Unsuccessful performance of the national team: Everything ends well, but not all is well

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Next summer the team will go to the European Championships. She avoided the worst-case scenario and thus major upheaval at the end of the campaign on Tuesday in Bucharest. At least a dire scenario that even the biggest pessimists could not imagine before qualifying began was averted in the sold-out Yoggeli match against Kosovo.

Although a ticket to the European Championship is secured even before the last game, the euphoria from what has been achieved is muted compared to other years, and the anticipation of a summer fairy tale in a neighboring country is not yet noticeable in these nasty November days. Too many things are going wrong right now. Qualifying for the European Championship cannot hide weak performances against Kosovo (2:2), Belarus (3:3) and Israel (1:1), and cannot eliminate internal conflicts in the team. Because the qualifications now achieved were simply mandatory in the weakest of all groups, on paper.

For the tenth time in two decades, Switzerland is taking part in a major tournament. This shows that SFV has done a good job over the years. But the association is floundering, and the qualifications achieved should not overshadow this. A tough analysis is needed in the next few weeks: in the team, in the coaching staff and in the leadership of the association. Then you need to set a course for the future. Otherwise, there is a risk that finals will cease to be the rule, but rather the exception for our team in the medium term.

Qualification group A

		team	JV	TD	PT
	1	Spain	7	18	18
	2	Scotland	7	9	16
	3	Norway	7	2	10
	4	Georgia	7	-4	8th place
	5	Cyprus	8th place	-25	0

Qualification group B

		team	JV	TD	PT
	1	France	7	26	21
	2	Netherlands	7	4	15
	3	Greece	7	6	12
	4	Ireland	8th place	-1	6
	5	Gibraltar	7	-35	0

Qualification group C

		team	JV	TD	PT
	1	England	7	18	19
	2	Italy	7	7	13
	3	Ukraine	7	3	13
	4	North Macedonia	7	-10	7
	5	Malta	8th place	-18	0

Qualification group D

		team	JV	TD	PT
	1	Türkiye	7	7	16
	2	Croatia	7	8th place	13
	3	Wales	7	0	eleven
	4	Armenia	7	-1	8th place
	5	Latvia	8th place	-14	3

Qualification group E

		team	JV	TD	PT
	1	Albania	7	8th place	14
	2	Czech Republic	7	3	12
	3	Poland	8th place	0	eleven
	4	Moldova	7	0	10
	5	Faroe islands	7	-eleven	1

Qualification group F

		team	JV	TD	PT
	1	Austria	8th place	10	19
	2	Belgium	7	13	17
	3	Sweden	7	0	7
	4	Azerbaijan	7	-5	7
	5	Estonia	7	-18	1

Qualification Group G

		team	JV	TD	PT
	1	Hungary	7	7	15
	2	Serbia	7	6	13
	3	Montenegro	7	0	eleven
	4	Lithuania	8th place	-6	6
	5	Bulgaria	7	-7	3

Qualification group N

		team	JV	TD	PT
	1	Denmark	9	eleven	22
	2	Slovenia	9	10	19
	3	Kazakhstan	9	5	18
	4	Finland	9	7	15
	5	Northern Ireland	9	-6	6
	6	San Marino	9	-27	0

Qualification group I

		team	JV	TD	PT
	1	Romania	9	10	19
	2	Switzerland	9	12	17
	3	Israel	9	-2	12
	4	Kosovo	9	1	eleven
	5	Belarus	9	-6	9
	6	Andorra	9	-15	2

Qualification Group J

		team	JV	TD	PT
	1	Portugal	9	32	27
	2	Slovakia	9	8th place	19
	3	Luxembourg	9	-7	14
	4	Iceland	9	3	10
	5	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9	-10	9
	6	Liechtenstein	9	-26	0

Source: Blick

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