RESULTS FROM THE 2024 EURO QUALIFIERS

Italy dropped points after a ‘1-1’ draw with North Macedonia, but we are not sure if that counts as an upset given that North Macedonia knocked Italy out of their 2022 World Cup qualifiers, and England was held to a 1-all draw by Ukraine. There were really no upsetting or shocking results.
Spain had a good run, winning 7-1 against Georgia and then 6-0 against Cyprus. Portugal picked up their biggest win on record by thrashing Luxembourg 9-0.

September 7:

FRANCE 2-0 IRELAND
NETHERLANDS 3-0 GREECE
CZECH REPUBLIC 1-1 ALBANIA
POLAND 2-0 FAROE ISLANDS
LITHUANIA 2-2 MONTENEGRO
SERBIA 1-2 HUNGARY
KAZAKHSTAN 0-1 FINLAND
DENMARK 4-0 SAN MARINO
SLOVENIA 4-2 NORTHERN IRELAND

September 8:

GEORGIA 1-7 SPAIN
CYPRUS 0-3 SCOTLAND
CROATIA 5-0 LATVIA
TURKEY 1-1 ARMENIA
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 2-1 LIECHTENSTEIN
LUXEMBOURG 3-1 ICELAND
SLOVAKIA 0-1 PORTUGAL

September 9:

UKRAINE 1-1 ENGLAND
NORTH MACEDONIA 1-1 ITALY
AZERBAIJAN 0-1 BELGIUM
ESTONIA 0-5 SWEDEN
ANDORRA 0-0 BELARUS
KOSOVO 2-2 SWITZERLAND
ROMANIA 1-1 ISRAEL

September 10:

GREECE 5-0 GIBRALTAR
IRELAND 1-2 NETHERLANDS
FAROE ISLANDS 0-1 MOLDOVA
ALBANIA 2-0 POLAND
MONTENEGRO 2-1 BULGARIA
LITHUANIA 1-3 SERBIA
KAZAKHSTAN 1-0 NORTHERN IRELAND
FINLAND 0-1 DENMARK
SAN MARINO 0-4 SLOVENIA

September 11:

ARMENIA 0-1 CROATIA
LATVIA 0-2 WALES
ICELAND 1-0 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
PORTUGAL 9-0 LUXEMBOURG
SLOVAKIA 3-0 LIECHTENSTEIN

September 12:

NORWAY 2-1 GEORGIA
SPAIN 6-0 CYPRUS
ITALY 2-1 UKRAINE
MALTA 0-2 NORTH MACEDONIA
BELGIUM 5-0 ESTONIA
SWEDEN 1-3 AUSTRIA
ISRAEL 1-0 BELARUS
ROMANIA 2-0 KOSOVO
SWITZERLAND 3-0 ANDORRA

As things stand in the qualification groups:

Group A
1 | Scotland (5) – 15 points
2 | Spain (4) – 9 points
3 | Norway (5) – 7 points
4 | Georgia (5) – 4 points
5 | Cyprus (5) – 0 points

Group B
1 | France (5) – 15 points
2 | Netherlands (4) – 9 points
3 | Greece (5) – 9 points
4 | Republic of Ireland (5) – 3 points
5 | Gibraltar (5) – 0 points

Group C
1 | England (5) – 13 points
2 | Italy (4) – 7 points
3 | Ukraine (5) – 7 points
4 | North Macedonia (5) – 7 points
5 | Malta (5) – 0 points

Group D
1 | Croatia (4) – 10 points
2 | Turkey (5) – 10 points
3 | Armenia (5) – 7 points
4 | Wales (5) – 7 points
5 | Latvia (5) – 0 points

Group E
1 | Albania (5) – 10 points
2 | Czech Republic (4) – 8 points
3 | Moldova (5) – 8 points
4 | Poland (5) – 6 points
5 | Faroe Islands (5) – 1 point

Group F
1 | Belgium (5) – 13 points
2 | Austria (5) – 13 points
3 | Sweden (5) – 6 points
4 | Azerbaijan (4) – 1 point
5 | Estonia (5) – 1 point

Group G
1 | Hungary (4) – 10 points
2 | Serbia (5) – 10 points
3 | Montenegro (5) – 8 points
4 | Bulgaria (5) – 2 points
5 | Lithuania (5) – 2 points

Group H
1 | Slovenia (6) – 13 points
2 | Denmark (6) – 13 points
3 | Finland (6) – 12 points
4 | Kazakhstan (6) – 12 points
5 | Northern Ireland (6) – 3 points
6 | San Marino (6) – 0 points

Group I
1 | Switzerland (6) – 14 points
2 | Romania (6) – 12 points
3 | Israel (6) – 11 points
4 | Belarus (6) – 4 points
5 | Kosovo (6) – 4 points
6 | Andorra (6) – 2 points

