Impact of Nations Leagues (UEFA original, Concacaf) on World Football? [Multiple R]

Gold Cup Group Matches have been on FOX.

Copa America Centenario was also on FOX too.

 

Anyone else got the impression that teams are so far treating this Nations League as they would friendlies? That wasn't the case in the 2018-19 NL. Maybe COVID has a lot to do with that. And add to that the fact that this rendition also doesn't mean as much -- instead of 4 Euro qualifying spots coming out of the NL you have 2 playoff spots.

Anyone know how they determine the 2 playoff spots? Yes "NL ranking" but how do they rank? Do the teams finishing last in league A groups get ranked above or below the group-winners of League B?

 

Probably. The football shown sofar, apart from Belgium, hasnot been great at all. Winning the group is important, as it puts you in spot 1 of your WC qualification pool.

 

I thought they use FIFA rankings for seeding the qualifying groups?

 

Ah okay. So even if you win a League C group you could get to the playoff provided that at least 7 of the group winners in League A & B finished top 2 in WCQ?

 

I compare it with what the teams are capable of and what they put on the pitch was far away from those levels.

 

I might have understood it wrong.

 

Furthermore, the UEFA WCQ playoffs will be single-leg ties with the 12 teams drawn into six semi-finals with the winners progressing to three finals, the winners of which will get a ticket to Qatar. This raises the possibility of a team winning its NL group and then having two one-off games at home to qualify for the WC!

Don't forget that NL games count towards the FIFA ranking and there are several teams who are borderline between draw pots ahead of the October and November NL games which will decide the formation of the pots for the draw on 29 November.

 

They look like teams that have not played together in 10 months or so.

 

True but isn't it quite difficult to move up or down the FIFA rankings with the new formula? I mean, Croatia is still #4 in UEFA ffs! Spain #6.

If we were still using the previous formula these games would be huge as they would be the only games played this year (and thus not deflated in their point value).

 

You know it has been 10 months, don't you?

 

Yes, that is why I said it.

 

Good stuff.

Italy has good chance to host then. Probably Juve's Stadium and San Siro.

 

Makes sense.
Roma is getting the Euro matches so those two cities should get this tournament.

 

What if Bosnia wins that group?

 

Looks like almost all of the NL matches are being played on Saturday (11 Oct) and Tuesday instead of spreading them out so that there are matches for 6 straight days. Wonder why the change(?).

 

Which one of those countries has the most Bosnian immigrants?