No seeds for Euro play-off draw

THE draw for the Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs will not be seeded, UEFA decided yesterday.

The 10 qualifying group runners-up will be drawn from the same pot on October 13 in Frankfurt, Germany to decide the five two-legged play-offs.

“The UEFA Executive Committee decided unanimously to maintain the system of no seeding for the playoff draw procedure,” UEFA communications director Mike Lee said. “The committee took the view that this procedure is the simplest and fairest.”