2007-06-27 - UEFA Coefficients
The following represent the latest UEFA coefficients following the European Qualifying matches played on 6 June 2007. They will probably used to determine the top four seeds for the Euro 2008 tournament, and the seeding groups for the 2010 World Cup qualification tournament.
1. Germany - 2.71
2. Netherlands - 2.56
3. Croatia - 2.41
4. Sweden - 2.35
5. Portugal - 2.32
6. England - 2.29
7. Italy - 2.29
8. Poland - 2.26
9. France - 2.24
10. Romania - 2.21
11. Czech Republic - 2.16
12. Serbia - 2.12
13. Spain - 2.06
14. Ukraine - 2.06
15. Greece - 2.05
16. Turkey - 2.00
17. Russia - 2.00
18. Israel - 1.94
19. Denmark - 1.83
20. Norway - 1.82
21. Switzerland* - 1.80
22. Ireland - 1.76
23. Bulgaria - 1.76
24. Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1.71
25. Slovakia - 1.68
26. Scotland - 1.65
27. Austria* - 1.50
28. Finland - 1.50
29. Northern Ireland - 1.38
30. Hungary - 1.18
31. Albania - 1.16
32. Belgium - 1.06
33. Latvia - 1.00
34. Lithuania - 1.00
35. Belarus - 1.00
36. Slovenia - 0.94
37. Wales - 0.94
38. Estonia - 0.89
39. Macedonia - 0.84
40. Georgia - 0.80
41. Armenia - 0.74
42. Liechtenstein - 0.63
43. Cyprus - 0.50
44. Iceland - 0.47
45. Azerbaijan - 0.44
46. Moldova - 0.41
47. Malta - 0.41
48. Kazakhstan - 0.35
49. Andorra - 0.26
50. Faroe Islands - 0.06
51. Luxembourg - 0.00
52. San Marino - 0.00
As Austria and Switzerland qualify as hosts (*), they will be automatically seeded for the Euro 2008 tournament. The other seed will be Greece (the reigning champions from 2004), if they qualify of course, so it's likely only one place will be up for grabs for the top team in the list above. If everything follows tradition, the rest of the teams will all be unseeded and could be drawn into any group.
For the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign, we already know that UEFA decided that there will be nine qualifying groups, so that means teams will be seeded in five groups of nine teams, and one group of eight teams, with one team from each of these seeding groups going into a different group. That means there will be eight groups of six teams, and one group of five teams. If the seedings were to be made now that would mean Germany, Netherlands, Croatia, Sweden, Portugal, England, Italy, Poland and France would head a group each, and Romania, Czech Republic, Serbia, Spain, Ukraine, Greece, Turkey, Russia and Israel would be in the second seeding group, etc. However, a lot can still change. Not one team is yet secure of their place in any seeding group, although for the top teams to drop into the second group of seeds is already somewhere unlikely. The qualifying draw for the World Cup qualifying campaign won't take place until 25 November 2007, so as usual we'll have to wait until a couple of days before that date before we know everything for sure, apart from the groups themselves of course, for which we'll have to wait to the day itself!
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2007-09-14 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by Petrograd |
Checked recent UEFA coefficients (adding Germany's WC 2002 stats according to Wikipedia saying they were used in the seeding for this qualification, I'm not sure they'll be kept, but anyway.)
According to those, Sweden are sure to finish (at worst) shared 20th with Scotland, but have a better WC record, so at worst they'll be 20th, just inside 3rd qualifying group.
Netherlands having excellent stats, are certain to be 13th at worst, so they're certain to be in first or second qualifying group. (Points put them at 14th at worst, but then neither Turkey nor Greece are allowed to lose any points, and they'll meet each other later on, so.) |
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2007-09-14 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by Petrograd |
| Err, apparently it's the most recent competition being more important, not WC over EC. Thus Sweden can at worst finish shared 20th, meaning 21st. |
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