On October 17 2013 14:29 SynC[gm] wrote:
So for the Europe play-offs, the unseeded countries will play seeded countries, or will unseeded countries play amongst each other, then the winners play seeded countries?

#SouthKorea2014

Unseeded vs Seeded.
Winners are in, losers are out of WC

WillyWanker

France1915 Posts

October 21 2013 12:00 GMT

#22

European play-offs draw in 5 minutes!!!

Portugal - Greece - Croatia - Ukraine
VS
France - Sweden - Romania - Iceland

Ferrose

United States11378 Posts

October 21 2013 12:07 GMT

#23

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=2199207/

Portugal v Sweden
Ukraine v France
Greece v Romania
Iceland v Croatia

Teams on the left host the first leg.

WillyWanker

France1915 Posts

October 21 2013 12:12 GMT

#24

This draw is not as epic as the CL draws

Ronaldo vs Ibra, awesome :D I bet on Sweden.
France got a lucky draw (once again) imo, probably the weakest of the 4 and the second leg at home!

Alright, the draw is already over, let's go back to the CL thread

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

October 21 2013 12:14 GMT

#25

DID I HONESTLY JUST MISS THIS
F M L
Sorry guys ;_;

Arevall

Sweden1133 Posts

October 21 2013 12:15 GMT

#26

Not happy! It's still possible, and I hope for 2 entertaining matches.

Ferrose

United States11378 Posts

October 21 2013 12:18 GMT

#27

UEFA World Cup Playoffs Draw

Portugal v

Sweden

Ukraine v

France

Greece v

Romania

Iceland v

Croatia

Match days: 15 November and 19 November

GizmoPT

Portugal3040 Posts

October 21 2013 12:23 GMT

#28

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

(better than france i guess)

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

October 21 2013 12:26 GMT

#29

Zlatan Ibrahimovic or Cristiano Ronaldo - 1 of these fabulous players WILL NOT make it to Brazil 2014 ^_^

Mafe

Germany5966 Posts

October 21 2013 12:33 GMT

#30

Tough matches. Only Croatia is a clear favorite in their tie. Greece, Romania and Croatia have reasons to be rather happy. Ukraine gets the toughest draw, seems to be a rule. Predictions (for overall result):
Portugal 5-6 Sweden
Ukraine 2-4 France
Greece 1-1 Romania, Greece wins on penalties
Iceland 1-5 Croatia (with no disrespect to Croatia, I will be amongst those cheering for the heavy underdogs)

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

October 21 2013 12:38 GMT

#31

Poll: Portugal vs Sweden

Portugal Win (20)

57%

Sweden Win (15)

43%

35 total votes

Your vote: Portugal vs Sweden

(Vote): Portugal Win
(Vote): Sweden Win

Poll: Ukraine vs France

France Win (19)

68%

Ukraine Win (9)

32%

28 total votes

Your vote: Ukraine vs France

(Vote): Ukraine Win
(Vote): France Win

Poll: Greece vs Romania

Greece Win (15)

68%

Romania Win (7)

32%

22 total votes

Your vote: Greece vs Romania

(Vote): Greece Win
(Vote): Romania Win

Poll: Iceland vs Croatia

Croatia Win (18)

60%

Iceland Win (12)

40%

30 total votes

Your vote: Iceland vs Croatia

(Vote): Iceland Win
(Vote): Croatia Win

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

October 21 2013 12:40 GMT

#32

Going out on a limb and saying Iceland will beat Croatia. Croatia in a bad spot mentally over their qualification with the manager they had. Iceland have scored goals for fun. I see Iceland definitely winning in iceland, it is whether they can get a positive result in Croatia for me.

Dav1oN

Ukraine3164 Posts

October 21 2013 12:45 GMT

#33

Honestly, that sucks, facing France again, objectivly the worst possible option for Ukraine, cause we never passed playoffs, I wish Artosis could put he's bet on France.

Although France won't pass that easy, England might prove it

Ysellian

Netherlands9029 Posts

October 21 2013 12:47 GMT

#34

On October 21 2013 21:23 GizmoPT wrote:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

(better than france i guess)

Question for you Portuguese. Who or what is to blame for your teams persistent failings at the qualifying stages? This is I believe the third time in a row you guys need play-offs to qualify for the end tournament, which is crazy given the players you have. Even if you ignore Ronaldo, the rest of the team should be more than enough to see off teams like Israel and Northern Ireland, yet you lost 6(!) points against them.

On October 21 2013 21:45 cSc.Dav1oN wrote:
Honestly, that sucks, facing France again, objectivly the worst possible option for Ukraine, cause we never passed playoffs, I wish Artosis could put he's bet on France.

Although France won't pass that easy, England might prove it

France needed the Hand of Henry to beat Ireland. I wouldn't count you guys out

DaCruise

Denmark2457 Posts

October 21 2013 12:54 GMT

#35

As much as I want Iceland to advance I think Croatia will come out on top. The other matches are completely open imo. Sweden vs Portugal will be really close I think. Shut down Ronaldo and Portugal aint that great.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

October 21 2013 12:56 GMT

#36

Every qualification no matter what year Portugal just suck. They have been worst at England at making an easy group look stupidly hard. They just don't seem to turn up to qualifying games. Yet you bet as much as you can for them to finish top 8 even top 4 in Brazil if they get passed Sweden. They are so good when they get to the tournament, it's like the only play well after being with each other for over a few weeks. But when its just a few days then having to play they are just poor :S