Quoting Jesper Lauridsen in rec.sport.soccer:

League C
Group 1: Sweden, Azerbaijan, Slovakia, Estonia

Bah, Mickey Mouse league anyway.


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On 2024-02-08 4:37 p.m., Lléo wrote:

League A

Group 1: Croatia, Portugal, Poland, Scotland
Group 2: Italy, Belgium, France, Israel
Group 3: Netherlands, Hungary, Germany, Bosnia
Group 4: Spain, Denmark, Switzerland, Serbia

Israel is in Group A? UEFA and FIFA and the world really should be
banning them anyways for the non stop atrocities they have been
committing for ages.

League B

Group 1: Czech Republic, Ukraine, Albania, Georgia
Group 2: England, Finland, Ireland, Greece
Group 3: Austria, Norway, Slovenia, Kazakhstan
Group 4: Wales, Iceland, Montenegro, Turkey

And England is in Group B?

League C

Group 1: Sweden, Azerbaijan, Slovakia, Estonia
Group 2: Romania, Kosovo, Cyprus, Lithuania/Gibraltar
Group 3: Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Northern Ireland, Belarus
Group 4: Armenia, Faroe Islands, North Macedonia, Latvia

League D

Group 1: Lithuania/Gibraltar, San Marino, Liechtenstein
Group 2: Moldova, Malta, Andorra

A couple of format changes: now two teams advance from each of League
A's groups to a quarterfinal round, played home and away. But from then
on it's business as usual, one of the semifinalists hosting the semis,
third place playoff and final.

They'll also include promotion/relegation playoffs, with each 3rd placed
team of the upper league facing a 2nd placed team from the lower one.
For groups C and D, worst two Group C 4th placed teams go down
automatically, while the other two 4th placed teams face two League D
runner ups.

Interesting change. As such, almost every group stage position leads
either to some sort of playoff or to a prize/punishment. Exceptions
being 3rd place in Leagues C and D. This could, in theory, lead to some exciting Round 6 scenarios.

Also nice to see they scrapped the idea of adding Conmebol sides to this tournament, due to Conmebol's 18-round long WCQ stage. Conmebol is too
small to create its own Nations League, so they should either try to
work together with Concacaf on that front, or simply not do it altogether.

I don't think it would work out well anyway: on one hand, with Russia's suspension, it would yield a nice 64-team tournament, four divisions of
16; but on the other, it would either require massive travel for
everyone involved, or making Conmebol teams hold their games in Europe. Probably fine for Brasil and Argentina, but not necessarily so for the others. Plus, if one indeed goes down this path, one should probably go
the full measure and create a World Nations League anyway, multiple
divisions and all. Now that could be an interesting one...

Best regards,

Lléo

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Mark wrote:

On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 9:35:27 PM UTC, Lléo wrote:

They'll also include promotion/relegation playoffs, with each
3rd placed team of the upper league facing a 2nd placed team
from the lower one. For groups C and D, worst two Group C 4th
placed teams go down automatically, while the other two 4th
placed teams face two League D runner ups.

Why?

Because UEFA are run by idiots!

Next question...

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anders t <anthu_001@-nospam-hotmail.com> wrote:

Quoting Jesper Lauridsen in rec.sport.soccer:

League C
Group 1: Sweden, Azerbaijan, Slovakia, Estonia

Bah, Mickey Mouse league anyway.

Which for teams like Sweden might become a back door to the 2026 World Cup.

Ciao,
Werner

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