BuzzJack Music Forum _ Sports and Fitness _ Euro 2024 Qualification
Posted by: LewisGT 9th October 2022, 11:51 AM
The draw for the Euro 2024 Qualifiers was today and England got a tough draw!
Germany have already qualified as hosts and Russia were banned from taking part. The top 2 teams for each team go through and then 3 more teams will qualify from the Play-Offs that are determined by Nations League positions.
Group A: Spain Scotland Norway Georgia Cyprus
Group B: Netherlands France Republic of Ireland Greece Gibraltar
Group C: Italy England Ukraine North Macedonia Malta
Group D: Croatia Wales Armenia Turkey Latvia
Group E: Poland Czech Republic Albania Faroe Islands Moldova
Group F: Belgium Austria Sweden Azerbaijan Estonia
Group G: Hungary Serbia Montenegro Bulgaria Lithuania
Group H: Denmark Finland Slovania Kazakhstan Northern Ireland San Marino
Group I: Switzerland Israel Romania Kosovo Belarus Andorra
Group J: Portugal Bosnia & Herzegovina Iceland Luxembourg Slovakia Lichtenstein
Posted by: Steve201 9th October 2022, 08:26 PM
Group of death for Ireland!
Posted by: Dobbo. 10th October 2022, 08:25 AM
f***ing hell, Italy again!
Posted by: Mack. 16th March 2023, 02:39 PM
England squad for Italy and Ukraine
Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford (Everton), Nick Pope (Newcastle), Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal)
Defenders: Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), Eric Dier (Tottenham), Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), Reece James (Chelsea), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Luke Shaw (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United), Kyle Walker (Manchester City)
Midfielders: Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Conor Gallagher (Chelsea), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), James Maddison (Leicester City), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Kalvin Phillips (Manchester City), Declan Rice (West Ham)
Forwards: Phil Foden (Manchester City), Jack Grealish (Manchester City), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Ivan Toney (Brentford)
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Posted by: Dobbo. 16th March 2023, 02:58 PM
Well that puts to bed the rumours that Toney wasn't picked for the World Cup squad because of the gambling story.
Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 16th March 2023, 08:45 PM
Some interesting draws there! Looking at Group I, I'm noticing there'll at be at least one team qualifying that didn't qualify last time.
Posted by: DJHazey 17th March 2023, 01:59 PM
March 2023 Matches
Group A | Mar 25 | Spain vs Norway Group A | Mar 25 | Scotland vs Cyprus Group A | Mar 28 | Scotland vs Spain Group A | Mar 28 | Georgia vs Norway Group B | Mar 24 | France vs Netherlands Group B | Mar 24 | Gibraltar vs Greece Group B | Mar 27 | Netherlands vs Gibraltar Group B | Mar 27 | Ireland vs France Group C | Mar 23 | Italy vs England Group C | Mar 23 | North Macedonia vs Malta Group C | Mar 26 | England vs Ukraine Group C | Mar 26 | Malta vs Italy Group D | Mar 25 | Croatia vs Wales Group D | Mar 25 | Armenia vs Turkey Group D | Mar 28 | Wales vs Latvia Group D | Mar 28 | Turkey vs Croatia Group E | Mar 24 | Czech Republic vs Poland Group E | Mar 24 | Moldova vs Faroe Islands Group E | Mar 27 | Poland vs Albania Group E | Mar 27 | Moldova vs Czech Republic Group F | Mar 24 | Austria vs Azerbaijan Group F | Mar 24 | Sweden vs Belgium Group F | Mar 27 | Austria vs Estonia Group F | Mar 27 | Sweden vs Azerbaijan Group G | Mar 24 | Serbia vs Lithuania Group G | Mar 24 | Bulgaria vs Montenegro Group G | Mar 27 | Hungary vs Bulgaria Group G | Mar 27 | Montenegro vs Serbia Group H | Mar 23 | Denmark vs Finland Group H | Mar 23 | Kazakhstan vs Slovenia Group H | Mar 23 | San Marino vs Northern Ireland Group H | Mar 26 | Slovenia vs San Marino Group H | Mar 26 | Kazakhstan vs Denmark Group H | Mar 26 | Northern Ireland vs Finland Group I | Mar 25 | Israel vs Kosovo Group I | Mar 25 | Belarus vs Switzerland Group I | Mar 25 | Andorra vs Romania Group I | Mar 28 | Switzerland vs Israel Group I | Mar 28 | Romania vs Belarus Group I | Mar 28 | Kosovo vs Andorra Group J | Mar 23 | Portugal vs Liechtenstein Group J | Mar 23 | Bosnia-Herzegovina vs Iceland Group J | Mar 23 | Slovakia vs Luxembourg Group J | Mar 26 | Luxembourg vs Portugal Group J | Mar 26 | Slovakia vs Bosnia-Herzegovina Group J | Mar 26 | Liechtenstein vs Iceland
Posted by: Mack. 20th March 2023, 03:18 PM
Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford, Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount and Newcastle keeper Nick Pope have withdrawn from the England squad for next week's Euro 2024 qualifiers.
Rashford picked up a knock during his side's FA Cup quarter-final win against Fulham on Sunday.
Pope, who has 10 caps, suffered an injury in Newcastle's 2-1 win at Nottingham Forest on Friday.
Mount is also recovering from an injury and will stay with Chelsea.
Tottenham's Fraser Forster, 35, has been called up to replace Pope but no other replacements are planned by manager Gareth Southgate.
I'll stick it on but I expect a poor game between Italy and England.
Posted by: Mack. 23rd March 2023, 07:45 PM
One butchered national anthem. She'll have nightmares recalling that, poor woman.
Posted by: Mack. 23rd March 2023, 08:01 PM
Good start from England - we've looked dangerous and have managed to score as well
Posted by: King Rollo 23rd March 2023, 08:08 PM
England are playing well, they are looking like they might add a second goal.
Posted by: Mack. 23rd March 2023, 08:13 PM
Shaky first 5 mins but since then played well looked dangerous and could be more than 1 up but stop playing around at the back.
Posted by: Mack. 23rd March 2023, 08:15 PM
Declan Rice booked for England.
Posted by: Mack. 23rd March 2023, 08:31 PM
Harry Kane has become England's all-time goalscorer.
Posted by: King Rollo 23rd March 2023, 08:36 PM
Well done Harry Kane but how did Grealish miss an open goal just before half-time? That would have put the game to bed.
Posted by: Mack. 23rd March 2023, 08:59 PM
Kyle Walker booked for England.
Posted by: Mack. 23rd March 2023, 09:02 PM
Harry Maguire booked for England.
Posted by: Mack. 23rd March 2023, 09:07 PM
Jorginho booked for Italy.
