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

Qualified teams

File:UEFA Euro 2000 Qualifiers Map.png
  Qualified
  Did not qualify
  Did not enter
  Not a UEFA member
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[upper-alpha 1]
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Co-host 14 July 1995 3 (1972, 1980, 1984)
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 5 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996)
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic[upper-alpha 2] Group 9 winner 9 June 1999 4 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996)
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway Group 2 winner 8 September 1999 0 (debut)
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Group 5 winner 8 September 1999 1 (1992)
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Group 6 winner 8 September 1999 5 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Group 1 winner 9 October 1999 4 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996)
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany[upper-alpha 3] Group 3 winner 9 October 1999 7 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France Group 4 winner 9 October 1999 4 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996)
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania Group 7 winner 9 October 1999 2 (1984, 1996)
File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006).svg FR Yugoslavia[upper-alpha 4] Group 8 winner 9 October 1999 4 (1960, 1968, 1976, 1984)
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal Best runner-up 9 October 1999 2 (1984, 1996)
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark Play-off winner 17 November 1999 5 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
File:Flag of England.svg England Play-off winner 17 November 1999 5 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996)
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia Play-off winner 17 November 1999 0 (debut)
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey Play-off winner 17 November 1999 1 (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]

  • 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
Team Coeff[5] Seed[4]
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (title holders) 2.35 1
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2.60 2
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 2.45 3
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 2.39 4
File:Flag of England.svg England 2.37 5
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 2.30 6
File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006).svg FR Yugoslavia 2.30 7
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2.28 8
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 2.22 9
Pot 2
Team Coeff[5] Seed[4]
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 2.22 10
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 2.11 11
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 2.11 12
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 2.10 13
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 2.05 14
File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France 2.00 15
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 1.85 16
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 1.81 17
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 1.78 18
Pot 3
Team Coeff[5] Seed[4]
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland 1.75 19
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1.69 20
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 1.67 21
File:Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg Lithuania 1.65 22
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 1.65 23
File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 1.50 24
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 1.44 25
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 1.38 26
File:Flag of Georgia (1990–2004).svg Georgia 1.38 27
Pot 4
Team Coeff[5] Seed[4]
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 1.28 28
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 1.25 29
File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland 1.20 30
File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.12 31
File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 1.10 32
File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia 1.00 33
File:Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006).svg Cyprus 0.94 34
File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales 0.38 35
File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 0.78 36
Pot 5
Team Coeff[5] Seed[4]
File:Flag of Belarus (1995–2012).svg Belarus 0.75 37
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 0.67 38
File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 0.65 39
File:Flag of Albania (1992–2002).svg Albania 0.60 40
File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands 0.60 41
File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 0.55 42
File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 0.50 43
File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 0.22 44
File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 0.20 45
File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta 0.20 46
File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein 0.05 47
File:Flag of San Marino (1862–2011).svg San Marino 0.00 48
File:Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra NR 49

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy Denmark Switzerland Wales Belarus
1 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 8 4 3 1 13 5 +8 15 Qualify for final tournament 2–3 2–0 4–0 1–1
2 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 8 4 2 2 11 8 +3 14[lower-alpha 1] Advance to play-offs 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–0
3 File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 8 4 2 2 9 5 +4 14[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0
4 File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales 8 3 0 5 7 16 −9 9 0–2 0–2 0–2 3–2
5 File:Flag of Belarus (1995–2012).svg Belarus 8 0 3 5 4 10 −6 3 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 Head-to-head points: Denmark 4, Switzerland 1.

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Norway Slovenia Greece Latvia Albania Georgia (country)
1 File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway 10 8 1 1 21 9 +12 25 Qualify for final tournament 4–0 1–0 1–3 2–2 1–0
2 File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 10 5 2 3 12 14 −2 17 Advance to play-offs 1–2 0–3 1–0 2–0 2–1
3 File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 10 4 3 3 13 8 +5 15 0–2 2–2 1–2 2–0 3–0
4 File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 10 3 4 3 13 12 +1 13 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0
5 File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania 10 1 4 5 8 14 −6 7 1–2 0–1 0–0 3–3 2–1
6 File:Flag of Georgia (1990–2004).svg Georgia 10 1 2 7 8 18 −10 5 1–4 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0
Source: UEFA

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Germany Turkey Finland Northern Ireland Moldova
1 File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 8 6 1 1 20 4 +16 19 Qualify for final tournament 0–0 2–0 4–0 6–1
2 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 8 5 2 1 15 6 +9 17 Advance to play-offs 1–0 1–3 3–0 2–0
3 File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland 8 3 1 4 13 13 0 10 1–2 2–4 4–1 3–2
4 File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland 8 1 2 5 4 19 −15 5 0–3 0–3 1–0 2–2
5 File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 8 0 4 4 7 17 −10 4 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0
Source: UEFA

