' Seedings for the draw '

http://m.footballseeding.com/national-ranking-uefa/

Decent information on how the seedings are worked out for the draw in December

Thanks Keith

" Seedings for Euro 16 finals "

Keith Morgan
aka Since62


Here goes an attempt to set it out in simple terms but don`t blame me as it is not straightforward (what is in either FIFA or UEFA?).

Basically the group stages of the finals will have 6 groups of 4 teams based on seedings as calculated below. The top two teams from each group plus the best 4 third place finishers will qualify for the round of 16 knockout stage (i.e. 16 of the 24 qualifiers will get through to the knockout stage).

Seedings are based on the UEFA 2015 rankings , which take into account the qualification records for the 2012 UEFA finals , the 2014 World Cup qualifiers and the 2016 UEFA qualifiers.

Despite Wales being ranked 8th in the world by FIFA , we are only ranked 29th in Europe by UEFA on the above criteria. There are still either one or two games left to play in qualifying for all teams which will impact on those rankings , but it looks like no team who will reach the finals(N Ireland have just overtaken us) will be ranked lower than Wales , so we will be in the bottom group of seeds and will therefore be bound to be drawn against some tough opponents.

As of today , the top ranked teams who will be seeded 1 in the 6 groups are Germany , Spain , France, Portugal, England and Netherlands but Belgium and Italy are only just behind Netherlands who may not qualify anyway.

Wales could have a group of say Germany, Belgium and Austria to play which wouldn`t be easy to get through. I would prefer the possibility of Portugal , Switzerland and Republic of Ireland (if the make it).


Keith

http://m.footballseeding.com/national-ranking-uefa/

Decent information on how the seedings are worked out for the draw in December

Thanks for that

Wales first game of the competition, looks like it will be an important one as well as it will be played against the 3rd ranked team in the group

Group A : Saturday 11th June - 3pm - Lens
Group B : Saturday 11th June - 6pm - Bordeaux
Group C : Sunday 12th June 6pm - Nice
Group D : Sunday 12th June 3pm - Paris
Group E : Monday 13th June 6pm - Saint-Denis (essentially Paris)
Group F : Tuesday 14th June 6pm - Bordeaux


So 33% percent chance of both Paris and Bordeaux

50/50 for a north/south divide

Potential locations for all six groups, now that we know we will be seeded 4th for sure.

Group A -

Saturday 11th 3pm - Lens
Wednesday 15th 6pm - Paris
Sunday 19th 9pm - Lille (against France)


Group B -

Saturday 11th 6pm - Bordeaux
Wednesday 15th 3pm - Lille
Monday 20th - 9pm - Saint Etienne


Group C -

Sunday 12th 6pm - Nice
Thursday 16th 6pm - Lyon
Tuesday 21st 6pm - Paris


Group D -

Sunday 12th 3pm - Paris
Friday 17th 6pm - Saint Etienne
Tuesday 21st 9pm - Bordeaux


Group E -

Monday 13th 6pm - Saint Denis
Friday 17th 3pm - Toulouse
Wednesday 22nd 9pm - Nice

Group F -

Tuesday 14th 6pm - Bordeaux
Saturday 18th 6pm - Marseille
Wednesday 22nd 9pm - Nice

group A is by far the best in terms of locations with all three being in the north.

At least if we were in that group, we could make camp all in the same rough area for the 8 days

All the most accessible venues in Group A but they are the smaller stadiums. Lille is the highest capacity but getting 18% then we'll only have 9,100 tickets. Not a lot when you think that demand will well exceed that.

We're seeded fourth but that doesn't mean we'll be team 4 in the group.

Our position in the group (team 2, 3 or 4) will be decided on the day of the draw.

That's how it worked for Euro 2012 too.

... So our potential venues could be any of the ones listed for team 2, 3 or 4 in the group.

thats a shame