The coefficients for the EURO 2016 qualifying draw will take into account results from:
2010 World Cup (qualifiers and final tournament) - 20% of total weighting
EURO 2012 (qualifiers and final tournament) - 40% of total weighting
2014 World Cup (qualifiers) - 40% of total weighting
Click here for more info on the coefficient system.
The qualifying format is already known: 9 groups (2 x 5, 7 x 6)
Top two from each group and the best team in third place advance. The other eight play-off for the final four spots.
Rank - Team - Points
1 Netherlands 25755 2 Spain 25525 3 Germany 24627 4 Italy 21455 5 England 20264 6 Sweden 20148 7 Greece 19554 8 Russia 19309 9 Croatia 18961 --------------------------- 10 Slovakia 18906 11 Portugal 18524 12 Ireland 18226 13 Denmark 18152 14 Ukraine 17951 15 Israel 16815 16 Montenegro 16671 17 Czech Republic 16631 18 Norway 16606 --------------------------- 19 Slovenia 16523 20 Hungary 16221 21 Bosnia-Herzegovina 16151 22 Turkey 15764 23 Belarus 15622 24 Serbia 15524 25 Belgium 14360 26 Switzerland 14201 27 Northern Ireland 13841 --------------------------- 28 Romania 13741 29 Finland 13601 30 Austria 13458 31 Poland 12751 32 Bulgaria 12681 33 Albania 12597 34 Scotland 12388 35 Armenia 12074 36 Latvia 11964 --------------------------- 37 Georgia 11623 38 Lithuania 11390 39 Estonia 11336 40 Moldova 10414 41 Macedonia 10242 42 Cyprus 9631 43 Kazakhstan 8587 44 Faroe Islands 8565 45 Azerbaijan 8467 --------------------------- 46 Liechtenstein 8310 47 Wales 8020 48 Iceland 7735 49 Luxembourg 7019 50 Malta 5573 51 Andorra 5240 52 San Marino 4597
So Wales are even lower down the pecking order in this system. 6th worst in Europe...
ReplyDeleteThey're not exactly setting the world on fire with their competitive results. 4 wins and 6 defeats in the 2010 WCQ and now 4 defeats out of 4 games in the 2012 ECQ.
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ReplyDeleteI saw your article seperating friendly results from competitive results and noticed Wales 50th/53 (!) for competitive results and 27th for friendlies.
Thanks for the link Edgar this is exactly what I was looking for.
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