The only way I see an anomaly happening here, is if all 12 Group A winners qualify, and 6 of the Group B qualifiers also qualify. This would mean that next 4 teams in Group B, would play off against each other to have at least 1 team qualify via the Group B pathway, but with the group A pathway empty of teams, and having to be filled by teams further down, you could have a scenario like I said where the two Irelands could be in a play off with two teams from Group C, even though they finished behind the other 4 Group B teams in the rankings at the end of the Nations League.
What I think could happen in that scenario, i.e. assuming that Group A is empty and there are for example 6 teams not qualified from Group B, the best two ranked teams from B, would go up to A, and the next four B teams would play off. Then the two teams that went up to A, would be joined by two more from C, giving better ranking teams the advantage of playing lower ranked teams.
If that is the case, then Ireland should be hoping Iceland are beaten to qualification by Turkey, because none of the teams that finish in the four play off spots in B, can go up to play a team unqualified in a higher group.
Realistically I'd prefer a play off with for example
Iceland/Ireland/N Ireland/Isreal over one with Bosnia/Wales/Czech Rep/Slovakia/Turkey
What this is also really showing is the huge importance of the Nations League for qualifying for competitions
Get back into the B group and you're almost guarenteed a play off spot for every Euro's
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