Don't know whether preference is for a mega-thread or whether, like for the Euro qualification, we do a new thread for each round of games or double-header. Either way, we don't have the draw and schedule up here yet and presumably as teams start to drop like flies out of the European Championships, they might be looking ahead to September.
Schedule:
Russia obviously are not taking part in qualification, which left 52 teams when the draw was made. The addition of Kosovo and Gibraltar took the total up to 54, and the two new teams were added to the groups of five, so all nine groups have exactly six teams this time.
Nine group winners go through. The runner-up with the worst record is eliminated, and the other eight runners-up do the usual playoff thing.
Here you go then, folks:
Group A
Netherlands
France
Sweden
Bulgaria
Belarus
Luxembourg
Group B
Portugal
Switzerland
Hungary
Faroe Islands
Latvia
Andorra
Group C
Germany
Czechia
Northern Ireland
Norway
Azerbaijan
San Marino
Group D
Wales
Austria
Serbia
Republic of Ireland
Moldova
Georgia
Group E
Romania
Denmark
Poland
Montenegro
Armenia
Kazakhstan
Group F
England
Slovakia
Scotland
Slovenia
Lithuania
Malta
Group G
Spain
Italy
Albania
Israel
Macedonia
Liechtenstein
Group H
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Greece
Estonia
Cyprus
Gibraltar
Group I
Croatia
Iceland
Ukraine
Turkey
Finland
Kosovo
Schedule:
Code:
Matchday 1 4–6 September 2016 Matchday 2 6–8 October 2016 Matchday 3 9–11 October 2016 Matchday 4 11–13 November 2016 Matchday 5 24–26 March 2017 Matchday 6 9–11 June 2017 Matchday 7 31 August – 2 September 2017 Matchday 8 3–5 September 2017 Matchday 9 5–7 October 2017 Matchday 10 8–10 October 2017 Playoffs: First leg 9–11 November 2017 Second leg 12–14 November 2017
Nine group winners go through. The runner-up with the worst record is eliminated, and the other eight runners-up do the usual playoff thing.
Here you go then, folks:
Group A
Netherlands
France
Sweden
Bulgaria
Belarus
Luxembourg
Group B
Portugal
Switzerland
Hungary
Faroe Islands
Latvia
Andorra
Group C
Germany
Czechia
Northern Ireland
Norway
Azerbaijan
San Marino
Group D
Wales
Austria
Serbia
Republic of Ireland
Moldova
Georgia
Group E
Romania
Denmark
Poland
Montenegro
Armenia
Kazakhstan
Group F
England
Slovakia
Scotland
Slovenia
Lithuania
Malta
Group G
Spain
Italy
Albania
Israel
Macedonia
Liechtenstein
Group H
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Greece
Estonia
Cyprus
Gibraltar
Group I
Croatia
Iceland
Ukraine
Turkey
Finland
Kosovo
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