UEFA Euro 2008 Finals Draw

December 3rd, 2007 by SM Dev (ste)

The draw for Euro 2008 has now been made, and World Cup finalists France and Italy must be cursing UEFA’s seeding system after been drawn in the so called ‘Group of Death’ along with Romania and The Netherlands.

This year UFEA have calculated the seedings on the basis of results in the qualification tournaments for the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008 (surprisingly they did not take into account performances in the 2006 World Cup where both France and Italy reached the final, and top seed Greece did not even qualify for the tournament).

Switzerland and Austria (as co-hosts), and Greece (as defending champions), were seeded first automatically, and they were joined by The Netherlands who were seeded based on their UEFA coefficient. This new format has led to some interesting groups which will surely raise a few eyebrows, and also be the focus of discussion leading up to the tournament. Draw in full:

Group A –

Switzerland
Czech Republic
Portugal
Turkey

Group B –

Austria
Croatia
Germany
Poland

Group C –

Netherlands
Italy
Romania
France

Group D –

Greece
Sweden
Spain
Russia

The opening match will see co-hosts Switzerland entertain the Czech Republic on 7^th June, 2008, at the St. Jakob-Park stadium, Basel.

What do you think of new seeding format for the draw? Now the draw has been made who do you think will win the tournament? If your country has not qualified for the tournament will you be supporting another nation?

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14 Comments Add your own

1. Joel Mccluskey forum ledge! | December 3rd, 2007 at 3:46 pm

WOW look at group C that is mega difficult couldnt really predict that one but romania must feel bullied lol
2. stevie d | December 3rd, 2007 at 5:24 pm

my picks would be spain but my dark horses r defintly switzerland cus there at home and dey hav a rock solid defence
3. bogyocika | December 3rd, 2007 at 5:54 pm

i think romania will show that they ar a strong squad again and will cause som headaches to frenchs and dutch….netherlands didnt were able to score against romania in qualifier 2 games so i think they will be the dissapointment of euro 08
4. dutch kid | December 3rd, 2007 at 7:30 pm

i think holland will finish second. although thats a really hard group u st dont know hus gonna win?
5. dutch kid | December 3rd, 2007 at 7:31 pm

romania r hard as well as france and italy
6. stevie d | December 3rd, 2007 at 7:58 pm

group c will finish

1. Italy
2.France
3.holland
4.Romania

the draw was stupid. does anybody think that france shud be seeded below romania but on the other hand italy allways come good in the big compitions nd i dont know wat all the hype around holland is. the fact is that there starting 11’s r not as good as italy’s / france
7. Andrei the ROMANIAN | December 3rd, 2007 at 10:16 pm

don’t be picking on Romania!! …. they are a good team… .. Group C should be fun to watch.. who gets out will have a big chance to come back with a trophy
8. Andrei the ROMANIAN | December 3rd, 2007 at 10:17 pm

All the HEAT is on C!!!
9. Rooster | December 4th, 2007 at 12:32 am

France winners, Itlay runners up. Looks like a boring euro 2008, lets hope theres lots of good movies on, or England do a tour of the Americas.
10. PSV | December 4th, 2007 at 7:50 am

And this was supposed to be Van Der Sar’s last international competition for the Oranje!

I can’t really see how anyone can predict the results of group C, although I do not extremely feel that great after knowing the Oranje are teamed up with Les Bleues, Romania and the Italians.

I just hope Netherlands win another Euro competition just before VDS retires
11. antonio naddeo hannant | December 4th, 2007 at 9:46 am

i think group d will b the hardest with current champions greece seeded with the likes of spain and russia who knocked england out of the tournament italy and france will dominate group c the germans will top group b and the portugues will go though as group winners in group a if austria and the swiss end up playing each other it will b interesting cause 2 teams hosting one tournment has never played each other i am putting my money on the italians though they had a fantastic world cup and can relly show there class again but i can also c greece or portugal getting to the final as-well it will b an interesting euro 2008 no matter who wins it and how
12. dutch kid | December 4th, 2007 at 7:10 pm

group c’s the hardest Holland need to work really hard if they have any chances of qualifying
13. rameez | December 5th, 2007 at 2:07 pm

wow…group seems on fire….i think romania have to work hard…they have to play against italy, france and netherlands…….on the other hand..spain and germany has a chance to reach the finals..
14. Benni | March 29th, 2008 at 3:10 am

Croatia will qualify