Group A: Switzerland, Turkey, Portugal, Czech Republic

Group B: Austria, Poland, Germany, Croatia

Group C: Holland, France, Romania, Italy

Group D: Greece, Russia, Spain, Sweden



Group C looks nice

Group B is reminiscent of World War 2. poor Poland.

will be some good games in there and i will certainly be watching the tournament unfold regardless of the supposed 'home nations' farce.

Spain will be happiest of all the 'bigger' teams me thinks

A: Portugal, Czech Republic
B: Germany, Poland
C: Italy, Holland
D: Spain, Sweden

you think poland ahead of croatia? interesting.

i think it will be Italy, France also rather than Holland

Blimey Group C looks a bit of a humdinger!

Some great looking fixtures there, I'm looking foward to seeing some cracking matches next summer.

Yep. When you have the world's best keeper behind you, the confidence will be high. They are a very strong side and often underestimated

Group B and D : joke
Group A : Tough
Group C : Hell

I wonder what price I'd get on France beating Italy in the group stages and Italy repaying the favour in the final

said without a hint of a bias!

Me? never! He'll be an Arsenal player by then anyway I reckon

Poor Romania

literally

On their day, anyone can beat anyone in Group C. Romania put in a good qualifying campaign. Beat Holland at least once too IIRC

Yea in another group Romania would have had a good shot of progressing, they will give all those teams a decent match.

Romanian team looks very good, and they are in a kind of "nothing to lose" position. If they dont qualify it will be perfecly normal, and if they do it will be a huge achievement. I can see them beating France in the debut and then a tie against Netherlands and another smart draw in last match against Italy, which will qualify both teams. In A Czech and Portugal to pass, with Switzerland offering some resistance; in C Germany and Croatia without major problems and in D Spain will thrash everyone but lose in next knock-out round (as always), with either Greece or Sweden also qualifying and leaving in next stage

Group A: Switzerland, Turkey, Portugal, Czech Republic

The toughest group to pick from, but not the toughest group.

Group B: Austria, Poland, Germany, Croatia

Finally some decent competion for Croatia.

Group C: Holland, France, Romania, Italy

Oh lordy, one of the superpowers out

Group D: Greece, Russia, Spain, Sweden

Current champs have a decent enough chance of going through, but I wouldnt back them at all. LAY LAY


Need to look at the fixtures and some other stuff, back in a bit.

Group A: Switzerland , Turkey, Portugal, Czech Republic

Group B: Austria, Poland, Germany, Croatia

Group C: Holland, France, Romania, Italy

Group D: Greece, Russia, Spain, Sweden


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Haha so true

Hard group for Italy but I think it's better to start the competition against big teams, it helps to don't lose the focus

Seems not too difficult for Spain, but I wouldn't be surprised if we're out earlier than I'm expecting.

I dont get how 3 of the best teams in europe can be drawn in the same group, the seeding system is crap, this just means one of the best teams is sure to go out meaning the appeal of the tournament will be lower. I know smaller teams get a better chance because of this but id rather see the netherlands in the quarters than bloody poland.

hahahaha ~ there comes my fave group ~ GROUP C <333

my prediction for the next round XD

Group A: Portugal, Czech Republic

Group B: Germany, Croatia

Group C: Holland, France

Group D: Greece, Spain

well the hardest gropu is def group c

be good to see what happens, but to have 4 times world champions Italy and current runners up France in the same group seems a little harsh..

however i really think that a team from group C will win the euro 2008.

we shall see.

forza azzurri..

we still have France messin around, we'll never get rid of them
Domenech will be happy

I, like many of you, think the seeding system is perhaps one of the most stupid ever. I know it's a UEFA competition, but the most reasonale thing to do in any case is to apply the current ranking table, instead of a pathetic coefficent (which only takes in consideration a limited number of results, and not real overall team ability over a period of time, which the FIFA ranking tries to do).

I can understand having Austria and Switzerland in the top seed, but (even if they got reasonable groups) wouldn't it have been more probable for them to get better groups had both teams been in different pots?

I just had a look at some betting odds, and (if these were ever to be 100% right), these would be the quarter finals:

POR - CRO
GER - CZE
ITA - GRE
SPA - FRA

The semis would only see the group A/B teams content for a place in the final, and the C/D teams content for a place in the final... which means one team from group A or B will be in the final, and one team from group C or D will be in the final. Which mean an ITALY-FRANCE final is impossible, or HOLLAND-SPAIN (or any other combination from A-B or C-D).

Why aren't the groups being "mixed" at QF and SF stages (which is what happens at World CUp level)? That would make ANY combination possible in the final.

I'd be happy to see an ITALY-FRANCE semi final (or maybe ITALY-SPAIN!) and a GERMANY-ITALY final!

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