{"id":96281,"date":"2017-10-16T10:53:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T10:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/world-cup-play-off-seedings-confirmed.html"},"modified":"2017-10-16T10:53:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T10:53:55","slug":"world-cup-play-off-seedings-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/football\/world-cup-play-off-seedings-confirmed.html","title":{"rendered":"World Cup play-off seedings confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Switzerland, Italy, Croatia and Denmark will be seeded in a pull for a FIFA World Cup play-offs in Zurich during 14:00CET on Tuesday after a FIFA World Rankings for Oct 2017 were published.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seeded: <\/strong>Switzerland (ranking 11th), Italy (15th), Croatia (18th), Denmark (19th)<strong><br \/>Unseeded: <\/strong>Northern Ireland (23rd), Sweden (25th), Republic of Ireland (26th), Greece (47th)<\/p>\n<p><!--End ad tag--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ties: 9-11  12-14 November<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>Who have competent already?<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Full guide<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>SEEDED<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article_picture\">\n<!--[if IE 9]&gt;<video>&lt;![endif]--><!--[if IE 9]&gt;<\/video>&lt;![endif]--><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Qualifying highlight: Switzerland 2-0 Portugal\" title=\"Qualifying highlight: Switzerland 2-0 Portugal\" src=\"https:\/\/img.uefa.com\/imgml\/uefacom\/eq\/fallback.jpg\" class=\"pflazyload lazyfade lazyOwl design article--img img-responsive\" \/><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"video-login-icon js-video-login-trigger icon-lock hidden\"><\/span><button class=\"video-login-button js-video-login-trigger btn btn-primary dark d3-plugin\"><span class=\"icon-login\"> <\/span>Log in for giveaway to watch a highlights<\/button><span class=\"video-login-close icon-close\"> <\/span>  <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-embedded_caption\">Qualifying highlight: Switzerland 2-0 Portugal<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>Switzerland<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Group B runners-up<\/strong>: W9 D0 L1 F23 A7<br \/><strong>Top scorer<\/strong>: Haris Seferovi\u0107 4<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous World Cups:<\/strong> 10 \u2013\u00a01934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1994, 2006, 2010, 2014<br \/><strong>Best performance:<\/strong> Quarter-finals (1934, 1938, 1954)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous play-offs: W1 L0<\/strong><br \/>2006 World Cup: 4-4 v Turkey (won on divided goals) \u2013 2-0h, 2-4a<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No UEFA organisation have ever unsuccessful to validate after securing 27 points in their organisation (the Czech Republic creation a 2006 World Cup around a play-offs).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"article_picture\">\n<!--[if IE 9]&gt;<video>&lt;![endif]--><!--[if IE 9]&gt;<\/video>&lt;![endif]--><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Qualifying highlight: Italy kick Albania in Buffon's 1,000th match\" title=\"Qualifying highlight: Italy kick Albania in Buffon's 1,000th match\" src=\"https:\/\/img.uefa.com\/imgml\/uefacom\/eq\/fallback.jpg\" class=\"pflazyload lazyfade lazyOwl design article--img img-responsive\" \/><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"video-login-icon js-video-login-trigger icon-lock hidden\"><\/span><button class=\"video-login-button js-video-login-trigger btn btn-primary dark d3-plugin\"><span class=\"icon-login\"> <\/span>Log in for giveaway to watch a highlights<\/button><span class=\"video-login-close icon-close\"> <\/span>  <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-embedded_caption\">Qualifying highlight: Italy kick Albania in Buffon&#8217;s 1,000th match<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>Italy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Group G runners-up<\/strong>: W7 D2 L1 F21 A8<br \/><strong>Top scorer<\/strong>: Ciro Immobile 6<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous World Cups:<\/strong> 18 \u2013\u00a01934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014<br \/><strong>Best performance:<\/strong> Winners (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous play-offs: W1 L0<\/strong><br \/>1998 World Cup: 2-1 v Russia \u2013 1-1a, 1-0h<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>With Uruguay, Germany, Brazil, England, Argentina and France in a finals, Italy are a usually prior winners not nonetheless qualified.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"article_picture\">\n<!--[if IE 9]&gt;<video>&lt;![endif]--><!