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Cracking work by UEFA to do the group draw on a Sunday morning with barely any advertising. Scotland's group is interesting - good job they've already banked the playoff place - but poor little NI... The top two teams from each of the 10 groups will qualify for the tournament, which is being held in 12 countries. Scotland and England are guaranteed a play-off place if they fail to qualify, with four extra places available through the Nations League play-offs. Group A: England, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Kosovo Group B: Portugal, Ukraine, Serbia, Lithuania, Luxembourg Group C: Netherlands, Germany, Northern Ireland, Estonia, Belarus Group D: Switzerland, Denmark, Republic of Ireland, Georgia, Gibraltar Group E: Croatia, Wales, Slovakia, Hungary, Azerbaijan Group F: Spain, Sweden, Norway, Romania, Faroe Islands, Malta Group G: Poland, Austria, Israel, Slovenia, Macedonia, Latvia Group H: France, Iceland, Turkey, Albania, Moldova, Andorra Group I: Belgium, Russia, Scotland, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, San Marino Group J: Italy, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Finland, Greece, Armenia, Liechtenstein |
Euro 2020
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Trowel 23,259 posts
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You-can-call-me-kal 19,404 posts
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Registered 14 years agoWhat happens to our group if we qualify through the Nations League? -
fontgeeksogood 9,456 posts
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Registered 2 years agoYet again the racists prevent Canada from continuing our dominance -
askew 21,303 posts
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Registered 15 years agoIs that how it works? I thought you were just guaranteed a play-off spot… -
Trowel 23,259 posts
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Registered 17 years agoA quick reminder on how to qualify:
The top two from each group go through automatically. That takes up 20 of the 24 spots for the Euro 2020 finals.
The other four places will be won through the play-offs...
Who makes the play-offs is based on performance in the Nations League, rather than in actual Euro 2020 qualifying.
As it stands, 16 teams have already won a place in the play-off stage.
They are the winners of each Nations League group:
Switzerland, Portugal, Netherlands, England, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden, Scotland, Norway, Serbia, Finland, Georgia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Belarus.
But if they go through automatically?...
If one of those 16 teams already in the play-offs wins an automatic spot for Euro 2020, their play-off place will of course have to go to somebody else.
It will be taken up will be taken by the next best-ranked team in their Nations League tier.
So for example - if England qualify, their play-off spot could end up with Iceland - assuming they have failed to also qualify.
Effectively this means that there will be a place for a team from each tier of the Nations League:
From the bottom tier, one of Georgia, Macedonia, Kosovo and Belarus will definitely be at the finals.
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askew 21,303 posts
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Registered 15 years agoThank you user Trowel. -
Trowel 23,259 posts
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Registered 17 years agoSo top two from each Euro group, then the rest come from the Nations League playoffs. Anyone with a playoff place who's qualified from their Euro group is replaced in the playoffs by the next team in their Nations League.
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So next couple of years as Scotland fan is pointless, as no chance against Russia and Belgium with the current squad, and we are already in the play-offs. Unless we get a result against Russia or Belgium early on there is little point following it. Hardly any point for English fans either as they will stroll that group.
These competitions are getting progressively less exciting as the number of games and number of countries reaching the final grow, and the Nations League thing is over-elaborate pish. -
Jono62 24,756 posts
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Registered 12 years agoSounds very complicated. -
docrob 1,534 posts
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Registered 12 years agoGaol wrote:
Actually I thought it was a decent draw for Scotland. Leastways it could have been a whole lot worse. Belgium will win, but Russia are eminently beatable for 2nd place. Also, we have a home playoff booked if we don’t, which means a lot of the pressure is off and we might attack more.
So next couple of years as Scotland fan is pointless, as no chance against Russia and Belgium with the current squad, and we are already in the play-offs. Unless we get a result against Russia or Belgium early on there is little point following it. Hardly any point for English fans either as they will stroll that group.
These competitions are getting progressively less exciting as the number of games and number of countries reaching the final grow, and the Nations League thing is over-elaborate pish.
I think our first game is away v Kazakhstan. This is the most obvious banana skin fixture, so having it first up is good. Win it and it sets us up really nicely. Lose, and it’s not too late to salvage things. -
I thought it was a good draw for us as well. I think Russia are a team that are beatable and I'd rather automatic qualification than a playoff spot... -
Well this is a terrible start, at least we can be disappointed from the off this tournament. -
Armoured_Bear 28,692 posts
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Registered 8 years agoAmazing that with Alex Mcleish, who hadn't had a sniff of a job in years, isn't working out as manager. Who will the SFA masterminds come up with next? -
askew 21,303 posts
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Registered 15 years agoThat is an early kick-off! -
Thankfully Sky seem to have unplugged the video feed so I don’t have to watch this anymore. -
nickthegun 81,301 posts
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Registered 14 years agoThis is Alex McLeish. He is number four football manager in whole of Kazakhstan. -
Vortex808 13,753 posts
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Registered 12 years ago4th best? That high? You sure? 
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Vortex808 13,753 posts
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Registered 12 years agoI guess my hopes of a rugby team-style comeback are being dashed... -
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To be fair they are the number one exporter of potassium. -
rice_sandwich 6,426 posts
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Registered 5 years agoA new low for Scotland 😂 -
No, this is a high compared with some of our other lows. -
Armoured_Bear 28,692 posts
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Registered 8 years agoAaronTurner wrote:
I'm not so sure, this is quite bad.
No, this is a high compared with some of our other lows.
Sure we can eclipse it against San Marino. -
rice_sandwich 6,426 posts
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Registered 5 years agoHopefully we'll lose 2 or 3 more to complete a comedy humiliation. -
Jono62 24,756 posts
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Registered 12 years agoVortex for Scottish manager -
grey_matters 5,189 posts
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Registered 14 years agoChrist, that's not the start you'd want.
Hopefully we don't pull a "Hold my beer" effort versus Gibraltar. -
fontgeeksogood 9,456 posts
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Registered 2 years agoPoor old Kazakhstan, bit embarrassing -
Never a penalty that.
Why no VAR? I was expecting the ref to get on the batphone
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