Basically....

....there'll be a full euros qualifying campaign, as now (completely separate from this new 'Nations League' tournament).

That'll provide 20 of the 24 qualifiers (10 group winners, 10 runners up).

But - that leaves 4 places still up for grabs. And those *will* depend on this new tournament. The 16 (!) group winners from this new tournament will then compete to get those final 4 places for the euros. (If some of those have already qualified as part of the 20 places above, then their place in the play-offs will go to the next best team in their 'Nations League' group, etc etc.)

So the 16 teams from the Nations League that are competing for the 4 euro places will play semi-finals - taking them down to 8 - and then play-offs, to find the 4 who qualify.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on October 16th 2017 at 13:41:27

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FIFA world rankings just released (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 16, 11:32:00
- Interestingly have heard a couple people (Other Football) - revsimon, Oct 16, 14:11:01
- Quite a few nations are now highly strategic in game scheduling (Other Football) - Under soil heating, Oct 16, 11:40:29
  - Interesting, thanks (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 16, 11:57:56
    - The Euro League of Nations is replacing the friendlies though entut (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 16, 12:02:57
      - I'm lost (Other Football) - King, Oct 16, 12:36:56
        
        Basically.... (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 16, 13:41:27
        
        (Have to admit it took me more than one read to get there...) (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 16, 14:03:38
        
        Oh, and re whether this is replacing friendlies - (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 16, 14:06:12
        
        More international breaks? (Other Football) - camcan, Oct 16, 14:30:03
        
        "Will this mean more demands on players and clubs? (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 16, 14:36:03
        
        Neither completely... (n/m) (Other Football) - Yellalee, Oct 16, 13:04:07
      - Not until after the next World Cup though (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 16, 12:11:24
      - *some of the* (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 16, 12:11:09
- (Perhaps Portugal in third ought to have got a 'really?' too...) (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 16, 11:33:03
  - And Chile in 9th, they've been poor for a good while and lost 8 of 18 qualifiers (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Oct 16, 17:07:01
  - They are European champions I guess (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Oct 16, 11:35:18
    - True. And pretty impressive World Cup qualifying record, too (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Oct 16, 11:37:36
    - I think the additional "really?" should perhaps be Argentina (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Oct 16, 11:35:45
      - Looking further down I struggle to see how the Netherlands are above Iceland, Northern (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Oct 16, 11:37:15

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