The tournament will have 24 teams competing for the first time, which is great news for Ireland, as that will see three teams from the qualifying groups go through. So we can nearly be assured of qualification for most European cups..hooray!

Ireland team to play Algeria

K Westwood; S Kelly, J O'Shea, S St Ledger, G Cunninham; L Lawrence, P Green, G Whelan, D Duff; R Keane, K Doyle.

Paddy Power special offer

...for YBIG members, Paddy's are offering Ireland to win in the halftime/fulltime markets, normal odds are 13/8. Ybig price is 5/1 See the ybig.ie/forum for details