The Official Euro 2008 Qualifying Thread

[Mac 10 †]

Line-up finalised for Euro 2008

The 16 countries that will compete at Euro 2008 were finalised on Wednesday as four sides ensured qualification.

Russia, Turkey, Sweden and Portugal secured the results that earned them a place in the finals and the teams will be placed into four groups of four.

Joint-hosts Austria and Switzerland are both top seeds for the draw and they will be joined by Euro 2004 winners Greece and Marco van Basten's Holland.

The draw will take place on Sunday 2 December in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Seedings for the draw for the 2008 European Championship in Austria and Switzerland:

Pot One:
Switzerland
Austria
Greece
Holland

Pot Two:
Croatia
Italy
Czech Republic
Sweden

Pot Three:
Germany
Romania
Portugal
Spain

Pot Four:
Poland
France
Turkey
Russia

[Mac 10 †]

Presumably the "pots" are not done by rank. If so that is the lamest "pot one" I have ever seen.

[7even]

horrible pots, they are trying to be politically correct. italy, france, germany and holland should be in pot 1. if germany, france, italy and holland go into 1 group now the tournament is ruined lol

[Piffmeister2008]

lol @ England

[Raphael]

^^muhahaha

[es-jay]

Pot One, has the two home nations (Austria and Switzerland), the previous winner (Greece) and the top-ranked team from qualifications (Holland).

[K.Dub]

Pot One, has the two home nations (Austria and Switzerland), the previous winner (Greece) and the top-ranked team from qualifications (Holland).

That's kinda logic.

[Mac 10 †]

Pot One, has the two home nations (Austria and Switzerland), the previous winner (Greece) and the top-ranked team from qualifications (Holland).

Yeah but why are the hosts automatically "top" seeds? Makes no sense.

[Lil White Azz]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Our dream is crushed 

0-0

It's a sad night 

Yeah man, I feel you....gonna get wasted tonight so it's all good now 


edit : heh, 666 

[Lunatic]

won't happen but...
DAMN at the possibility of holland, italy, portugal, and france in 1 group

[wcsoldier]

This is horrible ... basically the group games will be more interesting than the final stages .. I still try to figure out why the best team of these latest 10 years is in the pot 4 ... great ranking system  by the way draw is December 2nd

[K.Dub]

England just fell one level down to level 2 and Norway is on level 3, so I'm hoping for a battle of the North Sea

Edit: ... in the WC qualifations though