There may be no World Cup this summer, but that doesn’t mean serious soccer fans have to sit around twiddling their thumbs until the return of European domestic league action in mid-August.

Euro 2016 kicks off Friday when host France takes on Romania in Paris, the start of a month-long, 51-match battle to determine who will be crowned the continent’s top team.

In preparation for the tournament — thought by many to be international soccer’s best — we’ve profiled the favorites and the darkhorses.

Now we take a look at all 24 teams competing to win the 15th edition of the UEFA European Championship.

France

Coach: Didier Deschamps
Best player: Paul Pogba

Description: France has great players at every single position on the field, a few world-class talents — Pogba is a delight — and home-field advantage. There’s a good reason they’re the odds-on favorite to win it all.

Odds: 3-1

Switzerland

Coach: Vladimir Petkovic
Best player: Xherdan Shaqiri

Description: Tournament dark horses, the Swiss are solid at the back and have creativity in midfield. Their only real weakness is a lack of a proven goalscorer.

Odds: 40-1

Romania

Coach: Anghel Iordănescu
Best player: Vlad Chiriches

Description: Feel free to completely ignore Romania: They’re specialists in grinding out dour draws and not much else.

Odds: 100-1

Albania

Coach: Gianni De Biasi
Best player: Lorik Cana

Description: If Romania is bad, Albania is awful. This is its first major tournament, and the Balkan nation will be lucky to pick up any points at all.

Odds: 250-1

England

Coach: Roy Hodgson
Best player: Harry Kane

Description: Stacked with talent (Wayne Rooney) and youth (Dele Alli), England is in its best position entering an international tournament in more than two decades. History says they’ll trip over themselves, but this team is a legit title contender.

Odds: 9-1

Russia

Coach: Leonid Slutsky
Best player: Alexander Golovin

Description: Things looked good for Russia coming into the tournament, but a rash of injuries to the team’s midfield in the final round of warm-up matches means that reaching the knockout stage is no longer a sure thing.

Odds: 66-1

Wales

Coach: Chris Coleman
Best player: Gareth Bale

Description: Wales isn’t used to major tournaments – this is its first since 1958 – but Bale’s presence gives the team the best player on the pitch in almost every game. The team will go as far as the Real Madrid superstar can carry them.

Odds: 80-1

Slovakia

Coach: Jan Kozak
Best player: Marek Hamšík

Description: A 3-1 win in last week’s friendly over Germany will give them hope of of stealing a game or two, but the team’s lack of offense outside of Hamšík will make that difficult.

Odds: 100-1

Germany

Coach: Joachim Löw
Best player: Thomas Müller

Description: The World Cup winners lost a couple of key players, but are still stuffed to the gills with talent. They’ve been out of form lately, but have plenty of time to gel before the knockout stages.

Odds: 4-1

Poland

Coach: Adam Nawalka
Best player: Robert Lewandowski

Description: Spearheaded by Bayern Munich’s Lewandowski, the best classic No. 9 striker in the world, Poland scored 33 goals in qualifying, the most of any team. They should get out of the group and could scare some of the big boys.

Odds: 50-1

Ukraine

Coach: Mykhaylo Fomenko
Best player: Yevhen Konoplyanka

Description: A defensive machine, Ukraine will sit deep and hit teams on the break with their world-class wingers feeding lunatic forward Roman Zozulya, who is currently banned from his domestic league after attacking a referee.

Odds: 80-1

Northern Ireland

Coach: Michael O’Neill
Best player: Steven Davis

Description: Bereft of world-class players, Northern Ireland will play extremely organized defense, run their guts out and try to nick a goal from a set piece. Good luck with that.

Odds: 500-1

Spain

Coach: Vincente del Bosque
Best player: Andres Iniesta

Description: After crashing out of World Cup 2014 in embarrassing fashion, this new-look Spanish side needs to recapture the form that won them the past two Euros and the 2010 World Cup.

Odds: 5-1

Croatia

Coach: Ante Cacic
Best player: Luka Modric

Description: Pssst! Don’t tell anyone, but the Croats might just have the best midfield in the Euros and should be able to pass their way to at least the quarterfinals.

Odds: 25-1

Turkey

Coach: Fatih Terim
Best player: Arda Turan

Description: After a topsy-turvy qualifying campaign, nobody expects much from Turkey side. But on their best days, they’re a handful for anyone.

Odds: 80-1

Czech Republic

Coach: Pavel Vrba
Best player: Petr Cech

Description: What the Czechs lack in star power, they make up for with defensive organization. They’ll either press or sit deep in an organized block and will try to steal a goal on set pieces, where they excel.

Odds: 100-1

Belgium

Coach: Marc Wilmots
Best player: Kevin DeBruyne

Description: Ranked No. 2 in the world, Belgium is one of the most talented teams at the tournament with quality all over the field. With a track record of big-game flops (see: 2014 World Cup quarters), it will be up to captain Eden Hazard – who struggled most of this season – to push his team over the top.

Odds: 10-1

Italy

Coach: Antonio Conte
Best player: Leonardo Bonucci

Description: Italy, usually a favorite entering any big competition, has one of the Euros’ best defenses, but little else. Still, this tournament has been won before by teams who struggled to score.

Odds: 16-1

Sweden

Coach: Erik Hamren
Best player: Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Description: Sweden is in Euro 2016 because of Ibrahimovic and will go as far as its flamboyant goal-scoring captain– one of the true standouts of his generation – can take them. With all of Sweden’s other weaknesses, that probably isn’t too far.

Odds: 80-1

Republic of Ireland

Coach: Martin O’Neill
Best player: Shane Long

Description: Just getting to the tournament was an achievement of sorts for O’Neill’s hard-working squad, but the Irish need serious luck to go further than the group stage — especially if their defense doesn’t toughen up.

Odds: 150-1

Portugal

Coach: Fernando Santos
Best player: Cristiano Ronaldo

Description: Portugal have the best player in the tournament in Ronaldo, but it’s unclear whether that will be enough. Who else can pitch in with goals and help him finally win a major international trophy?

Odds: 18-1

Austria

Coach: Marcel Koller
Best player: David Alaba

Description: Featuring a strong midfield led by Alaba, Austria have talent but lack depth. If players such as Marko Arnautovic and Marc Janko play to their capabilities, they can do some damage to more heralded teams.

Odds: 40-1

Iceland

Coach: Lars Lagerbäck
Best player: Gylfi Sigurdsson

Description: The nation of 330,000 has no business being in the tournament, yet here they are. There might not be a team that works better together, and with some breaks they even could make it to the knockout stage.

Odds: 150-1

Hungary

Coach: Bernd Storck
Best player: Balázs Dzsudzsák

Description: Talent-deficient Hungary will sit back and try to soak up their opponents’ attack. Of course, they’ll need goals to advance, for which they’ll rely on set pieces and counterattacks.

Odds: 250-1