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Northern Ireland and Wales must overcome the odds again at Euro 2016 after Uefa yesterday confirmed they would be among the bottom seeds in France next summer.
England join holders Spain, Portugual, Germany, Belgium and hosts France as top seeds.
Northern Ireland won Group F with 21 points but actually have the lowest Uefa co-efficient of any team still involved and, like Wales, will be pulled from Pot Four.
That is because only 40 per cent of the coefficient rating comes from the recently concluded qualifying round, with the same again to the 2014 World Cup campaign and the remaining 20 per cent coming from performances on the way to Euro 2012.
Northern Ireland finished fifth in their two previous qualifying group campaigns, with Wales fourth and fifth.
Italy, Russia, Switzerland, Croatia and Austria take five of the six slots in Pot Two, with Iceland and Albania in Pot Four.