Group J
1 | Portugal (6) – 18 points
2 | Slovakia (6) – 13 points
3 | Luxembourg (6) – 10 points
4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (6) – 6 points
5 | Iceland (6) – 6 points
6 | Liechtenstein (6) – 0 points

2023* AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS QUALIFIERS

15 teams had already qualified, leaving 9 teams in search of qualification.
The 9 qualification slots were occupied by Angola, Cameroon, Congo DR, Gambia, Ghana, Mauritania, Mozambique , Namibia, and Tanzania

The 24 nations that will be playing in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

🇩🇿 Algeria
🇦🇴 Angola
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
🇨🇲 Cameroon
🇨🇻 Cape Verde
🇨🇩 DR Congo
🇪🇬 Egypt
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea
🇬🇲 Gambia
🇬🇭 Ghana
🇬🇳 Guinea
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
🇲🇱 Mali
🇲🇷 Mauritania
🇲🇦 Morocco
🇲🇿 Mozambique
🇳🇦 Namibia
🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇸🇳 Senegal
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇹🇿 Tanzania
🇹🇳 Tunisia
🇿🇲 Zambia

The final standings in the groups after the 6 rounds.

Group A
1 | Nigeria : 15 points
2 | Guinea-Bissau : 13 points
3 | Sierra Leone : 5 points
4 | São Tomé and Príncipe : 1 point

Group B
1 | Burkina Faso : 11 points
2 | Cape Verde : 10 points
3 | Togo : 8 points
4 | Eswatini : 3 points

Group C
1 | Cameroon : 7 points
2 | Namibia : 5 points
3 | Burundi : 4 points
4 | Kenya : 0 points

Group D
1 | Egypt : 15 points
2 | Guinea : 10 points
3 | Malawi : 5 points
4 | Ethiopia : 4 points

Group E
1 | Ghana : 12 points
2 | Angola : 9 points
3 | Central African Republic : 7 points
4 | Madagascar : 3 points

Group F
1 | Algeria : 16 points
2 | Tanzania : 8 points
3 | Uganda : 7 points
4 | Niger : 2 points

Group G
1 | Mali : 15 points
2 | Gambia : 10 points
3 | Congo : 7 points
4 | South Sudan : 3 points

Group H
1 | Zambia : 13 points
2 | Ivory Coast : 13 points
3 | Comoros : 7 points
4 | Lesotho : 1 point

Group I
1 | DR Congo : 12 points
2 | Mauritania : 10 points
3 | Gabon : 7 points
4 | Sudan : 6 points

Group J
1 | Tunisia : 13 points
2 | Equatorial Guinea : 13 points
3 | Botswana : 4 points
4 | Libya : 4 points

Group K
1 | South Africa : 7 points
2 | Morocco : 6 points
3 | Liberia : 1 points
4 | Zimbabwe : 0 points

Group L
1 | Senegal : 14 points
2 | Mozambique : 10 points
3 | Benin : 5 points
4 | Rwanda : 3 points

CONMEBOL WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

Colombia beat Venezuela and drew in Colombia.
A draw in Paraguay got Peru their only point from their two games.
Chile followed a defeat in Colombia with a point at home against Colombia.
Paraguay picked up a point from a goalless draw with Peru in their opening game, before losing to Venezuela in their next match.
Lionel Messi’s freekick goal got Argentina the win in their World Cup qualifier opener against Ecuador. They then went on to win ‘3-0’ in Bolivia without him.
Uruguay were winners at home against Chile, but fell short and suffered defeat when they traveled to face Ecuador.
Neymar scored two goals to become Brazil’s record top goalscorer, breaking Pele’s record. Brazil left it late in their game against Peru but they got the win to Marquinhos goal in the 90th minute to get their qualifier starts with win.
Ecuador bounced back from defeat in Argentina by coming from a goal down to win at home against Uruguay.
Venezuela followed up their defeat in Colombia with a win at home against Paraguay.
Playing against Brazil, and then Argentina proved to be too difficult for Bolivia, as they lost both.

September 7
PARAGUAY 0-0 PERU
COLOMBIA 1-0 VENEZUELA
ARGENTINA 1-0 ECUADOR

September 8
URUGUAY 3-1 CHILE
BRAZIL 5-1 BOLIVIA

September 12
BOLIVIA 0-3 ARGENTINA
ECUADOR 2-1 URUGUAY
VENEZUELA 1-0 PARAGUAY
CHILE 0-0 COLOMBIA
PERU 0-1 BRAZIL

CONMEBOL WCQ STANDINGS

1 | Brazil : 6 points
2 | Argentina : 6 points
3 | Colombia : 4 points
4 | Uruguay : 3 points
5 | Venezuela : 3 points
6 | Paraguay : 1 point
7 | Peru : 1 point
8 | Chile : 1 point
9 | Ecuador : 0 points
10 | Bolivia : 0 points