| What on Earth is the 'Nations League'? 17:56 - Sep 6 with 2472 views | gordon |
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| What on Earth is the 'Nations League'? on 18:00 - Sep 6 with 2460 views | ITFC_Forever |
Some daft convoluted idea UEFA have dreamt up. |  |
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| What on Earth is the 'Nations League'? on 18:05 - Sep 6 with 2449 views | footers |
Competitive friendlies. Work that one out. |  |
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| What on Earth is the 'Nations League'? on 18:13 - Sep 6 with 2423 views | Keno |
Fore runner of nations united? |  |
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| What on Earth is the 'Nations League'? on 18:44 - Sep 6 with 2377 views | gordon |
| What on Earth is the 'Nations League'? on 18:00 - Sep 6 by ITFC_Forever |
Some daft convoluted idea UEFA have dreamt up. |
Can't see anything convoluted about this at all:
"The 2018—19 UEFA Nations League will be linked with UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying, providing teams another chance to qualify for UEFA Euro 2020.
The main qualifying process will now begin in March 2019 instead of immediately in September 2018 following the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and will end in November 2019. The format will remain largely the same, although only 20 of the 24 spots for the finals tournament will be decided from the main qualifying process, leaving four spots still to be decided. The 55 teams will be drawn into 10 groups after the completion of the UEFA Nations League (five groups of five teams and five groups of six teams, with the four UEFA Nations League Finals participants guaranteed to be drawn into groups of five teams), with the top two teams in each group qualifying.[2][3] The draw seeding will be based on the overall rankings of the Nations League.[6] The qualifiers will be played on double matchdays in March, June, September, October and November 2019.[4]
Next, a total of 16 teams will participate in the qualifying play-offs, taking place in March 2020, offering a second chance to qualify for UEFA Euro 2020. The 16 teams will be selected based on their performance in the UEFA Nations League. The 16 teams will be divided into four paths, each containing four teams, with one team from each path qualifying for the final tournament. Each league will have its own play-off path if at least four teams are available. The Nations League group winners will automatically qualify for the play-off path of their league. If the group winners have already qualified through the conventional qualifying group stage, they will be replaced by the next best ranked teams in the same league. However, if there are not enough teams in the same league, then the group winners will be replaced by the next best team in the overall ranking, but group winners cannot face teams from a higher league.
A bottom up process from League D to A is used to select the 16 teams which will compete in the playoffs. First, all available group winners are selected. Then, if a group winner has already qualified, they will be replaced by the next best team in the same league. If there are not enough teams in a given league, then if there is a group winner, the best ranked team of a lower league will be selected. If there is no group winner available in the league, then the best team in the overall ranking will be selected.
A bottom up process from League D to A is also used to form the four play-off paths. A path is formed with four teams from the same league. If there are more than four teams qualified for the play-offs in a given league, then a draw will occur to determine which teams will participate in the play-off path of that league. The remaining teams will be drawn into paths with teams of higher leagues. This process ensures that the group winners do not have to compete with teams from a higher league. A draw will take place on 22 November 2019 to allocate the teams which did not win their group.
Each play-off path will feature two single-leg semi-finals, and one single-leg final. The best-ranked team will host the fourth-ranked team, and the second-ranked team will host the third-ranked team. The host of the final will be decided by a draw, with semi-final winner 1 or 2 hosting the final. The four play-off path winners will join the 20 teams which have already qualified for UEFA Euro 2020.[2][3]" | | | |
| What on Earth is the 'Nations League'? on 18:52 - Sep 6 with 2363 views | christiand |
In a nutshell, it gives countries that do well in this Nations League another opportunity to qualify for Euro 2020 if they struggle in their qualification group, like a backdoor route. It certainly gives these fixtures more of a purpose. Countries like Scotland, the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland for example could really benefit. [Post edited 6 Sep 2018 18:53]
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| What on Earth is the 'Nations League'? on 19:06 - Sep 6 with 2328 views | GeoffSentence |
I think it is a diplomatic organisation set up to ensure peace through political means. |  |
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| What on Earth is the 'Nations League'? on 19:30 - Sep 6 with 2280 views | Binner |
It's a UEFA contrivance designed to wring money out of the dates hitherto set aside for 'friendlies'. |  |
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| What on Earth is the 'Nations League'? on 19:32 - Sep 6 with 2275 views | SpruceMoose |
| What on Earth is the 'Nations League'? on 18:52 - Sep 6 by christiand |
In a nutshell, it gives countries that do well in this Nations League another opportunity to qualify for Euro 2020 if they struggle in their qualification group, like a backdoor route. It certainly gives these fixtures more of a purpose. Countries like Scotland, the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland for example could really benefit. [Post edited 6 Sep 2018 18:53]
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Sounds like a good way of guaranteeing future tournaments are of crap quality if it opens the door for dross teams like that to qualify. |  |
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| What on Earth is the 'Nations League'? on 20:12 - Sep 6 with 2212 views | Clapham_Junction |
Wales v Ireland is a decent game with Tom Lawrence scoring a good opening goal.
Welsh fans now chanting "You're just a sh*t Northern Ireland" |  | | |
| What on Earth is the 'Nations League'? on 20:17 - Sep 6 with 2193 views | Dubtractor |
It is like Justice League, but not directed by Zack Snyder so less sh!t. |  |
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| What on Earth is the 'Nations League'? on 21:07 - Sep 6 with 2117 views | Ftnfwest |
Dunno, Wales doing well though, they’ve managed to field a team where the majority are actually welsh, just |  | | |
| What on Earth is the 'Nations League'? on 22:05 - Sep 6 with 2042 views | RamRob |
I like the idea of teams playing similar ranked sides eventually giving meaning to the their ranking and it only guarantees one "minnow" qualifying for Euros who wouldn't normally have a chance of qualifying so shouldn't be too bad |  |
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| What on Earth is the 'Nations League'? on 10:15 - Sep 7 with 1828 views | TJS |
The only difference I can see is that we are back to the utter disgrace of all England internationals only being shown on Sky. |  | | |
| What on Earth is the 'Nations League'? on 10:39 - Sep 7 with 1792 views | JimmyJazz |
| What on Earth is the 'Nations League'? on 10:15 - Sep 7 by TJS |
The only difference I can see is that we are back to the utter disgrace of all England internationals only being shown on Sky. |
The only place they should be shown - the ITV coverage was embarrassing |  |
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