ChrisWoods
Well-Known Member
This is the ultimate in laziness on my part but can someone give me a brief overview on how it works? I saw something on ESPN last night about it when I was getting a hair cut but the sound was down.
It really is incredibly simple. No wonder football fans get a reputation of being stupid.
It's just like when radio or t.v. pundits start hammimg it up telling us how baffled they are at league table permutations near the end of the season. They actually understand it perfectly but are treating all football with contempt because stuff like this perpetuates the belief that we are unable to comprehend really simple things.
I looked into this last night and here's how best I can explain it.
There are 4 leagues. League A through to D. Scotland are in League C. Each league contains 12-15 countries.
Within these leagues, groups of 3-4 countries are formed. In Scotlands case, we are in Group 1. There are 4 groups within our league.
Lets say Scotland win group 1 and for talking sake, Romania, Hungary & Slovenia win group 2, 3 & 4.
This is shelved for the moment as we all go through the traditional qualifying process. 10 games played in double headers in March, June, September, October and November 2019. Top 2 in each group qualify automatically which amounts to 20 places.
Say Scotland, Romania, Hungary & Slovenia don't qualify through the traditional process. All four play a one off semi final and final. Winner qualifies for the Euros.
If Scotland qualify automatically through the traditional process, then our place in the play-off goes to the runner up in our Nations League group, which would either be Albania or Israel.
Hope this clears things up
its about time club sides did something about players risking injury playing meaningless internationals .
Very much so, thanks, has the draw been made for the traditional qualifying process yet?
No mate aimed at anyone claiming to not understand it. As said it's easy enough to understand. If anyone then goes on to conclude it's a pile of shite then that's fineIf this is aimed at me, I didn't say I didn't understand it, I was basically saying I couldn't be arsed looking into it. Thankfully some kind bears on this thread have explained it, I'm with the majority though, it seems like a pile of shite.
Think it's also meant to be a means of phasing out pointless friendlies for something slightly more competitive which UEFA are hoping will stop countless players dropping out of squads.
Just seems even more boring to me though. As if Israel and Albania weren't boring enough fixtures as it is, now the trannies are having to play each of them twice.
Very much so, thanks, has the draw been made for the traditional qualifying process yet?
It's really not that hard to understand. And it gives the shitier countries like Georgia, Latvia and Kosovo a real chance of qualifying for the European Championships instead of just being fodder for big countries in a qualifying campaign (which will take place in 2019)
I don't think the issue for many people is understanding it.It really is incredibly simple. No wonder football fans get a reputation of being stupid.
It's just like when radio or t.v. pundits start hammimg it up telling us how baffled they are at league table permutations near the end of the season. They actually understand it perfectly but are treating all football with contempt because stuff like this perpetuates the belief that we are unable to comprehend really simple things.
These aren't meaningless internationals now though. It's a real chance for countries who normally have no hope of making a tournament (as hard as that sounds seeing as 24 out of 55 teams now make the euros) to get there. For example, one of these countries will be at Euro 2020:
Group D1: Georgia, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Andorra
Group D2: Belarus, Luxembourg, Moldova, San Marino
Group D3: Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands, Malta, Kosovo
Group D4: FYR Macedonia, Armenia, Liechtenstein, Gibraltar
SimplesFour divisions - England in top, Wales, Norn Iron and Republic in second, Scotland in third. In each division there are groups. Win your group in the division and you go up to the next one. Come bottom and you go down.
Scotland in with Albania and Israel. If they're top after the four games (end November) then they go up to the second division or tier. If they produce the normal crap they go down to join the San Marinos and Faroes of the world. It should be achievable for Scotland to move up on the first attempt but they've proved us wrong before. Hopefully it goes in the right direction for Big Eck though.
Good Summary mateI looked into this last night and here's how best I can explain it.
There are 4 leagues. League A through to D. Scotland are in League C. Each league contains 12-15 countries.
Within these leagues, groups of 3-4 countries are formed. In Scotlands case, we are in Group 1. There are 4 groups within our league.
Lets say Scotland win group 1 and for talking sake, Romania, Hungary & Slovenia win group 2, 3 & 4.
This is shelved for the moment as we all go through the traditional qualifying process. 10 games played in double headers in March, June, September, October and November 2019. Top 2 in each group qualify automatically which amounts to 20 places.
Say Scotland, Romania, Hungary & Slovenia don't qualify through the traditional process. All four play a one off semi final and final. Winner qualifies for the Euros.
If Scotland qualify automatically through the traditional process, then our place in the play-off goes to the runner up in our Nations League group, which would either be Albania or Israel.
Hope this clears things up
My money is on LuxembourgThese aren't meaningless internationals now though. It's a real chance for countries who normally have no hope of making a tournament (as hard as that sounds seeing as 24 out of 55 teams now make the euros) to get there. For example, one of these countries will be at Euro 2020:
Group D1: Georgia, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Andorra
Group D2: Belarus, Luxembourg, Moldova, San Marino
Group D3: Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands, Malta, Kosovo
Group D4: FYR Macedonia, Armenia, Liechtenstein, Gibraltar
lets call it the canon fodder cup, international football is a joke .These aren't meaningless internationals now though. It's a real chance for countries who normally have no hope of making a tournament (as hard as that sounds seeing as 24 out of 55 teams now make the euros) to get there. For example, one of these countries will be at Euro 2020:
Group D1: Georgia, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Andorra
Group D2: Belarus, Luxembourg, Moldova, San Marino
Group D3: Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands, Malta, Kosovo
Group D4: FYR Macedonia, Armenia, Liechtenstein, Gibraltar
I looked into this last night and here's how best I can explain it.
There are 4 leagues. League A through to D. Scotland are in League C. Each league contains 12-15 countries.
Within these leagues, groups of 3-4 countries are formed. In Scotlands case, we are in Group 1. There are 4 groups within our league.
Lets say Scotland win group 1 and for talking sake, Romania, Hungary & Slovenia win group 2, 3 & 4.
This is shelved for the moment as we all go through the traditional qualifying process. 10 games played in double headers in March, June, September, October and November 2019. Top 2 in each group qualify automatically which amounts to 20 places.
Say Scotland, Romania, Hungary & Slovenia don't qualify through the traditional process. All four play a one off semi final and final. Winner qualifies for the Euros.
If Scotland qualify automatically through the traditional process, then our place in the play-off goes to the runner up in our Nations League group, which would either be Albania or Israel.
Hope this clears things up
Was going to say, I read all the posts before yours and am very little further forward.Nobody in the known universe knows how this works.
Wow, I feel like someone has spiked my drink.I looked into this last night and here's how best I can explain it.
There are 4 leagues. League A through to D. Scotland are in League C. Each league contains 12-15 countries.
Within these leagues, groups of 3-4 countries are formed. In Scotlands case, we are in Group 1. There are 4 groups within our league.
Lets say Scotland win group 1 and for talking sake, Romania, Hungary & Slovenia win group 2, 3 & 4.
This is shelved for the moment as we all go through the traditional qualifying process. 10 games played in double headers in March, June, September, October and November 2019. Top 2 in each group qualify automatically which amounts to 20 places.
Say Scotland, Romania, Hungary & Slovenia don't qualify through the traditional process. All four play a one off semi final and final. Winner qualifies for the Euros.
If Scotland qualify automatically through the traditional process, then our place in the play-off goes to the runner up in our Nations League group, which would either be Albania or Israel.
Hope this clears things up