World cup Qualification UEFA Europe, seeding pots

[Fantast100]

Nigeria or Brazil and Croatia, France and Japan my money bet $2 on each team.

 

[Moncherry]

Probably Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Croatia, England.
Maybe Portugal.
Maybe Netherlands.
Maybe Belgium.
Maybe Switzerland.



Probably Sweden.
Maybe Serbia.
Maybe Poland.
Maybe Greece,
Maybe Slovakia.
Maybe Czech Republic.
Maybe Norway.



Probably Ireland.
Maybe Albania.
Maybe Finland.
Maybe Iceland.
Maybe Bosnia-Herzegovina.



Probably Bulgaria.
Maybe Kosovo.



None.

Thrilling tracking.

Next World Cup.

What does maybe/probably refer to?

 

[Fantast100]

What does maybe/probably refer to?

Maybe means maybe World Cup 2026.

Propably means included World Cup 2026.

Do you understand now?

 

[Moncherry]

Maybe means maybe World Cup 2026.

Propably means included World Cup 2026.

Do you understand now?

I understood it at first, but I wanted to give you the benefit of the doubt.

So, you think the likes of Ireland and Bulgaria have a better chance of qualifying than Portugal or the Netherlands? lmao.

 

[Albatros]

England, Serbia and Albania in the same group seems fun.

 

[AlanHUK]

Curious if they just go straight to behind close doors for the 2 Albania vs Serbia games

 

[HajdukSplit]

Not that they are favorites at all against France but general opinion in Croatia it’s better to lose to get the group with Czech and Montenegro.

Out of teams who missed the last World Cup I see good chances for the likes of Sweden, Austria to qualify. The rest seems straight forward

 

[HajdukSplit]

Curious if they just go straight to behind close doors for the 2 Albania vs Serbia games

Probably only away fans ban but it probably won’t mean much. I know UEFA avoids it at all costs but it’s weird Serbia-Croatia tend to avoid each other compared to the other neighboring countries. I know at the club level UEFA never puts them in the same groupings in those early qualifying draws and by the time the group stages come outside of Dinamo and Zvezda they are mostly gone already

 

[Eye of Ra]

Goalie

Lukáš Hrádecký

Defender

Jere Uronen

Forward

Teemu Pukki

Midfielder

Joel Pohjanpalo

Midfielder

Robert Taylor

Midfielder

Rasmus Schüller

Suffice

incredibly weak

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

I am shocked that Serbia/Albania is not one of the games that is perma-blocked by UEFA.

 

[Fantast100]

incredibly weak

Teemu Pukki has played in the Premier League.

Lukáš Hrádecký played in Bundesliga right now.

Lukáš Hrádecký with 178 games performance for Leverkusen.

 

[Fantast100]

Teemu Pukki has played in Norwich 2018-2023.

With 198 games performance and 87 goals.

 

[Fantast100]

I think Croatia will be more stable and better in two straight World Cups.

And the third consecutive World Cup can be gold.

First and foremost, they have to qualify, of course Croatia do.

Because I thought Croatia and France more than England, Italy and Germany in next World Cup.

 

[Fantast100]

2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) - Wikipedia

I didn't understand this.

Someone can explain this?

 

[maclean]

I am shocked that Serbia/Albania is not one of the games that is perma-blocked by UEFA.

Albania has problems no matter who they play

 

[Fantast100]

I have counted to 16 or 17 European countries number one and no second places go to the next World Cup tournament, 12 number ones and 4 or 5 direct places without qualification.

 

[Fantast100]

After the last matches finished yesterday in Nation League. The seeding pots are ready. The draw will be 13th. December.

Their will be 12 groups with 4-5 teams. Each group winner will advance to the WC in USA 2026. The 2nd placed teams in each group will qualify for a play in cup system with semifinal and a play off final with a total of 4 spots.

Who would you like to have in your teams qualification group, and who do you want to avoid?

World Cup UEFA qualifying groups draw seedings:​

Pot 1: Spain, Portugal, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Denmark, Croatia, England, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria.
Pot 2: Ukraine, Turkey, Sweden, Wales, Hungary, Serbia, Poland, Greece, Romania, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Norway.
Port 3: Scotland, Slovenia, Ireland, Albania, North Macedonia, Georgia, Finland, Iceland, Northern Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Israel.
Pot 4: Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Belarus, Kosovo, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Cyprus, Faeroe Islands, Latvia, Lithuania.
Pot 5: Moldova, Malta, Andorra, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, San Marino.

Depending on the pot distribution of Nations League play-off teams, Pot 1 teams not involved in Nations League matches in March may need to be drawn into five-team groups (Groups 7–12)

Prohibited clashes: For political reasons, matches between the following pairs of teams are considered prohibited clashes and cannot be drawn into the same group: Armenia–Azerbaijan, Belarus–Ukraine, Gibraltar–Spain, Kosovo–Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo–Serbia.

Winter venues: A maximum of two teams whose venues are identified as having high or medium risk of severe winter conditions can be placed in each group: Belarus, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Ukraine

Excessive travel:A maximum of one pair of teams identified with excessive travel distance in relation to other countries can be placed in each group:

• Azerbaijan: with Gibraltar, Iceland, Portugal.
• Iceland: with Armenia, Cyprus, Georgia, Israel.
• Kazakhstan: with Andorra, England, Faroe Islands, France, Gibraltar, Iceland, Malta, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Wales

There are 4 direct places through a return meeting and there are 12 first places on to the World Cup, extra qualifiers second places I didn't understand, 16 European teams reach the football tournament.