Every qualification scenario for Euro 2016

Liam Togher analyses every single possible scenario as the Euro 2016 qualifiers draw to a close.

Four nations have already joined hosts France in ensuring their place at the finals of Euro 2016, with 15 more set to book their tickets in the coming days before the remaining four places are decided in November’s play-offs. As it stands, 12 teams know they will either qualify automatically or go into a play-off, seven can only hope for a play-off, 17 have already been eliminated and the other 13 nations, Ireland amongst them, have their fate very much in the balance ahead of this final, decisive week of the qualifiers, with the groups coming to a conclusion.

Football fans across the continent will weigh up what can still happen and where points are likely, or unlikely, to come from. It will be a hectic six days of calculations, permutations and general headaches. However, I hope to ease some of those headaches a small bit by doing the hard work for you and calculating exactly what each team needs to do, if anything, in their final two qualifying matches. Here goes!