Kevin De Bruyne has hit out at UEFA and labelled the current state of the European Championship a 'disgrace'.

After the most recent round of international fixtures brought an end to the initial qualifying process, Belgium know they will be in Group B for Euro 2020 with Denmark, Russia and Finland or Wales ahead of the draw taking place. This is due to the rules over hosting and seeding.

Roberto Martinez's side, having won their qualifying group, are one of the top seeds, along with England, Italy, Germany, Spain and Ukraine. But with four of those countries hosting matches and all hosts being split into pairs, the Belgians must join two hosts. But they can't join another top seed while Russia and Ukraine being kept apart due to their political climate has a knock-on effect on where teams will end up.

Kevin De Bruyne slammed UEFA and called the state of European Championship a 'disgrace'

With the tournament being held across 12 cities in as many countries next summer, hosts have been paired together and Belgium will face the Danes in Copenhagen and Russia in St Petersburg, where they won last weekend.

But Manchester City star De Bruyne is clearly unhappy with that being clear prior to the teams being pulled out of a hat on November 30.

Speaking to Belgian outlet HLN Sport, the 28-year-old said: 'It’s a disgrace. For me this feels like competition distortion. Football has become more and more a business'.

De Bruyne was involved and scored twice as Belgium overcame Cyprus 6-1 on Tuesday evening.

De Bruyne helped Belgium beat Russia in qualifying and is set to face them again next summer

His team finished six points clear at the top of qualification Group I after winning all 10 of their matches. They beat Russia 3-1 in Brussels and 4-1 in the return in St Petersburg.

As well as Russia and Denmark, Italy, Azerbaijan, Holland, Romania, Scotland, England, Spain, Ireland, Germany and Hungary are tournament hosts.

It all kicks off in Rome's Olympic Stadium on June 12 with the final taking place at Wembley on July 12.

This will be the 16th edition of the European Championship and is being held across the continent as a 'romantic' one-off event to celebrate the 60th birthday of the competition, according to former UEFA chief Michel Platini.

HOW ALL THE GROUPS COULD LOOK AT EURO 2020 GROUP A in Rome/Baku: Italy France/Poland/Switzerland/Croatia Portugal/Turkey/Austria/Sweden/Czech Republic Wales or Finland GROUP B in St Petersburg/Copenhagen: Belgium Russia Denmark Wales or Finland GROUP C in Amsterdam/Bucharest: Ukraine Holland Portugal/Turkey/Austria/Sweden/Czech Republic Winners of play-off path A, C or D GROUP D in London/Glasgow: England France/Poland/Switzerland/Croatia Portugal/Turkey/Austria/Sweden/Czech Republic Winners of play-off path C or D (Scotland?) GROUP E in Bilbao and Dublin: Spain France/Poland/Switzerland/Croatia Portugal/Turkey/Austria/Sweden/Czech Republic Winners of play-off path B (Northern Ireland/Ireland?) GROUP F in Munich and Budapest: Germany France/Poland/Switzerland/Croatia Portugal/Turkey/Austria/Sweden/Czech Republic Winners of play-off path A, C or D Advertisement