tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post6961939937144123735..comments2024-03-18T00:03:11.385+01:00Comments on Football rankings: UEFA Nations League update (18 November 2016)Edhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06640136267487836463noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-63275737042567197452017-02-14T09:16:12.824+01:002017-02-14T09:16:12.824+01:00Edgar's numbers incorporate the not yet played...Edgar's numbers incorporate the not yet played qualifying matches for 10000 points each to obtain a more stable prediction of the resulting ranking after the qualifying is finished.<br />The UEFA list is the situation at this moment.<br /><br />Edgar, maybe you should mention this fact in each NT ranking post. This question keeps coming back again and again ...Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06640136267487836463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-36832076760320058762017-01-27T01:22:59.138+01:002017-01-27T01:22:59.138+01:00UEFA has published an interim UEFA Country ranking...UEFA has published an interim UEFA Country rankings for Nations League after Nov 14 matches.<br />http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/General/02/43/76/92/2437692_DOWNLOAD.pdf<br />There are big differences in the nations order comparing the list here.<br />See the article<br />http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/newsid=2437695.html#how+uefa+nations+league+could+lineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-2221961133049956492017-01-26T18:11:43.042+01:002017-01-26T18:11:43.042+01:00Just posted this link onto the Welsh Football Fans...Just posted this link onto the Welsh Football Fans Facebook page, hope this is acceptable, and thank you once again for all your hard workShecshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17902832877017588050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-71295658253092154002016-12-03T22:23:54.633+01:002016-12-03T22:23:54.633+01:00Thanks. That means that there would be no play-off...Thanks. That means that there would be no play-offs in the next edition (Georgia vs Armenia for a spot in the World Cup? I hope not) - just a final four with promotions and relegations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-3908554055121833382016-12-03T09:05:29.530+01:002016-12-03T09:05:29.530+01:00In one of the earliest introductionary texts about...In one of the earliest introductionary texts about the Nations League UEFA has said: <br />In every even year there are FIFA World Cup or UEFA EURO winners; now in every odd year there will be a UEFA Nations League champion.<br />So that would mean 2020-2021 for the second edition.. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06640136267487836463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-48210096956478940962016-12-03T01:49:43.170+01:002016-12-03T01:49:43.170+01:00Also, does anyone know if the second edition of th...Also, does anyone know if the second edition of the Nations League would take place in 2020-21 or 2022-23?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-80751649566931735782016-12-03T01:48:07.544+01:002016-12-03T01:48:07.544+01:00I expect that League C will have 16 teams, not 15....I expect that League C will have 16 teams, not 15. What I don't understand is why League A has 12 instead of 16. Having more teams, would mean more games involving Germany, Italy, France, Spain, England - in other words, the teams that bring more money to the UEFA pot. It would also mean that those team would have a smaller chance to be relegated keeping League A rich in interest, attendancesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-83981054541757868942016-11-30T10:18:00.270+01:002016-11-30T10:18:00.270+01:00There is one interesting thing - how UEFA will dea...There is one interesting thing - how UEFA will deal with League C seeding?<br /><br />There are two options, both have a big advantage and a big disadvantage:<br /><br />OPTION 1 (the way you presented above):<br />Pot 1: C1, C2, C3, C4<br />Pot 2: C5, C6, C7, C8<br />Pot 3: C9, C10, C11, C12<br />Pot 4: C13, C14, C15<br /><br />OPTION 2:<br />Pot 1: C1, C2, C3, C4<br />Pot 2: C5, C6, C7, C8<br /Mantas Stihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840343997508438507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-76472895654243393462016-11-24T12:51:56.847+01:002016-11-24T12:51:56.847+01:00Oddly if you are eliminated with games to play in ...Oddly if you are eliminated with games to play in the World Cup qualifying then there is an incentive to lose those final matches, particularly for teams at bottom of league C!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-61370598660293535272016-11-22T19:06:19.655+01:002016-11-22T19:06:19.655+01:00I thought the same way 3 or 4 years ago when I had...I thought the same way 3 or 4 years ago when I had read the rules of Nations League for the first time and now I see that it comes to reality :( Relegation to lower league may be profitable for some teams to make their path to the big tournament easier.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13729954195358576537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631997616728141521.post-36799114745995354682016-11-19T03:04:33.846+01:002016-11-19T03:04:33.846+01:00It's interesting that teams like Scotland, Ser...It's interesting that teams like Scotland, Serbia, or Bulgaria have a much tougher road to Euro 2020 than Estonia, Georgia, or Armenia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com