England seeded for Euro 2008 draw
England are among the top tier of seven seeds for Euro 2008 qualifying. They have been put in a group including defending champions and top seed Greece as well as Netherlands, Portugal, Czech Republic, France and Sweden. ----Italy and Germany are in the second group along with Croatia, Turkey, Poland, Spain and Romania.
Scotland have been placed in the fourth tier of teams, Wales in the fifth and Northern Ireland in the sixth for the draw on the 27 January 2007.
The seedings for each country have been based on qualifying for Euro 2004 and next summer's World Cup in Germany.
If Greece were not the holders they would only just have made it into the second tier with Germany making the top seven. -
Hosts Switzerland and Austria qualify automatically for the 16-team tournament. --The remaining 50 teams will be split into six groups of seven and one of eight with the winners and runners-up qualifying for the tournament.
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