Trumpet Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Draw is this Sunday. Thought this needed a thread of its own. The pots have been decided: http://i62.tinypic.com/11r4x89.png Teams will be put into 9 groups. Eight groups of 6, and a group of 5 (Plus France, whose games don't count). 23 teams could qualify (France already there as the host) - For television rights reasons, England, Germany, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands shall be drawn into groups of 6 teams - For political reasons, Azerbaijan and Armenia (due to disputed status of Nagorno-Karabakh), as well as Spain and Gibraltar (due to disputed status of Gibraltar) shall not be drawn in the same group. Unlike the previous UEFA qualifying tournament, Russia and Georgia have agreed to play each other if they are drawn together - France (Coeff: 30,992; Rank: 11) are partnered with the five-team group, which enable the 2016 tournament hosts to play friendlies against these countries on their 'spare' dates. These friendlies do not count in the qualifying group standings. 9 group Winners and 9 Runners up qualify directly, leaving 5 spaces open for play offs. The best 3rd team also qualifies....and the remaining 8 3rd teams will do play-offs for the remaining 4 spots. ------------------------------------------- Shame despite Iceland's great WC qualifying campaign, they couldn't make the cut to pot 4, still think some lesser nations will have a great chance of qualifying here. As for England, I guess the tough draw would be: England, Belgium, Serbia, Armenia, Iceland, and Kazakhstan. or the easy root of: England, Ireland, Norway, Latvia, Moldova, San Marino. Personally hoping for a good draw for Nordic teams, and Poland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 In an ideal world we will get ROI, Scotland, N. Ireland, and Gibraltar. Myself I really want us to play Gibraltor, just for the laughs. I'd also like to stay away from Ukraine, Sweden, Poland, Croatia, and Denmark, mainly because we always seem to come up against them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 When did they do these coefficients? Iceland in pot 5 FFS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 When did they do these coefficients? Iceland in pot 5 FFS. I'm sure they defined the pots shortly after everyones cheques had cleared. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpet Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 When did they do these coefficients? Iceland in pot 5 FFS. 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage. 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying stage and final tournament. 20% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage and final tournament. No wonder when you consider Iceland were quiet woeful for 2010 or 2012 qualifying campaign. FIFA is the one, that only takes the current ranking into equation (Hence Norway ended up being top seed for WC qualifers group due to their run of form in Euro 2012 qualifying campaign having beaten Portugal and drawn Denmark). It takes a couple of more good campaign for Iceland to properly establish themselves up there, which I suspect they will do as their team is very young and will only get better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpet Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Reckon a group of Russia, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Faroe Islands will be boss Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 When did they do these coefficients? Iceland in pot 5 FFS. 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage. 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying stage and final tournament. 20% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage and final tournament. No wonder when you consider Iceland were quiet woeful for 2010 or 2012 qualifying campaign. FIFA is the one, that only takes the current ranking into equation (Hence Norway ended up being top seed for WC qualifers group due to their run of form in Euro 2012 qualifying campaign having beaten Portugal and drawn Denmark). It takes a couple of more good campaign for Iceland to properly establish themselves up there, which I suspect they will do as their team is very young and will only get better. surely be 100% easier just to do it on FIFA rankings (competitive games only). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 When did they do these coefficients? Iceland in pot 5 FFS. 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage. 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying stage and final tournament. 20% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage and final tournament. No wonder when you consider Iceland were quiet woeful for 2010 or 2012 qualifying campaign. FIFA is the one, that only takes the current ranking into equation (Hence Norway ended up being top seed for WC qualifers group due to their run of form in Euro 2012 qualifying campaign having beaten Portugal and drawn Denmark). It takes a couple of more good campaign for Iceland to properly establish themselves up there, which I suspect they will do as their team is very young and will only get better. So that's going back to 8 years before the start of this tournament, seems utterly ridiculous that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DebuchyAndTheBeast Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Montenegro in the same pot as Scotland? Thought they were decent in the WC qualifying campaign Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Bosnia, Hungary, Finland, Cyprus and Gibraltar please. Will be Spain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Iceland and Kazaksthan though, because fuck us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Any European team not qualifying for future Euro's wants to have a serious word with itself in fairness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Mags Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 We'll win a game we should lose, lose some games we should win, and lose some games we should draw. Rinsing and repeating this since football began. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I would like to think we got rid of the old guard, Gerrard, Cole, Lampard ect. and bring in new fresh talent to build a team around , and FFS play Rooney up front, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Fucking Gibraltar? Taking the piss now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Don't know why but I would love a home nations draw plus Gibraltar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpet Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Was bored off my mind last night, so did a mock draw: Group A: Italy, Hungary, Slovakia, Armenia, Macedonia, Kazakhstan Group B: Greece, Republic of Ireland, Slovenia, Wales, Lithuania, Luxamburg (Wales genuinely will have a chance here) Group C: Germany, Czech, Romania, Belarus, Moldova, Gibraltar Group D: England, Belgium, Poland, Finland, Azerbaijan, Andorra (Roy returns to the country of his second citizenship ) Group E: Spain, Switzerland, Israel, Scotland, Georgia, Malta Group F: Netherlands, Denmark, Serbia, Estonia, Albania, Faroe Islands Group G: Portugal, Sweden, Austria, Bulgaria, N.Ireland, Lichtenstein (The revenge of Ibra) Group H: Russia, Croatia, Turkey, Montenegro, Cyprus, San Marino (Somewhat competitive group and maybe San Marino can sneak a draw off Cyprus ?) Group I: Bosnia, Ukraine, Norway, Latvia, Iceland, (France) . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 If we get Iceland one more time I'll be close to giving up following International football That said, I'd take that group. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Lizarazu is a great looking gadge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I wish they'd just do a normal draw with no seedings or bollocks like that. Would be way more interesting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 He knows what he's doing http://www.20min.ch/diashow/39918/lizarazu-80dfb9388906a8a4af2f69cb742d7f78.JPG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Group A is shaping up tasty already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Awww, I wanted Gibraltar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Germany v Gibraltar could break a few records. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Wheyyyy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Group F or E for us please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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