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Dub13
22-11-2007, 02:48 PM
Pot 1: Austria, Switzerland, Greece, Holland

Pot 2: Croatia, Italy, Czech Rep, Sweden

Pot 3: Romania, Germany, Portugal, Spain

Pot 4: Poland, France, Turkey, Russia

Uefa.com (http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/news/kind=1/newsid=623231.html)

This is a bit of a strange situation with the two hosts Austria & Switzerland along with the champions Greece been in the top pool,have we ever seen a weaker top pool for a tourament...?Some great possibility's for groups.
Dub13
22-11-2007, 02:57 PM
I am not sure how they picked the one remaining team for pot one sure Holland did not even top there group.I would have put the world champions in.
Pimboli
22-11-2007, 03:04 PM
You can be sure there will be one complete group of death to come out of that lot.

Bizzare seeding to say the least.
Dub13
22-11-2007, 03:45 PM
From the Uefa website....

"The system is based on the results of the qualifying competitions – a cycle of two competitions, that is to say one EURO qualifying competition and one World Cupqualifying competition."
megager
22-11-2007, 03:49 PM
You can be sure there will be one complete group of death to come out of that lot.

Bizzare seeding to say the least.

Holland
Italy
Germany
France

Holy tomato sauce????

Thats just stupid seeding. When was last time austria actually won a match????
Dub13
22-11-2007, 03:50 PM
Holland
Italy
Germany
France


LOL...now that would make great TV,no slacking off like the world cup just straight into good quality teams playing each other.
sean
22-11-2007, 05:03 PM
Holland
Italy
Germany
France

Holy tomato sauce????

Thats just stupid seeding. When was last time austria actually won a match????

In contrast to that you could have

Austria
Croatia
Romania
Poland

You wouldn't exactly be running home from work to catch the kick off in this group with ya. I know the top seeds had to include the hosts and holders, but to see France in as 4th seeds is just plain ridiculous.
Dub13
22-11-2007, 05:12 PM
Its crazy,the top pool is the weakest.
redchariot
22-11-2007, 05:40 PM
Holland
Italy
Germany
France

Holy tomato sauce????

Thats just stupid seeding. When was last time austria actually won a match????

Or what about

Holland
Italy
Spain
France

Some matches there!!!!!
sean
22-11-2007, 05:45 PM
Just after finding an explanation to the seeding process, its all based purely on qualifying only over the past two tournaments. You'd have thought they'd include the World Cup finals in some shape or form, to have WC winners Italy behind Holland is strange, to have WC finalists France as bottom seeds is just plain baffling!

The draw for the final tournament is scheduled for December 2, 2007. In a return to the format used at Euro 92 and Euro 96 the games in each group will be held at just two stadia, with the seeded team remaining in the same city for all three matches.

As was the case at the 2000 and 2004 finals, the finalists will be divided into 4 seeding pots, based on average points per game in the qualifying phases of the 2006 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2008, with each group having one team from each pot.

Switzerland and Austria, as co-hosts, and Greece, as defending champions, are seeded first automatically. The Netherlands are seeded based on their UEFA coefficient in the Euro 2008 finalists ranking

France's large number of draws in the 2006 World Cup qualifying tournament, plus their two defeats to Scotland in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying saw them seeded in the bottom pot (note that teams' records in the World Cup Finals are not counted). This raises the prospect of a so-called group of death of Netherlands, Italy, France and either Germany, Spain or Portugal.


Link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_2008#Seeding)