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Friday, March 31, 2017

UEFA Nations League update (31 March 2017)

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.



See the previous update (18 November 2016).

Best movers:

5 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 - Slovakia, Sweden, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Serbia, Bulgaria, FYR Macedonia

Worst movers:

-4 - Netherlands, Ukraine, Hungary
-3 - Romania, Montenegro, Norway

Northern Ireland replace Romania in League B.

 1  1 Germany                34346
 2  3 France                 32508
 3  4 Portugal               32415
 4  2 Belgium                31782
 5  5 Spain                  30990
 6  6 England                30891
 7  8 Italy                  30346
 8  9 Switzerland            30006
 9  7 Russia                 29258
10 10 Croatia                28319
11 11 Poland                 28022
12 12 Iceland                26215
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13 14 Austria                26198
14 19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 25340
15 15 Wales                  25209
16 17 Republic of Ireland    25009
17 13 Netherlands            24925
18 20 Slovakia               24894
19 21 Sweden                 24686
20 16 Ukraine                24666
21 23 Czech Republic         24167
22 18 Hungary                24126
23 24 Turkey                 23758
24 26 Northern Ireland       23467
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25 22 Romania                23257
26 25 Slovenia               22267
27 27 Israel                 21692
28 29 Denmark                21651
28 29 Greece                 21651
30 28 Albania                21610
31 33 Scotland               21141
32 34 Serbia                 20766
33 35 Bulgaria               20551
34 31 Montenegro             20231
35 32 Norway                 20108
36 36 Lithuania              17881
37 37 Finland                17281
38 38 Cyprus                 17171
39 39 Azerbaijan             16641
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40 40 Estonia                16561
41 41 Belarus                15808
42 43 Armenia                15686
43 42 Georgia                15363
44 44 Latvia                 14301
45 45 Faroe Islands          14010
46 48 FYR Macedonia          13791
47 46 Kazakhstan             13231
48 47 Moldova                12890
49 49 Luxembourg             12471
50 50 Liechtenstein          11350
51 51 Malta                  10690
52 52 Kosovo                 10400
53 54 Andorra                 9220
54 53 San Marino              8730
55 55 Gibraltar               8150

League A

Pot 1: Germany, France, Portugal, Belgium
Pot 2: Spain, England, Italy, Switzerland
Pot 3: Russia, Croatia, Poland, Iceland

League B

Pot 1: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Wales, Republic of Ireland
Pot 2: Netherlands, Slovakia, Sweden, Ukraine
Pot 3: Czech Republic, Hungary, Turkey, Northern Ireland

League C

Pot 1: Romania, Slovenia, Israel, Denmark
Pot 2: Greece, Albania, Scotland, Serbia
Pot 3: Bulgaria, Montenegro, Norway, Lithuania
Pot 4: Finland, Cyprus, Azerbaijan

League D

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

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9 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 9, 2017 at 12:46 PM

    i wonder which effect on fifa ranking it will have, that uefa teams are almost not playing friendlies anymore in the future

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    1. EdgarApril 21, 2017 at 9:53 AM

      It really depends on the match weighting assigned to the UNL games.

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  2. AnonymousApril 20, 2017 at 3:58 PM

    does the simulation provide %s for competing in League A, B, C and D for each nation - for example Sweden ??

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    1. EdgarApril 21, 2017 at 9:54 AM

      This post doesn't feature sims, but I might do that in the next update.

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  3. AnonymousMay 4, 2017 at 11:30 AM

    Does anyone know how the ranking to replace already qualified teams for Euro 2020 play offs will work?

    Say 11 of the league A teams are already qualified. Then how do you pick team 2, 3 and 4 for the league A Euro 2020 play offs? It says highest available ranked teams, but how are they ranked? Is it decided by the point total in their respective division or does position in group trump total points?

    Also, will the regular UEFA ranking now be abolished?

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    1. EdMay 4, 2017 at 7:20 PM

      The flimsy info UEFA has given sofar about this subject:
      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 division in question, taking into account the global ranking within the division, then if necessary to the following division in decreasing order taking into consideration the global ranking of the relevant division.

      And also:

      The overall UEFA Nations League rankings will determine the composition of the draw pots for the subsequent European Qualifiers.

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    2. EdgarMay 5, 2017 at 1:02 PM

      Thanks Ed!

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    3. AnonymousMay 5, 2017 at 4:12 PM

      Thanks. Flimsy is the right word. It doesn't really say much. And what is the "global ranking within the division"? Global ranking as opposed to... ranking?

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  4. EdMay 5, 2017 at 4:46 PM

    I think they mean one ranking of all the teams over the 4 groups in each division, sorted on points, goal difference, goals scored and goals conceded. Maybe as opposed to a ranking where the 4 groupnumbers one are sorted first on points/GD/GF/GA, then the four groupnumbers two on points/GD/GF/GA, then the four groupnumbers three on points/GD/GF/GA etc.
    But here I'm guessing already.

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