That's interesting. I hadn't been aware of this so though thought it was worth looking up.Originally Posted by surge
The seedings were based on how well teams did in qualifying. Wales were 19th best qualifiers. Wales and Sweden were the only countries seeded out of the top 16 but were ranked in UEFA's top 16 at the start of the tournament. This suggests we had a pretty good run since qualification for Euro 2020, culminating in being promoted to Nations League A.
Turkey, on the other hand, had been relegated to Nations League C since qualification and were ranked outside the top 16, despite being seeded 14th.
Another point to all of this, Turkey, Russia and Poland were all sides seeded in the top 16 but were ranked lower in the UEFA rankings than they were seeded. All failed to qualify. Germany and Ukraine were also seeded higher than their rankings at the start of the tournament and both struggled to get through. Wales, Sweden and Denmark (despite the understandable Finland defeat) were seeded lower than their rankings but got through.
I think my point is that seedings are probably less of a guide than the FIFA rankings of each team at the start of the tournament.
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