Down to 12th in the Fifa ratings so Greece get the last European 1st Seed slot http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7108764.stm We are now seeded at the same level as Scotland. Thanks Stevie M
I can't find a link to the pots Do we know who are in pots 1 to 5? And is it 1 from each pot to make a group? cheers.
RE: I can't find a link to the pots Apparently, this is not too far from how the pots will be - based on the new FIFA rankings: A 3 1 Italy 1498 0 111 4 2 Spain 1349 2 123 5 3 Germany 1296 0 51 6 4 Czech Republic 1290 3 116 7 5 France 1243 -3 -28 8 6 Portugal 1241 0 38 9 7 Netherlands 1170 -2 -37 10 8 Croatia 1129 0 -26 11 9 Greece 1114 3 80 B 12 10 England 1113 -1 -24 13 11 Romania 1088 -1 2 14 12 Scotland 990 -1 -59 16 13 Turkey 924 12 153 18 14 Bulgaria 877 16 160 22 15 Russia 861 -6 -99 23 16 Poland 855 -3 18 24 17 Sweden 853 0 32 26 18 Israel 852 11 145 C 28 19 Norway 827 -7 -3 29 20 Ukraine 824 -7 -4 30 21 Serbia 820 -3 34 31 22 Denmark 797 -2 28 32 23 Northern Ireland 780 4 64 35 24 Republic of Ireland 731 -3 9 36 25 Finland 695 8 28 44 26 Switzerland 657 -3 -19 49 27 Belgium 600 5 23 D 50 28 Slovakia 590 0 -10 51 29 Bosnia-Herzegovina 585 -3 -45 52 30 Hungary 581 -4 -49 53 31 Moldova 579 8 82 58 32 Wales 560 0 39 59 33 FYR Macedonia 556 16 133 60 34 Belarus 552 34 194 61 35 Lithuania 549 29 169 65 36 Cyprus 493 -8 -63 E 77 37 Georgia 414 -6 -33 82 38 Albania 407 -12 -48 83 39 Slovenia 403 -7 -19 88 40 Latvia 383 -2 -3 89 41 Iceland 380 -10 -30 90 42 Armenia 367 -8 -33 91 43 Austria 366 -3 -16 110 44 Kazakhstan 297 12 48 118 45 Azerbaijan 274 -2 -5 F 123 46 Liechtenstein 260 -4 -2 128 47 Estonia 223 2 12 139 48 Malta 183 -2 -13 152 49 Luxembourg 127 -2 -5 172 50 Montenegro 65 -1 0 174 51 Andorra 57 -1 -4 195 52 Faroe Islands 12 -1 0 197 53 San Marino 6 -1 0
Potential nightmare group..... Italy / Croatia / anyone else in that top pot really..... England Denmark Macedonia Austria Montenegro
Don't see what's difficult about that. It would take a crap team with a useless manager not to beat the likes of Macedonia.
One thing is a cert We'll be in a group with Croatia. Nearly always ends up with some sort of continuity/coincidence.