| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying 02:46 - Oct 14 with 1508 views | Illinoisblue |
It’s qualifiers for the Euros, right? Facking hell. |  |
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| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 06:54 - Oct 14 with 1430 views | gordon |
I get that, but weren't England playing more nations league group games this week? Where does that get you? qualifying for the next Euros? |  | | |
| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 07:13 - Oct 14 with 1395 views | m14_blue |
| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 06:54 - Oct 14 by gordon |
I get that, but weren't England playing more nations league group games this week? Where does that get you? qualifying for the next Euros? |
World Cup I think? |  | | |
| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 07:44 - Oct 14 with 1355 views | Oldsmoker |
| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 06:54 - Oct 14 by gordon |
I get that, but weren't England playing more nations league group games this week? Where does that get you? qualifying for the next Euros? |
If you look at the results, the groups for Euro 2020, to be played in 2021, are labelled A,B,C.....
These new groups are A1,B1... which might mean they are for another qualifying competition such as the World cup which will be played Jan 2024 because its Qatar which is sizzling hot in June.
Football calendar really messed up at the moment. |  |
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| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 07:46 - Oct 14 with 1351 views | gordon |
| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 07:13 - Oct 14 by m14_blue |
World Cup I think? |
Found this on wikipedia page for 2022 world cup, your right. I think it sort of means you can get into a play-off for WC qualifiers without doing that well in your qualifying grou.
Group stage: 10 groups of 5 or 6 teams (with the 4 teams that make the 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals put into the smaller groups) with group winners qualifying for the World Cup finals.
Play-off stage: The 10 group runners-up would be joined by the best 2 Nations League group winners, based on the Nations League overall ranking, that finished outside the top two of their qualifying group. These 12 teams will be drawn into three play-off paths, playing two rounds of single-match play-offs (semi-finals and finals, with the home teams to be drawn), with the 3 path winners qualifying for the World Cup. | | | |
| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 07:53 - Oct 14 with 1343 views | Oldsmoker |
| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 07:46 - Oct 14 by gordon |
Found this on wikipedia page for 2022 world cup, your right. I think it sort of means you can get into a play-off for WC qualifiers without doing that well in your qualifying grou.
Group stage: 10 groups of 5 or 6 teams (with the 4 teams that make the 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals put into the smaller groups) with group winners qualifying for the World Cup finals.
Play-off stage: The 10 group runners-up would be joined by the best 2 Nations League group winners, based on the Nations League overall ranking, that finished outside the top two of their qualifying group. These 12 teams will be drawn into three play-off paths, playing two rounds of single-match play-offs (semi-finals and finals, with the home teams to be drawn), with the 3 path winners qualifying for the World Cup. |
The Nations league seems to be like an insurance policy.
If you qualify in your play-off group then you don't need it.
Screw up and you can fall back on it.
England got 6m euros for finishing 3rd in the last competition so it's not a complete waste. | |
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| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 08:38 - Oct 14 with 1278 views | gordon |
| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 07:53 - Oct 14 by Oldsmoker |
The Nations league seems to be like an insurance policy.
If you qualify in your play-off group then you don't need it.
Screw up and you can fall back on it.
England got 6m euros for finishing 3rd in the last competition so it's not a complete waste. |
bah, we never sign anyone decent so what's the point? | | | |
| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 08:40 - Oct 14 with 1275 views | IpswichKnight |
You can add this to the also very valid if you live to a 100 we will still have won the league more recently than Spurs! | | | |
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| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 08:47 - Oct 14 with 1265 views | JakeITFC |
The Nations League is its own tournament - we got to the semi-finals of it last year (and lost to Holland). |  | | |
| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 09:02 - Oct 14 with 1240 views | MonkeyAlan |
| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 08:47 - Oct 14 by JakeITFC |
The Nations League is its own tournament - we got to the semi-finals of it last year (and lost to Holland). |
Does anyone actually watch it? I never seem to know England have even played in it or ever pick up the results. I couldn't tell you who we have played in it or who we have to play in it. It doesn't seem to get much coverage. |  | | |
| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 09:03 - Oct 14 with 1239 views | Radlett_blue |
| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 07:53 - Oct 14 by Oldsmoker |
The Nations league seems to be like an insurance policy.
If you qualify in your play-off group then you don't need it.
Screw up and you can fall back on it.
England got 6m euros for finishing 3rd in the last competition so it's not a complete waste. |
The reason given for the Nations' League was to try to give some meaning to international "friendly" games. The reality is that it is another UEFA power-play as the battle over control of the game between UEFA & the big European clubs continues. It now means there is an international tournament every summer.
The real idiocy is that we now seem to be playing international triple headers at a time when the fixture list is particularly crammed. |  |
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| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 09:06 - Oct 14 with 1230 views | JakeITFC |
| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 09:02 - Oct 14 by MonkeyAlan |
Does anyone actually watch it? I never seem to know England have even played in it or ever pick up the results. I couldn't tell you who we have played in it or who we have to play in it. It doesn't seem to get much coverage. |
Yes, I went to Porto for the finals last year (Portugal v Switzerland and England v Holland both good, I didn't bother with the third place play-off).
We beat Belgium in it on Sunday and are currently top of our group (playing Denmark this evening). | | | |
| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 09:57 - Oct 14 with 1176 views | IpswichKnight |
| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 09:06 - Oct 14 by JakeITFC |
Yes, I went to Porto for the finals last year (Portugal v Switzerland and England v Holland both good, I didn't bother with the third place play-off).
We beat Belgium in it on Sunday and are currently top of our group (playing Denmark this evening). |
We have 2 home games left against Denmark tonight and Iceland in November with an away game in Belgium also in November. Win the 2 home games and then Belgium have to beat us to top the group. | | | |
| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 12:39 - Oct 14 with 1082 views | uefacup81 |
As I understand it, if we finish top of our group we then get to play the Harlem Globetrotters for a place in the Ashes Final.
Or something like that. |  |
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| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 13:13 - Oct 14 with 1051 views | MonkeyAlan |
| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 09:06 - Oct 14 by JakeITFC |
Yes, I went to Porto for the finals last year (Portugal v Switzerland and England v Holland both good, I didn't bother with the third place play-off).
We beat Belgium in it on Sunday and are currently top of our group (playing Denmark this evening). |
Thanks. Hadn't got a clue. Still doesn't seem to interest me though. Still won't have any idea how we get on. Never even knew we played Holland last year. No one seems to talk about it. World cup, Euros yes, but this no one cares less. | | | |
| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 13:56 - Oct 14 with 1011 views | Illinoisblue |
| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 08:47 - Oct 14 by JakeITFC |
The Nations League is its own tournament - we got to the semi-finals of it last year (and lost to Holland). |
For real? Literally no idea that happened | |
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| I could live to be 100 and still not understand Nations League qualifying on 14:10 - Oct 14 with 992 views | quirkie |
UEFA brought in the Nations League to be better than meaningless friendlies and to give a route to some real no hope diddy nations like Andorra, San Marino, Scotland, and Liechtenstein a chance to play in a summer tournament |  |
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