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The fixtures are in guys First leg - November 9 20:45 in Zagreb Second leg - November 12 21:45 in Piraeus

The rest of the draw Denmark vs. Republic of Ireland Italy vs. Sweden Switzerland vs. Northern Ireland

Croatia vs. Greece

If Manolas doesn't play, K Paps will replace him and we will be fine.

Playoffs doesn't start until November 9, so there is a chance he could return.

Greece remains at 47th place, what a joke!

Thank you, I found out the draw will take place in Zurich, Switzerland at 14:00 So, in my local time, it will start at 07:00.

Question Where is the draw taking place? Reason I ask is I need to find out the exact time it starts.

Greece we're seeded in both playoffs for World Cup 2010 and 2014. Start the first leg at home and finished the second leg away.

I think this system will be awesome Just like in FIBA World Cup, the qualifying system for European countries is spot on!

Is this the new European Championship qualifying?

My guess would be Greece would be in the top 40.

My predication for the draw Italy - Northern Ireland Croatia-Republic of Ireland Switzerland-Sweden Greece-Denmark

The Intercontinental Playoffs are set Australia vs. Honduras New Zealand vs. Peru Shocking news today is USA did not qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1986.

In my opinion, only Italy is the team to avoid for several reasons. A) Not because they are better overall team, but the refs could have an influence to this tie B) FIFA is run by an Italian and he will do anything possible to stop Greece from qualifying. Croatia, Denmark, and Switzerland are better options even though Croatia can be pretty dangerous.

Check out the guys from ESPN. They said that Greece only have a 24% chance of qualifying for the World Cup. Interestingly though, Shaka Hislop said that Greece would be the one unseeded team to have the best chance to qualify over Sweden and both Ireland nations.

Come to think of it, that is the one thing we are concerned about playing Italy. The mafia from FIFA will do anything under their power to stop anyone from qualifying.

Since many people here don't like Tziolis, losing him won't be a big deal.

Did you guys know that Argentina could be in danger of not making the World Cup?

Croatia will be looking to seek revenge from the EURO 2012 qualifying. They are a dangerous side.

Right now at the moment the playoff seedings would be this SEEDED Portugal or Switzerland Italy Croatia Northern Ireland UNSEEDED Sweden Denmark Republic of Ireland Greece

Tomorrow, Fox Sports 1 will be showing Portugal - Switzerland and I will be watching that match rooting for Portugal to win.

Update on the playoffs Portugal 18 pts +18 Italy 17 pts +4 Denmark 14 pts +7 Croatia 14 pts +4 Sweden 13 pts +10 Northern Ireland 13 pts +4 Greece 13 pts +4 Republic of Ireland 13 pts +2 --------------------------------------------- Slovakia 12 pts +5

OK, so it's not like UEFA system where head to head counts. Just checking. :-)

Can the Netherlands go to the playoff with a simple win over Sweden, or do they have to score in bunches to get in?