seeds

He’s more than just a shower of sunflower seeds.

The qualifying draw will take place in Switzerland on 13 December with Wales among the second seeds.

But for a group of physicists, these unique seeds -- and the way they bounce and roll down slopes -- could help them better understand landslides and avalanches, leading to research that could save lives.

One of them is the practice of farmers burning crop remains to clear their fields quickly to sow seeds for the next yield.

The exception is that the top seeds will be drawn out of the teams who finish in the top two of each League A group - plus the four top countries by world rankings.