Football (or soccer for Americans) Euro 2004 qualifying predictions

[yaroslav]

I'm in. Again, thank you, Paul, for all the effort that you put there. I agree on the score system

[Paul]

It looks like enough people are interested, so I will set this up. I'll make a spreadsheet with all the matches in the next few days and I will post the first matches when I have finished it.

In the meantime you can already post your predictions for the 15 countries that will qualify for the final tournament. The 10 group winners will qualify, along with the 5 winners of the play-offs between the second teams of the groups. Here is a list of all the groups to help you with your predictions:

Group 1

Cyprus
France
Israel
Malta
Slovenia

Group 2

Denmark
Luxembourg
Norway
Romania
Bosnia-Herzegovina

Group 3

Austria
Netherlands
Belarus
Moldova
Czech Republic

Group 4

Hungary
Poland
Sweden
San Marino
Latvia

Group 5

Germany
Iceland
Scotland
Faroe Islands
Lithuania

Group 6

Greece
Northern Ireland
Spain
Ukraine
Armenia

Group 7

England
Liechtenstein
Turkey
Slovakia
FYR Macedonia

Group 8

Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Estonia
Andorra

Group 9

Finland
Italy
Wales
Yugoslavia
Azerbaijan

Group 10

Albania
Republic of Ireland
Switzerland
Georgia
Russia

[Eli]

Israel
Denmark
Austria
Netherlands
Sweden
Germany
Spain
England
Turkey
Finland
Italy
Republic of Ireland
Switzerland
Russia

[Bas]

France
Denmark
Romania
Netherlands
Czech Republic
Sweden
Germany
Spain
England
Turkey
Croatia
Italy
Ireland
Russia
Belgium

[Dauphin]

In order to predict who will get through, you have to guess which group teams will be drawn against each other.

Oh well, its a leveller at least.

France
Slovenia
Denmark
Netherlands
Czech Republic
Sweden
Germany
Spain
Ukraine
England
Turkey
Belgium
Italy
Yugoslavia
Republic of Ireland
Portugal.

[frostycreep]

Group winners =

France
Bosnia-Herzgovina
Netherlands
Poland
Germany
Spain
Turkey
Croatia
Italy
Russia


Play off winners=

Denmark
Iceland
England
Sweden
Belguim

[Dauphin]

Just pick five of the teams that you expect to come second.

[Wernazuma III]

France
Denmark
Romania
Netherlands
Poland
Sweden
Germany
Spain
Ukraine
England
Turkey
Croatia
Italy
Yugoslavia
Republic of Ireland

[Wernazuma III]

And Eli, I'm honestly shocked. Not even I do believe in Austria getting to the Euro for the first time ever.

[Juggler]

France
Denmark
Netherlands
Sweden
Germany
Spain
England
Croatia
Italy
Russia
Yugoslavia
Slovenia
Belgium
Turkey
Poland

[Lars-E]

France
Denmark
Norway
Netherlands
Poland
Sweden
Germany
Scotland
Spain
England
Turkey
Belgium
Croatia
Italy
Russia

[Zopperoni]

Qualifiers
France
Denmark
Nederland
Sweden
Germany
Spain
England
Croatia
Italy
Ireland
Czech Republic
Ukraine
Turkey
Belgium
Russia

[Paul]

Originally posted by frostycreep
I dont really know much about the format of the playoffs, for instance does second in group 1 play second in group 2? Ill wait untill i know before i predict the next 5.

I believe that there will be a draw for the play-offs after all the group matches have been played. There may be some sort of seeding system for the draw, but I haven't been able to find any information about that.

[Zopperoni]

Last time it was a random draw IIRC...so it's pot luck.

[Paul]

My predictions for the 15 qualifying countries:

France
Romania
Netherlands
Sweden
Germany
Spain
Turkey
Croatia
Italy
Russia
Slovenia
Denmark
Czech Republic
England
Belgium