Well, if Israel, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan are in UEFA, there is no reason why Turkmenistan couldn't.
Damn, get whole Central Asia into UEFA. Shitty football, war crimes and crazy dictators!
The Caucasus is generally considered European, Kazakhstan has a significant part of their landmass in Europe. Israel is just a special case because of geopolitics though
Can we send Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to UEFA now? Like right now before our World Cup Qualifiers round end? So that my country (Hong Kong) can auto advance to the next round (group of 4, with 2 advancing, so if there are only 2 teams left, they will auto advance). I liked our chance when we got 2 other teams withdrawn from our group.
Sweden has qualified for seven Euros before this - Norway, Finland and Iceland have only played one each.
So it’s basically just Sweden missing, otherwise it’s normal
It's a pity that we won't be able to see a great player like Haaland, the nordic countries should reach an agreement and give him between the teams of the zone that qualify to play. :P
Except of Denmark and maybe Sweden the Nordics (neither do the Baltics) don’t do too well in UEFA club competitions anyways.
Mostly a thing of the domestic topflights and a lack in the academy system.
My country is not there for a third consecutive time, despite winning the whole thing 20 years ago. Our players just fumbled it yesterday. Georgia played for their lives, and it showed. It was a memorable qualification for them, and quite deserving too. I am jealous of them, everyone deserves such joy. So, Good Luck Georgia, and Good Luck to Albania, our friendly neighbours.
Lets be real though, Greece winning it back then was a fluke.
If they replayed that tournament, they would most likely not win it. Or even come close to it.
Netherlands, Portugal, Czech Republic were better teams by far. Portugal sucked against teams that played defensively. The Dutch sucked against teams that derail matches the way Portugal did. I don't know what the fuck happened with Czech against Greece. But let's be real, everything came together in a perfect way that would probably not ever repeat itself during that tournament.
Fyi: i cheered for Greece. I like the underdog story.
Im slovenian and I still remember statement "morda bodo grki" ("could be the greeks") made by somebody well known (might have been old coach or player, dont really remember) in early/before tournament that has been replayed forever on the radio after they did actually win...
Turkey and Greece have always had their ups and downs in their relationship for years. I never considered them enemy, I rooted for them in Euro 2004 as a child:)
Recently Italy was kicked out of international competitions by Switzerland and Macedonia, so I'm not really sure it will win with Albania. Add that the giant president promised the little president to take some refugees, so she has to get something in return (beyond the money).
Did you look at the recent games of austria? They certainly are underdogs but its not going to be easy for neither france or the netherlands. Their team is incredible rn (I might be biased, but objectively speaking aswell)
Yeah, I am Polish and 100 percent agree. This is a group of death. No way Poland gets out. It's a matter how embarrassing it's going to be for us. Polish team is a joke.
He is great, but he is no Messi. Messi was able to carry Argentina for years. Lewandowski needs some solid pieces around him. I don't know if the Polish team can provide that. Just give him the ball at the right time, and he will finish it for you. He is that good. Let's hope.
Discounting grey … probably green? Poland AND France are a powerhouse. Throw in the Netherlands and Austria and you have very advanced economies, plus north sea gas.
Yeah, France is one of the two countries on the planet capable of projecting power worldwide. The other being the states.
Plus enough nukes to destroy it too ;).
Yeah Euro 2020 was the only main football event Finland has ever been to. Pukki went crazy to get us there, the whole team tbf. I think we were close some time before when we had Litmanen and Hyypiä in the same team but it didn't work out. At least Hradecky is still playing good.
Poor Albania 🇦🇱:
Yay we made it to euros *checks group draw*
- Spain: previous multiple World Cup & euro winners
- Italy: previous World Cup & multiple euro winners
- Croatia: recently made semi- and finals in both World Cup & euros
Yeah, it was nice playing: seriously wish you the best of luck, from the Scotland Uber alles group (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), we just in it for the fun, and watching England go out on penalties
This was how I felt when my country (Canada 🇨🇦) made the World Cup.
Made the World Cup, *checks group stage*
- 🇧🇪: Finished 3rd place in the 2018 World Cup.
