Euro 2004 draw on Sunday

Holders France, Sweden and the Czech Republic are the top seeds along with hosts Portugal for the Euro 2004 draw next week, UEFA has said. Eurosport's coverage of the draw begins Sunday at 11:30 cet with the draw LIVE at 12:00 cet (11am British time) both

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Big guns Italy, Germany, Spain and England are in a second tier of seeds, European soccer's governing body said after the last five qualifiers emerged from Wednesday's playoffs.

The top seeds will be placed in Pot A, one of four groups of four teams, in the draw scheduled for Lisbon on November 30. The second group will be in Pot B with the third, Pot C, comprising the Netherlands, Denmark, Croatia and Russia.

Pot D is made up of the supposedly weaker teams, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Greece and tournament newcomers Latvia, the surprise qualifiers who upset World Cup semi-finalists Turkey in the playoffs.

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UEFA said the seeding was based on the record of the 15 teams -- not including Portugal -- in qualifying for the 2002 World Cup and 2004 European Championship.

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