UEFA Nations League

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A look the UEFA Nations League

A long overdue post about the new UEFA competition for national teams. There's an in depth article on UEFA's official website.

Please keep in mind the proposed Nations League format is provisional and subject to change.

In the UEFA Nations League, the 54 member associations will be divided into four groups based on coefficient rankings. These groups will then be further divided into playing pools of either three or four teams. The teams in each pool play each other home and away between September and December of the season in question, with the group winners either qualifying for the final four competitions or gaining promotion. The bottom sides face relegation from their division.

In addition, the UEFA Nations League will provide teams with another chance to qualify for the UEFA EURO final tournament.

20 UEFA EURO 2020 places will be decided through the EURO 2020 qualifiers.

The four remaining UEFA EURO 2020 places will be allocated to the winners of play-off matches which will take place in March 2020:

- 16 teams will take part in the play-offs and are grouped four by four. Each group plays for one qualification spot.

- Each of the four Nations League divisions receives four play-off qualification positions to be allocated to each of the four group winners within that division.

- If any winners are already qualified through the European Qualifiers, then their play-off position will be allocated to the next best ranked team of the division in question, taking into account the global ranking within the division, then if necessary to the following division in decreasing order taking into consideration the global ranking of the relevant division.

- The four teams in each division will play two one-off semi-finals and one one-off 'final' to determine each of the four play-off winners.

Most likely, at the EURO 2020 preliminary draw, UEFA will also create the 4 Nations League divisions, using the NT coefficient, made up of:

2014 World Cup (qualifiers and final tournament) - 20% of total weighting
EURO 2016 (qualifiers and final tournament) - 40% of total weighting
2018 World Cup (qualifiers) - 40% of total weighting.

Obviously, we only have the 2014 World Cup qualifiers for now. A lot will change until November 2017 - when the 2018 World Cup qualifiers end.

There's a separation line between the divisions in the table below.

1 Netherlands 7891
2 Germany 7861
3 Belgium 7340
4 Bosnia-Herzegovina 7241
5 Spain 7138
6 Greece 7050
7 Switzerland 6910
8 Portugal 6742
9 England 6671
10 Russia 6550
11 Italy 6500
12 Ukraine 6326
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13 France 6260
14 Croatia 5675
15 Romania 5509
16 Austria 5500
17 Sweden 5492
18 Hungary 5410
19 Turkey 5270
20 Denmark 5250
21 Iceland 5134
22 Czech Republic 5040
23 Slovenia 5030
24 Montenegro 5010
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25 Serbia 4870
26 Israel 4850
27 Republic of Ireland 4790
28 Poland 4660
29 Bulgaria 4650
30 Slovakia 4610
31 Armenia 4590
32 Norway 4370
33 Finland 4200
34 Albania 4180
34 Lithuania 4180
36 Scotland 4160
37 Moldova 4150
38 Wales 3890
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39 Azerbaijan 3760
40 Latvia 3500
41 Northern Ireland 3320
42 FYR Macedonia 3310
43 Estonia 3260
44 Georgia 3163
45 Luxembourg 3010
46 Cyprus 2890
47 Belarus 2888
48 Kazakhstan 2850
49 Malta 2370
50 Liechtenstein 2190
51 Faroe Islands 1950
52 Andorra 1700
53 San Marino 1470
54 Gibraltar 0



I assume teams will be split further into pots for the draw.

Division 1

Pot 1: Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Pot 2: Spain, Greece, Switzerland, Portugal
Pot 3: England, Russia, Italy, Ukraine

Division 2

Pot 1: France, Croatia, Romania, Austria
Pot 2: Sweden, Hungary, Turkey, Denmark
Pot 3: Iceland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Montenegro

Division 3

Pot 1: Serbia, Israel, Republic of Ireland, Poland
Pot 2: Bulgaria, Slovakia, Armenia, Norway
Pot 3: Finland, Albania, Lithuania, Scotland
Pot 4: Moldova, Wales

Division 4

Pot 1: Azerbaijan, Latvia, Northern Ireland, FYR Macedonia
Pot 2: Estonia, Georgia, Luxembourg, Cyprus
Pot 3: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Malta, Liechtenstein
Pot 4: Faroe Islands, Andorra, San Marino, Gibraltar

Remember, each division will award a UEFA EURO 2020 spot. It's very likely the Division 1 spot will go to a Division 2 team. Why? Since there are 20 teams qualifying by the normal route and only 12 teams in Division 1, what are the chances one of them will fail to finish in the top 2 in the preliminaries?

How will FIFA handle Nations League matches? Will they be considered continental qualifiers (multiplier of 2.5) or friendlies?

[IcedMFEarth]

Jel' ovo neko zajebava ili smo četvrti po nekom UEFA-inom kriteriju ?

[campa_xxx]

Jel' ovo neko zajebava ili smo četvrti po nekom UEFA-inom kriteriju ?

Pa to je trenutno stanje sad za sad....

2014 World Cup (qualifiers and final tournament) - 20% of total weighting
EURO 2016 (qualifiers and final tournament) - 40% of total weighting
2018 World Cup (qualifiers) - 40% of total weighting.

Obviously, we only have the 2014 World Cup qualifiers for now. A lot will change until November 2017 - when the 2018 World Cup qualifiers end.

[IcedMFEarth]

Pošto ne navijam ni za jedan klub, što više utakmica repke to bolje
Ali kad UEFA crno na bijelo kaže da smo bili 4. reprezentacija kvala...wow