Sunday, November 18, 2007

The final fight for the first pot (II)

Remaining matches:

Italy: Faroe Islands (CQ, H)
France: Ukraine (CQ, A)
Germany: Wales (CQ, H)
Spain: Northern Ireland (CQ, H)
Netherlands: Belarus (CQ, A)
Portugal : Finland (CQ, H)
Czech Republic: Cyprus (CQ, A)
Croatia: England (CQ, A)
England: Croatia (CQ, H)
Romania: Albania (CQ, H)
Scotland: -
Greece: Hungary (CH, A)
Russia: Andorra (CQ, A)
Poland: Serbia (CQ, A)

The columns are pretty easy to understand.

RU Country         L    D    W
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1 Italy 1461 1473 1498
2 France 1206 1243 1318
3 Germany 1267 1296 1355
4 Spain 1247 1281 1349
5 Netherlands 1170 1192 1236
6 Portugal 1208 1241 1306
7 Czech Republic 1183 1219 1290
8 Croatia 1000 1043 1129
9 England 1113 1152 1231
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10 Romania 1007 1034 1088
11 Scotland 990 990 990
12 Greece 1010 1045 1114
13 Russia 824 836 861
14 Poland 824 855 916


Sure to be in Pot 1: Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, Czech Republic
No chance of Pot 1: Scotland, Russia, Poland (modified after zombie z's comment)
Fighting for the final two places in Pot 1: Croatia, England, Romania, Greece

Only Croatia, England and Greece have their Pot 1 chances in their hands.

1. Croatia in the first pot if:

a. England - Croatia X

and

Romania - Albania X2
Hungary - Greece 1

b. England - Croatia 2

2. England in the first pot if:

a. England - Croatia 2

and

Hungary - Greece 1X

b. England - Croatia 1x

3. Romania in the first pot if:

a. Romania - Albania X

and

England - Croatia 1
Hungary - Greece 1

b. Romania - Albania 1

and

England - Croatia 1x
Hungary - Greece 1x

4. Greece in the first pot if:

a. Hungary - Greece 1

and

England - Croatia 1
Romania - Albania 2

b. Hungary - Greece X

and

England - Croatia 1X
Romania - Albania X2

c. Hungary - Greece 2

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

2 comments:

  1. Poland and Russia aren't "sure to be in Pot 2". They are certain not to reach Pot 1 but there's a plethora of countries that can overtake them if they lose their remaining games. (Admittedly, there's little risk of Russia losing in Andorra.)

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  2. You're right. I will change it.

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