ian1964 10,720 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Uefa European Championship 2016 draw Venue: Nice, France Date: Sunday, 23 February Starts: 11:00 GMT Coverage: Live video and text commentary on the BBC Sport website Full list of seedings: Pot 1: Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, England, Portugal, Greece, Russia, Bosnia-Hercegovina. Pot 2: Ukraine, Croatia, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Republic of Ireland. Pot 3: Serbia, Turkey, Slovenia, Israel, Norway, Slovakia, Romania, Austria, Poland. Pot 4: Montenegro, Armenia, Scotland, Finland, Latvia, Wales, Bulgaria, Estonia, Belarus. Pot 5: Iceland, Northern Ireland, Albania, Lithuania, Moldova, FYR Macedonia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Cyprus. Pot 6: Luxembourg, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Faroe Islands, Malta, Andorra, San Marino, Gibraltar. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26207723 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,720 Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Follow the draw live: http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/finals/draws/round=2000446/index.html 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,720 Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Group D for Scotland: Germany Scotland Georgia Gibralta Poland ROI 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,720 Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 A: Netherlands, Kazakhstan, Iceland, Latvia, Turkey, Czech Republic B: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Andorra, Cyprus, Wales, Israel, Belgium C: Spain, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Belarus, Slovakia, Ukraine D: Germany, Gibraltar, Georgia, Scotland, Poland, Republic of Ireland E: England, San Marino, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovenia, Switzerland F: Greece, Faroe Islands, Northern Ireland, Finland, Romania, Hungary G: Russia, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro, Austria, Sweden H: Italy, Malta, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Norway, Croatia I: Portugal, Albania, Armenia, Serbia, Denmark 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,613 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Can't see Scotland qualifying from that. Germany will win the group and both Poland & ROI will be too strong for us 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Cooper 0 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 A great chance for Scotland, i can see us making the play offs. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,720 Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Scottish football set to net minimum £9 million jackpot if national side qualify for Euro 2016 IF SCOTLAND reach the tournament in France, the SFA are set to receive a cash bonus that chief executive Stewart Regan hopes to invest in the next generation of footballing talent. SCOTTISH football will land a minimum £9million jackpot if the national team qualify for Euro 2016. And SFA chief executive Stewart Regan wants to use the money to leave a legacy for the next generation. The qualification draw will be made today in Nice and Regan hopes Gordon Strachan can lead us back to a major finals for the first time since 1998. The Republic of Ireland boosted their coffers by £6.5m when they made it to Euro 2012 and Regan believes our game could benefit from an even bigger cash injection. He said: “You can’t say for definite what it is going to be worth. Budgets and prize money haven’t been communicated by UEFA but if you base it on previous tournaments it is a multi-million pound prize just for being there and the further you get the more the numbers go north. “It will be a substantial contribution to the SFA and it could help start to put in place elements of the strategy we would like to focus on. “Scottish football is short of money and it would be great to be able to bring cash in that the game could benefit from. “In terms of what that’s used for, ultimately our job is to develop more elite players for Scottish football. So we would be able to put more emphasis on youth development and elite players – and do more of the work we have been doing previously through performance schools and academies. “When you go down into the grassroots you also say, ‘How do we get more kids interested in the game?’ “You’d be asking a question a bit like the Commonwealth Games and Olympics – what would be the legacy of Scotland qualifying? “That would be a piece of work in its own right. “We’d need to create a legacy plan that would say, ultimately, we want more kids playing football on a regular basis as a result of seeing us in a Euro finals.” The Commonwealth Games will have an impact on Scotland’s Euro 2016 campaign as Hampden will be out of commission for football until February. And if UEFA’s fixture computer throws up some home qualifiers this year then the SFA will likely take the games to either Celtic Park or Ibrox. Regan said: “There is a schedule in place and we have known all along 2014 is out for Hampden. “There are pluses and minuses of not having Hampden for those first games. It is not as if we will be playing in a tin shed. We will be playing in a UEFA star-rated stadium. “The venue choices will be managed by the SFA executive in partnership with the member clubs.” http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/scottish-football-set-net-minimum-3175280 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whosthedado 1,671 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Cant see Scotland qualifying from that group. Tasty couple of games against ROI though 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,720 Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 I expect Germany to top the group, Poland second and ROI 3rd 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexscottislegend 2,291 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I would love to see us play RoI at Ibrox. Can't believe the negativity here. Ireland man for man are not as good as us - they have no Robbie Keane now. Both our keepers are better too. Otherwise not much difference. Would love to see McCarthy and the other traitors get stuffed. Shamefully there are Scots who support Celtic who want to cheer on Ireland. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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