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.
See the previous update (9 September 2016).
Best movers:
4 - Sweden, Republic of Ireland, Israel, Montenegro, Faroe Islands
Worst movers:
-6 - Denmark
-5 - Czech Republic, Scotland
-4 - Russia
Most points gained:
2641 - Portugal
2601 - Belgium
2451 - Croatia
2520 - Montenegro
2500 - Germany
Poland and Iceland replace Austria and Wales in League A.
Albania replace Turkey in League B.
Azerbaijan and Estonia replace Belarus and Cyprus in League C.
1 2 Germany 31726 2 3 France 30048 3 4 Belgium 30042 4 5 Portugal 29895 5 1 Russia 29258 6 6 Spain 28450 7 7 England 28390 8 8 Italy 27826 9 9 Switzerland 27546 10 12 Croatia 25859 11 13 Poland 25542 12 14 Iceland 25035 ---------------------------------- 13 10 Austria 24978 14 11 Wales 24409 15 15 Netherlands 23725 16 16 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23640 17 17 Ukraine 23466 18 22 Sweden 23426 19 23 Republic of Ireland 23389 20 20 Romania 22917 21 18 Hungary 22906 22 21 Slovakia 22374 23 25 Albania 21710 24 19 Czech Republic 21627 ---------------------------------- 25 24 Turkey 21277 26 29 Slovenia 21067 27 27 Northern Ireland 20947 28 31 Greece 20851 29 33 Israel 20492 30 34 Montenegro 20271 31 30 Norway 20167 32 26 Denmark 19991 33 28 Scotland 19981 34 36 Serbia 19126 35 32 Bulgaria 18091 36 37 Lithuania 18001 37 35 Finland 17341 38 40 Azerbaijan 16781 39 41 Estonia 16300 ---------------------------------- 40 39 Belarus 15908 41 38 Cyprus 15531 42 42 Georgia 15003 43 43 Latvia 14381 44 48 Faroe Islands 13650 45 45 Kazakhstan 13331 46 44 Armenia 13225 47 46 FYR Macedonia 12611 48 49 Luxembourg 12551 49 47 Moldova 12530 50 50 Liechtenstein 11490 51 52 Malta 10750 52 51 Kosovo 10550 53 53 San Marino 9010 54 54 Andorra 8900 55 55 Gibraltar 8325
League A
Pot 1: Germany, France, Belgium, Portugal
Pot 2: Russia, Spain, England, Italy
Pot 3: Switzerland, Croatia, Poland, Iceland
League B
Pot 1: Austria, Wales, Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pot 2: Ukraine, Sweden, Republic of Ireland, Romania
Pot 3: Hungary, Slovakia, Albania, Czech Republic
League C
Pot 1: Turkey, Slovenia, Northern Ireland, Greece
Pot 2: Israel, Montenegro, Norway, Denmark
Pot 3: Scotland, Serbia, Bulgaria, Lithuania
Pot 4: Finland, Azerbaijan, Estonia
League D
Pot 1: Belarus, Cyprus, Georgia, Latvia
Pot 2: Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan, Armenia, FYR Macedonia
Pot 3: Luxembourg, Moldova, Liechtenstein, Malta
Pot 4: Kosovo, San Marino, Andorra, Gibraltar
Hi Ed, am I right in saying that a team from League B could qualify for Euro 2020 as the next best loser, if all the teams from League A were to qualify automatically?
ReplyDeleteSo a high placing for the Rep Ireland (who have a long history of finishing in 2nd or 3rd place in qualifying groups) in League B could get them an automatic spot if all the teams in League A, and all the teams ranked above them in League B qualify thru the normal qualifying games (top 2 in each group)???
There will be no automatic spots. E.g. if Rep. Ireland is the only team from League A and League B not qualified via "normal" qualifying, then they will play-off against League C teams.
DeleteThere will be at least 4 teams from League A and League B not qualified via "normal" qualifying.
DeleteBut the question is: What will be the method of adding teams from the lower divisions to playoffs of higher divisions when necessary.
In the information about the Nations League UEFA has given so far, it is stated:
ReplyDeleteThe four remaining UEFA EURO 2020 places will be allocated to the winners of play-off matches which will take place in March 2020:
• 16 sides will take part in the play-offs and are grouped four by four. Each group vies for one qualification spot.
• Each of the four Nations League leagues receives four play-off qualification positions to be allocated to each of the four group winners within that league.
• If any winners are already qualified through the European Qualifiers, then their play-off position will be allocated to the next best-ranked team of the league in question, taking into account the global ranking within the league, and then if necessary to the following league in decreasing order taking into consideration the global ranking of the relevant league.
• The four teams in each league will play two one-off semi-finals and one one-off 'final' to determine each of the four play-off winners.
So if let's say there are only 3 teams from League A available for playoff then the best ranked team from League B goes to League A playoff and allocation of teams for League B playoff starts from the second-ranked team from League B? (of course I mean only the teams that are not qualified via EURO qualification).
DeleteIf so, then it will be funny rat race for obtaining worse rankings :)
Not entirely. It also says that the four group winners in a league get the four play-off qualification positions in a league-play-off.
DeleteSo I think that in that case the first team not qualified already and not a league B group winner and globally best ranked in league B is 'promoted' to the league A play-off.
But what if (in that same case) from the league B group winners f.i. 2 are qualified already and 2 are not. Will the best ranked non-qualified, non group winner of league B get a place in the league B play-off ? Or do they get a place in the league A play-off ?
As I interpret this rather flimsy information, it is the latter: everyone from the globally best ranked list (sorted per league by points/GD/GF etc.), which is not qualified already and is not a group winner, is used to fill the empty spaces in play-offs of higher leagues first.
I could be wrong of course....
Sounds reasonable, but still unclear for some situations.
DeleteAnyway we have to wait until explanations from UEFA are published and see how it works...
what a rubbish format that is. what do they want to achieve with this?
ReplyDeleteIt means, that if you are lucky to be top seeded in league D, then you have a rough chance of 25% to reach the Euro 2020, as the winner will qualify.
consequently, it all depends if you are lucky to be on the top of a pot. best placed in pot 3 has a better chance to advance then worst placed in pot 2.
i do not get the logic of this, do you?
Am I the only one who wants UEFA to gain another member just so that League C could have four groups of 4 instead of three groups of 4 and one of 3?
ReplyDeleteWouldn't know who I would want though, Monaco seems like an obvious pick, but I have no idea if Monaco even wants their national football team to join FIFA, especially since most of them don't offer any professional experience. (Now that I've mentioned this, anyone know if people from Monaco who happen to have football talent are allowed to play for other national teams?). I've heard that one reason they haven't joined is because of Monaco FC in the French League, but I imagine that if this were the only reason they haven't joined they could easily do something like how the Liechtenstein clubs play in the Swiss league.
Teams that I do know want to join FIFA would be Greenland and Jersey, though I personally think that if Greenland joins it should join the CONACAF, and that Jersey shouldn't join cause, well, the other crown dependencies should be allowed to join too, which would not bring it to an even stop. Doubt either of these two would actually be allowed now that FIFA has changed their rules after Gibraltar.
Anyways... back to my original question after the nonsense rambling, does anyone else want another UEFA member just so that all the groups in League C could have the same amount of teams?
I want russia, turkey and 1 other UEFA team to join AFC so that all groups in League C have 3 teams and not 4, and that AFC is strengthened.
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