Euro 2008 Qualifying Competition

[agggelos21]

so the draw is over and the groups are:
Group A
Portugal
Poland
Serbia and Montenegro
Belgium
Finland
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan

Group B
France
Italy
Ukraine
Scotland
Lithuania
Georgia
Faroe Islands

Group C
Greece
Turkey
Norway
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Hungary
Moldova
Malta

Group D
Czech Republic
Germany
Slovakia
Republic of Ireland
Wales
Cyprus
San Marino

Group E
England
Croatia
Russia
Israel
Estonia
F.Y.R. Macedonia
Andorra

Group F
Sweden
Spain
Denmark
Latvia
Iceland
Northern Ireland
Liechtenstein

Group G
Netherlands
Romania
Bulgaria
Slovenia
Albania
Belarus
Luxembourg

which countries you think has the opportunities to qualify???

 

[om3ga]

Group E
England
Croatia
Russia
Israel
Estonia
F.Y.R. Macedonia
Andorra

Ok - Croatia, Russia (and poss. Israel) will be tricky - but I'd still can see England qualifying......:thumbsup:

 

[agggelos21]

I think England for sure.Croatia & Russia will fight for the 2nd place

Group C
Greece
Turkey
Norway
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Hungary
Moldova
Malta

I know for sure ,we(Greece) will have a difficulty to qualify for the next round!
Turkey ,Norway, Hungary and Greece will fight hard for the first 2 positions

 

[om3ga]

I think England for sure.Croatia & Russia will fight for the 2nd place

I know for sure ,we(Greece) will have a difficulty to qualify for the next round!
Turkey ,Norway, Hungary and Greece will fight hard for the first 2 positions

Greece v Turkey......:eek:

I have a few Greek friends, so I know that match is going to be like a house on fire!!!

 

[agggelos21]

...like the matches we had for the World Cup last year....
hell is the proper word

 

[poggy]

Ok - Croatia, Russia (and poss. Israel) will be tricky - but I'd still can see England qualifying......:thumbsup:

Croatia have nothing like the team they did om3ga.
Russia are main threat and Israel could be tricky if climate stays like it is at the moment.
B.D.F are the tough groups by the look of it.You can call anyone one of at least 3 teams in each group.

 

[crabman]

We could not of had an easier draw! Fantastic sig poggy, my two favourite things, The Mighty Reds and Big Tits!

 

[jumbo_jim]

My boys (Scotland) ain't going to the championships. Could finish anywhere in the group from third to sixth.

England have got a shit simple group.

 

[Calm]

Group B seems like the death group although Group F seems tricky.
Holland and England got what you call "a walk in the park". Although after England's disappointment in Germany their confidence might be shaken and they'll drop some unnecessry points.

 

[KYUSS]

Our team isn't really well nonetheless Hiddink's appointment - not enough skilled players, but we will try to compete with Cro and England for the first 2 places.

 

[KungFuDude]

Question For The Brits

I don't really follow many european national competitions, and I've got what might seem like a stupid question for one of you British cats. Why does England, Wales, etc, not play as one United Kingdom in football? Is it just tradition? What's the story behind this?

 

[thegunner]

Northern Ireland to qualify!

NI 1 - 0 England

NI 3 - 2 Spain.

Says it all really.

And to KFD: I think that we don't play as a large nation because you would need to have a certain number of players from each country in the UK team, otherwise lets face it, it would be an all England 11. Also, people want to have pride in their nation so it is better to have individual football teams.

 

[ai-ni-ichi]

Re: Question For The Brits

I don't really follow many european national competitions, and I've got what might seem like a stupid question for one of you British cats. Why does England, Wales, etc, not play as one United Kingdom in football? Is it just tradition? What's the story behind this?

the first international game in the world was between Scotland and England back in 1872, so aye, you could say there was a bit of tradition!

there used to be a Home Nations touranment back in the day, and the winner would be the one who qualified for the world cup. England won it in 1966, so they qualified for the world cup, despite the fact they qualified anyway as the hosts!

 

[ai-ni-ichi]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Home_Championship

it's in there, but i'm sure i read something about 66 qualifying being from the Home Nations as well

 

[KungFuDude]

Thanks for clearing that up for me fellas. :thumbsup: I just figured that the UK would have a better chance of winning the big competitions if all the best players were unified on one team. But if England already has all the best players, I guess they might want to keep them for themselves.

 

[alexios]

Sadly, I don't think it's in the cards for Moldova to win it all this time.

 

[Werewolf]

Oh I see... so it was only used in 1950... but they basically guaranteed England and Scotland would both be going to that world cup.

Then the Scots were stubborn and said they'd only go if they won the home nations thing, so they had to beat England. They lost. If England had lost, both would have gone to the tournament.

It wasn't 1966 when England won, after all, but only 1950, and England may as well not have gone because they lost 1-0 to the USA at that world cup. Uruguay beat Brazil in the final in front of 200,000 at Rio's Maracana Stadium.

Only in 1950 has the BHC ever been associated with the world cup, and even then, it wasn't really, as England and Scotland were assured of the top 2 places which were both world cup spots, but Scotland declined their place unless they won the group - which they didn't.

This was probably because the scottish fa didn't have the money to send their team to Brazil, and figured they'd lose to England. Just a thought.

Fox

Uruguay beat the Brazilians in the final Match. but it wasn't a Final. They had a final Group of 3 ( The other Nation being Argentina I think ) and Uruguay vs Brazil was the last and decisive Match.

Interesting History Lesson there Fox :thefinger

 

[Werewolf]

That's very true, but it was effectively a final at the time, and has since been considered the 1950 final for all intents and purposes. It just worked out that way.

Why the middle finger?

Oops got on the wrong smilie there... Sorry Fox. In Fact your posts are always worth reading. :hatsoff:

 

[Werewolf]

We all make Mistakes... I always do

 

[nightwanker]

16 qualified teams
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