--[if IE 9]&gt;<\/video>&lt;![endif]--><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Qualifying highlight: Croatia win in Ukraine to strech play-offs\" title=\"Qualifying highlight: Croatia win in Ukraine to strech play-offs\" src=\"https:\/\/img.uefa.com\/imgml\/uefacom\/eq\/fallback.jpg\" class=\"pflazyload lazyfade lazyOwl design article--img img-responsive\" \/><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"video-login-icon js-video-login-trigger icon-lock hidden\"><\/span><button class=\"video-login-button js-video-login-trigger btn btn-primary dark d3-plugin\"><span class=\"icon-login\"> <\/span>Log in for giveaway to watch a highlights<\/button><span class=\"video-login-close icon-close\"> <\/span>  <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-embedded_caption\">Qualifying highlight: Croatia win in Ukraine to strech play-offs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>Croatia<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Group we runners-up<\/strong>: W6 D2 L2 F16 A7<br \/><strong>Top scorer<\/strong>: Mario Mand\u017euki\u0107 5<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong>Previous World Cups<\/strong>: 4 \u2013\u00a01998, 2002, 2006, 2014<strong><br \/><\/strong><strong>Best performance<\/strong>: Third place (1998)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous play-offs: W4 L0<\/strong><br \/>2014 World Cup: 2-0 v Iceland \u2013 0-0a, 2-0h<br \/>UEFA EURO 2012: 3-0 v Turkey \u2013 3-0a, 0-0h<br \/>UEFA EURO 2004: 2-1 v Slovenia \u2013 1-1h, 1-0a<br \/>1998 World Cup: 3-1 v Iceland \u2013 2-0h, 1-1a<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Croatia&#8217;s 4 education around play-offs is a record.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"article_picture\">\n<!--[if IE 9]&gt;<video>&lt;![endif]--><!--[if IE 9]&gt;<\/video>&lt;![endif]--><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Qualifying highlight: Denmark 4-0 Poland\" title=\"Qualifying highlight: Denmark 4-0 Poland\" src=\"https:\/\/img.uefa.com\/imgml\/uefacom\/eq\/fallback.jpg\" class=\"pflazyload lazyfade lazyOwl design article--img img-responsive\" \/><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"video-login-icon js-video-login-trigger icon-lock hidden\"><\/span><button class=\"video-login-button js-video-login-trigger btn btn-primary dark d3-plugin\"><span class=\"icon-login\"> <\/span>Log in for giveaway to watch a highlights<\/button><span class=\"video-login-close icon-close\"> <\/span>  <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-embedded_caption\">Qualifying highlight: Denmark 4-0 Poland<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>Denmark<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Group E runners-up<\/strong>: W6 D2 L2 F20 A8<br \/><strong>Top scorer<\/strong>: Christian Eriksen 8<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong>Previous World Cups<\/strong>: 4 \u2013\u00a01986, 1998, 2002, 2010<strong><\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong><strong>Best performance<\/strong>: Quarter-finals (1998)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous play-offs: W1 L1<\/strong><br \/>UEFA EURO 2016: 3-4 v Sweden \u2013 1-2a, 2-2h<br \/>UEFA EURO 2000: 8-0 v Israel \u2013 5-0a, 3-0h<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Denmark opposite Sweden is a usually probable rematch of a prior play-off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>UNSEEDED:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article_picture\">\n<!--[if IE 9]&gt;<video>&lt;![endif]--><!--[if IE 9]&gt;<\/video>&lt;![endif]--><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Qualifying highlight: Northern Ireland 2-0 Czech Republic\" title=\"Qualifying highlight: Northern Ireland 2-0 Czech Republic\" src=\"https:\/\/img.uefa.com\/imgml\/uefacom\/eq\/fallback.jpg\" class=\"pflazyload lazyfade lazyOwl design article--img img-responsive\" \/><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"video-login-icon js-video-login-trigger icon-lock hidden\"><\/span><button class=\"video-login-button js-video-login-trigger btn btn-primary dark d3-plugin\"><span class=\"icon-login\"> <\/span>Log in for giveaway to watch a highlights<\/button><span class=\"video-login-close icon-close\"> <\/span>  <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-embedded_caption\">Qualifying highlight: Northern Ireland 2-0 Czech Republic<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>Northern Ireland<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Group C runners-up<\/strong>: W6 D1 L3 F17 A6<br \/><strong>Top scorers<\/strong>: Kyle Lafferty, Josh Magennis 3<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong>Previous World Cups<\/strong>: 3 \u2013 1958, 1982, 1986<strong><br \/><\/strong><strong>Best performance<\/strong>: Quarter-finals (1958)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous play-offs: none<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Northern Ireland are a 34th opposite UEFA member republic to take partial in a World Cup or UEFA play-off.<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"article_picture\">\n<!--[if IE 9]&gt;<video>&lt;![endif]--><!--[if IE 9]&gt;<\/video>&lt;![endif]--><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Qualifying highlight: Watch extraordinary Toivonen idea from halfway\" title=\"Qualifying highlight: Watch extraordinary Toivonen idea from halfway\" src=\"https:\/\/img.uefa.com\/imgml\/uefacom\/eq\/fallback.jpg\" class=\"pflazyload lazyfade lazyOwl design article--img img-responsive\" \/><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"video-login-icon js-video-login-trigger icon-lock hidden\"><\/span><button class=\"video-login-button js-video-login-trigger btn btn-primary dark d3-plugin\"><span class=\"icon-login\"> <\/span>Log in for giveaway to watch a highlights<\/button><span class=\"video-login-close icon-close\"> <\/span>  <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-embedded_caption\">Qualifying highlight: Watch extraordinary Toivonen idea from