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Euro 2012 Qualifying Draw Explained
Goal.com takes a look at the upcoming draw for the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign and explains what can be expected.
Feb 4, 2010 5:30:00 AM
By Stefan Coerts
With Egypt having won the African Nations Cup earlier this month and the 2010 World Cup still relatively far away, the focus of the football world will be on the draw for the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign this weekend.
The draw will take place in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday 7 February at 1200 CET and 51 of the 53 UEFA member associations will take part. Hosts Poland and Ukraine qualify automatically for the tournament.
The 51 teams will be divided into six groups of six teams and three groups of five teams. The teams in each group will play one another on a home and away basis, with qualifying matches scheduled according to the international match calendar between September 2010 and November 2011.
The winners of the nine groups and the best runner-up qualify directly for the final tournament. The eight remaining runners-up will have to battle it out in play-off matches to decide which teams grab the remaining four tickets for Poland/Ukraine.
For the draw, the 51 teams are allocated into the following six pots:
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
Spain (holders) Greece Israel
Germany Czech Republic Bulgaria
Netherlands Sweden Finland
Italy Switzerland Norway
England Serbia Ireland
Croatia Turkey Scotland
Portugal Denmark Northern Ireland
France Slovakia Austria
Russia Romania Bosnia & H
Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
Slovenia Montenegro Azerbaijan
Latvia Albania Luxembourg
Hungary Estonia Malta
Lithuania Georgia Faroe Islands
Belarus Moldova Andorra
Belgium Iceland San Marino
Wales Armenia
Macedonia Kazakhstan
Cyprus Liechtenstein
The sides are classified on the basis of the UEFA national team rankings on completion of the qualifying games for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, meaning that the UEFA rankings on 18 November were decisive. As a result, all the 'big sides' are to be found in pot 1.
However, Turkey, semi-finalists at Euro '08, are not among the top seeds and find themselves in pot 2. Furthermore, Russia and Croatia have been placed in pot 1, despite missing out on the 2010 World Cup, while teams such as Slovakia, Denmark, Serbia, Switzerland and Greece have to settle for a place in pot 2.
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The draw will take place in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday 7 February at 1200 CET and 51 of the 53 UEFA member associations will take part. Hosts Poland and Ukraine qualify automatically for the tournament.
The 51 teams will be divided into six groups of six teams and three groups of five teams. The teams in each group will play one another on a home and away basis, with qualifying matches scheduled according to the international match calendar between September 2010 and November 2011.
The winners of the nine groups and the best runner-up qualify directly for the final tournament. The eight remaining runners-up will have to battle it out in play-off matches to decide which teams grab the remaining four tickets for Poland/Ukraine.
For the draw, the 51 teams are allocated into the following six pots:
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
Spain (holders) Greece Israel
Germany Czech Republic Bulgaria
Netherlands Sweden Finland
Italy Switzerland Norway
England Serbia Ireland
Croatia Turkey Scotland
Portugal Denmark Northern Ireland
France Slovakia Austria
Russia Romania Bosnia & H
Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
Slovenia Montenegro Azerbaijan
Latvia Albania Luxembourg
Hungary Estonia Malta
Lithuania Georgia Faroe Islands
Belarus Moldova Andorra
Belgium Iceland San Marino
Wales Armenia
Macedonia Kazakhstan
Cyprus Liechtenstein
The sides are classified on the basis of the UEFA national team rankings on completion of the qualifying games for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, meaning that the UEFA rankings on 18 November were decisive. As a result, all the 'big sides' are to be found in pot 1.
However, Turkey, semi-finalists at Euro '08, are not among the top seeds and find themselves in pot 2. Furthermore, Russia and Croatia have been placed in pot 1, despite missing out on the 2010 World Cup, while teams such as Slovakia, Denmark, Serbia, Switzerland and Greece have to settle for a place in pot 2.
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