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"Euro 2008 Seedings"

Pot 1
Greece
Netherlands
Portugal
England
Czech Republic
France
Sweden

Pot 2
Germany
Croatia
Italy
Turkey
Poland
Spain
Romania

Pot 3
Serbia & Montenegro
Russia
Denmark
Norway
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Slovakia

Pot 4
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Republic of Ireland
Belgium
Latvia
Israel
Scotland
Slovenia

Pot 5
Hungary
Finland
Estonia
Wales
Lithuania
Albania
Iceland

Pot 6
Georgia
FYR Macedonia
Belarus
Armenia
Northern Ireland
Cyprus
Moldova

Pot 7
Liechtenstein
Azerbaijan
Andorra
Malta
Faroe Islands
Kazakhstan
Luxembourg
San Marino


Six groups of 7 and one group of 8, with the team in Pot 7 left over after the draw then put into a group as the 8th seed.


Some interesting stuff in there, with Republic of Ireland as low down as 4th seed, which is equal to Scotland.

Greece are also a first seed due to Euro 2004, completely ignoring the fact that they bombed it in the World Cup 2006 qualifiers and finished 4th in their group.

Possibly some really difficult groups as well, but if someone like Scotland can get Greece and Poland/Turkey as the first two seeds, we could do pretty well. The easiest possible option for England would probably involve them drawing Poland again.

AfroJoe wrote:
> Then there's Serbia
> & Montenegro, only conceeding one goal the whole qualifying
> section, yet they're behind Spain, who they comfortably dealt with
> twice in that group.

By getting two draws?

Obviously not.

Being the top scorer in the whole of European qualification obviously means they're not very good, though. You should know that, down.


You clearly haven't seen Italy either, Biggie. Scotland played them, and they were poor. They beat Moldova 2-1 at home, with two late goals. They got humped in Slovenia.

Czech Republic are vastly superior to Italy right now, and Sweden are probably on a par with them.

Have you?

Italy are better than czech republic or sweden. Have you seen the way czech republic have been playing lately?

Czech Republic and Sweden are definitely better than Italy or Spain. Even if they're not on paper (which I actually think the Czechs are), they've got more chance of ever doing anything at the World Cup, because you can guarentee Italy and Spain will choke, just like they always do. Same with the Argies.

I do find some of the logic confusing, thought. Ukraine demolished their group, yet they're a 3rd seed, and the team that they beat to the top of that group (Turkey) is a 2nd seed. Then there's Serbia & Montenegro, only conceeding one goal the whole qualifying section, yet they're behind Spain, who they comfortably dealt with twice in that group. Belarus are clearly never a 6th seed either.

I find it really funny that Spain were close to being a 3rd seed, though. Shows that they're really not very good at all. :-D

We're in the same pot as Finland, though we really should be in 6. See, they think we're grrrrreat!

ßìgGíË Li††lÊ Jn® wrote:
> Spain and Italy should both be in Pot 1, in place of czech republic
> and sweden, well preferably Greece, but obvioulsy they had to be top
> seeds, even though thewy aren't in the 2006 world cup. Just shows you
> what a fluke that run was ;)

To be honest, Czech Republic are better than Spain, and Sweden are possibly as good as Spain.

Seven groups? For fourteen places?

Top two go through then. No play-off, but with these seedings, potential for some more difficult games than in World Cup qualifying.

England
Germany
Bulgaria
Scotland
Estonia
Georgia
Faroe Islands


This would be an interesting group for us. Would love to play against Germany and Scotland again. Both would be difficult games but would be something to look forward to. You could also have Wales and N.Ireland.

Worst group we could have would probably be:

England
Italy
Denmark
Republic of ireland
Finland
Cyprus
Azerbijan