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Qualifying for the UEFA Euro 2000 final tournament, took place throughout 1998 and 1999. Forty-nine teams were divided into nine groups. All teams played against each other, within their groups, on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each group and the best runner-up qualified automatically for the final tournament. The rest of the runners-up played an additional set of playoff matches amongst each other.
Both Belgium and the Netherlands qualified automatically as co-hosts of the event.[1][2]
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
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Belgium | Co-host | 14 July 1995 | 3 (1972, 1980, 1984) |
Netherlands | 5 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996) | ||
Czech Republic[B] | Group 9 winner | 9 June 1999 | 4 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996) |
Norway | Group 2 winner | 8 September 1999 | 0 (debut) |
Sweden | Group 5 winner | 8 September 1999 | 1 (1992) |
Spain | Group 6 winner | 8 September 1999 | 5 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996) |
Italy | Group 1 winner | 9 October 1999 | 4 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996) |
Germany[C] | Group 3 winner | 9 October 1999 | 7 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996) |
France | Group 4 winner | 9 October 1999 | 4 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996) |
Romania | Group 7 winner | 9 October 1999 | 2 (1984, 1996) |
FR Yugoslavia[D] | Group 8 winner | 9 October 1999 | 4 (1960, 1968, 1976, 1984) |
Portugal | Best runner-up | 9 October 1999 | 2 (1984, 1996) |
Denmark | Play-off winner | 17 November 1999 | 5 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996) |
England | Play-off winner | 17 November 1999 | 5 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996) |
Slovenia | Play-off winner | 17 November 1999 | 0 (debut) |
Turkey | Play-off winner | 17 November 1999 | 1 (1996) |
The draw occurred on 18 January 1998, in Ghent, Belgium. The 49 participating teams were divided into five drawing pots based on the newly introduced 1997-edition of the UEFA national team coefficient ranking, which calculated an average of the team's points per game achieved combined in the Euro 1996 and 1998 World Cup qualifiers. The seeding list was however subject to some few minor modifications:[3][4]
Nine groups were formed by drawing one team from each of the five pots. The remaining four teams from pot five, were subsequently drawn into four of the groups (randomly selected); meaning that the four groups with six teams featured two teams from pot five.
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Note: The UEFA national team coefficient ranking automatically had taken into account in its ranking calculation, that France automatically qualified as hosts for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, meaning that the coefficient for France only factored their UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying record. Similarly, the coefficient considered only the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification record for England, FR Yugoslavia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. England automatically qualified as hosts of UEFA Euro 1996 while FR Yugoslavia were suspended due to UN sanctions. Bosnia and Herzegovina made their European qualification debut. Andorra made their qualification debut after being admitted to UEFA in November 1996.
If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:[6]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | Italy | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 15 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | |
2 | Denmark | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 14[a] | Advance to play-offs | 1–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
3 | Switzerland | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 14[a] | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
4 | Wales | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 9 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 3–2 | ||
5 | Belarus | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | Norway | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 25 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | |
2 | Slovenia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 17 | Advance to play-offs | 1–2 | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |
3 | Greece | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 15 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||
4 | Latvia | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 13 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | ||
5 | Albania | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 7 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | — | 2–1 | ||
6 | Georgia | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 5 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | Germany | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 19 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 | |
2 | Turkey | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 17 | Advance to play-offs | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |
3 | Finland | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 1–2 | 2–4 | — | 4–1 | 3–2 | ||
4 | Northern Ireland | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 5 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | ||
5 | Moldova | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | France | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 21 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
2 | Ukraine | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 20 | Advance to play-offs | 0–0 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
3 | Russia | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 19 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | ||
4 | Iceland | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 15 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||
5 | Armenia | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 8 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | ||
6 | Andorra | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 28 | −25 | 0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | Sweden | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 22 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
2 | England | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 13[a] | Advance to play-offs | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 6–0 | |
3 | Poland | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 13[a] | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||
4 | Bulgaria | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 8 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | — | 3–0 | ||
5 | Luxembourg | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 23 | −21 | 0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | Spain | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 5 | +37 | 21 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 3–0 | 9–0 | 8–0 | 9–0 | |
2 | Israel | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 9 | +16 | 13[a] | Advance to play-offs | 1–2 | — | 5–0 | 3–0 | 8–0 | |
3 | Austria | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 13[a] | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 7–0 | ||
4 | Cyprus | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 12 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–3 | — | 4–0 | ||
5 | San Marino | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 44 | −43 | 0 | 0–6 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 0–1 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | Romania | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 3 | +22 | 24 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 | |
2 | Portugal | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 4 | +28 | 23 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 8–0 | ||
3 | Slovakia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 17 | 1–5 | 0–3 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | ||
4 | Hungary | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 12 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 5–0 | ||
5 | Azerbaijan | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 26 | −20 | 4[a] | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | — | 4–0 | ||
6 | Liechtenstein | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 39 | −37 | 4[a] | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | FR Yugoslavia | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 17 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | |
2 | Republic of Ireland | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 16 | Advance to play-offs | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | |
3 | Croatia | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 15 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | ||
4 | FYR Macedonia | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 8 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | ||
5 | Malta | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 27 | −21 | 0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | Czech Republic | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | +21 | 30 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | |
2 | Scotland | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 18 | Advance to play-offs | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |
3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 11[a] | 1–3 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | ||
4 | Lithuania | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 11[a] | 0–4 | 0–0 | 4–2 | — | 1–2 | 0–0 | ||
5 | Estonia | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 11[a] | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | — | 5–0 | ||
6 | Faroe Islands | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |
The best runner-up of the entire group phase qualified automatically for the final tournament. To determine the best runner-up, a comparison was made between all of them. As some groups had five teams and others had six, matches played against fifth and sixth placed teams were discarded, despite the fact that only discarding matches against sixth-place teams would have been sufficient. After the best runner-up was found, all the others entered a random playoff to determine the last four qualifiers.
Portugal qualified automatically as best runner-up, beating Turkey on goal difference.
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 7 | Portugal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 13 | Qualify for final tournament |
2 | 3 | Turkey | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 13 | Advance to play-offs |
3 | 9 | Scotland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | |
4 | 1 | Denmark | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 10 | |
5 | 4 | Ukraine | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 10 | |
6 | 8 | Republic of Ireland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 10 | |
7 | 6 | Israel | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 7 | |
8 | 5 | England | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | |
9 | 2 | Slovenia | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 7 |
The remaining eight runners-up entered a random playoff, disputed in two legs, home and away.
There were 652 goals scored in 228 matches, for an average of 2.86 goals per match.
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