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.
France will host the final tournament.
The qualifying format is already known (but things might change): 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.
Best movers:
5 - Ukraine, Belgium and Bulgaria
4 - Estonia
3 - Croatia and Iceland
Worst movers:
-4 - Switzerland and Belarus
-3 - Norway, Slovakia, Armenia and Scotland
Ukraine, Belgium and Israel replace Switzerland, Norway and Slovakia in Pot 2.
Austria replace Belarus in Pot 3.
Bulgaria replace Northern Ireland in Pot 4.
Rank - Previous Rank - Team - Points
1 1 Spain 37533 2 2 Germany 36345 3 3 Netherlands 34321 4 4 Italy 31703 5 5 England 30705 6 9 Croatia 29841 7 7 Portugal 29331 8 6 Russia 28806 9 8 Greece 27480 ------------------------------- 10 11 Bosnia-Herzegovina 26435 11 10 Sweden 26388 12 14 Denmark 25579 13 12 Hungary 25482 14 13 Czech Republic 25394 15 20 Ukraine 25091 16 21 Belgium 24652 17 16 Republic of Ireland 24333 18 19 Israel 24282 ------------------------------- 19 15 Switzerland 24271 20 17 Norway 23401 21 18 Slovakia 23352 22 22 Serbia 23064 23 24 Montenegro 22791 24 26 Turkey 22214 25 23 Romania 22021 26 28 Austria 20951 27 25 Slovenia 20894 ------------------------------- 28 29 Poland 20444 29 33 Estonia 19748 30 30 Latvia 19311 31 27 Belarus 19246 32 37 Bulgaria 19231 33 35 Wales 19011 34 31 Armenia 18781 35 32 Scotland 18593 36 34 Finland 18576 ------------------------------- 37 38 Albania 18411 38 36 Northern Ireland 17681 39 41 Lithuania 16606 40 43 Iceland 16596 41 39 Georgia 16341 42 40 FYR Macedonia 16276 43 42 Moldova 15461 44 44 Azerbaijan 14461 45 45 Cyprus 13976 ------------------------------- 46 47 Luxembourg 12630 47 46 Kazakhstan 12401 48 49 Liechtenstein 11980 49 48 Faroe Islands 11590 50 50 Malta 9740 51 51 Andorra 8820 52 52 San Marino 7900
I always have this in mind: "Gianni Infantino stated in March 2012 that UEFA would review the qualification competition to ensure that it was not 'boring'."
ReplyDeleteI wish they would realize that changing the number from 24 back to 16 participants would be the best solution to ensure that.
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DeleteAccording to this article, Platini confirmed that the qualifying format will not change: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/8487231/Euro-2016-qualifying-to-be-less-interesting
ReplyDeleteThanks nogomet!
DeleteGibraltar admitted as new UEFA member. I assume they will be just placed in the last pot..
ReplyDeleteYes, like they did with Montenegro I'm sure.
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