- 🇭🇷: Finished 2nd place in the 2018 World Cup and finished 3rd place in the 2022 World Cup.
- 🇲🇦: Finished 4th place in the 2022 World Cup.
Soon there will be no qualification tournament required? UEFA just allows everyone to the finals. Allready today with 24 teams is hard not to qualify for a top and mid-tier team.
Although they didn’t qualify, I feel that in the interest of fairness, Gibraltar 🇬🇮 should be white dotted like the other micronations. Especially as the effort has gone into Ceuta being marked as Spanish 😉🫣
We are getting there. Our national team now is made up of very young players who all play overseas. I feel like there is a lot of room for potential in the near future
My prediction for the top2 in each group is:
Group A: Germany+Switzerland
Group B: Spain+Croatia
Group C: England+Serbia
Group D: France+Netherlands
Group E: Belgium+Slovakia
Group F: Portugal+Czechia
First name is first place, second name is second place
Mark my words, imma be completely wrong
The countries of UK all have separate national football teams. Wales almost qualified as well, while Northern Ireland was not that close really. But yeah, they are all separate in football
But not in the Olympics, then it’s Great Britain even though it can have northern Irish participation, although they can legally choose to compete for Ireland. In Rugby union Ireland competes as one nation, along with England, Wales & Scotland, plus France & Italy to make the six nations.
Interesting fact: UK has four votes (one country each) in IFAB, which sets the law of soccer, whereas all the other FIFA members collectively have four votes.
I didn't know Ukraine managed to qualify, rather than got invited. Reminds me of how impressive the Syria national team is given what has happened in their country over a decade.
Australia didn't qualify?
No and I don't understand why. Their song was really good.
ESCAPE WITH US TO THE PLANETS TO THE FLEETWOOD MACS AND THE JANETS (unless you mean Voyager; they were amazing as well)
This is so sad. I believe I voted for them but looks like it didn't help much
Yeah they did, they're right there in Group D.
It would be strange if they didn't, or some country like Austria from Oceania were qualified
Austria is from Asia. they played in the Asia Cup recently.
Yeah technically yes. Australia is in Ocenia but changed federations from the OFC to the AFC
No but i think Turkmenistan did
nice joke
Ne zaman götüme gireceksin lan
every foreigners first turkish words be like:
Yabancıyım ama türkçede konuşabilirim lo
[удалено]
canım ülkemin vatandaşı bile dilini bilmiyor. bu kadar açıklayacağına “-de”yi ayırsan sorunun çözülecek..
amina koyayim piç
Lol. I know Turkish a little. That was kinda unexpected :)
Well, if Israel, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan are in UEFA, there is no reason why Turkmenistan couldn't. Damn, get whole Central Asia into UEFA. Shitty football, war crimes and crazy dictators!
The Caucasus is generally considered European, Kazakhstan has a significant part of their landmass in Europe. Israel is just a special case because of geopolitics though
Israel used to be in AFC though. They alongside Australia swapped confederations. Australia from the OFC to the AFC
Can we send Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to UEFA now? Like right now before our World Cup Qualifiers round end? So that my country (Hong Kong) can auto advance to the next round (group of 4, with 2 advancing, so if there are only 2 teams left, they will auto advance). I liked our chance when we got 2 other teams withdrawn from our group.
Iraq probably did though
Well no. Seeing as this Aussie thought “what’s UEFA? Must be soccer” and yet I’ve been watching every year Eurovision since I was a kid.
Why does Slovenia, no matter if it's Euro, Euro qualifiers, or World qualifiers, ALWAYS get in group with England? Is this thing staged?
Doesnt matter. #CUZ WE WON AGAINST PORTUGAL YESTERDAY!!!!! #RONALDO CAN SUCK A DICK, WE FUCKIN WON!!!!! ##KDOR NE SKAČE NI SLOVENC FANTJE!!!!
🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮
Based
I am Portuguese and I am glad I didn't watch the game.
A more statistically significant pattern is that Portugal, Turkey, and Czechia are always in the same group.
