UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying

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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) Flag of Spain.svg Raúl (11 goals)
1996
2004

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.

Contents

Both Belgium and the Netherlands qualified automatically as co-hosts of the event. [1] [2]

Qualified teams

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TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament [upper-alpha 1]
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Co-host14 July 19953 ( 1972 , 1980, 1984)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 5 (1976, 1980, 1988 , 1992, 1996)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic [upper-alpha 2] Group 9 winner9 June 19994 (1960, 1976 , 1980, 1996)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Group 2 winner8 September 19990 (debut)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Group 5 winner8 September 19991 ( 1992 )
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Group 6 winner8 September 19995 ( 1964 , 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Group 1 winner9 October 19994 ( 1968 , 1980 , 1988, 1996)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany [upper-alpha 3] Group 3 winner9 October 19997 ( 1972 , 1976, 1980 , 1984, 1988 , 1992, 1996 )
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France Group 4 winner9 October 19994 ( 1960 , 1984 , 1992, 1996)
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Group 7 winner9 October 19992 (1984, 1996)
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia [upper-alpha 4] Group 8 winner9 October 19994 (1960, 1968, 1976 , 1984)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Best runner-up 9 October 19992 (1984, 1996)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Play-off winner17 November 19995 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992 , 1996)
Flag of England.svg  England Play-off winner17 November 19995 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996 )
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Play-off winner17 November 19990 (debut)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Play-off winner17 November 19991 (1996)
  1. Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
  2. From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.
  3. From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.
  4. From 1960 to 1984, FR Yugoslavia competed as Yugoslavia.

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: [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.

Pot 1
TeamCoeff [5] Seed [4]
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (title holders)2.351
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2.602
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2.453
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2.394
Flag of England.svg  England 2.375
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 2.306
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia 2.307
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2.288
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2.229
Pot 2
TeamCoeff [5] Seed [4]
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2.2210
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2.1111
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2.1112
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2.1013
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2.0514
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 2.0015
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1.8516
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1.8117
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1.7818
Pot 3
TeamCoeff [5] Seed [4]
Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 1.7519
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1.6920
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1.6721
Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 1.6522
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1.6523
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1.5024
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1.4425
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1.3826
Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg  Georgia 1.3827
Pot 4
TeamCoeff [5] Seed [4]
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1.2828
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1.2529
Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1.2030
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.1231
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 1.1032
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 1.0033
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 0.9434
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 0.3835
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 0.7836
Pot 5
TeamCoeff [5] Seed [4]
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 0.7537
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 0.6738
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 0.6539
Flag of Albania (1992-2002).svg  Albania 0.6040
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 0.6041
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 0.5542
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 0.5043
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 0.2244
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 0.2045
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 0.2046
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 0.0547
Flag of San Marino (1862-2011).svg  San Marino 0.0048
Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra NR49

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 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9
Flag of Italy.svg
Italy
Flag of Norway.svg
Norway
Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg
France
Flag of Sweden.svg
Sweden
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
Flag of Romania.svg
Romania
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg
FR Yugoslavia
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
Czech Republic
Flag of Denmark.svg
Denmark
Flag of Slovenia.svg
Slovenia
Flag of Turkey.svg
Turkey
Flag of Ukraine.svg
Ukraine
Flag of England.svg
England
Flag of Israel.svg
Israel
Flag of Portugal.svg
Portugal
Flag of Ireland.svg
Republic of Ireland
Flag of Scotland.svg
Scotland
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
Switzerland
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg
Wales
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg
Belarus
Flag of Greece.svg
Greece
Flag of Latvia.svg
Latvia
Flag of Albania (1992-2002).svg
Albania
Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg
Georgia
Flag of Finland.svg
Finland
Ulster Banner.svg
Northern Ireland
Flag of Moldova.svg
Moldova
Flag of Russia.svg
Russia
Flag of Iceland.svg
Iceland
Flag of Armenia.svg
Armenia
Flag of Andorra.svg
Andorra
Flag of Poland.svg
Poland
Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Bulgaria
Flag of Luxembourg.svg
Luxembourg
Flag of Austria.svg
Austria
Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg
Cyprus
Flag of San Marino (1862-2011).svg
San Marino
Flag of Slovakia.svg
Slovakia
Flag of Hungary.svg
Hungary
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
Azerbaijan
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg
Liechtenstein
Flag of Croatia.svg
Croatia
Flag of North Macedonia.svg
Macedonia
Flag of Malta.svg
Malta
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg
Lithuania
Flag of Estonia.svg
Estonia
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg
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: [6]

  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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Denmark.svg Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8431135+815Qualify for final tournament 2–3 2–0 4–0 1–1
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 8422118+314 [lower-alpha 1] Advance to play-offs 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–0
3Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 842295+414 [lower-alpha 1] 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0
4Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 830571699 0–2 0–2 0–2 3–2
5Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 803541063 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Denmark 4, Switzerland 1.

Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Norway.svg Flag of Slovenia.svg Flag of Greece.svg Flag of Latvia.svg Flag of Albania.svg Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 10811219+1225Qualify for final tournament 4–0 1–0 1–3 2–2 1–0
2Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 105231214217Advance to play-offs 1–2 0–3 1–0 2–0 2–1
3Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 10433138+515 0–2 2–2 1–2 2–0 3–0
4Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 103431312+113 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0
5Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 1014581467 1–2 0–1 0–0 3–3 2–1
6Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg  Georgia 10127818105 1–4 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0
Source: UEFA

Group 3

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Turkey.svg Flag of Finland.svg Ulster Banner.svg Flag of Moldova.svg
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8611204+1619Qualify for final tournament 0–0 2–0 4–0 6–1
2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 8521156+917Advance to play-offs 1–0 1–3 3–0 2–0
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 83141313010 1–2 2–4 4–1 3–2
4Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 8125419155 0–3 0–3 1–0 2–2
5Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 8044717104 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0
Source: UEFA

Group 4

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Flag of Ukraine.svg Flag of Russia.svg Flag of Iceland.svg Flag of Armenia.svg Flag of Andorra.svg
1Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 106311710+721Qualify for final tournament 0–0 2–3 3–2 2–0 2–0
2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 10550144+1020Advance to play-offs 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 4–0
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 106132212+1019 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 6–1
4Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 10433127+515 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–0
5Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 1022681578 2–3 0–0 0–3 0–0 3–1
6Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 100010328250 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–3
Source: UEFA

Group 5

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Sweden.svg Flag of England.svg Flag of Poland.svg Flag of Bulgaria.svg Flag of Luxembourg.svg
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8710101+922Qualify for final tournament 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0
2Flag of England.svg  England 8341144+1013 [lower-alpha 1] Advance to play-offs 0–0 3–1 0–0 6–0
3Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 8413128+413 [lower-alpha 1] 0–1 0–0 2–0 3–0
4Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 82246828 0–1 1–1 0–3 3–0
5Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 8008223210 0–1 0–3 2–3 0–2
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: England 4, Poland 1.

Group 6

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Spain.svg Flag of Israel.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg Flag of San Marino (1862-2011).svg
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8701425+3721Qualify for final tournament 3–0 9–0 8–0 9–0
2Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 8413259+1613 [lower-alpha 1] Advance to play-offs 1–2 5–0 3–0 8–0
3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 84131920113 [lower-alpha 1] 1–3 1–1 3–1 7–0
4Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 84041221912 3–2 3–2 0–3 4–0
5Flag of San Marino (1862-2011).svg  San Marino 8008144430 0–6 0–5 1–4 0–1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Israel 4, Austria 1.

Group 7

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Portugal.svg Flag of Slovakia.svg Flag of Hungary.svg Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Flag of Liechtenstein.svg
1Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 10730253+2224Qualify for final tournament 1–1 0–0 2–0 4–0 7–0
2Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 10721324+2823 0–1 1–0 3–0 7–0 8–0
3Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 10523129+317 1–5 0–3 0–0 3–0 2–0
4Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 103341410+412 1–1 1–3 0–1 3–0 5–0
5Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 10118626204 [lower-alpha 1] 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–4 4–0
6Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 10118239374 [lower-alpha 1] 0–3 0–5 0–4 0–0 2–1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Azerbaijan +3, Liechtenstein −3.

Group 8

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Flag of Ireland.svg Flag of Croatia.svg Flag of North Macedonia.svg Flag of Malta.svg
1Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg  FR Yugoslavia 8521188+1017Qualify for final tournament 1–0 0–0 3–1 4–1
2Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 8512146+816Advance to play-offs 2–1 2–0 1–0 5–0
3Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 8431139+415 2–2 1–0 3–2 2–1
4Flag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 8224131418 2–4 1–1 1–1 4–0
5Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 8008627210 0–3 2–3 1–4 1–2
Source: UEFA

Group 9

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Flag of Scotland.svg Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg Flag of Estonia.svg Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg
1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 101000265+2130Qualify for final tournament 3–2 3–0 2–0 4–1 2–0
2Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 105321510+518Advance to play-offs 1–2 1–0 3–0 3–2 2–1
3Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 103251417311 [lower-alpha 1] 1–3 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0
4Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 10325816811 [lower-alpha 1] 0–4 0–0 4–2 1–2 0–0
5Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 103251517211 [lower-alpha 1] 0–2 0–0 1–4 1–2 5–0
6Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 10037417133 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–2
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Bosnia and Herzegovina 7, Lithuania 6, Estonia 4.

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 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.

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 7 Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 6411113+813Qualify for final tournament
2 3 Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 6411125+713Advance to play-offs
3 9 Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 631296+310
4 1 Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6312108+210
5 4 Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 624064+210
6 8 Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 631264+210
7 6 Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 6213129+37
8 5 Flag of England.svg  England 614154+17
9 2 Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 621361267
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 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg1–2Flag of England.svg  England 0–2 1–0
Israel  Flag of Israel.svg0–8Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 0–5 0–3
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg3–2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2–1 1–1
Republic of Ireland  Flag of Ireland.svg1–1 (a)Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1–1 0–0

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

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