Posted by: Mack. 23rd March 2023, 09:12 PM
Now it's England turn to be overwhelmed. Constant Italian pressure.
Posted by: Mack. 23rd March 2023, 09:14 PM
Foden on for Grealish.
Posted by: Mack. 23rd March 2023, 09:23 PM
Luke Shaw booked for England.
Posted by: Mack. 23rd March 2023, 09:27 PM
You silly boy Shaw gets sent off after 54 seconds after his yellow.
Trippier on for Foden.
Posted by: Mack. 23rd March 2023, 09:37 PM
Acarbi booked for Italy.
Posted by: Mack. 23rd March 2023, 09:41 PM
England have won at Italy for the first time since 1961.
Posted by: King Rollo 23rd March 2023, 09:44 PM
They were hanging on a bit at the end but that was a good win.
Posted by: Mack. 23rd March 2023, 09:49 PM
England have broken their Channel 4 duck at the seventh attempt.
Posted by: Rooney 24th March 2023, 12:32 AM
That's a really good win, but there's got to be either a severere tactical or mentality problem. I get 2-0 is a dangerous scoreline, but to revert to playing so badly in the second half vs the first half proposal, it does reek a lot of protecting what you have rather than delivering the killer blow. Often happens with England. A different night and we draw that game, when Italy should have been buried in the first half.
Posted by: LewisGT 24th March 2023, 09:30 AM
Matchday 1 Results - Thursday
Group C Italy 1-2 England North Macedonia 2-1 Malta
Group H Kazakhstan 1-2 Slovenia Denmark 3-1 Finland San Marino 0-2 Northern Ireland
Group J Bosnia & Herzegovina 3-0 Iceland Portugal 4-0 Lichtenstein Slovakia 0-0 Luxembourg
Posted by: Dobbo. 24th March 2023, 09:57 AM
QUOTE(Rooney @ Mar 24 2023, 12:32 AM)
That's a really good win, but there's got to be either a severere tactical or mentality problem. I get 2-0 is a dangerous scoreline, but to revert to playing so badly in the second half vs the first half proposal, it does reek a lot of protecting what you have rather than delivering the killer blow. Often happens with England. A different night and we draw that game, when Italy should have been buried in the first half.
Completely agree with all this. Mind you had the Villa version of Grealish arrived at the scene rather than the City version, we'd be 3-0 and game over at HT.
Posted by: DJHazey 24th March 2023, 01:57 PM
I can't tell if the 0-0 scoreline tells a story of Slovakia's continued freefall at the international level or Luxembourg's version of a golden age the past few years with consistent decent results against countries you'd expect they'd have no business being in the game with.
Also, brutal result for Iceland as the continue to head back towards being minnows again.
Posted by: steve201 25th March 2023, 07:44 AM
QUOTE(Rooney @ Mar 24 2023, 12:32 AM)
That's a really good win, but there's got to be either a severere tactical or mentality problem. I get 2-0 is a dangerous scoreline, but to revert to playing so badly in the second half vs the first half proposal, it does reek a lot of protecting what you have rather than delivering the killer blow. Often happens with England. A different night and we draw that game, when Italy should have been buried in the first half.
Your playing Italy in Naples, one of the hardest tasks in international football, it’s a great result. I don’t know if England fans expect to win every game 3-0 or something 🤔
Posted by: Dobbo. 25th March 2023, 11:52 AM
This Italy team is terrible though and on another day they get a draw out of that when it should have been game over at HT.
Posted by: LewisGT 25th March 2023, 12:16 PM
Matchday 1 Results - Friday
Group B France 4-0 Netherlands Gibraltar 0-3 Greece
Group E Czech Republic 3-1 Poland Moldova 1-1 Faroe Islands
Group F Austria 4-1 Azerbaijan Sweden 0-3 Belgium
Group G Bulgaria 0-1 Montenegro Serbia 2-0 Lithuania
Impressive wins for Czech Republic and Belgium. I think a lot of people thought that Belgium would begin to struggle now but it was great win away at Sweden.
Netherlands had quite a few big stars missing yesterday. I think they will still be fine when they get everyone back.
Posted by: LewisGT 26th March 2023, 01:35 AM
Matchday 1 Results - Saturday
Group A Scotland 3-0 Cyprus Spain 3-0 Norway
Group D Armenia 1-2 Turkey Croatia 1-1 Wales
Group I Belarus 0-5 Switzerland Israel 1-1 Kosovo Andorra 0-2 Romania
Heartbreaking for Kosovo. They had a goal ruled out and then missed a sitter in the last minute. I watched the Wales game and they were very lucky to get a point there.
Qualification: Austria Belgium Bosnia & Herzegovina Czech Republic Denmark England Faroe Islands France Greece Montenegro North Macedonia Northern Ireland Portugal Romania Scotland Serbia Spain Switzerland Turkey Wales
Play-Offs: - 1 team from each path will qualify
Path 1: Netherlands Croatia Italy Hungary
Path 2: Israel Finland Ukraine Iceland
Path 3: Georgia Kazakhstan Luxembourg Estonia
Enjoy seeing Faroe Islands, Greece. North Macedonia & Northern Ireland in the qualifying batch while we can!
Posted by: WeekndMack 26th March 2023, 02:52 PM
Kazakhstan with a great comeback from 2 down v Denmark .
The best thing he's done for an English side since moving to Chelsea.
Posted by: WeekndMack 26th March 2023, 04:36 PM
Two crosses into the box, which Kane has attacked with his right instead of his left. Offside this time, but would have benefitted from the other.
Posted by: WeekndMack 26th March 2023, 04:41 PM
And Mr Harry Kane increases his record to 55 international goals for England, 1-0 to England.
Posted by: WeekndMack 26th March 2023, 04:44 PM
Oh what quality from Saka, great goal, 2-0 to England.
Posted by: WeekndMack 26th March 2023, 04:49 PM
Three minutes of added time in this first half for England and Ukraine.
Posted by: WeekndMack 26th March 2023, 05:23 PM
It's all gone a bit flat in this second half.
Posted by: WeekndMack 26th March 2023, 05:32 PM
Malinovskyi booked for Ukraine.
Posted by: WeekndMack 26th March 2023, 05:41 PM
Every time the commentator says Matvienko I think he says Matt Bianco.
Posted by: WeekndMack 26th March 2023, 05:44 PM
Brentford's Ivan Toney making his international debut on for Harry Kane.
Posted by: WeekndMack 26th March 2023, 05:45 PM
Ukraine have nice ideas but there’s too much difference to them and England, every England player is happy on the ball because they have an edge in overall quality.
