. They are superb erstwhile it comes to tournaments, aliases they person been successful erstwhile times, and they hit France recently.

Leanne Crichton: I person to mention Germany because being nan hosts makes a quality - erstwhile you've sewage nan full federation down you, typical things tin happen.