Euro 2004: Qualifying Groups
The draw has been made for the qualification groups in therun-up to 2004's European Championships, to be held in Portugal.
| EURO 2004: QUALIFYING GROUPS |
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| Group 1 | Group 2 | |
| France Slovenia Israel Cyprus Malta |
Romania Denmark Norway Bosnia H. Luxembourg |
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| Group 3 | Group 4 | |
| Czech Republic Netherlands Austria Belarus Moldova |
Sweden Poland Hungary Latvia San Marino |
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| Group 5 | Group 6 | |
| Germany SCOTLAND Iceland Lithuania Faroe Islands |
Spain Ukraine Greece N. IRELAND Armenia |
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| Group 7 | Group 8 | |
| Turkey ENGLAND Slovakia Macedonia Liechtenstein |
Belgium Croatia Bulgaria Estonia Andorra |
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| Group 9 | Group 10 | |
| Italy Yugoslavia Finland WALES Azerbaijan |
IRELAND Russia Switzerland Georgia Albania |
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How qualifying works
Portugal qualified automatically for the 16-team finals which will take place from 12 June to 4 July 2004.
The remaining 50 countries were placed in 10 groups of five. There will be 10 match dates for each group between September 2002 and October 2003.
Each country has been given 60 days from today to reach agreement with the other teams in their group about when those matches should be played. If they cannot reach agreement then matches will take place according to a standard list drawn up by UEFA.
The 10 group winners will qualify directly. The 10 group runners-up will be drawn in five pairs and will take part in playoffs on a home and away basis in November 2003.
