The 5th best team of Euro 2012 was...?
Reed, this may be useful on how the draw was done:
Poland and Ukraine had the two lowest coefficients of the 16 teams in the tournament, but were each guaranteed a place in "Pot 1" because of their status as hosts.
Interestingly enough, the same thing happened with Austria and Switzerland in 2008.
Reed, this may be useful on how the draw was done:
The pot allocations were based on the UEFA national team coefficient rankings of the sixteen finalists at the end of the qualifying competition in November 2011.Each nation's coefficient was generated by calculating:
40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying stage.
40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage and final tournament.
20% of the average ranking points per game earned in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying stage and final tournament.
40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying stage.
40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage and final tournament.
20% of the average ranking points per game earned in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying stage and final tournament.
Interestingly enough, the same thing happened with Austria and Switzerland in 2008.
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