Posted by: WeekndMack 26th March 2023, 05:48 PM
Double substitution for England as Jack Grealish : on for James Madison.
Conor Gallagher on for Jude Bellingham.
Posted by: LewisGT 27th March 2023, 08:31 AM
Matchday 2 Results - Sunday
Group C England 2-0 Ukraine Malta 0-2 Italy
Group H Kazakhstan 3-2 Denmark Slovenia 2-0 San Marino Northern Ireland 0-1 Finland
Group J Lichtenstein 0-7 Iceland Luxembourg 0-6 Portugal Slovakia 2-0 Bosnia & Herzegovina
Posted by: steve201 27th March 2023, 04:42 PM
Ronaldo scored another brace last night in his 197th cap for Portugal!
Surprised he didn’t retire!
Posted by: Dobbo. 27th March 2023, 04:50 PM
He wants another shot at a tournament clearly. Now they've binned off what's his face after their spat last year and got people-pleaser Roberto Martinez in charge he's back to being first name on the team sheet.
Posted by: LewisGT 27th March 2023, 09:02 PM
Matchday 2 Results - Monday
Group B Netherlands 3-0 Gibraltar Republic of Ireland 0-1 France
Group E Moldova 0-0 Czech Republic Poland 1-0 Albania
Group F Austria 2-1 Estonia Sweden 5-0 Azerbaijan
Group G Hungary 3-0 Bulgaria Montenegro 0-2 Serbia
I watched the Ireland game. They were pretty unlucky. They limited France to next to nothing with Pavard's wonderstrike being one of their only shots and forced Maignan into a couple of decent saves at the end.
Posted by: steve201 28th March 2023, 04:36 PM
QUOTE(Dobbo. @ Mar 27 2023, 05:50 PM)
He wants another shot at a tournament clearly. Now they've binned off what's his face after their spat last year and got people-pleaser Roberto Martinez in charge he's back to being first name on the team sheet.
Haha true I forgot Martinez was manager!
Posted by: LiamSime 28th March 2023, 11:08 PM
What a night at Hampden Park Scotland 2-0 Spain One of the best games I’ve ever been to, we now top the group with maximum points!
Posted by: LewisGT 29th March 2023, 07:41 AM
Matchday 2 Results - Tuesday
Group A Georgia 1-1 Norway Scotland 2-0 Spain
Group D Turkey 0-2 Croatia Wales 1-0 Latvia
Group I Kosovo 1-1 Andorra Romania 2-1 Belarus Switzerland 3-0 Israel
Qualification: Austria Belgium Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England France Greece Hungary Italy Poland Portugal Romania Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Switzerland Wales
Play-Offs: - 1 team from each path will qualify
Path 1: Netherlands ? ? ?
Path 2: Israel Bosnia & Herzegovina ? ?
Path 3: Georgia Turkey Kazakhstan ?
Path 1 or 2 Finland Ukraine Iceland Norway
Path 1, 2 or 3 Luxembourg Estonia
With Spain not playing any qualifiers in June due to the Nations League, it’s already very likely that Scotland will remain in the qualifying spots until at least the halfway stage
Posted by: Silas 30th March 2023, 09:34 AM
I cant at Rodri and his hypocritical crying. Boy as if the top 3 in the world championship for fake complainers aren’t the Spanish, Portuguese and Brazilian national teams every damn year
Still in shock Scotland beat Spain tho. We don’t need to qualify for the Euros now, we already peaked
Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 1st April 2023, 06:59 PM
Quite the table having Scotland ahead of Spain, even at this early stage! Will be interesting to see if they keep it up.
Posted by: KäärijäMack 24th May 2023, 01:04 PM
Posted by: DJHazey 25th May 2023, 01:02 PM
Biggest Matches in June:
Norway v. Scotland | Jun 17 | Group A Greece v. Ireland | Jun 16 | Group B France v. Greece | Jun 19 | Group B North Macedonia v. Ukraine | Jun 16 | Group C England v. North Macedonia | Jun 19 | Group C Turkey v. Wales | Jun 19 | Group D Belgium v. Austria | Jun 17 | Group F Austria v. Sweden | Jun 20 | Group F Montenegro v. Hungary | Jun 17 | Group G Finland v. Slovenia | Jun 16 | Group H Denmark v. Northern Ireland | Jun 16 | Group H Slovenia v. Denmark | Jun 19 | Group H Kosovo v. Romania | Jun 16 | Group I Switzerland v. Romania | Jun 19 | Group I Iceland v. Slovakia | Jun 17 | Group J Portugal v. Bosnia-Herzegovina | Jun 17 | Group J Iceland v. Portugal | Jun 20 | Group J
Posted by: Mack. 16th June 2023, 01:29 PM
Last 3 Meetings betwen Malta v England:
01/09/2017- Malta 0-4 England 08/10/2016- England 2-0 Malta 03/06/2000- Malta 1-2 England
Posted by: Mack. 16th June 2023, 01:53 PM
Manchester City's Treble winners are available for England's Euro 2024 qualifier against Malta, says Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate.
Jack Grealish, Phil Foden, Kyle Walker, John Stones and Kalvin Phillips joined the squad on Tuesday after City won the Champions League final on Saturday.
Southgate said all five are fit to play in Friday's game but he is "yet to decide if that's a good decision".
Posted by: Mack. 16th June 2023, 06:48 PM
Malta (3-5-2) Bonello; Apap, S Borg (capt), Attard; Mbong, Guillaumier, Teuma, Kristensen, Z Muscat; Nwoko, Jones.
Subs: M Grech, Debono, Camenzuli, K Shaw, J Grech, Satariano, Corbalan, N Muscat, Degabriele, Yankam, Dimech, J Borg.
England (4-3-3) Pickford; Trippier, Guéhi, Maguire, L Shaw; Alexander-Arnold, Rice, Henderson; Saka, Kane (capt), Maddison.
Qualification: Austria Belgium Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England France Georgia Greece Hungary Kazakhstan Poland Portugal Romania Scotland Serbia Slovakia Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Play-Offs: - 1 team from each path will qualify
Path 1: Netherlands Spain Italy Wales
Path 2: Israel Bosnia & Herzegovina Finland Iceland
Path 3: Luxembourg Azerbaijan Kosovo Bulgaria
Remarkably all of the teams that would be due to have a Play-Off place in Path 3 are already in automatic qualifying positions (Georgia, Greece, Turkey, Kazakhstan).
