Predict Euro2020 qualifiers

Discussion in 'UEFA and Europe' started by BocaFan, Jul 20, 2018.

  1. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    Now that the World Cup is over, the next big qualifying process is about to begin - Euro 2020.

    Anybody wanna attempt to predict the 24 nations that will qualify?

    Remember no country qualifies automatically. And you must pick at least one team from each UEFA Nations League.
     
  2. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    We could make it interesting and have a competition.
    In general, 1 point for predicting each correct qualifier.
    Exceptions:
    - Any league B teams that are in your list and qualify gives you 2 points.
    - Any league C teams that are in your list and qualify gives you 3 points.
    - Any league D teams that are in your list and qualify gives you 4 points.

    - Any league A teams excluded from your list that do NOT qualify gives you 3 points.

    So for example, if you have Romania on your list and they wind-up qualifying, you get 3 points. If you have Germany on your list and they qualify, you get 1 point. If you do not have Poland in your list and they do not qualify, you get 3 points.
     
  3. EvanJ

    EvanJ Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Does it make sense to do this before the qualifying draw in December?
     
  4. papapaul

    papapaul New Member

    Barcelona
    Nigeria
    Jul 22, 2018
  5. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    Perhaps you’re right. I was thinking that the Nations League is essentially the start of qualifying and it also determines the seeding for the main qualifying draw. So will be quite a bit easier (less interesting?) to predict in December.
     
  6. SoccerExplorer

    Real Madrid
    Spain
    Nov 21, 2018
    I think the next Europa Cup will be very amazing with the little Countries.
     
  7. SoccerExplorer

    Real Madrid
    Spain
    Nov 21, 2018
    I find that the UEFA Nations League was a good idea
     
  8. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    Gibraltar managed to avoid pot 6 for the upcoming draw. So we could have a group like:

    Switzerland, Austria, Finland, Georgia, Gibraltar, San Marino

    ... with at least 2 of them qualifying for the Euros, and up to 4 of them qualifying! :geek:
     
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  9. EvanJ

    EvanJ Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Finland (12 points), Georgia (9 with 6 against Gibraltar), Gibraltar (0), and San Marino (1), combined to get 16 points from their 36 Euro 2016 qualifiers excluding Georgia vs. Gibraltar.
     
  10. Risto234

    Risto234 Member

    Apr 12, 2016
    Tallinn
    Club:
    Atletico Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    Estonia
    Switzerland will be in group of 5 ...

    Honestly if we get group like this then who knows perhaps we can surprise lol(by being so bad):
    France - have never been to Tallinn; as reigning world champion definitely attractive opponent
    Germany - haven't played them since pre world war II so it'd be about time to meet them or haven't been it Gibraltar we'd have played Russia twice on Putin's birthday during world cup 2018 qualifiers ... So both Germany or Russia could bring people to the stadion.
    Finland - yes we just met in NL but another match which wouldn't be too unattractive.
    Estonia
    Kosovo - have never played them so as new opponent i'd like to see them ...
    San Marino - last time we played them away we ended their 61-game losing streak so obviously we cant make same mistake twice or can we ...

    So yeah hopefully draw gives us group of France-Germany/Russia-Finland-Estonia-Kosovo-San Marino and we then show how it's possible to get less then 7p in this group ...
     
  11. Amirb

    Amirb New Member

    Barcelona
    Israel
    Oct 7, 2017
  12. verde-rubro

    verde-rubro Member+

    C.S.Maritimo + Liverpool FC
    Portugal
    Jan 15, 2005
    LONDON
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Portugal
    draw just done some interesting draws

    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, Rep 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, S Marino
    Group J: Italy, Bos-Herz, Finland, Greece, Armenia, Liechtenstein
     
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  13. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    My predictions:

    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, Rep 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, S Marino
    Group J: Italy, Bos-Herz, Finland, Greece, Armenia, Liechtenstein

    Nations League:
    A: Switzerland, Iceland, Israel, Hungary => Switzerland
    B: Bos-Herz, Ukraine, Wales, No. Ireland => Ukraine
    C: Scotland, Norway, Finland, Bulgaria => Bulgaria
    D: Georgia, FYRM, Kosovo, Belarus => FYR Macedonia
     
  14. EvanJ

    EvanJ Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    How does that work? Israel was in League C and didn't get promoted or relegated.
     
