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Published 12:50 24 Jan 2018 GMT
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There will be no playoff for third-place finishers of the normal qualification groups. Playoffs will be allocated based on Nations League.So 20 teams go through from the groups - that leaves four. Nations League The Nations League will run from September to November. Ireland are in League B and that's all that matters in this campaign.
We play Denmark and Wales in our group - home and away - and, if we don't qualify automatically through the normal qualifier groups, our performance in the Nations League will be judged.
Four teams from each league - A, B, C, D - will be put into a playoff against each other. Semi-final and then final.
One team from each league will qualify for Euro 2020. That's where the four extra teams come from. One from A, B, C, D.
If you top your Nations League group, you are guaranteed a playoff semi-final in the league you competed in.So if Ireland were in League D, they'd have two favourable games between them and the main tournament. They're in League B so it would be a tough semi-final and final. If the team on top of your group has already qualified through the normal system, it doesn't go to the next team down in that group - it goes to the next best non-qualified performer of the entire league - League B in Ireland's case. All the groups can be viewed here. However, there are perks to being in League B. There are only 12 teams in League A and, if more than eight of those qualify automatically for Euro 2020 via the normal system - which is very likely - there won't be enough to make up their four playoff teams. In that case, teams from League B will be brought in who have: 1) not already qualified and 2) not been ranked highly enough to make their League B playoff. So even if Ireland weren't good enough for the League B playoff, they could still be brought into the League A one.
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