Euro 2000 Draw seeds

[pete]

from ireland.com

UEFA issue rankings ahead of Euro 2004

Republic of Ireland are likely to be seeded sixth in the UEFA rankings announced today ahead of the qualifiers for the 2004 European Championship.

France are the top ranked country as reigning champions while Portugal qualify automatically as hosts.

The draw procedure is yet to be finalised but it is expected teams will be seeded into five pots of 10 at the draw, depending on their position in the rankings.

The 50 teams will be drawn into 10 groups of five on January 25th in Porto. The 10 group winners qualify automatically and the 10 runners-up play off-for the remaining five places.

For Belgium and the Netherlands, co-hosts of Euro 2000, only results from the 2002 World Cup qualifying matches are considered.

1. France 2.100
2. Sweden 2.667
3. Spain 2.563
4. Czech Republic 2.500
5. Germany 2.250
6. Ireland 2.222
7. Romania 2.222
8. Italy 2.188
9. Belgium 2.125
10. Turkey 2.111
11. Russia 2.100
12. Croatia 2.063
13. Denmark 2.000
14. Netherlands 2.000
15. Yugoslavia 2.000
16. Poland 1.889
17. England 1.875
18. Slovenia 1.850
19. Ukraine 1.850
20. Scotland 1.833

From 11-20th places i'd take Denmark, Slovenia or Scotland.

[sorbothegreek]

Croatia wouldn't be the team they were a couple of years ago, wouldn't mind them either.

[James]

seedings would therefore be as follows

TOP SEEDS: France, Sweden, Spain, Czech Republic, Germany, Rep of Ireland, Romania, Italy, Belgium, Turkey.

SECOND SEEDS: Russia, Croatia, Denmark, Holland, Yugoslavia, Poland, England, Slovenia, Ukraine, Scotland.

THIRD SEEDS: Austria, Norway, Slovakia, Israel, Switzerland, Iceland, Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, Hungary

FOURTH SEEDS: Cyprus, Bosnia, Belarus, Wales, Estonia, Latvia, N Ireland, Georgia, Macedonia, Lithuania.

FIFTH SEEDS: Armenia, Moldova, Albania, Faroe Islands, Azerbaijan, Liechenstein, San Marino, Malta, Luxembourg, Andorra.

[James]

easiest possible qualifying group

Ireland
Scotland/Poland
Iceland
Latvia/Lithuania
Andorra

could we be that lucky ?

of course on the other hand we could get this

Ireland
Holland
Norway/Bulgaria
Cyprus
Armenia

but i'd settle for the first one :D

[Neil]

How about this for a nightmare:

Ireland
England
Norway
N. Ireland
Moldova

That shower would bring us down to their level.

[James]

true, but i'd fancy us against engaland anytime..simply because their media would do a whole hype thing even worse and they'd go on about how roy keane would be the only irish player to get onto the engaland side...etc etc
and then we'd go and beat them

what they forget is that its a team game ( had to throw in that one :D )

the dutch i'd fear much more then engsland...esp now all the dutch players are alledgedly on steroids ;)

[joe]

Originally posted by James


the dutch i'd fear much more then engsland...esp now all the dutch players are alledgedly on steroids ;)

they'll probably all be banned by then so :D

wouldn't mind switzerland myself - a nice trip away!

[James]

hey joe
how bout Sweden, Poland, Switzerland and latvia
:D

[Neil]

The Package Holiday Group:

Ireland
Yugoslavia
Greece
Cyprus
Malta

Nice!

[James]

yea sorry never mentioned it ...mine was the cheap ryanair flights / places city fans have been before trip :D

[Daxion]

After making 11 of the 12 matches in WX2002 qualifiers, I want Faroes Islands
Georgia
Iceland or Greece
Scotland