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By (user no longer on site)
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"Who are Scotland playing in the tournament ? Lol
Does my head in when people say this, the only reason England are seeded high in the qualifying draws is due to their domestic teams doing well in the champions league, teams which are totally full of foreigners.
If England were to be seeded on their international performance they would struggle to qualify through similar groups that we get, they struggle through as it is in the easy groups they get. Really gets up my nose that does!! Its got nothing to do with the domestic league, seeded through past results & qualifying for past tournaments" On 20 May 2008, UEFA announced changes to the coefficient ranking system.[1][2][3] The ranking will continue to be calculated every second year in November, but under the new system, teams now gain ranking points for each game played in the most recently completed full cycle (defined as all qualifying games and final tournament games) of both the World Cup and European Championship, with addition of ranking points for each game played at the latest completed half cycle (defined as all games played in the latest qualifying round). Ranking points for all games played inside those two and a half cycles, will be awarded according to the rules listed below.
10,000 points are awarded for each match played, regardless of the match result.
Each team earns an additional 30,000 for winning and 10,000 for drawing.
In case of a game decided by penalty shoot out, the points are allocated as a draw, with the winner of the shoot-out gaining an additional 10,000 points.
Each match at the final tournament, or play-offs to determine qualification, are also granted some extra bonus points, ranging from 6,000 points for all play-offs or World Cup group stage games, to 38,000 points for playing a final.
501 points are earned for each goal scored, and -500 are given for each goal conceded.
Coefficients are calculated for each two and a half cycle, by dividing the sum of earned points with the number of games played.
When calculating the overall average coefficient for the cycles, the latest full cycle and half cycle will each have double the weight, compared to the oldest full cycle.
Special arrangements are in place for those nations that did not participate in one of the previous qualifying tournaments due to hosting the competition.
[edit]Final ranking in 2009
The ranking points from November 2009, to be used for the seeded draw of UEFA Euro 2012 qualification groups, was calculated for each nation by adding up:
40% of the average points per game, earned in the 2010 World Cup qualifying stage.
40% of the average points per game, earned in the 2008 Euro qualifying stage and final tournament.
20% of the average points per game, earned in the 2006 World Cup qualifying stage and final tournament.
The new official UEFA ranking was calculated for the first time in November 2009, with the following final points:[4] England
34,819 Scotland
25,646 Final ranking in 2011 England
33,563 Scotland
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