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Post by Panda on Mar 28, 2024 20:28:06 GMT 1
Looks like it. Stevenage close as well but probably too many points to make up.
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Post by Panda on Mar 28, 2024 12:05:41 GMT 1
Italy are surprisingly low-ranked - I guess due to their failure to qualify for the World Cup? Speaking of the World Cup, are Morocco due a fall at some point when points from 2022 start to taper off? That's the main reason for Italy. Not only did they have their poor performance in qualifying but they miss out on a ton of points by not being at the tournament. They weren't exactly amazing in qualifying for the Euros either. Morocco are due to start dropping World Cup points in a few games' time so will need a run of wins in the World Cup qualifiers to limit the damage.
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Post by Panda on Mar 28, 2024 1:11:47 GMT 1
Tournament based on Panda's rankings:
(Germany's ranking at the start of qualifying is used)
GROUP A 1. Germany 2. Switzerland 3. Hungary 4. Scotland
GROUP B 1. Croatia 2. Spain 3. Italy 4. Albania
GROUP C 1. England 2. Denmark 3. Slovenia 4. Serbia
GROUP D 1. France 2. Netherlands 3. Austria 4. Poland
GROUP E 1. Belgium 2. Ukraine 3. Romania 4. Slovakia
GROUP F 1. Portugal 2. Turkey 3. Czech Republic 4. Georgia
Last 16: Croatia v Romania Germany v Denmark Portugal v Hungary Netherlands v Ukraine Belgium v Slovenia France v Turkey England v Austria Switzerland v Spain
Quarter-finals: Croatia v Germany Portugal v Netherlands Belgium v France England v Spain
Semi-finals: Croatia v Portugal France v England
Final: Portugal v France
France wins
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Post by Panda on Mar 28, 2024 0:47:29 GMT 1
Men's rankings March 2024: 1(1) France 118.23 2(2) Argentina 115.50 3(3) Portugal 111.00 4(5) Netherlands 91.88 5(4) Morocco 90.08 6(6) Croatia 87.76 7(8) England 82.03 8(7) Spain 80.99 9(10) Japan 77.70 10(9) Belgium 74.10 11(15) Australia 73.73 12(13) Iran 73.00 13(14) Switzerland 70.69 14(11) Senegal 70.38 15(18) Ivory Coast 67.30 16(16) Hungary 67.10 17(17) Denmark 64.87 18(19) Slovenia 64.77 19(12) Brazil 64.33 20(30) Qatar 61.38 21(27) South Korea 60.70 22(33) Austria 60.54 23(28) United States 60.29 24(21) Turkey 60.24 25(23) Mexico 59.28 26(22) Nigeria 59.53 27(48) Ukraine 58.35 28(25) Romania 57.73 29(31) Poland 57.58 30(35) Mali 57.38 31(20) Tunisia 57.13 32(24) Slovakia 56.09 33(29) Serbia 55.77 34(41) Italy 54.19 35(34) Kazakhstan 53.79 36(43) Greece 53.63 37(32) Egypt 52.98 38(39) Uzbekistan 52.93 39(46) Luxembourg 52.73 40(40) Algeria 51.85 41(45) Finland 51.74 42(38) Scotland 50.55 43(42) South Africa 49.28 44(54) Czech Republic 49.19 45(36) Cape Verde 49.03 46(37) Colombia 48.93 47(53) Iraq 47.60 48(26) Uruguay 47.15 49(50) Jordan 46.73 50(47) Panama 46.72 51(62) Georgia 46.32 52(51) Ecuador 46.20 53(49) Sweden 46.11 54(56) Equatorial Guinea 45.58 55(58) Saudi Arabia 45.03 56(44) Norway 44.80 57(63) Wales 43.14 58(52) Angola 42.83 