Posted by: Mack. 19th June 2023, 01:12 PM
Last 4 Meetings between England and North Macedonia:
07/10/2006- England 0-0 Macedonia 06/09/2006- Macedonia 0-1 England 06/09/2003- Macedonia 1-2 England 16/10/2002- England 2-2 Macedonia
The first meeting would be remembered for this:
Skip to 38:20
Posted by: Dobbo. 19th June 2023, 01:40 PM
Oh wow I never realised he made another almost identical howler to the Ronaldinho one at the World Cup only a few months later.
Posted by: steve201 19th June 2023, 04:28 PM
Was gonna say I vaguely remember watching that game, was that Seaman’s last game for England?
Posted by: LewisGT 19th June 2023, 05:26 PM
I’m going to the game tonight. Hoping for it to be a little more comfortable than those last results make it look like.
Luxembourg joining Kazakhstan and Armenia in the eye-opening results category this round of qualifiers. Luxembourg has had the knack for this the past few years too, certainly have moved well above all the other classic European 'minnows' recently. Where they used to be the same category as San Marino, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Malta, and the Faroe Islands, they are no longer that. I'd argue they've surpassed Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, and Belarus are now considered that 'almost in contention for playoffs' caetgory with the likes of Iceland, Montenegro, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia, Bosnia, Slovenia, etc.
Posted by: LewisGT 21st June 2023, 01:42 PM
After Matchday 4
Qualification: Albania Armenia Austria Belgium Czech Republic England Finland France Georgia Greece Hungary Kazakhstan Portugal Romania Scotland Serbia Slovakia Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Play-Offs: - 1 team from each path will qualify
Path 1: Spain Croatia Italy Netherlands
Path 2: Israel Bosnia & Herzegovina Iceland Norway
Path 3: Luxembourg Azerbaijan Kosovo Bulgaria
Remarkably all of the teams that would be due to have a Play-Off place in Path 3 are still already in automatic qualifying positions (Georgia, Greece, Turkey, Kazakhstan) while none of the Path 1 teams are (Spain, Croatia, Italy, Netherlands)
Posted by: LewisGT 21st June 2023, 01:44 PM
QUOTE(DJHazey @ Jun 21 2023, 02:36 PM)
Luxembourg joining Kazakhstan and Armenia in the eye-opening results category this round of qualifiers. Luxembourg has had the knack for this the past few years too, certainly have moved well above all the other classic European 'minnows' recently. Where they used to be the same category as San Marino, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Malta, and the Faroe Islands, they are no longer that. I'd argue they've surpassed Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, and Belarus are now considered that 'almost in contention for playoffs' caetgory with the likes of Iceland, Montenegro, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia, Bosnia, Slovenia, etc.
Moldova was the best result of this international break for me. 2-0 down to Poland at half time and turning it around for a 3-2 win!
Posted by: Dobbo 21st June 2023, 01:50 PM
Lol I was trying to find Germany in your tables for a good few minutes there before I remembered who the hosts were!
Posted by: steve201 24th June 2023, 08:04 AM
QUOTE(Dobbo @ Jun 21 2023, 12:11 PM)
Not a bad team Kazakhstan, I remember when slapped Scotland 3-0 a few years back.
You take 2 1-0 wins against them especially out in east Asia!
Posted by: DJHazey 27th June 2023, 01:21 PM
This woould be a very competitive Path 3:
Path 3: Luxembourg Azerbaijan Kosovo Bulgaria
I'd be rooting for anything but Bulgaria to get some new blood in the tournament, especially Luxembourg.
Posted by: LewisGT 8th September 2023, 07:42 AM
Matchday 5 Results - Thursday
Group B France 2-0 Republic of Ireland Netherlands 3-0 Greece
Group E Czech Republic 1-1 Albania Poland 2-0 Faroe Islands
Group G Lithuania 2-2 Montenegro Serbia 1-2 Hungary
Group H Kazakhstan 0-1 Finland Denmark 4-0 San Marino Slovenia 4-2 Northern Ireland
Posted by: DJHazey 8th September 2023, 10:26 AM
A letdown by Kazakhstan. We needed that home W.
Hungary giving me life though. They continue to show those Nation League results were no fluke. Maybe their best squad since the 1950s right now.
Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 8th September 2023, 09:14 PM
Luxemboarg winning 3-1 over Iceland yesterday - interested to see if they can push for Top 2 in their group!
Posted by: LewisGT 8th September 2023, 10:03 PM
Matchday 5 Results - Friday
Group A Georgia 1-7 Spain Cyprus 0-3 Scotland
Group D Croatia 5-0 Latvia Turkey 1-1 Armenia
Group J Bosnia & Herzegovina 2-1 Liechtenstein Luxembourg 3-1 Iceland Slovakia 0-1 Portugal
Posted by: LewisGT 9th September 2023, 11:41 PM
Matchday 5 Results - Saturday
Group C Ukraine 1-1 England North Macedonia 1-1 Italy
Group F Azerbaijan 0-1 Belgium Estonia 0-5 Sweden
Group I Andorra 0-0 Belarus Kosovo 2-2 Switzerland Romania 1-1 Israel
Qualification: Albania Austria Belgium Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England Finland France Hungary Netherlands Portugal Romania Scotland Serbia Slovakia Spain Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Play-Offs: - 1 team from each path will qualify
Path 1: Italy Poland Wales Estonia
Path 2: Israel Bosnia & Herzegovina Iceland Norway
Path 3: Georgia Greece Kazakhstan Luxembourg
We’re officially halfway through qualifying and what a difference one match day can make. We went none of 4 teams from the Nations League finals being in qualifying positions and all 4 Path C Nations League winners being in the qualifying spots to only one Finalist missing and 1 Path C qualifying.
On Tuesday, Scotland can become the fist team to qualify without even playing a qualifier on the day. A draw between Norway and Georgia would book Scotland’s spot in Germany.
Posted by: LewisGT 11th September 2023, 07:38 AM
Matchday 6 Results - Sunday
Group B Greece 5-0 Gibraltar Republic of Ireland 1-2 Netherlands
Group E Faroe Islands 0-1 Moldova Albania 2-0 Poland
Group G Montenegro 2-1 Bulgaria Lithuania 1-3 Serbia
Group H Kazakhstan 1-0 Northern Ireland Finland 0-1 Denmark San Marino 0-4 Slovenia
Posted by: steve201 11th September 2023, 08:57 AM
Poland losing to Albania the biggest shock lastnyt!
Posted by: Dobbo 11th September 2023, 11:16 AM
Unrelated to Euros qualifying but you ever seen a manager's stock drop quite as quickly as Flick? From treble-winning messiah to the first ever coach to be sacked by Die Mannschaft all within 3 years is some impressive going!
