Euro 2020: all the details of the draw of the qualifying tournament

02.12.2018 00:39

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On December 2, at 13.00 Kyiv time, the draws of the qualifying teams for the 2020 European Championships will begin at the Dublin Convention Center. The national team of Ukraine, whose head coach is also aware of its rivals Andriy Shevchenko will be present at the ceremony in the Irish capital. 

Ukraine is in the second basket

Before the draw, 55 teams were distributed in baskets. The so-called UNL VIP basket includes the winners of the League of Nations A groups (this will allow the participants of the Final Four to be placed in groups of five teams), the first basket - the six next in the ranking of the League of Nations teams. These 10 teams will lead the Euro 2020 qualifying teams. The national teams with 11th to 20th positions in the ranking entered the second basket, from the 21st to the 30th - to the third, from the 31st to the 40th - to the fourth, from the 41st on the 50th - to the fifth and from the 51st to the 55th - to the sixth. 

Overall rating of the League of Nations calculated as follows: the winners of League A groups have numbers 1-4, the second teams - 5-8, the third - 9-12, the winners of League B groups - 13-16, the second team - 17-20, and so on. The best among those who took identical places in the correspondence competition were determined by points, goal difference, number of goals scored, number of goals scored away, number of victories, number of away victories, Fair Play points, UEFA coefficient.

The Ukrainian national team ranked 14th in the ranking (first in its group and second overall in League B after Bosnia). So our team got to the second basket.

Composition of baskets before the Euro 2020 qualifying draw

Cart UNL 

Switzerland, Portugal, Netherlands, England

Shopping Cart 1

Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Poland

Shopping Cart 2

Germany, Iceland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Austria, Wales, Czech Republic

Shopping Cart 3

Slovakia, Turkey, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Norway, Serbia, Finland, Bulgaria, Israel

Shopping Cart 4

Hungary, Romania, Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Cyprus, Estonia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Georgia

Shopping Cart 5

Macedonia, Kosovo, Belarus, Luxembourg, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Gibraltar, Faroe Islands

Shopping Cart 6

Latvia, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Malta, San Marino

It will be recalled that according to the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee, Ukraine and Russia cannot get into the same group. But since the teams are in the same basket, this point becomes formal. Ukraine was also included in the list of countries, which in the group can be no more than two for the so-called winter factor (this contingent also includes Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Russia).

In addition, during the ceremony, UEFA will take into account several other factors in relation to other participants - political, geographical and organizational.

Schedule and calendar of the tournament

In the draw in the Irish capital will be formed 10 groups (five - five teams and five - six). The selection for Euro 2020 will take place in 10 windows from March to November 2019 (March 21-23 and 24-26, June 7-8 and 10-11, September 5-7 and 8-10, September 10-12 and 13 October 15, November 14-16 and November 17-19). Tickets to the final tournament with the participation of 24 teams will receive the two best teams of each group. The fate of four more vacancies will be decided in the butt matches of the League of Nations.

The League of Nations / Euro 2020 playoffs will be held according to the cup system (two semifinals and a final). If the winner of the LN group has already made it to Euro 2020 due to the qualification of this tournament, his place in the playoffs will be taken by the next ranked team in this division. If there are less than four teams left that can play in head-to-head matches, the ticket is passed to the league below, taking into account the overall ranking in the League of Nations. Thus, each of the four divisional playoffs will have its own winner, who will become a participant in Euro 2020.

Thus, the national team of Ukraine, if it does not make it to Euro 2020 through qualification, has a backup option in the form of participation in the playoffs. Moreover, as the winner of his group B1 in the League of Nations, he will play in the butt matches of League B and will also hold the semifinals at home.

The draw for the playoffs will take place on November 22, 2019, and the matches - on March 26-31, 2020. The draw for the final tournament of the European Championship is scheduled for December 1, 2019, and the forum will take place from June 12 to July 12, 2020.