Orraloon Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 5 minutes ago, ceudmilefailte said: If I call them all leagues am I right, All though I do think a nations division has a certain ring to it It's explained very well on the UEFA website. There is a video about half way down this page which explains the playoff situation. Pictures are sometimes easier to understand than words. https://www.uefa.com/community/news/newsid=2079553.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 There are four "Leagues". Each "League" is split into four "Groups". There are no "Divisions", "Premierships", "Championships" or any other pish like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 1 minute ago, Orraloon said: It's explained very well on the UEFA website. There is a video about half way down this page which explains the playoff situation. Pictures are sometimes easier to understand than words. https://www.uefa.com/community/news/newsid=2079553.html And your understanding is? Same as mine ? With out being pedantic Pretty easy to understand if a couple of teams fail from league A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, Orraloon said: There are four "Leagues". Each "League" is split into four "Groups". There are no "Divisions", "Premierships", "Championships" or any other pish like that. Used to be division one division two etc none of this ABC pish but I'll play along with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, ceudmilefailte said: And your understanding is? Same as mine ? With out being pedantic Pretty easy to understand if a couple of teams fail from league A I don't know what you are asking me. Have you watched the video? It only takes a couple of minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, ceudmilefailte said: Used to be division one division two etc none of this ABC pish but I'll play along with it. I still call the "Championship" "The 2nd division" just to annoy the youngsters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Just now, Orraloon said: I don't know what you are asking me. Have you watched the video? It only takes a couple of minutes. Do you agree that a league D team must go to the finals?and a league C team and a league B team based on the group qualifiers and each Leagues playoff , leaving the final place decided between teams that have not won their groups. That is my interpretation of it, which is what I said earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, ceudmilefailte said: Do you agree that a league D team must go to the finals?and a league C team and a league B team based on the group qualifiers and each Leagues playoff , leaving the final place decided between teams that have not won their groups. That is my interpretation of it, which is what I said earlier. Yes, which is why I said this about a week ago. On 8/8/2018 at 5:41 PM, Orraloon said: One of the teams from League D is guaranteed a place at Euro2020. There has to be at least one team from each Nations League at the Euro2020 finals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Surely reading this should make it clear to all https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/news/newsid=2502936.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McTeeko Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Going by that link above the draw for the 2020 Finals is in December ‘19, the play-offs are in March ‘20 and additional Finals draw in April (if required) 😕🤷🏼♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 16 minutes ago, McTeeko said: Going by that link above the draw for the 2020 Finals is in December ‘19, the play-offs are in March ‘20 and additional Finals draw in April (if required) 😕🤷🏼♂️ They might have to rearrange the draw depending on what happens in the playoffs. One example could be if Scotland and Hungary are both in the League C playoffs. If either of Scotland or Hungary qualify they are guaranteed at least two home games in the group stages. They won't know if either or any of those two teams have qualified until March 2020. That bit is quite complicated. I don't think they have explained how they are going to do that bit. If they have, I haven't seen it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccaughey85 Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 I don't understand why they couldn't of just made the qualifying groups for the European championships larger which would of ensured that more games needed to be played, they could of had groups of 12 or more and had the top 4 or 5 go through from each group or something along that lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romanticscot Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 It is designed to create more drama this way and thus more revenue from viewing numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 It's adding another layer of interest to kick off the new competition. Just like some of us, there must be a few folk in league* D perked up. *(Probably first time I've got that right. I hope.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 20 minutes ago, Grim Jim said: It's adding another layer of interest to kick off the new competition. Just like some of us, there must be a few folk in league* D perked up. *(Probably first time I've got that right. I hope.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 On 8/16/2018 at 8:01 PM, Grim Jim said: It's adding another layer of interest to kick off the new competition. Just like some of us, there must be a few folk in league* D perked up. *(Probably first time I've got that right. I hope.) The teams in League D (the better ones anyway) will be loving the Nations League. This is their best ever shot at getting to a major tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 5 minutes ago, Texas Pete said: The teams in League D (the better ones anyway) will be loving the Nations League. This is their best ever shot at getting to a major tournament. Yes, that's what their top seeds will be thinking, and so too will the 'giant killers' behind them. What a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 And here are the League C overall standings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018–19_UEFA_Nations_League_C Rnk Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 25 C1 Scotland 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 26 C2 Finland 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3[a] 27 C3 Bulgaria 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3[a] 28 C4 Montenegro 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 29 C3 Norway 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3 30 C2 Hungary 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 31 C1 Albania 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3 32 C4 Serbia 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 33 C4 Romania 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 34 C2 Greece 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0 35 C1 Israel 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0 36 C3 Cyprus 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0 37 C3 Slovenia 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0 38 C2 Estonia 2 0 0 2 0 2 −2 0 39 C4 Lithuania 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share Posted September 16, 2018 Just getting head round how good it is to be back in competitive games, 4 in the space of 10 weeks or so, & extra games if making playoffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 1 hour ago, exile said: Just getting head round how good it is to be back in competitive games, 4 in the space of 10 weeks or so, & extra games if making playoffs. It’s not exactly extra games if we make they playoffs. Playoffs would still have been a possibility under the previous system. We arguably do have a better chance of making the playoffs right enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceudmilefailte Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 52 minutes ago, Texas Pete said: It’s not exactly extra games if we make they playoffs. Playoffs would still have been a possibility under the previous system. We arguably do have a better chance of making the playoffs right enough. Will play offs involve 2,3 or 4 games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningtings Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 2, pretty sure I read that they are one-off games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 52 minutes ago, ceudmilefailte said: Will play offs involve 2,3 or 4 games? Depends if you win your first game or not. The playoffs are one off ties so if you win the first tie (semi final) you will then play in the final so it would be two games in total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 (edited) 20 hours ago, Texas Pete said: It’s not exactly extra games if we make they playoffs. Playoffs would still have been a possibility under the previous system. We arguably do have a better chance of making the playoffs right enough. I don't follow. Why is this NL mini league /group not extra games? Edited September 17, 2018 by exile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Pete Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 23 minutes ago, exile said: I don't follow. Why is this NL mini league /group not extra games? You said ‘& extra games if making the playoffs’. We’ve got extra competitive games whether we make the playoffs or not due to the Nations League but playoffs would still have existed even if the Nations League didn’t. Fingers crossed we won’t actually need the playoffs anyway but time will tell on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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