Thema: UEFA Euro 2016

The draw will be held on February 23. France will not participate in the qualifying stage of course (they would have been in Pot Two), as they are hosting the tournament. There will be nine groups (eight groups of six teams, one group of five teams). The top two in each group qualifies for Euro 2016, together with the best third placed team (results against the sixth placed team in the group don't count). The other eight third placed teams will play play-offs for the final four tickets to France. These are the pots for the draw (based on the UEFA National Team Ranking, not the FIFA Ranking):

Pot One: Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, England, Portugal, Greece (+1), Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (+2)
Pot Two: Croatia (-1), Ukraine (/), Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium (+2), Czech Republic, Hungary (+2), Ireland (+1)
Pot Three: Serbia (-1), Turkey (-1), Slovenia (+1), Israel, Norway, Slovakia (-1), Romania (-1), Austria,
Montenegro (+2)
Pot Four: Armenia (+1), Poland (/), Scotland (-1), Finland (-1), Latvia, Wales, Bulgaria (-1), Estonia (+1), Belarus
Pot Five: Iceland, Northern Ireland (-2), Albania, Lithuania (-1), Moldova, Macedonia (-1), Azerbaijan (+1), Georgia, Cyprus (-1)
Pot Six: Luxembourg, Kazakhstan (-1), Liechtenstein (-1), Faroe Islands, Malta, Andorra, San Marino, Gibraltar (/)

(Between brackets: changes compared to the Euro 2012 Qualification pots.)

Because of political reasons, Spain will not be drawn in the same group as Gibraltar, Russia will not be drawn in the same group as Georgia and Armenia will not be drawn in the same group as Azerbaijan.
(Edith war hier)

Spain
Belgium
Serbia/Turkey
Poland
Iceland

I have high hopes for such group

Surely not because you want to see Poland go though :p

Well it's better to get beaten by the best, not the average :p

Poland cannot into ambition?

Is that the tournament with 24 teams? 2 qualify from each group plus best 5 of third placed or sumthing?

Switzerland cannot into pot 1 without Blatter :(

Reading is a skill you haven't mastered yet? :p

Bosnia vs. Croatia vs. Serbia.

Ok, every draw someone talks about this probability, but it's funny that now Bosnia is in the main pot...

Too bad Slovenia is not in pot four, then a Yugoslav group would have been possible.

or maybe Montenegro...

Well, what could be the weakest group?

Greece, Ireland, Israel, Belarus, Azerbaijan and San Marino?
(Edith war hier)

Oh yeah, just forgot the Montenegrins.

Worst group possible imo:
- Greece
- Hungary
- Slovakia
- Estonia
- Cyprus
- San Marino

Two HAVE to go through ...

Yea, for some reason i tend to not read the first chapter when the important info is in the next chapter:P

Mybad.

Hehe, in that group Estonia might even qualify. :D

Draw:

Group A: Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Iceland, Latvia, Turkey, Czech Republic
Group B: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus, Andorra, Wales, Israel, Belgium
Group C: Spain, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Belarus, Slovakia, Ukraine
Group D: Germany, Gibraltar, Georgia, Scotland, Poland, Republic of Ireland
Group E: England, San Marino, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovenia, Switzerland
Group F: Greece, Faroe Islands, Northern Ireland, Finland, Romania, Hungary
Group G: Russia, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro, Austria, Sweden
Group H: Italy, Malta, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Norway, Croatia
Group I: Portugal, Albania, Armenia, Serbia, Denmark, (France)

Group F looks.. well, ugly.

G looks interesting