UEFA Pots Announced

The European pots were finalized today after the final round of qualifying for Euro2008 was played. The seedings were based on the new November 2007 FIFA rankings. England's final day loss to Croatia in UEFA Euro2008 qualifying relegates them to Pot B while Greece moves up to Pot A.

There will be eight groups of six teams and one group of five teams. This is because there will be one less team in Pot F than in the other pots.

Pot A:
Italy
Spain
Germany
Czech Republic
France
Portugal
Netherlands
Croatia
Greece

Pot B:
England
Romania
Scotland
Turkey
Bulgaria
Russia
Poland
Sweden
Israel

Pot C:
Norway
Ukraine
Serbia
Denmark
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Finland
Switzerland
Belgium

Pot D:
Slovakia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hungary
Moldova
Wales
Macedonia
Belarus
Lithuania
Cyprus

Pot E:
Georgia
Albania
Slovenia
Latvia
Iceland
Armenia
Austria
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan

Pot F:
Liechtenstein
Estonia
Malta
Luxembourg
Montenegro
Andorra
Faroe Islands
San Marino

The draw will be performed on Sunday. The nine group winners advance to South Africa and the best eight second-place teams will advance to the UEFA playoff round. Four more teams will then advance to South Africa. Qualifying will not begin until after Euro2008 is completed.