Euro 2012 - Draw Sun 7 Feb 2010

Changing the subject,

The draw for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying round will take place in Warsaw on 7 February 2010. This will be the first time the new UEFA national team coefficient will be used for seeding the teams. The qualifying draw will determine the makeup of six groups of six teams and three groups of five teams. The first-placed teams from each group along with the best runner-up will qualify automatically and the remaining runners-up will take part in a two-match play-off to select the remaining four teams in the final tournament.

We'll be there lads :cool:

What are the seedings like after last nights results?

FFS playoffs for the euros now. what a joke.

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Originally Posted by as_i_say

FFS playoffs for the euros now. what a joke.

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It's madness, 51 teams 14 to qualify 5 groups of 7 2 of 8 top 2 in each, simplest and fairest, if that still comes into the equation.

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Originally Posted by endabob1

It's madness, 51 teams 14 to qualify 5 groups of 7 2 of 8 top 2 in each, simplest and fairest, if that still comes into the equation

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16 of the teams having to play 14 qualifiers isn't feasible, given the shortage of international dates, opposition from clubs etc.

Giving an extra four teams a second chance isn't particularly unfair- as presumably they will be drawn against higher-ranked seeded teams anyway.

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Originally Posted by Gather round

16 of the teams having to play 14 qualifiers isn't feasible, given the shortage of international dates, opposition from clubs etc.

Giving an extra four teams a second chance isn't particularly unfair- as presumably they will be drawn against higher-ranked seeded teams anyway.

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Currently it's 10 games + 2 play offs, so 4 more games over 2 years, hardly a massive ask, cut out some of the dross friendly's we have to put up with.

hope we draw france in this...knock them out of the Euro's and platini can feel a bit of our hurt.....we'll do it on the pitch without any help

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Originally Posted by endabob1

Currently it's 10 games + 2 play offs, so 4 more games over 2 years, hardly a massive ask, cut out some of the dross friendly's we have to put up with.

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It's not over 2 years, more like 14 months

I believe these are the pots for the draw:
Euro 2012 qualifying seedings
Pot One: Spain, Germany, Holland, Italy, England, Croatia, Portugal, France, Russia.
Pot Two: Greece, Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Turkey, Denmark, Slovakia, Romania.
Pot Three: Israel, Bulgaria, Finland, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Pot Four: Slovenia, Latvia, Hungary, Lithuania, Belarus, Belgium, Wales, FYR Macedonia, Cyprus.
Pot Five: Montenegro, Albania, Estonia, Georgia, Moldova, Iceland, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein.
Pot Six: Azerbaijan, Luxembourg, Malta, Faroe Islands, Andorra, San Marino.

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/eur...id=901647.html

as usual, each pot contains some real stinkers and then at least one team you would just love to get.
Croatia are surely the first seed to get? Not that they are awful or anything.
What price on us getting France??
can't believe that we have to wait until Feb for the draw.

England
Serbia
Ireland
Belgium
Montenegro

what a horrible group that would be

France
Czech Republic/Greece
Ireland
Wales
Iceland
Luxembourg

: )

Have we any chance of sneaking into the 2nd pot? Be nice to avoid teams like Czech, Switz and Serbia. I think I'd rather a group of 5 teams this time round and get Armenia as the 5th seeded team.

If FIFA/UEFA have their way we'll probably get France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Holland with the top 5 goin through!!

Croatia, Denmark, Ireland, Wales, Iceland and the Faroes would be nice

What price England getting their usual easy group of

England, Denmark, Finland, Cyprus and Kazakhstan however

England
Romania
Republic of Ireland
Lithuania
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg

Croatia
Greece
Ireland
Wales
Liechtenstein
Faroes

Spain
Sweden
Scotland
Slovenia
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San Marino

Curse you pot 5!!

I think if we avoid these, we have a good chance:

Pot 1: Spain, Germany
Pot 2: Serbia
Pot 4: Belgium
Pot 5: Montenegro
Pot 6: None

I want France as the 1st seed in our group!

Be fun to pay a visit to kerr's faroe islands haha. That programme the other night was funny