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification France Ukraine Russia Iceland Armenia Andorra
1 File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France 10 6 3 1 17 10 +7 21 Qualify for final tournament 0–0 2–3 3–2 2–0 2–0
2 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 10 5 5 0 14 4 +10 20 Advance to play-offs 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 4–0
3 File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 10 6 1 3 22 12 +10 19 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 6–1
4 File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 10 4 3 3 12 7 +5 15 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–0
5 File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 10 2 2 6 8 15 −7 8 2–3 0–0 0–3 0–0 3–1
6 File:Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra 10 0 0 10 3 28 −25 0 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–3
Source: UEFA

Group 5

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Sweden England Poland Bulgaria Luxembourg
1 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 8 7 1 0 10 1 +9 22 Qualify for final tournament 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0
2 File:Flag of England.svg England 8 3 4 1 14 4 +10 13[lower-alpha 1] Advance to play-offs 0–0 3–1 0–0 6–0
3 File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 8 4 1 3 12 8 +4 13[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 0–0 2–0 3–0
4 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 8 2 2 4 6 8 −2 8 0–1 1–1 0–3 3–0
5 File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 2 23 −21 0 0–1 0–3 2–3 0–2
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 Head-to-head points: England 4, Poland 1.

Group 6

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain Israel Austria Cyprus San Marino
1 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 8 7 0 1 42 5 +37 21 Qualify for final tournament 3–0 9–0 8–0 9–0
2 File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 8 4 1 3 25 9 +16 13[lower-alpha 1] Advance to play-offs 1–2 5–0 3–0 8–0
3 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 8 4 1 3 19 20 −1 13[lower-alpha 1] 1–3 1–1 3–1 7–0
4 File:Flag of Cyprus (1960–2006).svg Cyprus 8 4 0 4 12 21 −9 12 3–2 3–2 0–3 4–0
5 File:Flag of San Marino (1862–2011).svg San Marino 8 0 0 8 1 44 −43 0 0–6 0–5 1–4 0–1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 Head-to-head points: Israel 4, Austria 1.

Group 7

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Romania Portugal Slovakia Hungary Azerbaijan Liechtenstein
1 File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 10 7 3 0 25 3 +22 24 Qualify for final tournament 1–1 0–0 2–0 4–0 7–0
2 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 10 7 2 1 32 4 +28 23 0–1 1–0 3–0 7–0 8–0
3 File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 10 5 2 3 12 9 +3 17 1–5 0–3 0–0 3–0 2–0
4 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 10 3 3 4 14 10 +4 12 1–1 1–3 0–1 3–0 5–0
5 File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 10 1 1 8 6 26 −20 4[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–4 4–0
6 File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein 10 1 1 8 2 39 −37 4[lower-alpha 1] 0–3 0–5 0–4 0–0 2–1
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Azerbaijan +3, Liechtenstein −3.

Group 8

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Republic of Ireland Croatia North Macedonia Malta
1 File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006).svg FR Yugoslavia 8 5 2 1 18 8 +10 17 Qualify for final tournament 1–0 0–0 3–1 4–1
2 File:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland 8 5 1 2 14 6 +8 16 Advance to play-offs 2–1 2–0 1–0 5–0
3 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 8 4 3 1 13 9 +4 15 2–2 1–0 3–2 2–1
4 File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg FYR Macedonia 8 2 2 4 13 14 −1 8 2–4 1–1 1–1 4–0
5 File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta 8 0 0 8 6 27 −21 0 0–3 2–3 1–4 1–2
Source: UEFA

Group 9

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Czech Republic Scotland Bosnia and Herzegovina Lithuania Estonia Faroe Islands
1 File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg 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 File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 10 5 3 2 15 10 +5 18 Advance to play-offs 1–2 1–0 3–0 3–2 2–1
3 File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 3 2 5 14 17 −3 11[lower-alpha 1] 1–3 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0
4 File:Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg Lithuania 10 3 2 5 8 16 −8 11[lower-alpha 1] 0–4 0–0 4–2 1–2 0–0
5 File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 10 3 2 5 15 17 −2 11[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 0–0 1–4 1–2 5–0
6 File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands 10 0 3 7 4 17 −13 3 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–2
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 7 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 13 Qualify for final tournament
2 3 File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13 Advance to play-offs
3 9 File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10
4 1 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10
5 4 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 6 2 4 0 6 4 +2 10
6 8 File:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 10
7 6 File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 6 2 1 3 12 9 +3 7
8 5 File:Flag of England.svg England 6 1 4 1 5 4 +1 7
9 2 File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 6 2 1 3 6 12 −6 7
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. {{#lst:UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying play-offs|Matches}}

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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