Putin and Blatter during the draw for the World Cup qualifiers in St Petersburg. EPA / Maxim Shipenkov
The Dutch team plays in the qualifying tournament for the World Cup in 2018 in Russia to include France. This emerged from the draw in St Petersburg.
In Group A are Sweden , Bulgaria , Belarus and Luxembourg other Opponents of Orange.
The nine group winners in Europe qualify for the final tournament for the world. The best eight runners-up compete in playoffs for the other four World Cup tickets, to forgive the UEFA
Coach Danny Blind was the lengthy ceremony one of the representatives of the KNVB:.
“Of course you hope beforehand that your top countries like France and Italy can avoid. Also, since only the number one in the group places itself directly for the World Cup. We are so attached to France. I look forward to two great matches. In addition, you can perhaps say that Sweden, Bulgaria and Belarus even the toughest opponents from pot three, four and five. So in this regard we can full the bin “
Our sports editor Bart Hinke says this is a bad prospect for Blind:
“He starts with a very difficult task. A coach can say that it is a challenge, but of course you always want a pool as easy as possible. The European Championship qualification spicy. It could just be that he is not going to experience the final tournament. “
The European Football Union will tomorrow the schedule of also Orange disclose.
- Group A : The Netherlands, Bulgaria, Belarus, Luxembourg, Sweden, France
- Group B . The Faroe Islands, Latvia, Andorra, Hungary, Switzerland, Portugal.
- Group C . Norway, Azerbaijan, San Marino, Northern Ireland, Czech Republic, Germany
- Group D : Ireland , Moldova, Georgia, Serbia, Austria, Wales
- Group E . Montenegro, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Poland, Denmark, Romania
- . Group F : Slovenia, Lithuania, Malta, Scotland, Slovakia, England
- Group G . Israel, Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Albania, Italy, Spain
- Group H : Estonia, Greece, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium
- Group I . Ukraine, Turkey, Finland, Iceland, Croatia.
(Reuters)
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