Friday, September 25, 2015

UEFA Nations League update (25 September 2015)

All you need to know about this competition can be found on UEFA.com.

The coefficient used for the first edition draw will be made up of:

2014 World Cup (qualifiers and final tournament) - 20% of total weighting
EURO 2016 (qualifiers and final tournament) - 40% of total weighting
2018 World Cup (qualifiers) - 40% of total weighting.



Italy and Ukraine replace Slovakia and Croatia in League A.
Republic of Ireland and Norway replace Sweden and Slovenia in League B.
Finland replace Cyprus in League C.

Best movers:

8 - Russia
7 - Italy, Norway
6 - Czech Republic, Finland

Worst movers:

-9 - Netherlands
-8 - Sweden
-7 - Croatia, Scotland

 1  1 Germany                21078
 2  2 England                20162
 3  4 Spain                  19392
 4  6 Belgium                18981
 5  7 Austria                18561
 6  5 Portugal               18227
 7  8 France                 18091
 8 15 Italy                  17605
 9 10 Switzerland            17040
10 12 Iceland                16974
11 13 Ukraine                16906
12  3 Netherlands            16885
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13 19 Czech Republic         16761
14  9 Slovakia               16371
15 23 Russia                 16030
16 14 Romania                16029
17 16 Poland                 15902
18 11 Croatia                15881
19 18 Denmark                15351
20 20 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15303
21 22 Wales                  15231
22 27 Republic of Ireland    15031
23 30 Norway                 14811
24 21 Hungary                14651
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25 17 Sweden                 14332
26 26 Northern Ireland       14241
27 28 Israel                 14151
28 29 Turkey                 14111
29 24 Slovenia               13931
30 32 Albania                13781
31 34 Montenegro             13411
32 25 Scotland               12641
33 39 Finland                12180
34 33 Greece                 11930
35 31 Bulgaria               11811
36 37 Lithuania              11620
37 38 Estonia                11220
38 35 Serbia                 10721
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39 36 Cyprus                 10471
40 40 Azerbaijan             10020
41 45 Belarus                 9548
42 41 Armenia                 9440
43 47 Georgia                 9383
44 43 Latvia                  8860
45 42 Moldova                 8770
46 44 FYR Macedonia           8310
46 49 Luxembourg              8310
48 46 Faroe Islands           8210
49 48 Liechtenstein           7810
50 50 Kazakhstan              7430
51 51 Malta                   6970
52 52 San Marino              5350
53 53 Andorra                 5160
54 54 Gibraltar               3900

League A

Pot 1: Germany, England, Spain, Belgium
Pot 2: Austria, Portugal, France, Italy
Pot 3: Switzerland, Iceland, Ukraine, Netherlands

League B

Pot 1: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Romania
Pot 2: Poland, Croatia, Denmark, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pot 3: Wales, Republic of Ireland, Norway, Hungary

League C

Pot 1: Sweden, Northern Ireland, Israel, Turkey
Pot 2: Slovenia, Albania, Montenegro, Scotland
Pot 3: Finland, Greece, Bulgaria, Lithuania
Pot 4: Estonia, Serbia

League D

Pot 1: Cyprus, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Armenia
Pot 2: Georgia, Latvia, Moldova, FYR Macedonia
Pot 3: Luxembourg, Faroe Islands, Liechtenstein, Kazakhstan
Pot 4: Malta, San Marino, Andorra, Gibraltar


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3 comments:

  1. Hello, Eduard. Since I personally calculate this ranking too, I found some issues in your method of calculations:
    1) It seems that there is a mistake in Gibraltar's points.Since they are playing in Euro 2016 qualifying only, their total points should not be divided by two, so the actual amount of points is 7.800, not 3.900.
    2) You add 10.000 points for each remaining non-played match in Euro2016 qualification, but you don't add any points for WC2018 qualification; on the other hand, you include those matches, using zeros for each match instead. So, e.g. Germany's total points should be 23.078, if taking into consideration WC2018 qualification (10.000 point for each match too).
    3) Also, I don't get how you calculate France points. They got 34.702 in cycle 1, and they virtually have 10.000 points for 10 not-played matches yet in cycle 2. 34702+(10.000*2)/3=18234 (if in this case dividing by 3, not by 5). And your points are 18091.

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    1. 1) You're right.
      2) Will include the 10000 after the playoffs.
      3) I try to "simulate" a campaign, by using France's 2014 qualifying results. They will actually get replaced by the 2018 WCQ results when the UNL comes around.

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  2. Lower-tier nations − the bottom 16 in rankings − are now guaranteed one of the 24 qualifying slots for UEFA EURO.
    Perhaps that's the reason why Greece started to lose all matches....

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