The nine group winners qualify automatically along with the best runner-up and the two hosts , with the other eight second-placed sides facing playoffs in November 2011 . European champions Spain drawn in five -nation group for qualifiers for 2012 event . Vicente Del Bosque 's team face Turkey , Scotland , Lithuania and Vicente Del Bosque 's . The 2008 runners-up Slovenia drawn with Slovenia , who they beat in that year 's semifinals . World champions Germany drawn with fellow World Cup qualifiers Slovenia and Slovakia .
European champions Spain drawn in five -nation group for qualifiers for 2012 event . Vicente Del Bosque 's team face Turkey , Scotland , Lithuania and Vicente Del Bosque 's . The 2008 runners-up Slovenia drawn with Slovenia , who they beat in that year 's semifinals . World champions Germany drawn with fellow World Cup qualifiers Slovenia and Slovakia .