59(59) Israel 42.36 60(60) DR Congo 41.63 61(64) Zambia 41.60 62(71) Iceland 41.54 63(55) Ghana 41.50 64(66) Albania 41.04 65(70) Guinea 40.95 66(76) United Arab Emirates 40.83 67(57) Cameroon 40.33 68(68) Burkina Faso 40.25 69(75) Montenegro 40.08 70(87) Oman 40.03 71(65) Jamaica 39.73 72(67) Moldova 38.91 73(77) Germany 38.57 74(72) Kosovo 38.12 75(74) Bahrain 37.40 76(69) Tajikistan 37.08 77(83) Azerbaijan 36.98 78(82) Indonesia 36.08 79(81) Guadeloupe 34.83 80(73) Trinidad & Tobago 33.99 81(61) Costa Rica 33.20 82(78) North Macedonia 32.71 83(90) Venezuela 32.65 84(80) Bosnia & Herzegovina 31.73 85(79) Malaysia 31.43 86(84) Guatemala 31.38 87(92) Thailand 31.03 88(88) Canada 30.93 89(85) Belarus 30.89 90(89) Mozambique 30.30 91(119) Palestine 30.18 92(86) Mauritania 30.10 93(96) Libya 29.48 94(97) French Guiana 29.13 95(94) Honduras 28.94 96(93) India 28.60 97(91) Ireland 28.48 98(125) Kyrgyzstan 28.40 99(99) Northern Ireland 28.33 100(95) Guyana 28.03 101(107) Botswana 27.88 102(103) Comoros 27.80 103(100) Guinea-Bissau 27.53 104(102) Nicaragua 27.00 105(104) Namibia 26.90 106(98) Kuwait 26.03 107(118) Bulgaria 25.92 108(111) Syria 25.55 109(105) Estonia 25.26 110(110) Tanzania 24.73 111(109) Martinique 24.71 112(108) Latvia 24.63 113(106) Singapore 24.45 114(123) Sudan 24.40 115(101) Vietnam 24.15 116(116) Haiti 23.85 117(115) Malawi 23.23 118(120) Gabon 23.10 119(117) Saint Lucia 22.90 120(129) Madagascar 22.50 121(113) Eswatini 22.45 122(137) Lithuania 22.30 123(122) Puerto Rico 22.28 124(112) Armenia 22.10 125(135) Chile 22.03 126(139) China 21.63 127(131) Lesotho 21.30 128(128) Cuba 20.42 129(146) Saint Kitts & Nevis 20.03 130(127) Peru 19.68 131(134) Togo 19.45 132(136) Bangladesh 19.03 133(121) Malta 19.02 134(141) Lebanon 17.73 135(138) Faroe Islands 17.47 136(151) Rwanda 17.15 137(140) Uganda 17.13 138(149) Dominican Republic 16.67 139(124) Paraguay 16.10 140(114) Solomon Islands 16.03 141(132) Hong Kong 16.00 142(145) Philippines 15.98 143(156) Ethiopia 15.53 144(160) Central African Republic 15.10 145(130) Gambia 14.95 146(176) Afghanistan 14.95 147(148) Nepal 14.80 148(150) Aruba 14.58 149(143) Mauritius 14.33 150(153) El Salvador 14.26 151(165) Turks & Caicos Islands 14.18 152(133) Cyprus 14.05 153(166) Russia 14.03 154(142) Andorra 13.62 155(181) Kenya 13.40 156(164) Myanmar 13.08 157(158) Dominica 12.86 158(159) Sint Maarten 12.83 159(163) Bonaire 12.56 160(152) Maldives 12.50 161(161) Chinese Taipei 12.43 162(154) Saint Martin 11.82 163(167) Suriname 11.61 164(184) Bolivia 11.25 165(180) Bermuda 11.19 166(144) South Sudan 11.15 167(147) Sierra Leone 11.10 168(162) Burundi 11.03 169(168) Niger 10.95 170(172) Congo 10.85 171(170) Saint Vincent & The Grenadines 10.56 172(171) Cambodia 10.50 173(173) Montserrat 10.09 174(174) Antigua & Barbuda 10.09 175(175) Yemen 9.95 176(185) Belize 9.86 177(177) Curacao 9.59 178(178) Tahiti 9.48 179(192) British Virgin Islands 9.32 180(210) Chad 9.10 181(183) New Caledonia 9.03 182(155) Fiji 8.88 183(205) Samoa 8.55 184(179) Grenada 8.37 185(186) Bahamas 