halfway<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>Sweden<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Group A runners-up<\/strong>: W6 D1 L3 F26 A9<br \/><strong>Top scorer<\/strong>: Marcus Berg 8<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong>Previous World Cups<\/strong>: 11 \u2013 1934, 1938, 1950, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1994, 2002, 2006<strong><\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong><strong>Best performance<\/strong>: Runners-up (1958)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous play-offs: W1 L0<\/strong><br \/>UEFA EURO 2016: 4-3 v Denmark \u2013 2-1h, 2-2a<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sweden scored some-more goals in their organisation than any other play-off contenders; indeed their total of 26 was usually bettered by territory winners Germany, Belgium, Spain, Portugal and Poland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"article_picture\">\n<!--[if IE 9]&gt;<video>&lt;![endif]--><!--[if IE 9]&gt;<\/video>&lt;![endif]--><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Qualifying highlight: Ireland win in Wales to make play-offs\" title=\"Qualifying highlight: Ireland win in Wales to make play-offs\" src=\"https:\/\/img.uefa.com\/imgml\/uefacom\/eq\/fallback.jpg\" class=\"pflazyload lazyfade lazyOwl design article--img img-responsive\" \/><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"video-login-icon js-video-login-trigger icon-lock hidden\"><\/span><button class=\"video-login-button js-video-login-trigger btn btn-primary dark d3-plugin\"><span class=\"icon-login\"> <\/span>Log in for giveaway to watch a highlights<\/button><span class=\"video-login-close icon-close\"> <\/span>  <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-embedded_caption\">Qualifying highlight: Ireland win in Wales to make play-offs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>Republic of Ireland<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Group D runners-up<\/strong>: W5 D4 L1 F12 A5<br \/><strong>Top scorer<\/strong>: James McClean 4<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong>Previous World Cups<\/strong>: 3 \u2013\u00a01990, 1994, 2002<strong><\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong><strong>Best performance<\/strong>: Quarter-finals (1990)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous play-offs: W3 L4<\/strong><br \/>UEFA EURO 2016: 3-1 v Bosnia and Herzegovina \u2013 1-1a, 2-0h<br \/>UEFA EURO 2012: 5-1 v Estonia \u2013 4-0a, 1-1h<br \/>2010 World Cup: 1-2 v France \u2013 0-1h, 1-1a (aet)<br \/>2002 World Cup: 2-1 v Iran \u2013 2-0h, 0-1a<br \/>UEFA EURO 2000: 1-1 v Turkey (lost on divided goals) \u2013 1-1h, 0-0a<br \/>1998 World Cup: 2-3 v Belgium \u2013 1-1h, 1-2a<br \/>EURO &#8217;96: 0-2 v Netherlands \u2013 one-off diversion in Liverpool<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ireland&#8217;s eighth play-off coming is a record; a subsequent top total is Ukraine&#8217;s six.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"article_picture\">\n<!--[if IE 9]&gt;<video>&lt;![endif]--><!--[if IE 9]&gt;<\/video>&lt;![endif]--><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Qualifying highlight: Greece make certain of play-off\" title=\"Qualifying highlight: Greece make certain of play-off\" src=\"https:\/\/img.uefa.com\/imgml\/uefacom\/eq\/fallback.jpg\" class=\"pflazyload lazyfade lazyOwl design article--img img-responsive\" \/><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"video-login-icon js-video-login-trigger icon-lock hidden\"><\/span><button class=\"video-login-button js-video-login-trigger btn btn-primary dark d3-plugin\"><span class=\"icon-login\"> <\/span>Log in for giveaway to watch a highlights<\/button><span class=\"video-login-close icon-close\"> <\/span>  <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-embedded_caption\">Qualifying highlight: Greece make certain of play-off<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><strong>Greece<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Group H runners-up<\/strong>: W5 D4 L1 F17 A6<br \/><strong>Top scorer<\/strong>: Kostas Mitroglou 6<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong>Previous World Cups<\/strong>: 3 \u2013\u00a01994, 2010, 2014<strong><\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong><strong>Best performance<\/strong>: Round of 16 (2014)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous play-offs: W2 L0<\/strong><br \/>2014 World Cup: 4-2 v Romania \u2013 3-1h, 1-1a<br \/>2010 World Cup: 1-0 v Ukraine \u2013 0-0h, 1-0a<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Greece could turn a initial UEFA member republic to strech 3 World Cups in a quarrel around a play-offs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Article source: http:\/\/www.uefa.com\/european-qualifiers\/news\/newsid=2509228.html?rss=2509228+World+Cup+play-off+seedings+confirmed<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Switzerland, Italy, Croatia and Denmark will be seeded in a pull for a FIFA World Cup play-offs in Zurich during 14:00CET on Tuesday after a FIFA World Rankings for Oct 2017 were published. Seeded: Switzerland (ranking 11th), Italy (15th), Croatia (18th), Denmark (19th)Unseeded: Northern Ireland (23rd), Sweden (25th), Republic of Ireland (26th), Greece (47th) Ties: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[87],"class_list":["post-96281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","tag-uefa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}