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it is no hiding the fact that some of the groups in the European qualifing are a bit easier then others

Euro Groups

so what if instead of the draw they just put nations in groups depending on their FIFA ranking, if that was down the groups would have looked like this as of August 2004

Group One

1. France

2. Greece

3. Romania

4. Israel

5. Estonia

6. Lithuania

7. San Marino

Group Two

1. Spain

2. Denmark

3. Norway

4. Scotland

5. Ukraine

6. Azerbaijan

Group Three

1. Czech Republic

2. Republic of Ireland

3. Bulgaria

4. Wales

5. Austria

6. Malta

Group Four

1. Netherlands

2. Sweden

3. Slovenia

4. Slovakia

5. Cyprus

6. Faroe Islands

Group Five

1. England

2. Croatia

3. Serbia and Montenegro

4. Bosnia and Herzegovina

5. Georgia

6. Kazakhstan

Group Six

1. Italy

2. Russia

3. Switzerland

4. Hungary

5. Moldova

6. Andorra

Group Seven

1. Turkey

2. Poland

3. Finland

4. Iceland

5. Northern Ireland

6. Liechtenstein

Group Eight

1. Portugal

2. Belgium

3. Latvia

4. Belarus

5. Armenia

6. Luxembourg

so what do yout think

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it is no hiding the fact that some of the groups in the European qualifing are a bit easier then others

Euro Groups

so what if instead of the draw they just put nations in groups depending on their FIFA ranking, if that was down the groups would have looked like this as of August 2004

Group One

1. France

2. Greece

3. Romania

4. Israel

5. Estonia

6. Lithuania

7. San Marino

Group Two

1. Spain

2. Denmark

3. Norway

4. Scotland

5. Ukraine

6. Azerbaijan

Group Three

1. Czech Republic

2. Republic of Ireland

3. Bulgaria

4. Wales

5. Austria

6. Malta

Group Four

1. Netherlands

2. Sweden

3. Slovenia

4. Slovakia

5. Cyprus

6. Faroe Islands

Group Five

1. England

2. Croatia

3. Serbia and Montenegro

4. Bosnia and Herzegovina

5. Georgia

6. Kazakhstan

Group Six

1. Italy

2. Russia

3. Switzerland

4. Hungary

5. Moldova

6. Andorra

Group Seven

1. Turkey

2. Poland

3. Finland

4. Iceland

5. Northern Ireland

6. Liechtenstein

Group Eight

1. Portugal

2. Belgium

3. Latvia

4. Belarus

5. Armenia

6. Luxembourg

so what do yout think

Group One---FRANCE

Group Two---SPAIN

Group Three---AUSTRIA

Group Four---NETHERLANDS

Group Five---ENGLAND

Group Six---ITALY

Group Seven---TURKEY

Group Eight---PORTUGAL

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With so many national teams in Europe, it is amazing to me that UEFA is not having "much difficulty" getting these sort of qualification schemes for World Cups, as an example.
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