Posted by: Rooney 11th September 2023, 12:47 PM
QUOTE(Dobbo @ Sep 11 2023, 12:16 PM)
Unrelated to Euros qualifying but you ever seen a manager's stock drop quite as quickly as Flick? From treble-winning messiah to the first ever coach to be sacked by Die Mannschaft all within 3 years is some impressive going!
German football has been in decline for a while though, they look to be in a really similar position England were in 2010. Seems a bit of a poisoned chalice at the moment, Musiala aside, not sure where the next crop of German talent is.
Posted by: Silas 11th September 2023, 01:22 PM
Bundesliga is full of it, they just don’t play for Bayern so the DFB doesn’t see it
Biggest issue I have with the DFB is how narrow their focus is, and how dependent they are on Bayern and Dortmund providing their squad
Absolutely insane, like sign of the apocalypse levels of insanity, that the first national qualifying quite possibly could be f***ing Scotland
Posted by: LewisGT 11th September 2023, 10:27 PM
Matchday 6 Results - Monday
Group D Armenia 0–1 Croatia Latvia 0-2 Wales
Group J Iceland 1-0 Bosnia & Herzegovina Portugal 9-0 Luxembourg Slovakia 3-0 Lichtenstein
Posted by: DJHazey 12th September 2023, 06:17 PM
Poland has been a bit shit for a hot minute now, but still Albania getting a 2-0 home result is as good as their 1-1 away to Czech Republic. Nice to see them lead the group. Poland currently in 4th place.
For today's matches, Austria and Ukraine has a chance to get away results and really put non-playoff qualification as a question mark for Sweden and Italy.
Posted by: LewisGT 12th September 2023, 10:27 PM
Matchday 6 Results - Tuesday
Group A Norway 2-1 Georgia Spain 6-0 Cyprus
Group C Italy 2-1 Ukraine Malta 0-2 North Macedonia
Group F Belgium 5-0 Estonia Sweden 1-3 Austria
Group I Israel 1-0 Belarus Romania 2-0 Kosovo Switzerland 3-0 Andorra
Qualification: Albania Austria Belgium Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England France Hungary Italy Netherlands Portugal Romania Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Switzerland Turkey
Play-Offs: - 1 team from each path will qualify
Path 1: Poland Wales Estonia Finland
Path 2: Israel Bosnia & Herzegovina Ukraine Iceland
Path 3: Georgia Greece Kazakhstan Luxembourg
Scotland didn’t quite confirm qualification but quite a few teams are getting close now. If there’s a winner between Belgium and Austria in matchday 7, they will book their place.
I’m sorry for any fans of Gibraltar, Cyprus, Latvia, San Marino and Lichtenstein as they are all now the first nations to officially be unable to qualify for Euro 2024.
Posted by: Mack. 9th October 2023, 06:40 PM
Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka has been ruled out of England's games against Australia and Italy because of injury.
Saka missed his side's 1-0 Premier League win over champions Manchester City on Sunday with a hamstring injury.
The FA confirmed he has withdrawn after being assessed by England's medical team and would not be replaced in the squad, which now has 25 players.
England face Australia on 13 October, before taking on Italy in a European Championship qualifier four days later.
"No, he will not make it," said Gunners boss Arteta after Sunday's game. "He has not trained for a single session."
Posted by: Mack. 9th October 2023, 06:43 PM
England squad
Goalkeepers: Sam Johnstone, Jordan Pickford, Aaron Ramsdale
Defenders: Levi Colwill, Lewis Dunk, Marc Guehi, Harry Maguire, John Stones, Fikayo Tomori, Kieran Trippier, Kyle Walker, Trent Alexander-Arnold
Forwards: Jarrod Bowen, Phil Foden, Jack Grealish, Harry Kane, James Maddison, Eddie Nketiah, Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka, Ollie Watkins
Posted by: LewisGT 12th October 2023, 11:10 PM
Matchday 7 Results - Thursday
Group A Cyprus 0-4 Norway Spain 2-0 Scotland
Group D Latvia 2-0 Armenia Croatia 0-1 Turkey
Group E Albania 3-0 Czech Republic Faroe Islands 0-2 Poland
Group I Andorra 0-3 Kosovo Belarus 0-0 Romania Israel p-p Switzerland
Posted by: DJHazey 13th October 2023, 01:53 PM
I have Albanian natives here at my office in USA who are pumping their fists over this run and with good reason. That's why I've always been partial to them. With just a home match vs. Faroe Islands and a road trip to Moldova on the docket, it would take something unfortunate to not see Albania through and as group winners to boot.
Posted by: LewisGT 14th October 2023, 12:31 AM
Matchday 7 Results - Friday
Group B Netherlands 1-2 France Republic of Ireland 0-2 Greece
Group F Estonia 0-2 Azerbaijan Austria 2-3 Belgium
Group J Iceland 1-1 Luxembourg Lichtenstein 0-2 Bosnia & Herzegovina Portugal 3-2 Slovakia
Three teams booked their places at the Euros tonight: France, Belgium & Portugal.
Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 14th October 2023, 07:26 PM
It is indeed looking good for Albania! Hopefully nothing amiss happens in their final two games.
Posted by: LewisGT 14th October 2023, 09:14 PM
Matchday 7 Results - Saturday
Group C Ukraine 2-0 North Macedonia Italy 4-0 Malta
Group G Bulgaria 0-2 Lithuania Hungary 2-1 Serbia
Group H Northern Ireland 3-0 San Marino Slovenia 3-0 Finland Denmark 3-1 Kazakhstan
Qualification: Albania Austria Belgium Croatia Denmark England France Greece Hungary Italy Poland Portugal Romania Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Switzerland Turkey
Play-Offs: - 1 team from each path will qualify
Path 1: Netherlands Czech Republic Wales Estonia
Path 2: Israel Bosnia & Herzegovina Finland Ukraine
Path 3: Georgia Kazakhstan Luxembourg Azerbaijan
Belgium, France and Portugal become the first 3 nations to join Germany in confirming their place at Euro 2024!
Malta, Belarus and Andorra can no longer qualify after the results this matchday.
Posted by: LewisGT 15th October 2023, 10:26 PM
Matchday 8 Results - Sunday
Group A Georgia 4-0 Cyprus Norway 0-1 Spain
Group D Turkey 4-0 Latvia Wales 2-1 Croatia
Group E Czech Republic 1-0 Faroe Islands Poland 1-1 Moldova
Group I Switzerland 3-3 Belarus Romania 4-0 Andorra Kosovo p-p Israel
What an amazing day in qualifying. The Switzerland game was insane and Moldova haunting Poland again!
Congrats to Scotland, Spain and Turkey who all qualified today.
