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Euro 2012 qualifying draw


Group A: Germany, Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan

Group B: Russia, Slovakia, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, FYR Macedonia, Armenia, Andorra

Group C: Italy, Serbia, NORTHERN IRELAND, Slovenia, Estonia, Faroe Islands

Group D: France, Romania, Bosnia-Hercegovina, 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

[acid007]

Was just about to post this.

England have come out pretty well, Scotland have a tough one.

[Dony]

In the groups of 6 team, do the top 2 go through automatically or do second placed teams play a qualifier?

[hdsport]

From a TV perspective SKY will be happy too their Wales contract means like last time they'll be showing the England game at the Millennium Stadium.

Will be interesting to see how quickly (and by who) the rights get snapped up to the rest of the away games. All but one of the England World Cup ones were bought by Setanta on the day of the draw.

[redcat1]

Originally Posted by Dony

In the groups of 6 team, do the top 2 go through automatically or do second placed teams play a qualifier?

2 co hosts, 9 group winners, 1 second place team with most points (team in a 6 team group, results against bottom team removed) then the 8 other second places in a playoff.

[dazza74]

Pretty pleased with that Draw, glad we missed the likes of Slovakia and Denmark.

[domtheone]

Originally Posted by acid007

England have come out pretty well, Scotland have a tough one.

They always do.

Granted, having a higher seed, entitles you to an easier ride but they never seem to get it tough in the group stages.

The other UK nations have it tough, as is expected. None of them have any chance of winning their group (save for ROI) imo, but i'm sure they'll all think that 2nd is possible.

[dablk]

At least it means that Scotlands friendly next month actually means something now against Cezch Rep.