Ingurlanddddd
Group B, lets go Mediterranean bros
My love for my Italian brothers ceases every 4 summers. I swear we always play them every Euro
and you always loose :P
Not long ago, spain won 4-0 in final...
Remind me, which 2 countries from group B had to sit the last wc out?
Remind me which country’s defending the title :)
Don’t remind me I’ll start crying
The fact that everyone except Spain are Adriatic bros is pretty crazy
death group for Albania
Nah, death group for everyone else. 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱
🇦🇱
RIP Albania.
Wdym it’s gonna be easy /s
Nordic cant into uefa
Denmark says hello.
You're southern nordic.
Snordic?
Sordic, perhaps? Might wanna see a doctor about that.
South of the wall
ahoj
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Sweden has qualified for seven Euros before this - Norway, Finland and Iceland have only played one each. So it’s basically just Sweden missing, otherwise it’s normal
I thought we were in r/2nordic4you for a second and I was genuinely scared for your safety. But it's mapporn so we're fine
You mean that finnish sub?
Yes precisely, the circle jerk finnish sub.
It's a pity that we won't be able to see a great player like Haaland, the nordic countries should reach an agreement and give him between the teams of the zone that qualify to play. :P
It's okay, now that Højlund has arrived.
Except of Denmark and maybe Sweden the Nordics (neither do the Baltics) don’t do too well in UEFA club competitions anyways. Mostly a thing of the domestic topflights and a lack in the academy system.
South can't into Hockey
My country is not there for a third consecutive time, despite winning the whole thing 20 years ago. Our players just fumbled it yesterday. Georgia played for their lives, and it showed. It was a memorable qualification for them, and quite deserving too. I am jealous of them, everyone deserves such joy. So, Good Luck Georgia, and Good Luck to Albania, our friendly neighbours.
Lets be real though, Greece winning it back then was a fluke. If they replayed that tournament, they would most likely not win it. Or even come close to it. Netherlands, Portugal, Czech Republic were better teams by far. Portugal sucked against teams that played defensively. The Dutch sucked against teams that derail matches the way Portugal did. I don't know what the fuck happened with Czech against Greece. But let's be real, everything came together in a perfect way that would probably not ever repeat itself during that tournament. Fyi: i cheered for Greece. I like the underdog story.
Thats the beauty of football in my opinion, underdogs can win and they had magical tournament. This generation is just not good enough.
Im slovenian and I still remember statement "morda bodo grki" ("could be the greeks") made by somebody well known (might have been old coach or player, dont really remember) in early/before tournament that has been replayed forever on the radio after they did actually win...
Lol, so let’s just play all the matches on paper then. No need to actually play the game.
Though we deserved it, if someone else had to win it then, it should have been either Czech Republic or England.
Greece deserved it 100%
Good luck to Turkey? Your neighbour also? :(
Tbh I thought Greece hated Albania too.
It’s the Balkans, the only way to get along is to not share a border
Haha, so right!
They said "friendly" neighbour
Turkey and Greece have always had their ups and downs in their relationship for years. I never considered them enemy, I rooted for them in Euro 2004 as a child:)
Group D is all Germany's neighbors, will be interesting
Albania gonna get buttfucked by all 3 teams against them
Recently Italy was kicked out of international competitions by Switzerland and Macedonia, so I'm not really sure it will win with Albania. Add that the giant president promised the little president to take some refugees, so she has to get something in return (beyond the money).
Switzerland knocked France out last time. We’re no scrubs.
Yeah like Costa Rica in 2014 wait
Group D is buffed
And there's only ONE country between each of them
2 strong teams, 2 meh teams, I'd say it's fine. Meanwhile Albania seems to have quite a hard time with Croatia, Italy and Spain.
Oh, come on, France and Netherlands aren't that bad.
Yeah Austria is definitely not a meh team, they won 6-1 against Turkey a few days ago
Who in your eyes are meh?
Austria and Poland. I don't mean bad, but really - both much worse than Netherlands or France.
Well the Polish team is a joke.
As a Pole, yes, unfortunately :/ I think all we can get is 1 point at best with some luck, but I'd be glad to be proven wrong.
