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Robert
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« Thread Started on Feb 7, 2010, 10:02am » | |
The draw was held today as you all know and we now have the groups and schedule for the matches. We can use this thread to follow everything revolving just the qualifiers. Also to note that there is a new format for the dates being played and matches are now going to be played on Friday or Saturday and then on Tuesday. The nine winners and the runner-up with the best record against the top five sides in their pool qualify directly for the final tournament with the eight remaining runner-ups playing playoff games.
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Groups
Group A: Germany, Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan
Group B: Russia, Slovakia, Republic of Ireland, Macedonia, Armenia, Andorra
Group C: Italy, Serbia, Northern Ireland, Slovenia, Estonia, Faroe Islands
Group D: France, Romania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Belarus, Albania, Luxembourg
Group E: Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Hungary, Moldova, San Marino
Group F: Croatia, Greece, Israel, Latvia, Georgia, Malta
Group G: England, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Wales, Montenegro
Group H: Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Cyprus, Iceland
Group I: Spain, Czech Republic, Scotland, Lithuania, Liechtenstein
Match Dates
Day 1 & 2: September 3rd/4th & 7th 2010
Day 3 & 4: October 8th/9th & 12th 2010
Day 5 & 6: March 25th/26th & 29th 2011
Day 7 & 8: June 3rd/4th & 7th 2011
Day 9 & 10: September 2nd/3rd & 6th 2011
Day 11 & 12: October 7th/8th & 11th 2011
Playoffs
Leg 1: Novermber 11th & 12th 2011
Leg 2: November 15th 2011
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« Reply #1 on Feb 7, 2010, 3:48pm » | |
Any early predictions?
I think the winners will be Germany, Russia, Italy, Romania, Sweden, Croatia, England, Portugal, and Spain. Group B seems very very weak compared to the others. Group A & I seem the toughest.
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« Reply #2 on Feb 7, 2010, 4:24pm » | |
Pretty clear cut, winner wise I'd say...
Group A: Germany
Group B: Russia
Group C: Italy
Group D: France
Group E: Netherlands
Group F: Croatia
Group G: Switzerland (going on a limb  England will advance as one of the top 2nd placed teams
Group H: Portugal
Group I: Spain
Personally, I think Group G is one of the most difficult. The Swiss always seem to surprise at any sport because they play a good system with good coaching, and Bulgaria, Wales and Montenegro are all capable of drawing or even upsetting England or Switzerland. That group will be close.
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« Reply #3 on Feb 7, 2010, 5:33pm » | |
Honestly this time around the groups are really even but here are my $0.02.
Group A: Germany
Group B: Russia (not by much though)
Group C: Italy (more consistent then Serbia)
Group D: Bosnia & Herzegovina (France is playing really bad these days)
Group E: Netherlands
Group F: Croatia
Group G: England
Group H: Portugal
Group I: Spain
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« Reply #4 on Feb 7, 2010, 8:07pm » | |
Pretty boring groups... here are my predictions.
Group A: Germany
Group B: Ireland
Group C: Italy
Group D: France
Group E: San Marino just kidding: Netherlands
Group F: Greece
Group G: England
Group H: Portugal
Group I: Spain
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« Reply #5 on Feb 7, 2010, 10:19pm » | |
Your predictions look pretty spot on. I would just like to see Belgium upset group A.
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« Reply #6 on Feb 8, 2010, 12:58am » | |
Group A: Germany
Group B: Russia
Group C: Italy
Group D: France
Group E: Netherlands
Group F: Croatia
Group G: England
Group H: Portugal
Group I: Spain
pretty easy guesses
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« Reply #7 on Feb 8, 2010, 4:49pm » | |
Feb 7, 2010, 10:19pm, soccerinski wrote:| Your predictions look pretty spot on. I would just like to see Belgium upset group A. |
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« Reply #8 on Feb 8, 2010, 5:11pm » | |
These seem liek they are going to be pretty dull qualifiers right now, unless some teams really step up in the next year.
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« Reply #9 on Feb 8, 2010, 8:21pm » | |
Group A: Germany, Turkey
Group B: Russia, Slovakia
Group C: Italy, Serbia
Group D: Bosnia, France
Group E: Netherlands, Sweden
Group F: Croatia, Greece
Group G: England, Bulgaria
Group H: Portogual, Denmark
Group I: Spain, Czech Republic
I wish there was at least one "group of death." Most of my predictions are pretty much a given.
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« Reply #10 on Feb 9, 2010, 2:01am » | |
Yeah I agree, the groups are not very strong at all...but that is what happens with Euro...there are only so many strong European nations.
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