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UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying

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.

UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates4 June 1998 – 17 November 1999
Teams49
Tournament statistics
Matches played228
Goals scored652 (2.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Raúl (11 goals)
← 1996
2004 →

Belgium and the Netherlands qualified automatically as co-hosts of the event.

Qualified teams

  Qualified
  Did not qualify
  Did not enter
  Not a UEFA member


TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament[A]
 BelgiumCo-host14 July 19953 (1972, 1980, 1984)
 Netherlands5 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 Czech Republic[B]Group 9 winner9 June 19994 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996)
 NorwayGroup 2 winner8 September 19990 (debut)
 SwedenGroup 5 winner8 September 19991 (1992)
 SpainGroup 6 winner8 September 19995 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)
 ItalyGroup 1 winner9 October 19994 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996)
 Germany[C]Group 3 winner9 October 19997 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 FranceGroup 4 winner9 October 19994 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996)
 RomaniaGroup 7 winner9 October 19992 (1984, 1996)
 Yugoslavia[D]Group 8 winner9 October 19994 (1960, 1968, 1976, 1984)
 PortugalBest runner-up9 October 19992 (1984, 1996)
 DenmarkPlay-off winner17 November 19995 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 EnglandPlay-off winner17 November 19995 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 SloveniaPlay-off winner17 November 19990 (debut)
 TurkeyPlay-off winner17 November 19991 (1996)

Qualification seeding

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:[1][2]

  • Germany were seeded first and not fifth as the defending champions (title holders).
  • Netherlands (ranked 11th) and Belgium (ranked 18th) were not seeded, as they did not participate in the qualifying tournament due to already having qualified automatically for the final tournament as hosts. Consequently, all teams ranked below them moved up one or two seeding places higher than their rankings.

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.

Pot 1
TeamCoeff[3]Seed[2]
 Germany (title holders)2.351
 Spain2.602
 Romania2.453
 Russia2.394
 England2.375
 Scotland2.306
 Yugoslavia2.307
 Italy2.288
 Norway2.229
Pot 2
TeamCoeff[3]Seed[2]
 Bulgaria2.2210
 Croatia2.1111
 Denmark2.1112
 Portugal2.1013
 Austria2.0514
 France2.0015
 Czech Republic1.8516
 Turkey1.8117
 Greece1.7818
Pot 3
TeamCoeff[3]Seed[2]
 Republic of Ireland1.7519
  Switzerland1.6920
 Sweden1.6721
 Lithuania1.6522
 Ukraine1.6523
 Slovakia1.5024
 Finland1.4425
 Israel1.3826
 Georgia1.3827
Pot 4
TeamCoeff[3]Seed[2]
 Poland1.2828
 Hungary1.2529
 Northern Ireland1.2030
 Bosnia and Herzegovina1.1231
 Latvia1.1032
 Macedonia1.0033
 Cyprus0.9434
 Wales0.3835
 Iceland0.7836
Pot 5
TeamCoeff[3]Seed[2]
 Belarus0.7537
 Slovenia0.6738
 Armenia0.6539
 Albania0.6040
 Faroe Islands0.6041
 Luxembourg0.5542
 Moldova0.5043
 Azerbaijan0.2244
 Estonia0.2045
 Malta0.2046
 Liechtenstein0.0547
 San Marino0.0048
 AndorraNR49

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.

Summary

  Group winners and the best ranked runner-up qualified directly for UEFA Euro 2000
  The remaining runners-up advanced to the play-offs
  Other teams were eliminated after the qualifying group stage
Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4Group 5Group 6Group 7Group 8Group 9

Italy
Norway
Germany
France
Sweden
Spain
Romania
Yugoslavia
Czech Republic

Denmark
Slovenia
Turkey
Ukraine
England
Israel
Portugal
Republic of Ireland
Scotland

Switzerland

Wales

Belarus
Greece

Latvia

Albania

Georgia
Finland

Northern Ireland

Moldova
Russia

Iceland

Armenia

Andorra
Poland

Bulgaria

Luxembourg
Austria

Cyprus

San Marino
Slovakia

Hungary

Azerbaijan

Liechtenstein
Croatia

Macedonia

Malta
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Lithuania

Estonia

Faroe Islands

Tiebreakers

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:[4]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference in matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored away from home in the matches played among the teams in question;
  4. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  5. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  6. Higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Fair play conduct in all group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card).