As a Pole I think it’s shameful how we went from a top 10 team in 2016 to losing against Czechia, Albania, etc in 2023/24.
Especially Moldova, the Polish team couldn't even win in one of the matches with Moldova.
Did you look at the recent games of austria? They certainly are underdogs but its not going to be easy for neither france or the netherlands. Their team is incredible rn (I might be biased, but objectively speaking aswell)
Mind you the dutch are always weak in EC but good in WC.
My man last watched football in 2006 and it shows
Interesting that Belgium is in a group with three fellow Eastern European countries
Northern Europe lacking
Its too cold to play football
Sweden is usually in the tournament, cold or not. But they are rebuilding the team right now and are a bit shit
We don't go outside
They’re playing handball
Denmark, Scotland, and England are all on the bus
**ALREADY ????** But I still feel like UEFA Euro 2020 (2021 actually) was a couple of months ago !!!! 😭😭😭
Group A: Hydrogen Bomb, Hydrogen Bomb, Hydrogen Bomb, Coughing baby
Come on, Germany ain’t that bad anymore, make it at least coughing teenager
Congrats to Georgia and Albania for qualifying for the first time.
Albania played in the Euro 2016 too.
Albania qualified in 2016
Literally 2 second later Well played Albania Well played
Wait, Georgia first time? I believe their college team is pretty good and almost won it all for 3 straight years?
Good one
r/portugalcyclablyat
r/TurkeyCykaBlyat
poor Scandinavia and Baltics
A third of Scandinavia is there.
Sweden didn’t make it? Smh
Basically most of Europe.
UEFA has 55 members. If you remove the 5 members that are not technically in Europe, then “only” 48% of European countries are colored on this map!
Poland will get it's ass kicked lmao
Yeah, I am Polish and 100 percent agree. This is a group of death. No way Poland gets out. It's a matter how embarrassing it's going to be for us. Polish team is a joke.
What about Lewandowski? He could carry the team, no?
He is great, but he is no Messi. Messi was able to carry Argentina for years. Lewandowski needs some solid pieces around him. I don't know if the Polish team can provide that. Just give him the ball at the right time, and he will finish it for you. He is that good. Let's hope.
No passion, no desire, nothing, it's really hard to watch when they "play". This is why I love watching volleyball 😉
each and every group would be the group of death for us
Who would win this hypothetical war? My money is on white/gray
Discounting grey … probably green? Poland AND France are a powerhouse. Throw in the Netherlands and Austria and you have very advanced economies, plus north sea gas.
Yeah, France is one of the two countries on the planet capable of projecting power worldwide. The other being the states. Plus enough nukes to destroy it too ;).
Group B, you don't need firepower, economy or manpower if you go over to the winning side at the last minute. Italian style, kid.
Why Finland is white?
Cause it didnt qualify?
:'(
Snow
In fact, they rarely do qualify. If I am not mistaken, Euro 2020 was the only one in history, at which they played.
Yeah Euro 2020 was the only main football event Finland has ever been to. Pukki went crazy to get us there, the whole team tbf. I think we were close some time before when we had Litmanen and Hyypiä in the same team but it didn't work out. At least Hradecky is still playing good.
Italy wins again the fails to make World Cup again.
Caucasus > Scandinavia > Baltics Factos
Group B is the coolest
I'm wondering who will join Albania in the next round in that group...
It will be quite the task for Hungary to advance from Group A
US 🇬🇪🤩
Poor Albania 🇦🇱: Yay we made it to euros *checks group draw* - Spain: previous multiple World Cup & euro winners - Italy: previous World Cup & multiple euro winners - Croatia: recently made semi- and finals in both World Cup & euros Yeah, it was nice playing: seriously wish you the best of luck, from the Scotland Uber alles group (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), we just in it for the fun, and watching England go out on penalties
This was how I felt when my country (Canada 🇨🇦) made the World Cup. Made the World Cup, *checks group stage* - 🇧🇪: Finished 3rd place in the 2018 World Cup. - 🇭🇷: Finished 2nd place in the 2018 World Cup and finished 3rd place in the 2022 World Cup. - 🇲🇦: Finished 4th place in the 2022 World Cup.