Posted by: DJHazey 16th October 2023, 03:02 PM
Stock up during the qualifying (compared to how they looked going in):
Scotland Turkey Albania Austria Hungary (though you could argue they're only justifying their Nations League performance) Slovenia Luxembourg (except when they're playing Portugal)
Stock down during the qualifying (compared to what they were heading in):
Norway Netherlands Ireland (I'm not sure anyone thought they'd qualify, but they've been even more dreadful than anyone expected) Poland Sweden Bulgaria (they've been down in recent years, but not to this extent) Northern Ireland (see Ireland)
I will do a FIFA World Rankings comparison from pre-qualifying to after the November matches.
Posted by: LewisGT 16th October 2023, 10:16 PM
Matchday 8 Results - Monday
Group B Gibraltar 0-4 Republic of Ireland Greece 0-1 Netherlands
Group F Azerbaijan 0-1 Austria Belgium p-p Sweden
Group J Bosnia & Herzegovina 0-5 Portugal Iceland 4-0 Lichtenstein Luxembourg 0-1 Slovakia
Austria become the 8th team to book their place at the Euros but the football has been overshadowed by the terrorist attack in Brussels that led to the postponement of the Belgium-Sweden game at half time.
Posted by: Mack. 17th October 2023, 02:15 PM
^ Many thanks for posting the results, LewisGT
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About 400 Sweden fans spent the night in hotels under police protection after two Swedish people were shot dead in Brussels on Monday.
Sweden's Euro 2024 qualifier against Belgium was abandoned at half-time for security reasons.
An evacuation of the King Baudouin Stadium began at about 22:45 BST, with the last fans and staff leaving at 03:00 (04:00 local time).
The Sweden players have flown home and will return to their clubs
Qualification: Albania Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark England France Hungary Netherlands Portugal Romania Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Play-Offs: - 1 team from each path will qualify
Path 1: Croatia Italy Poland Estonia
Path 2: Israel Bosnia & Herzegovina Finland Iceland
Path 3: Georgia Greece Kazakhstan Luxembourg
Austria, England, Scotland, Spain and Turkey all book their tickets to Germany in this matchday.
Lithuania, North Macedonia, Northern Ireland and Sweden are all officially out of contention after this matchday.
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Finland and Georgia are all confirmed to appear in the play-offs in March.
Posted by: steve201 18th October 2023, 06:53 AM
Poor campaign for Sweden although must be one of Kazakhstans best performances on 15 pts!
Posted by: DJHazey 18th October 2023, 02:45 PM
Decided to take a look at how the FIFA Rankings have changed for the European nations since pre-qualifying campaigns now before the final matches next matches.
(December 2022 FIFA Rankings to the projected one to be released next week since the points are already calculated online)
UEFA have announced that the Belgium - Sweden game that was called off at half-time midweek will not be replayed and the half-time score of 1-1 will now be considered the final score. I've updated the tables above to reflect this.
Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 21st October 2023, 09:03 PM
So Sweden are out unfortunately. Really sad that their qualification campaign had to end in that way.
Posted by: DJHazey 1st November 2023, 03:46 PM
November Calendar
A - Nov 16 - Georgia vs. Scotland A - Nov 16 - Cyprus vs. Spain A - Nov 19 - Spain vs. Georgia A - Nov 19 - Scotland vs. Norway B - Nov 18 - France vs. Gibraltar B - Nov 18 - Netherlands vs. Ireland B - Nov 21 - Greece vs. France B - Nov 21 - Gibraltar vs. Netherlands C - Nov 17 - England vs. Malta C - Nov 17 - Italy vs. North Macedonia C - Nov 20 - Ukraine vs. Italy [played in Germany]* C - Nov 20 - North Macedonia vs. England D - Nov 18 - Armenia vs. Wales D - Nov 18 - Latvia vs. Croatia D - Nov 21 - Wales vs. Turkey* D - Nov 21 - Croatia vs. Armenia* E - Nov 17 - Poland vs. Czech Republic* E - Nov 17 - Moldova vs. Albania E - Nov 20 - Albania vs. Faroe Islands E - Nov 20 - Czech Republic vs. Moldova* F - Nov 16 - Azerbaijan vs. Sweden F - Nov 16 - Estonia vs. Austria F - Nov 19 - Belgium vs. Azerbaijan F - Nov 19 - Sweden vs. Estonia G - Nov 16 - Montenegro vs. Lithuania G - Nov 16 - Bulgaria vs. Hungary G - Nov 19 - Hungary vs. Montenegro G - Nov 19 - Serbia vs. Bulgaria H - Nov 17 - Denmark vs. Slovenia* H - Nov 17 - Kazakhstan vs. San Marino H - Nov 17 - Finland vs. Northern Ireland H - Nov 20 - Slovenia vs. Kazakhstan* H - Nov 20 - Northern Ireland vs. Denmark H - Nov 20 - San Marino vs. Finland I - Nov 12 - Kosovo vs. Israel I - Nov 15 - Israel vs. Switzerland [played in Hungary]* I - Nov 18 - Switzerland vs. Kosovo I - Nov 18 - Israel vs. Romania [played in Hungary]* I - Nov 18 - Belarus vs. Andorra I - Nov 21 - Romania vs. Switzerland* I - Nov 21 - Kosovo vs. Belarus I - Nov 21 - Andorra vs. Israel J - Nov 16 - Slovakia vs. Iceland J - Nov 16 - Luxembourg vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina J - Nov 16 - Liechtenstein vs. Portugal J - Nov 19 - Portugal vs. Iceland J - Nov 19 - Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Slovakia J - Nov 19 - Liechtenstein vs. Luxembourg
* = has potential to have major impact to the group standings
Posted by: LewisGT 12th November 2023, 05:42 PM
Euro qualifiers are back tonight with the re-arranged match between Kosovo & Israel.
Posted by: LewisGT 12th November 2023, 09:55 PM
Kosovo 1-0 Israel
A great result for Romania & Switzerland as it gives them one foot in the Euros before they meet in the final game of the group. A huge dent to Israel’s chances of qualifying, although they are guaranteed a play-off spot if they miss out on automatic qualification and Kosovo’s small chance remains alive.
Israel host Switzerland (in Hungary) on Wednesday in their final re-arranged catch-up game before Matchday 9 officially starts in this grip on Saturday.
Posted by: DJHazey 13th November 2023, 03:41 PM
I project the final standings in that group to be:
Switzerland 20 Romania 18 Israel 16 Kosovo 13
It would have been this if Israel had gotten 3 points in Kosovo:
Switzerland 20 Israel 19 Romania 18 Kosovo 13
But this is projecting 2 points from the two homes games with Romania/Switzerland and those could very well be 0, especially since they won't actually be at home. They could also win one (more likely vs. Romania) and get 3 points out of those two, then Romania will have to win vs. Switzerland where I'm projecting a draw right now.