Groups

Group 1

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Italy8431135+815Qualify for final tournament—2–32–04–01–1
2  Denmark8422118+314[a]Advance to play-offs1–2—2–11–21–0
3   Switzerland842295+414[a]0–01–1—2–02–0
4  Wales8305716−990–20–20–2—3–2
5  Belarus8035410−630–00–00–11–2—
Source: UEFA
Notes:

Group 2

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Norway10811219+1225Qualify for final tournament—4–01–01–32–21–0
2  Slovenia105231214−217Advance to play-offs1–2—0–31–02–02–1
3  Greece10433138+5150–22–2—1–22–03–0
4  Latvia103431312+1131–21–20–0—0–01–0
5  Albania10145814−671–20–10–03–3—2–1
6  Georgia10127818−1051–41–11–22–21–0—
Source: UEFA

Group 3

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Germany8611204+1619Qualify for final tournament—0–02–04–06–1
2  Turkey8521156+917Advance to play-offs1–0—1–33–02–0
3  Finland831413130101–22–4—4–13–2
4  Northern Ireland8125419−1550–30–31–0—2–2
5  Moldova8044717−1041–31–10–00–0—
Source: UEFA

Group 4

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  France106311710+721Qualify for final tournament—0–02–33–22–02–0
2  Ukraine10550144+1020Advance to play-offs0–0—3–21–12–04–0
3  Russia106132212+10192–31–1—1–02–06–1
4  Iceland10433127+5151–10–11–0—2–03–0
5  Armenia10226815−782–30–00–30–0—3–1
6  Andorra100010328−2500–10–21–20–20–3—
Source: UEFA

Group 5

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Sweden8710101+922Qualify for final tournament—2–12–01–02–0
2  England8341144+1013[a]Advance to play-offs0–0—3–10–06–0
3  Poland8413128+413[a]0–10–0—2–03–0
4  Bulgaria822468−280–11–10–3—3–0
5  Luxembourg8008223−2100–10–32–30–2—
Source: UEFA
Notes:

Group 6

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Spain8701425+3721Qualify for final tournament—3–09–08–09–0
2  Israel8413259+1613[a]Advance to play-offs1–2—5–03–08–0
3  Austria84131920−113[a]1–31–1—3–17–0
4  Cyprus84041221−9123–23–20–3—4–0
5  San Marino8008144−4300–60–51–40–1—
Source: UEFA
Notes:

Group 7

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Romania10730253+2224Qualify for final tournament—1–10–02–04–07–0
2  Portugal10721324+28230–1—1–03–07–08–0
3  Slovakia10523129+3171–50–3—0–03–02–0
4  Hungary103341410+4121–11–30–1—3–05–0
5  Azerbaijan10118626−204[a]0–11–10–10–4—4–0
6  Liechtenstein10118239−374[a]0–30–50–40–02–1—
Source: UEFA
Notes:

Group 8

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  FR Yugoslavia8521188+1017Qualify for final tournament—1–00–03–14–1
2  Republic of Ireland8512146+816Advance to play-offs2–1—2–01–05–0
3  Croatia8431139+4152–21–0—3–22–1
4  Macedonia82241314−182–41–11–1—4–0
5  Malta8008627−2100–32–31–41–2—
Source: UEFA

Group 9

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Czech Republic101000265+2130Qualify for final tournament—3–23–02–04–12–0
2  Scotland105321510+518Advance to play-offs1–2—1–03–03–22–1
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina103251417−311[a]1–31–2—2–01–11–0
4  Lithuania10325816−811[a]0–40–04–2—1–20–0
5  Estonia103251517−211[a]0–20–01–41–2—5–0
6  Faroe Islands10037417−1330–11–12–20–10–2—
Source: UEFA
Notes:

Ranking of second-placed teams

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’ve been sufficient enough. 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.

PosGrpTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
17  Portugal6411113+813Qualify for final tournament
23  Turkey6411125+713Advance to play-offs
39  Scotland631296+310
41  Denmark6312108+210
54  Ukraine624064+210
68  Republic of Ireland631264+210
76  Israel6213129+37
85  England614154+17
92  Slovenia6213612−67
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fourth in the group, 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Drawing of lots.

Play-offs

The remaining eight runners-up entered a random playoff, disputed in two legs, home and away.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Scotland  1–2  England0–21–0
Israel  0–8  Denmark0–50–3
Slovenia  3–2  Ukraine2–11–1
Republic of Ireland  1–1 (a)  Turkey1–10–0

Goalscorers

There were 652 goals scored in 228 matches, for an average of 2.86 goals per match.

11 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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