Euro 2016 qualifiers

[Baddar]

Hungary beat Norway to qualify for the Euro's. 

[Colly]

As usual it went to the team that were Hungary-er.

[MDK]

On 14/11/2015, 00:19:46, TCO said:

The fog was so bad tonight that I actually didn't see the goal, you could just make out that we had possession near the box. On the Irish coverage there was a 10 seconds of confusion followed by 'we scored?' as the players sprinted out of the fog. Was a pretty cool moment and there was this quality photo too.

That is a really beautiful picture 

[Lineker]

One change to the Ireland line-up that started in Zenica on Friday, with Stoke City forward Jon Walters returning from suspension. Stephen Ward makes way. There's three changes for Bosnia. Defender Ognjen Vranjes in for the injured Mensur Mujdza. Defender Sead Kolasinac and midfielder Haris Medunjanin also return to the side.

Republic of Ireland XI: Randolph, Coleman, Keogh, Clark, Brady, Whelan, McCarthy, Hendrick, Hoolahan, Walters, Murphy.
Bosnia & Herzegovina XI: Begovic, Vranjes, Sunjic, Spahic, Zukanovic, Visca, Cocalic, Pjanic, Lulic, Ibisevic, Dzeko.

[Bobfoc]

Good luck to Ireland tonight. It would be nice to have another team from the British Isles in the finals.

[Lineker]

Red rag to a bull with that comment  

 

Penalty to Ireland!

Walters converts!

[Adam]

Commentators on 5 Live say it was harsh, but in true British (Isles?) fashion, I'm going to say "who cares!?".

Let's hope they can keep this going and win the tie.

[Kaney]

Seeing this and watching Ireland pretty much qualify just makes it more gutting that we didn't.

[Bobfoc]

There's still a long way to go yet. I can still see this going either way. I may or may not be using a random sports cliché generator.

[Lineker]

It is a game of two halves.

[Liam]

They'd be sick as a parrot if they lost it from here.

[Lineker]

Walters makes it two on the night! The Aviva erupts!

[Dan]

The whole of the British Isles qualifying for the Euros. Good stuff.

[Liam]

1 minute ago, Lineker said:

Walters makes it two on the night! The Aviva erupts!

Typical, you go for a fucking piss...

[The Lusophone]

47 minutes ago, Dan said:

The whole of the British Isles qualifying for the Euros. Good stuff.

 

1 hour ago, Lineker said:

Red rag to a bull with that comment  

 

[TCO]

Wahey! See you all in France!!* 

 

*not including Scotland

[MDK]

Well done Ireland! Get in.

[Hobo]

14 hours ago, Kaney said:

Seeing this and watching Ireland pretty much qualify just makes it more gutting that we didn't.ū

Don't be sad Kaney. I am ambivalent about Ireland qualifying as clearly Gibraltar were the truly most deserving of a place in the Euros. I am only half joking. I paid more attention to Gibraltar and their campaign than Ireland. I think the only Irelsnd matches I watched were the Gibraltar ones.

[Lineker]

Denmark/Sweden is underway.

England will have a 50-50 chance of being drawn against Wales, Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland in next month’s Euro 2016 draw.

Uefa has announced its seedings for the draw and Roy Hodgson’s England side will be among the top seeds, along with the hosts, France, and the holders, Spain.

Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic will all be among the six countries in the pot of bottom seeds, based on Uefa’s coefficients.

The draw will place the 24 finalists into six groups of four teams for next summer’s finals. The winners and runners-up in each group will qualify for the knockout phase as well as the four best third-place sides – meaning that only eight teams will be eliminated in the group phase.

Wales were among the top seeds for the 2018 World Cup qualifying draw in July but that was based on the Fifa rankings – Chris Coleman’s side are ranked much higher in that system than on Uefa’s coefficient.

The Euro 2016 seedings mean that England will also avoid the other top seeds, Belgium, Germany and Portugal, and the team to avoid among the second seeds is Italy.

The final two places will be decided on Tuesday, with the only the result of Ukraine’s play-off against Slovenia affecting the draw. If Ukraine win, they will go into Pot 2 and force the Czech Republic down one, while Slovenia would be added to Pot 4 if they win with Turkey promoted to Pot 3.

The draw takes place on 12 December in Paris. The finals will start on Friday 10 June, with the final taking place at Stade de France on Sunday 10 July.

How the pots for Euro 2016 could look

If Sweden and Ukraine win:

• Pot 1: France, Spain, Germany, England, Portugal, Belgium

• Pot 2: Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Ukraine

• Pot 3: Czech Republic, Sweden, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary

• Pot 4: Turkey, Republic of Ireland, Iceland, Wales, Albania, Northern Ireland

If Sweden and Slovenia win:

• Pot 1: France, Spain, Germany, England, Portugal, Belgium

• Pot 2: Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic

• Pot 3: Sweden, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, Turkey

• Pot 4: Republic of Ireland, Slovenia, Iceland, Wales, Albania, Northern Ireland

If Denmark and Ukraine win:

• Pot 1: France, Spain, Germany, England, Portugal, Belgium

• Pot 2: Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Ukraine

• Pot 3: Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, Denmark

• Pot 4: Turkey, Republic of Ireland, Iceland, Wales, Albania, Northern Ireland

If Denmark and Slovenia win:

• Pot 1: France, Spain, Germany, England, Portugal, Belgium

• Pot 2: Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic

• Pot 3: Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, Denmark, Turkey

• Pot 4: Republic of Ireland, Slovenia, Iceland, Wales, Albania, Northern Ireland

[Dan]

I hope England get one of the home nations.