Euro 2016 qualifying: Scotland in fourth pot

[Ed_ScottishFitba]

check BBC site - view external link

[tartanscone1314]

Would love tae get Cyprus or Gibraltar for a wee Holiday in the Sun .

[steviex]

They could be in a plant pot for aw the difference it will make.

[Francis_begbie_HFC]

lol that just doesnt make sense unless there going with six groups ,coz we are ranked 37 in the fifa rankings and i think theres only about 19 or 20 euro teams above us in the rankings i thaught thay would have gone with 8 or 9 groups which would have put us in pot 3 ,so thay must be going with 6 groups with more teams in each group .

[1995_Oh_My_Sides_]

They could be in a plant pot for aw the difference it will make.

You've made a complete @rse of yourself before with negative Scotland comments. I thought you would have learned.

[swaddon]

lol that just doesnt make sense unless there going with six groups ,coz we are ranked 37 in the fifa rankings and i think theres only about 19 or 20 euro teams above us in the rankings i thaught thay would have gone with 8 or 9 groups which would have put us in pot 3 ,so thay must be going with 6 groups with more teams in each group .

I think it's more to do with past qualifying performances for World Cups and Euros than world rankings.

[Airdrieman]

Reminds me of the absolutely programme where a mad Scottish bloke bemoaning the groups that Scotland and England got.

Could some kind fellow post a link please as I am not too great at computer thingys?

[happytim]

this is a joke.

***gary are in the same pot as belgium.

yet for this years world cup belgium were seeded in pot 1.

what a massive contradiction.

bosnia in pot 1 suggests the ranking are based on last wc qualification. which then suggests ***gary are top drawer cos thier up there with belgium.

something fishy going on.

[just_joe]

this is a joke.

***gary are in the same pot as belgium.

yet for this years world cup belgium were seeded in pot 1.

what a massive contradiction.

bosnia in pot 1 suggests the ranking are based on last wc qualification. which then suggests ***gary are top drawer cos thier up there with belgium.

something fishy going on.

Nothing fishy, it's all per the rules and verifiable.

Team rankings and pot allocations
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The 53 teams involved in the draw are classified on the basis of the national team coefficient ranking system, for which their results in the following competitions are used:

2010 FIFA World Cup (qualifying competition and final tournament)

UEFA EURO 2012 (qualifying competition and final tournament) and

2014 FIFA World Cup (qualifying competition: group stage and play-offs).

Based on this ranking, the 53 teams are divided into 6 pots. Pots 1 to 5 contain 9 teams each
and Pot

[just_joe]

... although given those rules, I'm surprised Scotland are not in pot 6.