  15. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    Because in my predictions only 2 league A teams and 4 league B teams. won't qualify for the Euros through the regular qualifying process,. So for the league A playoffs are added 2 league C teams. The 2 highest ranked league C teams not already qualified and not involved in the league C playoffs are Israel and Hungary.

    (I think that's how it works?)
     
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  16. kindrem

    kindrem New Member

    Arsenal
    England
    Mar 25, 2019
    I think that victory will be won
    England
    Germany
    Belgium

    Of course, everything can go wrong as I think, but I read an interesting post about this on the https://onlineroulettewheel.co.uk/ and there is quite a lot written not only about this.
     
  17. ilovefootball20

    ilovefootball20 New Member

    Oct 15, 2014
    Club:
    FC Luzern
  18. TheTopBookies

    TheTopBookies New Member

    Real Madrid
    Netherlands
    Apr 30, 2019
    Have you guys seen Ajax's latest CL victories? The total football reborn. That also reflects upon their national team and that is why, in my opinion, Netherlands will be the next European champion. You can bet on that ;)

    India's top online betting sites
     
  19. JoNike

    JoNike New Member

    Lyon
    Finland
    Apr 28, 2019
    Finland
    Nat'l Team:
    Finland
    Bulgaria, England, Lithuania, Serbia, Northern Ireland, Germany, Ireland, Belarus, Wales, Slovakia, Spain, Norway, Poland, Israel, France, Turkey, Belgium, Kazakhstan, Italy, Finland plus 4 pickup by third Places to glory road. :mad:
     
  20. Betting Union

    Betting Union New Member

    Real Madrid
    France
    Jul 30, 2019
     
  21. Richard1789

    Richard1789 Member

    Real Madrid
    Spain
    Sep 2, 2019
    Nat'l Team:
    Spain
    Agree
     
  22. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    Just for fun, and also to see if I understand the qualifying process, here (I think) is how the qualifying playoff brackets would look if qualifying ended today. Home teams are listed first.

    Generous draws for Wales and Scotland, I'd say. Also, Denmark would play their direct neighbors. :geek:

    Euro 2020 qualifying playoffs (as of 11 September 2019)

    League D


    Georgia v Belarus
    North Macedonia v Kosovo

    League C

    Scotland v Bulgaria
    Norway v Serbia

    League B

    Bosnia H v Austria
    Denmark* v Sweden

    League A

    Netherlands [Northern Ireland^] v Israel
    Iceland v Wales

    *: I know Denmark are currently second in their group, but Switzerland is just one point behind with a game-in-hand. So I considered the Swiss to be ahead as they have the higher winning %age.

    ^: Similarly, the Netherlands have a game-in-hand against the worst team in their group, which if they win they will move up to second.
     
  23. Timanfaya

    Timanfaya Member+

    May 31, 2005
    Southampton
    ^ Non-group-winners will face a draw to see which path they go into. So Bulgaria won't automatically get the spare League C spot just because they've got a higher rank than Israel.

    Also, Sweden are currently in a qualifying spot. That puts Hungary in the playoffs, according to Wikipedia
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020_qualifying_play-offs

    ...I think!
     
  24. BocaFan

    BocaFan Member+

    Aug 18, 2003
    Queens, NY
    Ah yes. Not sure why I thought Sweden would be in the playoffs as things stand.

    So the corrected pairings are (I think):

    League D

    Georgia v Belarus
    North Macedonia v Kosovo

    League C

    Scotland v Bulgaria/Israel/Hungary/Romania
    Norway v Serbia

    League B

    Bosnia H v Bulgaria/Israel/Hungary/Romania
    Denmark v Wales

    League A

    Netherlands v Bulgaria/Israel/Hungary/Romania
    Iceland v Bulgaria/Israel/Hungary/Romania
     
  25. portugamerifinn

    portugamerifinn Member+

    Feb 22, 2005
    Bay Area / London
    I think it's safe to assume NI rather than the Netherlands will be in the playoff. All 12 of NI's points were won against Belarus/Estonia and its final four matches are against Germany/Netherlands.

    It's pretty crazy that the Finland-Armenia match during the next break will likely determine second place in Group J. After the way Finland lost to Italy (horseshit handball call), I have a sickly feeling the former will now end up in the playoff.
     

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