VILLAMARV Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Top ranked team in the play-offs, however poor they were (and they were) still a really good win. I'm gonna go stick a tenner on MON walking out 10 days before the tournament starts 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 17, 2015 Moderator Share Posted November 17, 2015 Can you be drawn in the same group as any of the sides that you qualified with? In other words, can we get Germany and Poland, or do we avoid them? Not that I particularly care. Just curious of what conditions are on the draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 No conditions as far as I know, Just a straight draw, with France as hosts already assigned the top seed in Group A. So theoretically you could be in a group of Germany, Italy and Poland I suppose. With the new expanded tournament and all the new teams and groups though, 4 teams that finish 3rd in their groups will progress to the round of 16. Quote The four best third-placed teams are determined according to the following criteria applied, in the order given, to the final tournament group matches: a. higher number of points obtained; b. superior goal difference; c. higher number of goals scored; d. fair play conduct in the final tournament as defined in Annex C.5.1; e. position in the UEFA national team coefficient rankings (see Annex B.1.2. http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/03/92/81/2039281_DOWNLOAD.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Tonight sorts out where Ukraine(2)/Slovenia(4), Czech Rep(2/3), Sweden(3)/Denmark(3) and Turkey (3/4). after Ireland qualified it means Hungary are definitely in pot 3. It also means the remaining slot in pot 2 will probably be the Ukraine, unless Slovenia overturn the 2 goal defecit from the first leg, in which case the Czech Republic would take that place. Sweden and Denmark are left playing off for a place in pot 3. And Turkey will be in pot 4 unless Slovenia win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Such a farce that 16 of the 24 teams in the groups will qualify for the next round. It should be top place with the two best second places into the quarter finals. Win your first game in the group and you are through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Heja Sverige! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Zlatan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Such a farce that 16 of the 24 teams in the groups will qualify for the next round. It should be top place with the two best second places into the quarter finals. Win your first game in the group and you are through. I completely wrote it off at the start but tbf it definitely improved the qualifiers, reserving judgement until the tournament starts but agree on paper it doesn't sound good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 17, 2015 Moderator Share Posted November 17, 2015 Zlatan doing the biz. Congrats Sweden. I do NOT want to get them from pot three ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 What a player! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Slovenia 1-0 up on Ukraine atm in the other one. 15 mins left for Slovenia to find an equaliser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 1 hour ago, villa4europe said: I completely wrote it off at the start but tbf it definitely improved the qualifiers, reserving judgement until the tournament starts but agree on paper it doesn't sound good Eight additional football matches in the middle of next summer. I reckon I'll find a way to struggle through it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 17, 2015 Moderator Share Posted November 17, 2015 Too little too late from Denmark I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 I think they need Vassell on debut at this point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 17, 2015 Moderator Share Posted November 17, 2015 And that's Ukraine in now too so tonight went to form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 France, Spain, Germany, England, Portugal, Belgium Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Ukraine Czech Rep, Sweden, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary Turkey, Rep of Ireland, Iceland, Wales, Albania, N. Ireland Draw takes place Sat 12th Dec 18:00 CET/17:00 GMT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 25 minutes ago, BOF said: And that's Ukraine in now too so tonight went to form. Shocking gamesmanship though. Terrible advert for the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Any group with Wales in will automatically be a group of death imo. I'd also say to avoid Turkey as they must be the most random team at the tournament....don't qualify for that many tournaments yet still made the semis of the WC and Euros in the last 15 years. All the others will just park the bus. How on earth did Hungary sneak into pot 3? Norn Iron finished comfortably above them in qualifying yet in pot 4? Hungary are imo the weakest team there so everyone will want them although top 3 on the whole looks pretty comfortable. Only 8 teams will be knocked out at group stages, even Woy can't mess that one up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 I've got a ticket to B1 vs B4 so hoping for England vs Ireland Got 3 from pot 4 so every danger I'll see at least one home nation, one from pot one who I'm not fussed who it is and then one pot 2 vs pot 3 which I'm hoping for Italy vs Sweden for some reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 3/4 of the UK and the ROI will all roll into France next summer . Going to be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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