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 EURO 2012 DRAW
The draw for EURO 2012 qualifying matches has been made. Wales have been drawn in Group G (5 nation group) along with: Montenegro, Bulgaria, Switzerland, and England. The qualifying matches will begin in September 2010. The fixtures meeting for the Group will be held in Switzerland. The meeting will be on Monday March 15th 2010 and involve all the teams in the group.
"Without doubt, drawing England will please all the Welsh fans - plenty of history there and we like nothing better than another chance against the old enemy! We have had recent experience against both Bulgaria and Montenegro, and Switzerland are a good mid-ranking European side. In truth, there will be little between ourselves and those other two sides. I imagine that all three sides would feel that second place is possible, it will be up to us to try and go one better than that.
I know Fabio Capello quite well, so will look forward to being able to pit our talents against a powerful England team later in the year.
I think it will be an advantage to us to be in a group with only five teams rather than six. It means we will have less traveling and it will be possible to not play so many double-header games. Also, we do not have any far away fixtures such as we have had last time with Russia and Azerbaijan. All-in-all, a very interesting draw." - John Toshack.
updated: Monday, 8th February 2010, 13:20 UK.
UEFA have confirmed the seeding pots for the EURO 2012 draw which will take place in Warsaw on 7 February (11am UK time). Wales are confirmed in pot 4. John Toshack, will hold a media conference on Monday 8th February to discuss the draw.
The draw will produce 9 qualifying groups with 6 groups of six nations and 3 groups of 5 nations. There are 14 finals places alongside co-hosts Poland and Ukraine. All groups will contain one nation from the first five pots and six groups will also include a nation from Pot 6.
Qualifying matches are scheduled to start in accordance with the international match calendar between September 2010 and October 2011. The nine group winners and the runner-up with the best record against the teams first, third, fourth and fifth in their group, will qualify directly for the final tournament. The eight remaining runners-up contest play-off matches in November 2011.
Seeding pots:
Pot 1: Spain (holders), Germany, Netherlands, Italy, England, Croatia, Portugal, France, Russia
Pot 2: Greece, Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Turkey, Denmark, Slovakia, Romania
Pot 3: Israel, Bulgaria, Finland, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Pot 4: Slovenia, Latvia, Hungary, Lithuania, Belarus, Belgium, Wales, FYR Macedonia, Cyprus
Pot 5: Montenegro, Albania, Estonia, Georgia, Moldova, Iceland, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein
Pot 6: Azerbaijan, Luxembourg, Malta, Faroe Islands, Andorra, San Marino.
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