All making sense so far? I hope so, because there are a couple of other little things to let you know about. Perhaps the most surprising is that France will also take part in qualifying, the first hosts to do so after a rule change, although no qualifying points will rest on their fixtures. They will play in the finals whatever the outcome of their games.

Explaining the recent rule change, Uefa president Michel Platini said it was brought in because the hosts, who are normally exempt from qualifying, have found it hard to arrange friendlies in the past.

A good idea? That's for you to tell me.

Who is in which pot then?

Pot 1: Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, England, Portugal, Greece, Russia, Bosnia-Hercegovina.

Pot 2: Ukraine, Croatia, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Republic of Ireland.

Pot 3: Serbia, Turkey, Slovenia, Israel, Norway, Slovakia, Romania, Austria, Poland.

Pot 4: Montenegro, Armenia, Scotland, Finland, Latvia, Wales, Bulgaria, Estonia, Belarus.

Pot 5: Iceland, Northern Ireland, Albania, Lithuania, Moldova, FYR Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Cyprus.

Pot 6: Luxembourg, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Faroe Islands, Malta, Andorra, San Marino, Gibraltar.

Right then, are you ready to get that grey matter ticking over a little earlier than you might have expected? Let's break this draw down into something we all understand.

The basic numbers are simple: 53 teams will enter the qualifying draw and 24 will take part at Euro 2016, an increase from 16 previously. Each nation has been put into one of six pots depending on their Uefa coefficient ranking and, from these, eight groups of six will be drawn and one group of five. Simples?

BBC Radio 5 live

If you want to listen in to the draw from Nice, BBC Radio 5 live will have full coverage and reaction as the groups begin to take shape from 1100 GMT.

There's plenty of information to digest before the draw gets under way at around 1100 GMT, so let's make it fun. I want to know your favourite European Championship memories. Gazza's goal against Scotland in 1996? Spain's tiki-taka success of 2012? Or maybe you were inspired by Michel Platini in 1984?

Whatever your favourite memory, let us know. We've opened up the doors of social media, and it's time for you to come on in. Tweet us, using #bbcfootball,, external or send a text to 81111.

Will England be drawn in the same group as international football new boys Gibraltar? Could Northern Ireland be pitched into the same group as the Republic? Who will Wales and Scotland pull out of the hat? Over the course of the next two hours, we'll find out.

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There's a festival of football happening in France in 2016, and almost half of Europe is invited.

Sounds good, doesn't it? Want to join in? Of course you do, so sidle up with your Sunday brunch and join me for the Euro 2016 qualifying draw as we find out what it takes to be involved in the continent's showpiece finals.