Posted by: LewisGT 15th November 2023, 09:56 PM
Israel 1-1 Switzerland
After the final re-arranged game, Group I now looks like this after Matchday 8
1. Switzerland 8/10 (+12) 16 2. Romania 8/10 (+9) 16 3. Israel 8/10 (-1) 12 4. Kosovo 8/10 (+1) 10 4. Belarus 8/10 (-7) 6 6. Andorra 8/10 (-14) 2
Switzerland would have qualified if they could have held on while they were winning. A point for Romania against Israel next time out would see them through with Switzerland just one win away too. Kosovo still have the slightest mathematical possibility but it would involve some absolute craziness (Romania losing to Israel and then beating Switzerland, Kosovo beating Switzerland and Israel losing to Andorra).
Posted by: DJHazey 16th November 2023, 01:40 PM
If Israel wins their next two I think they'll make it because Romania would lose to Israel and could easily lose to Switzerland. Big 88th minute point versus the Swiss.
Posted by: DJHazey 16th November 2023, 02:36 PM
Another whacky scenario that could have traction if Iceland upsets Slovakia (in Bratislava) today and Luxembourg were to win at home versus Bosnia (they already won in Zenica 2-0). Then the final match day could see Luxembourg advancing directly if they win at Liechtenstein and Slovakia loses away to Bosnia.
Luxembourg will be kicking themselves for losing the home match versus Slovakia after getting a draw on the away match.
Posted by: DJHazey 16th November 2023, 07:30 PM
Hungary-Bulgaria was wild. Both teams had a red-card and Hungary secured the draw and qualification by getting the equalizer in the 7th minute of stoppage time with Bulgarian own goal!
Posted by: LewisGT 17th November 2023, 10:00 AM
Matchday 9 Results - Thursday
Group A Cyprus 1-3 Spain Georgia 2-2 Scotland
Group F Azerbaijan 3-0 Sweden Estonia 0-2 Austria
Group G Bulgaria 2-2 Hungary Montenegro 2-0 Lithuania
Group J Liechtenstein 0-2 Portugal Luxembourg 4-1 Bosnia & Herzegovina Slovakia 4-2 Iceland
Congratulations to Hungary and Slovakia who qualify after yesterday's results.
Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 17th November 2023, 05:13 PM
Azerbaijan 3-0 Sweden is a bit of a surprise! But then maybe less so given that neither had too much to play for.
Posted by: DJHazey 17th November 2023, 06:12 PM
Yeah, I don't put too much stock into it. I'm sure Azerbaijan went all out since those kind of home matches are perceived as measuring sticks, where as Sweden can't qualify so they've probably moved on to preparing for future qualifying campaigns already.
Posted by: DJHazey 17th November 2023, 07:04 PM
And the Albanian contingent who live over here that I work with, will be no doubt celebrating (as well as the millions back at their homeland) -- with the draw in Moldova, Albania have clinched their spot. Who would thought that they'd win a group outright that had Poland and Czech Republic in it? Looks like that's what will occur.
Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 17th November 2023, 09:31 PM
Well done to them! A massive achievement.
Posted by: LewisGT 18th November 2023, 12:00 AM
I went to the England match tonight. What an awful performance!
Posted by: LewisGT 18th November 2023, 12:03 AM
Matchday 9 Results - Friday
Group C England 2-0 Malta Italy 5-2 North Macedonia
Group E Moldova 1-1 Albania Poland 1-1 Czech Republic
Group H Kazakhstan 3-1 San Marino Finland 4-0 Northern Ireland Denmark 2-1 Slovenia
Congratulations to Albania and Denmark who book their places in Germany next year.
Posted by: LewisGT 18th November 2023, 09:48 PM
Matchday 9 Results - Saturday
Group B France 14-0 Gibraltar Netherlands 1-0 Republic of Ireland
Group D Armenia 1-1 Wales Latvia 0-2 Croatia
Group I Belarus 1-0 Andorra Israel 1-2 Romania Switzerland 1-1 Kosovo
Congratulations to Netherlands, Romania and Switzerland who qualify after today's results. Also a big congratulations to France who break the record for the largest ever Euro's Qualifying victory!
Qualification: Albania Austria Belgium Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England France Hungary Italy Netherlands Portugal Romania Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Switzerland Turkey
Play-Offs: - 1 team from each path will qualify
Path 1: Poland Wales Estonia
Path 2: Israel Bosnia & Herzegovina
Path 3: Georgia Greece Kazakhstan Luxembourg
Path 1 or 2 Finland Ukraine Iceland
15/20 of the automatically qualification spots have now been booked.
Albania, Denmark, Hungary, Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia and Switzerland all book their tickets to Germany in this matchday.
Armenia and Kosovo are all officially out of contention after this matchday.
Greece, Israel, Luxembourg & Poland all confirm their places in the play-offs in March.
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Matchday 10 permutations
Group C - The winner between Ukraine and Italy will qualify. A draw would mean that Italy qualify. Group D - Croatia will qualify if they beat Armenia. If they do not beat Armenia, a win for Wales against Turkey would meant that they qualify. Group E - The winner between Czech Republic and Moldova will qualify. A draw would mean that Czech Republic qualify. Group G - A draw for Serbia against Bulgaria would see them qualify. If they lose to Bulgaria, a win for Montenegro against Hungary would see them qualify instead. Group H - The winner between Slovenia and Kazakhstan will qualify. A draw would mean that Slovenia qualify.
Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 18th November 2023, 11:01 PM
Nice to see Moldova still in with an outside chance!
Posted by: LewisGT 19th November 2023, 09:45 PM
Matchday 10 Results - Sunday
Group A Scotland 3-3 Norway Spain 3-1 Georgia
Group F Belgium 5-0 Azerbaijan Sweden 2-0 Estonia
Group G Hungary 3-1 Montenegro Serbia 2-2 Bulgaria
Group J Bosnia & Herzegovina 1-2 Slovakia Lichtenstein 0-1 Luxembourg Portugal 2-0 Iceland
Congratulations to Serbia who finally achieve their first qualification for the Euros as an independent nation after 3 World Cup appearances!
Posted by: LewisGT 20th November 2023, 09:51 PM
Matchday 10 Results - Monday
Group B North Macedonia 1-1 England Ukraine 0-0 Italy
Group E Albania 0-0 Faroe Islands Czech Republic 3-0 Moldova
Group H Northern Ireland 2-0 Denmark San Marino 1-2 Finland Slovenia 2-1 Kazakhstan
Congratulations to Italy, Czech Republic and Slovenia for qualifying today. One more automatic space up for grabs tomorrow between Croatia and Wales.
