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dav13dav13
27 Nov 2007, 02:56 PM
There would be four groups
A,B,C,D
port 1:
Switzerland (assigned to Group A)
Austria (assigned to Group B)
Greece
Nethrlands
Port 2:
Croatia
Italy
Czech Republic
Sweden
Port 3:
Romania
Germany
Portugal
Spain
Port 4:
Poland
France
Turkey
Russia
Obviously two teams from the same port can not in the same group
and each group would have four teams all from different ports
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_2008
I would post the group results after the draw on Dec 2 (ESPN 2 and ESPN Deportes)
tomwilhelm
27 Nov 2007, 03:21 PM
Seems like the placement of the Netherlands, Romania, and France will be the big factors in determining group difficulty.
There is a 3 in 16 chance that you have a serious, serious group of death:
Netherlands
Any pot 2 team
Any pot 3 team, except Romania
France
A group containing the Dutch, Italians, Germans, and French would be epic.
Smoga
27 Nov 2007, 03:53 PM
A group containing the Dutch, Italians, Germans, and French would be epic.
That such a group is even a possibility just boggles the mind.
And, on top of that if you get Portugal instead of Germany in there you still have THREE WC semifinalists in one group.
dav13dav13
27 Nov 2007, 04:35 PM
how do they determine the teams in the ports
It might be better if UEFA authorities would just make ports as a groups, it is already broken even
Smoga
27 Nov 2007, 05:04 PM
Believe it or not there is a method to this madness. According to UEFA:
Coefficients
The seeded teams will be the host associations, with the reigning European champions if they qualify, and one or two teams with the best coefficients on the basis of results achieved in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying competition and/or in the qualifying competition for the 2006/08 UEFA European Football Championship. The other finalists will be assigned to the four groups by means of a draw, according to their coefficients.
And there are a few threads about it on here as well, some excellent...I don't feel like doing your work for you searching for them, though.
Portista69
27 Nov 2007, 05:09 PM
There would be four groups
A,B,C,D
port 1:
Switzerland (assigned to Group A)
Austria (assigned to Group B)
Greece
Nethrlands
Port 2:
Croatia
Italy
Czech Republic
Sweden
Port 3:
Romania
Germany
Portugal
Spain
Port 4:
Poland
France
Turkey
Russia
BTW, they're known as POTS not PORT!!:D
Toon³
27 Nov 2007, 05:21 PM
BTW, they're known as POTS not PORT!!:D
He may have a scottish accent
How about some group predictions?
tomwilhelm
27 Nov 2007, 05:52 PM
How about some group predictions?
Sure, why not. Even if it is random...
Group A
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Germany
Turkey
Group B
Austria
Croatia
Romania
France
Group C
Greece
Sweden
Portugal
Russia
Group D(eath)
Netherlands
Italy
Spain
Poland
Lusankya
27 Nov 2007, 06:41 PM
If they had used the FIFA ranking to determine the pots (of course without seeding the hosts or the titleholder) it would look like this:
Pot A
Italy
Spain
Germany
Czech Republic
Pot B
France
Portugal
Netherlands
Croatia
Pot C
Greece
Romania
Turkey
Russia
Pot D
Poland
Sweden
Switzerland
Austria
Nearly perfect, only Sweden is in a wrong Pot, but thats their own fault, because they played more friendlies this year than anyone else. (six instead of three)
My prediction. Focus was on balancing out each group to make for better knockout rounds.
Group A
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Portugal
France
Group B
Austria
Italy
Romania
Turkey
Group C
Netherlands
Sweden
Spain
Russia
Group D
Greece
Croatia
Germany
Poland
Marbur66
27 Nov 2007, 09:21 PM
How about some group predictions?
Off the top of my head....:
Group A
Switzerland
Sweden
Germany
Russia
Group B
Austria
Czech Republic
Spain
Turkey
Group C
Greece
Croatia
Portugal
France
Group D
Netherlands
Italy
Romania
Poland
Bold and Italics are teams that will move on. I know, not all as it should be.
guyarthur
28 Nov 2007, 06:11 AM
Gee, could you have made the group for Italy to advance any easier?
guyarthur
28 Nov 2007, 06:12 AM
sorry, I'm talking about Forza Napoli Ultras' post
tomwilhelm
28 Nov 2007, 01:08 PM
Gee, could you have made the group for Italy to advance any easier?
Well if you're gonna make a random prediction, it may as well benefit your team...
Gee, could you have made the group for Italy to advance any easier?
What's so easy about Romania and Turkey? And yes, I could have included Russia. :D
dav13dav13
28 Nov 2007, 04:55 PM
Off the top of my head....:
Group D
Netherlands
Italy
Romania
Poland
Bold and Italics are teams that will move on. I know, not all as it should be.
No way Poland would qualify over Netherlands
benficafan3
28 Nov 2007, 05:17 PM
No way Poland would qualify over Netherlands
And there's no way Netherlands would beat Liechenstein by only 1-0, or lose to Belarus, no way in hell.
BocaFan
28 Nov 2007, 05:59 PM
Gee, could you have made the group for Italy to advance any easier?
LOL He can't even be objective about something as silly as draw predictions. :rolleyes:
LOL He can't even be objective about something as silly as draw predictions. :rolleyes:
And how do you exactly measure objectivity in such a thread? The easiest possible group for Italy would include Austria, Germany, and Russia if you knew anything. Troll harder.