7.83 186(157) Papua New Guinea 7.73 187(209) Liberia 7.65 188(182) Gibraltar 7.46 189(169) Benin 7.00 190(188) Vanuatu 6.63 191(200) US Virgin Islands 6.41 192(190) Bhutan 6.25 193(208) Anguilla 6.23 194(191) Turkmenistan 6.10 195(196) Djibouti 6.08 196(126) New Zealand 5.53 197(202) Brunei 5.03 198(194) Pakistan 5.00 199(198) Zimbabwe 4.90 200(193) Mongolia 4.53 201(197) Cayman Islands 4.52 202(214) Cook Islands 4.28 203(211) Sri Lanka 4.20 204(189) Sao Tome & Principe 4.20 205(199) North Korea 3.75 206(187) Laos 3.75 207(201) Barbados 3.69 208(203) Reunion 3.40 209(204) Tuvalu 3.30 210(195) Seychelles 2.93 211(206) East Timor 2.40 212(207) Jersey 2.25 213(221) Somalia 2.10 214(216) San Marino 2.00 215(212) Northern Mariana Islands 1.43 216(213) Tonga 1.43 217(215) Mayotte 1.40 218(217) Macau 1.25 219(225) Liechtenstein 1.03 220(NEW) Basque Country 0.90 221(218) Chagos Islands 0.75 221(218) Isle Of Man 0.75 223(220) Guernsey 0.75 224(221) Zanzibar 0.70 225(223) Aland Islands 0.25 226(224) Falkland Islands 0.25 227(226) American Samoa 0.00 228(227) Guam 0.00 229(228) Greenland 0.00 229(228) Saint Barthelemy 0.00 229(228) Saint Helena 0.00
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Post by Panda on Mar 27, 2024 3:59:08 GMT 1
Eliminations: * = past qualifier bold = 2022 qualifier 17/10/23 - Bhutan (Asia, 1st Round) 17/10/23 - Brunei (Asia, 1st Round) 17/10/23 - Cambodia (Asia, 1st Round) 17/10/23 - East Timor (Asia, 1st Round) 17/10/23 - Guam (Asia, 1st Round) 17/10/23 - Laos (Asia, 1st Round) 17/10/23 - Macau (Asia, 1st Round) 17/10/23 - Maldives (Asia, 1st Round) 17/10/23 - Mongolia (Asia, 1st Round) 17/10/23 - Sri Lanka (Asia, 1st Round) 10/11/23 - Eritrea (Africa, withdrew) 26/03/24 - Chinese Taipei (Asia, 2nd Round) 26/03/24 - Hong Kong (Asia, 2nd Round) 26/03/24 - Nepal (Asia, 2nd Round) 26/03/24 - Pakistan (Asia, 2nd Round) 26/03/24 - Turkmenistan (Asia, 2nd Round) 26/03/24 - Turks & Caicos Islands (CONCACAF, 1st Round) 26/03/24 - US Virgin Islands (CONCACAF, 1st Round)
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Post by Panda on Mar 27, 2024 3:55:13 GMT 1
The Haven World Cup Wall: AFG | ALB | ALG | ASA | AND | ANG | AIA | ATG | ARG | ARM | ARU | AUS | AUT | AZE | BAH | BHR | BAN | BRB | BLR | BEL | BLZ | BEN | BER |
| BOL | BIH | BOT | BRA | VGB |
| BUL | BFA | BDI |
| CMR | CAN | CPV | CAY | CTA | CHA | CHI | CHN |
| COL | COM | CGO | COK | CRC | CRO | CUB | CUW | CYP | CZE | COD | DEN | DJI | DMA | DOM |
| ECU | EGY | SLV | ENG | EQG |
| EST | SWZ | ETH | FRO | FIJ | FIN | FRA | GAB | GAM | GEO | GER | GHA | GIB | GRE | GRN |
| GUA | GUI | GNB | GUY | HAI | HON |
| HUN | ISL | IND | IDN | IRN | IRQ | IRL | ISR | ITA | CIV | JAM | JPN | JOR | KAZ | KEN | KOS | KUW | KGZ |
| LVA | LBN | LES | LBR | LBY | LIE | LTU | LUX |
| MAD | MWI | MAS |
| MLI | MLT | MTN | MRI | MEX | MDA |
| MNE | MSR | MAR | MOZ | MYA | NAM |
| NED | NCL | NZL | NCA | NIG | NGA | PRK | MKD | NIR | NOR | OMA |
| PLE | PAN | PNG | PAR | PER | PHI | POL | POR | PUR | QAT | ROU | RUS | RWA | SAM | SMR | STP | KSA | SCO | SEN | SRB | SEY | SLE | SGP | SVK | SVN | SOL | SOM | RSA | KOR | SSD | ESP |