San Marino scoring for a 3rd game in a row!!!
Posted by: DJHazey 21st November 2023, 01:05 AM
San Marino's golden age!
Posted by: LewisGT 21st November 2023, 09:49 PM
Matchday 10 Results - Tuesday
Group B Gibraltar 0-6 Netherlands Greece 2-2 France
Group D Croatia 1-0 Armenia Wales 1-1 Turkey
Group I Andorra 0-2 Israel Kosovo 0-1 Belarus Romania 1-0 Switzerland
Congratulations to Croatia for bagging the final automatic qualification spot with the most predictable 1-0 win of all-time!
The pots for the final's draw a week on Saturday have now been confirmed!
Pot 1 Germany Portugal France Spain Belgium England
Pot 2 Hungary Turkey Romania Denmark Albania Austria
Pot 3 Netherlands Scotland Croatia Slovenia Slovakia Czech Republic
Pot 4 Italy Serbia Switzerland Play-Off 1 Winner Play-Off 2 Winner Play-Off 3 Winner
Italy in pot 4 means that the draw will be tasty! We could end up in a group of death with Denmark, Netherlands/Croatia and Italy or with Albania, Slovenia and the winner of play-off 3!
Posted by: LewisGT 21st November 2023, 10:04 PM
Play-Offs - One team from each path will qualify. A draw on Thursday will decide which team gets to play Wales, Israel and Bosnia & Herzegovina and which nation will host each final.
Path 1
Poland v Estonia Wales v Finland/Ukraine/Iceland
Path 2
Israel vs Ukraine/Iceland Bosnia & Herzegovina vs Finland/Ukraine
Path 3
Georgia vs Luxembourg Greece vs Kazakhstan
You have to favour past winners Greece to win path 3 but any of the other 3 could easily win against them.
Posted by: Rooney 22nd November 2023, 12:57 AM
Potential for some tricky groups on paper then looking at the seeds. I actually think Hungary are the team to avoid in Pot 2.
Posted by: DJHazey 22nd November 2023, 03:36 PM
Geez, didn't think I would say this a few years ago, but I'd take Germany or Belgium easily over the other four teams in Pot A. Good luck to ya if you get any of the others.
Imagine any of those four (or any of the six really) paired with Denmark/Hungary, Netherlands/Croatia, Italy. One of the biggest 'groups of death' in history.
Praying Iceland are placed in Path B as it's their only shot. Poor Estonia is going to get thumped.
Posted by: LewisGT 23rd November 2023, 05:27 PM
The Play-Offs have now been confirmed.
Path 1
Semi-Finals
Poland v Estonia Wales v Finland
Final
Wales/Finland v Poland/Estonia
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Path 2
Semi-Finals
Israel v Iceland Bosnia & Herzegovina v Ukraine
Final
Bosnia & Herzegovina/Ukraine v Israel/Iceland
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Path 3
Semi-Finals
Georgia v Luxembourg Greece v Kazakhstan
Final
Georgia/Luxembourg v Greece/Kazakhstan
Posted by: Dobbo 23rd November 2023, 05:44 PM
Ukraine v Israel would be quite the emotional spectacle.
Luxembourg v Kazakhstan would be the ultimate face off of the underdogs.
Posted by: steve201 23rd November 2023, 05:49 PM
Likely be Greece Ukraine and hopefully Wales(likely Poland) in the finals!
Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 21st March 2024, 08:30 PM
Wales currently 2-0 up against Finland so it's looking good for them!
Posted by: LewisGT 21st March 2024, 09:49 PM
Play-Off Semi Finals
Path A Poland 5-1 Estonia Wales 4-1 Finland
Path B Bosnia & Herzegovina 1-2 Ukraine Israel 1-4 Iceland
Path C Georgia 2-0 Luxembourg Greece 5-0 Kazakhstan
The finals on Tuesday will be:
Path A Wales v Poland
Path B Ukraine v Iceland
Path C Georgia v Greece
Posted by: Mack. 26th March 2024, 02:22 PM
Hoping for:
Wales Iceland Georgia
Posted by: LewisGT 26th March 2024, 04:36 PM
QUOTE(Mack. @ Mar 26 2024, 02:22 PM)
Hoping for:
Wales Iceland Georgia
I wouldn't mind Iceland beating Ukraine but I'm definitely supporting Poland & Greece in their ties!
Posted by: Mack. 26th March 2024, 08:35 PM
Posted by: LewisGT 26th March 2024, 10:45 PM
Play-Off Finals
Path A: Wales 0-0 Poland (4-5 pens)
Path B: Ukraine 2-1 Iceland
Path C: Georgia 0-0 Greece (4-2 pens)
The final 3 qualification spaces go to Poland, Ukraine and debutants Georgia.
Posted by: Steve201 26th March 2024, 10:52 PM
Heartbreak for Wales, wish they had qualified as Poland rarely do much in tournament football. Great to see Georgia qualify as they always impressed in irelands groups over the past decade and have vastly improved!
Posted by: Dobbo 27th March 2024, 09:12 AM
Gutted for Wales there, hard lines eh Dan James lad.
Posted by: Mack. 27th March 2024, 07:09 PM
Wales football's top official has confirmed Rob Page will continue as national team manager despite the failure to qualify for the Euro 2024 finals.
Football Association of Wales president Steve Williams has moved quickly to remove doubts over Page's future.
It comes after the penalty shootout defeat to Poland in Tuesday night's play-off final.
Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 27th March 2024, 09:03 PM
Sad for Wales, but agree it's great to see Georgia make it in as a debuting country!
Posted by: Dobbo 21st May 2024, 03:30 PM
Imagine telling someone after Saka, Rashford and Sancho all missed their pens in the last Euros final that 2 of them wouldn't even make the squad for the next one.
Posted by: Liam sota 21st May 2024, 03:59 PM
England have an incredible amount of attacking talent just hope Southgate can get the best out of Foden
Posted by: Steve201 21st May 2024, 04:50 PM
Surprised at the Sancho emission not the Rashford one on form!
Posted by: Rooney 21st May 2024, 07:27 PM
Some brave decisions from Southgate to be fair, not sure the fans can have too many complaints from here. Although left back looks a real problem area for us and our midfield looks really light. Not sure Gallagher/Mainoo are the answer and as much as I like Jones, he's struggled to get back to form post his injury in early 2024.
Really happy for Quansah. I don't think he will make the plane, but I think it is the right decision for Southgate to take a look at him. He's still incredibly raw but he's come on leaps and bounds and he's got a super high ceiling if he keeps performing at his current trajectory.
: on for James Madison.