Platini is an unstoppable idiot, his crazy plans will destroy Euros. THE DETAILS BEHIND UEFA’S NEW NATIONS LEAGUE UEFA’S new Nations League starts in 2018 and will pave the way for some of the world’s lowest-ranked sides to play at the Euro 2020 finals. HOW WILL IT WORK? The plan is for UEFA’S 54 member teams to be put into four divisions, each containing 12-14 teams. The top-ranked sides will be in Division A and the lowest in Division D. Each division will then be split into four pools of three or four teams. Matches will be played between September and November 2018. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? The winners of the individual pools will then go into their division’s semi-finals and then a final in June 2019. Winners of those finals will qualify for Euro 2020. Based on current world rankings, England would be in Division A with the likes of Spain, Germany and Italy. But Division D, which would get one qualifying place for Euro 2020, contains some of the world’s worst teams. Gibraltar are not a FIFA member and so currently have no world ranking. WHAT ABOUT REGULAR QUALIFICATION? The remaining 20 places for Euro 2020 will be decided via the usual qualifying groups in 2019. If teams qualify both ways, places will go to the team below them in their Nations League division. THE DIVISION D TEAMS (world ranking in brackets) Estonia (92), Georgia (99), Lithuania (105), Moldova (108), Latvia (113), Luxembourg (120), Cyprus (122), Kazakhstan (127), Malta (134), Liechtenstein (151), Faroe Islands (162), Andorra (199), San Marino (207), Gibraltar (N/A)
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:13:51 +0000
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