What seeds will Scotland be at Euro 2024? How the pots work as teams eye advantage to seal glory in Germany

It's been a whirlwind Euro 2024 qualifying campaign for Scotland and fans are dreaming of a plane ticket to Germany.

A comfortable 3-0 win over Cyprus has earned Steve Clarke's men five wins from five, all but booking their place in the group stage as long as they avoid an almost impossible collapse in the remaining matches. That is also assuming other teams will pick up maximum points in the meantime.

Now that qualification seems essentially done and dusted, fans can look to the draw for the Euro 2024 group stage in December - where Scotland's solid campaign could see them rub shoulders with the likes of Germany and France in Pot One of the draw - essentially making the group stage draw easier as they'll face teams with a lower pedigree. It's a welcome change qualifying, never mind qualifying at a canter - and Record Sport has you covered for the ifs, whats and nots.

With some qualifying groups having six teams as opposed to five, results against sixth-placed teams - who are almost always the side with the lowest FIFA ranking - do not count. Therefore, for current six-team-group leaders Denmark, Switzerland and Portugal, their results against San Marino, Andorra and Liechtenstein respectively don't count. This balances the cause for Scotland to qualify in a higher pot.

As a result, the six teams with the highest points totals after eight games - of course, excluding those against sixth-placed teams - will go into Pot One, the next six teams into Pot Two, with the process repeating itself until Pot Four is completed.

The top six currently stands at Scotland and France on 15 points, England on 13, Portugal on 12 and Belgium on 10 - alongside Germany, who will go into Pot One as hosts.

As a guideline, the best six teams