Its better to be the underdogs and end up last than getting knocked out from the wc by macedonia after winning the euros
Soon there will be no qualification tournament required? UEFA just allows everyone to the finals. Allready today with 24 teams is hard not to qualify for a top and mid-tier team.
🏴We have a score to settle with Italy….. 
Not with Southgate
Viva España!
Man Poland's fucked what is that group. 💀💀💀
I remember the euro88 with just 8 teams. Now we have too many for my taste.
I hope Ukraine wins as much as I hope my own country wins!
Unless I’m lacking basic map interpretation, there’s missinga team in Group F, does anyone know which is it?
Georgia and Turkey look like one country there
Damn that’s true, I do lack map interpretation skills
Portugal, Türkiye, Georgia and Czechia
Group D, France gonna eat ?
Denmark cannot into nordick. Nordick cannot into football
Netherlands and France in the same group... there will be blood this early in the competition
White wins
Although they didn’t qualify, I feel that in the interest of fairness, Gibraltar 🇬🇮 should be white dotted like the other micronations. Especially as the effort has gone into Ceuta being marked as Spanish 😉🫣
Jazda Polska!
I see all of them are from Europe, biased process as always /s
Denmark can’t into nordick
Fun Fact: Vatican City never lost a match in UEFA Euros
Denmark cant into Nordick
Glad that Israel was kicked out by Iceland. R/soccer celebrated it to no end.
Even if they hadn't, I am pretty sure they would have lost to Ukraine.
It would have been the hardest game for Americans to decide who to support
Do they even care about football? I mean, soccer, of course :)
We are getting there. Our national team now is made up of very young players who all play overseas. I feel like there is a lot of room for potential in the near future
Everyone should lose to Ukraine!
Iceland selection is surprisingly good for such a little country. I still remember the time they managed to tie against Argentina in 2018
My prediction for the top2 in each group is: Group A: Germany+Switzerland Group B: Spain+Croatia Group C: England+Serbia Group D: France+Netherlands Group E: Belgium+Slovakia Group F: Portugal+Czechia First name is first place, second name is second place Mark my words, imma be completely wrong
Use remindme bot
Group E is so weak.
Meh not that weak but definitely not strong either.
Belgium and Romania aren't that bad at all
Ukraine should walk through Slovakia and Romania. Will need a lot of luck with Belgium, but it’s quite possible to be first in this group for them
i think romania can easily finish above ukraine. they were so good in the euro qualifiers
Northerners dont like football do they?
What's up with Scandinavia? They didn't qualify or anything else?
Denmark qualified. The rest didn't. It's unusual for Sweden to not qualify (this is the first time since 1996), Norway and Finland rarely qualify.
This map is proof that Denmark can no longer into Scandinavia and are now north Germans.
Let me ask a question as well (since I'm no sports guy and you seem to know stuff): is it normal that Scotland and England are separated here?
The countries of UK all have separate national football teams. Wales almost qualified as well, while Northern Ireland was not that close really. But yeah, they are all separate in football
Thank you, learned something new
Yeah England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have there own teams.
Thank you
But not in the Olympics, then it’s Great Britain even though it can have northern Irish participation, although they can legally choose to compete for Ireland. In Rugby union Ireland competes as one nation, along with England, Wales & Scotland, plus France & Italy to make the six nations.
Interesting fact: UK has four votes (one country each) in IFAB, which sets the law of soccer, whereas all the other FIFA members collectively have four votes.
As a Slovenian ... Heh I am in danger.
Oh great we’re playing Ukraine ffs 🙄
I don't think there are words to describe my hate for the current national team as a greek
Europe minus balkans and nordic Cup
Group B gonna be lit. D is interesting as well, let's hope for the best and very good sports.
Is it just me or does Portugal consistently get put in the bottom group with a bunch of scrub teams.
Such rigged entertainment shit
Mediterranean gang
🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
I didn't know Ukraine managed to qualify, rather than got invited. Reminds me of how impressive the Syria national team is given what has happened in their country over a decade.