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1. A spot in September's EuroBasket field 2. Hosting the Short-Course World Championships in December 3. Competition in this season's UEFA League of Nations; additionally, they will be in League C next season  4. A potential spot in the men's World Cup this year (removed from a group semifinal against Poland) and the opportunity to qualify for the women's tournament next year  5. Men's and women's spots at Wimbledon this year   6. A qualifying spot in Paris 2024 men's soccer, or at least through UEFA  7. International ice hockey competition indefinitely across all age groups 8. Hosting rights for the 2023 world junior ice hockey championships (Halifax, Nova Scotia and Moncton, New Brunswick are the new host cities)  9. A spot in April's FIH Women's Junior World Cup in field hockey (they were replaced by Austria) 

Men's Soccer- Europe With sixteen spots in next year's final tournament (two hosts- Georgia and Romania- and fourteen qualifiers), which teams are still in the running for continental qualifier spots? *Note: this list has changed since last time. Who has a spot in the final tournament? 1. Belgium 2. England 3. France 4. Germany 5. Netherlands 6. Portugal  7. Spain Who's still in the running for the final seven spots?  Thirteen teams- Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Norway, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine- are chasing the remaining seven spots   

Instead of looking at which teams have been eliminated, let's instead look at which teams still have a chance of competing in Paris. Men's Soccer Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine are still in contention to make the Paris field from Europe 

Men's Soccer U21 Euros Qualifying Group B: Germany can win the group if they defeat Hungary while Poland is in the drivers' seat for the playoff spot after they defeated San Marino and Israel fell to Latvia (for Israel to move past them into the playoffs two things need to happen on Tuesday due to Poland's superior goal difference- an Israel win v. San Marino and a Poland loss v. Germany)  Group F: Sweden, Italy and Ireland are the only three teams remaining in contention. One win and four points separate Sweden (auto qualifying) and Ireland (elimination)  Group H: France and Ukraine are the only two teams remaining in contention as both teams have at least qualified for the playoffs   Who's eliminated? Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus , Estonia, Faroe Islands , Gibraltar, Hungary , Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, North Macedonia, San Marino, Serbia and Wales *Bolded and Italicized = Ne...