| SKN | LCA | VIN | SDN | SUR | SWE | SUI | SYR | TAH | TJK | TAN | THA | TOG | TGA | TRI | TUN | TUR |
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| UGA | UKR | UAE | USA | URU |
| UZB | VAN | VEN | VIE | WAL | YEM | ZAM | ZIM |
193 teams are left in the World Cup. Europe: 55/55 South America: 10/10 Africa: 53/54 Asia: 31/46 CONCACAF: 33/35 Oceania: 11/11
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Post by Panda on Mar 27, 2024 3:50:37 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Mar 27, 2024 1:57:38 GMT 1
ASIA2nd Round, Group I: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | Q | | 4 | +15 | 12 | 2 | | 4 | +5 | 7 | 3 | | 4 | -7 | 2 | 4 | | 4 | -13 | 1 |
Australia cruise into Round 3 with an easy win over Lebanon. Palestine needed a stoppage time goal to beat Bangladesh but the win takes them five points clear of Lebanon with two games to play.
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Post by Panda on Mar 27, 2024 1:54:11 GMT 1
ASIA2nd Round, Group H: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | Q | | 4 | +10 | 12 | 2 | | 4 | +8 | 9 | 3 | | 4 | -4 | 3 | 4 | | 4 | -14 | 0 |
The UAE move into the next round after beating Yemen in Saudi Arabia. Nepal are eliminated after their defeat to Bahrain.
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Post by Panda on Mar 27, 2024 1:51:15 GMT 1
ASIA2nd Round, Group G: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | 1 | | 4 | +7 | 10 | 2 | | 4 | +8 | 7 | 3 | | 4 | +4 | 5 | 4 | | 4 | -19 | 0 |
Saudi Arabia lose their 100% record after being held to a draw by Tajikistan. Jordan put seven past Pakistan to move up to 2nd. Pakistan are eliminated.
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Post by Panda on Mar 27, 2024 1:47:13 GMT 1
ASIA2nd Round, Group F: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | Q | | 4 | +11 | 12 | 2 | | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | | 4 | -3 | 3 | 4 | | 4 | -8 | 1 |
Iraq are through after making it four wins in a row. Indonesia did the double over Vietnam to move four points clear in 2nd and leave Vietnam, who reached the final round of qualifying last time, on the verge of a surprise early elimination.
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Post by Panda on Mar 27, 2024 1:42:47 GMT 1
ASIA2nd Round, Group E: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | Q | | 4 | +10 | 10 | Q | | 4 | +7 | 10 | 3 | | 4 | -8 | 1 | 4 | | 4 | -9 | 1 |
Iran and Uzbekistan both win again to progress to Round 3. Hong Kong and Turkmenistan are both eliminated.
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Post by Panda on Mar 27, 2024 1:30:53 GMT 1
ASIA2nd Round, Group D: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | 1 | | 4 | +6 | 9 | 2 | | 4 | +6 | 9 | 3 | | 4 | -2 | 6 | 4 | | 4 | -10 | 0 |
The top 2 both won to open up a three-point gap over Malaysia, though Kyrgyzstan go top on goals scored after their big win over Chinese Taipei, who are eliminated.
