Who would have qualified for a 2012 EURO with 24 teams?
The two hosts, 9 group winners, 9 group runners-up and 4 teams from play-offs between the best third placed teams.
Ranking of third placed teams discarding results against the sixth ranked team in the group where applicable:
Norway 16 10 - 7 Hungary 13 11 - 14 Armenia 11 15 - 10 Switzerland 11 12 - 10 Scotland 11 9 - 10 Israel 10 8 - 10 Belgium 9 15 - 14 Serbia 9 7 - 11 Romania 8 8 - 8
Romania out as the worst third placed team. Yes, Romania :)
Seeding for the play-offs:
Serbia 27975 Switzerland 27745 Norway 27093 Israel 26942 ----------------- Hungary 26110 Scotland 24426 Belgium 22539 Armenia 19746
Assuming the seeds would have qualified with a win and a draw, these would have been the pots for the final draw:
Poland 23086 Ukraine 28029 Spain 43116 Netherlands 40860 Germany 40446 Italy 34357 ------------------------ England 33563 Russia 33212 Croatia 32723 Greece 32455 Sweden 31675 Denmark 31205 ------------------------ Portugal 31202 France 30508 Switzerland 28715 Serbia 28705 Ireland 28203 Czech Republic 27982 ------------------------ Israel 27602 Turkey 27601 Norway 27558 Bosnia-Herzegovina 27198 Montenegro 21876 Estonia 20354
Pot 1: Poland, Ukraine, Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Italy
Pot 2: England, Russia, Croatia, Greece, Sweden, Denmark
Pot 3: Portugal, France, Switzerland, Serbia, Ireland, Czech Republic
Pot 4: Israel, Turkey, Norway, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Estonia
So who's waiting eagerly for the 2016 edition? Taking into account the latest preliminaries and my previous post about the EURO expansion, these are the top 10 teams that will benefit: Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Serbia, Turkey, Israel, Northern Ireland, Belgium, England and Croatia.
why Romania?
ReplyDeleteRomania is Edgar's country.
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