Four teams and two hosts must occupy the seats of two seed teams. The draw for European Cup teams is not based on FIFA's national team rankings, but on the ranking system formulated by UEFA itself. This system only evaluates the results of official competitions, including 20% in 2008 European Cup qualifiers and finals, 40% in 20 10 World Cup qualifiers and finals, and 40% in 20 12 European Cup qualifiers.

According to the ranking system, except for the two hosts, Spain and the Netherlands scored higher, so they were ranked as seed teams, and Germany could only be assigned to the second place.