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Post by Panda on Mar 27, 2024 1:25:28 GMT 1
ASIA2nd Round, Group C: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | 1 | | 4 | +11 | 10 | 2 | | 4 | +1 | 7 | 3 | | 4 | -2 | 7 | 4 | | 4 | -10 | 1 |
Son Heung-Min was on the scoresheet as South Korea returned to winning ways against Thailand. China picked up a much-needed victory over Singapore and move up to 2nd.
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Post by Panda on Mar 27, 2024 1:20:40 GMT 1
ASIA2nd Round, Group B: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | 1 | | 3 | +11 | 9 | 2 | | 4 | +3 | 7 | 3 | | 3 | +3 | 3 | 4 | | 4 | -17 | 1 |
The game between North Korea and Japan was called off at a few days' notice by North Korean authorities, reportedly due to fears over a virus outbreak in Japan. With no time to find an alternative venue and no room in the calendar to reschedule the fixture, FIFA cancelled the game and will decide what action to take in due course, but it seems likely Japan will be awarded a 3-0 walkover victory that will be enough to send them through to Round 3. Meanwhile, Syria put seven past Myanmar to move four points clear of North Korea in 2nd.
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Post by Panda on Mar 27, 2024 1:10:26 GMT 1
ASIA2nd Round, Group A: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | Q | | 4 | +14 | 12 | 2 | | 4 | -3 | 4 | 3 | | 4 | -10 | 4 | 4 | | 4 | -1 | 3 |
Qatar's win over Kuwait sends them through to the next round with two games to spare but the race for 2nd is still wide open thanks to Afghanistan picking up their first win against India.
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Post by Panda on Mar 26, 2024 23:33:36 GMT 1
Playoff finals: Wales 0-0 Poland (Poland win 5-4 on pens) Ukraine 2-1 Iceland Georgia 0-0 Greece (Georgia win 4-2 on pens) Georgia qualify for their first major tournament and will be the only debutants in Germany this summer. Wales narrowly miss out on a fourth major tournament in the space of a decade. Ukraine came from behind to reach their fourth consecutive Euros.
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Post by Panda on Mar 26, 2024 21:20:48 GMT 1
TEAMS THAT HAVE PLAYED AT THE (MEN'S) EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
(listed by first appearance)
1960 Czechoslovakia (later split into Czech Republic and Slovakia) France Soviet Union (later CIS and Russia) Yugoslavia (later Serbia & Montenegro and Serbia)
1964 Denmark Hungary Spain
1968 England Italy
1972 Belgium West Germany (later Germany)
1976 Netherlands
1980 Greece
1984 Portugal Romania
1988 Ireland
1992 Scotland Sweden
1996 Bulgaria Croatia Switzerland Turkey
2000 Norway Slovenia
2004 Latvia
2008 Austria Poland
2012 Ukraine
2016 Albania Iceland Northern Ireland Wales
2020 Finland North Macedonia
2024 Georgia
Number of teams at the tournament: 1960-1976: 4 1980-1992: 8 1996-2012: 16 2016-present: 24
If the earlier tournaments had had 8 teams instead of 4, some teams would have debuted much earlier and Luxembourg would have had a major tournament appearance: 1960 - Austria, Portugal, Romania, Spain 1964 - Ireland, Luxembourg, Sweden 1968 - Bulgaria 1976 - Wales
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Post by Panda on Mar 25, 2024 0:40:49 GMT 1
Fontaines DC - You Said
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Post by Panda on Mar 24, 2024 23:19:30 GMT 1
Women's Six Nations, Week 1 results: France 38-17 Ireland Wales 18-20 Scotland Italy 0-48 England
England began their quest for a 6th consecutive title with victory over Italy, despite playing most of the game with 14 players after Sarah Beckett's early red card. Italy kept England at bay for half an hour before the floodgates opened. England captain Marlie Packer won her 100th cap.
France had a comfortable start against Ireland, who gave the scoreline some respectability with a couple of late tries.
Scotland held off a late fightback from Wales, who missed a conversion at the death that would've given them a draw.
Table: 1. England 1-5 (+48) 2. France 1-5 (+21) 3. Scotland 1-4 (+2) 4. Wales 1-1 (-2) 5. Ireland 1-0 (-21) 6. Italy 1-0 (-48)
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