We're not even sure of all the teams that will be taking part in next years World Cup, but this hasn't prevented the pots for Euro 2008 Qualification being announced!
Pot 1
Greece, Holland, Portugal, England, Czech Rep, France, Sweden
Pot 2
Germany, Croatia, Italy, Turkey, Poland, Spain, Romania
Pot 3
Serbia, Russia, Denmark, Norway, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Slovakia
Pot 4
Bosnia, Ireland, Belgium, Latvia, Israel, Scotland, Slovenia
Pot 5
Hungary, Finland, Estonia, Wales, Lithuania, Albania, Iceland
Pot 6
Georgia, Macedonia, Belarus, Armenia, N.Ireland, Cyprus, Moldova
Pot 7
Liechtenstein, Azerbaijan, Andorra, Malta, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, San Marino
We're going to end up with some fantastic qualification groups!
With 8 teams in Pot 7, I think we'll end up with an 8-team group, which will feature 2 minnows .. and some points for at least one of those teams! (when they play each other of course.
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Austria and Switzerland are automatic qualifiers.
The draw takes place on January 27th - which is one reason why I don't understand why they decided on the pots now. There are important matches between now and then, specifically the play-offs.