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2004 UEFA European Championship (qualifying) - Definition and Overview

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The finals of the 2004 UEFA European Championship, commonly called EURO 2004, will be held in Portugal between 12 June and 4 July 2004. The UEFA European Championship is a quadrennial football competition between national teams organised by UEFA, the sport's governing body in Europe. This is the first time that the competition finals will have been held in Portugal.

Qualifying for EURO 2004 took place from September 2002 to November 2003. Fifty teams were divided into ten groups and each team played the others in their group twice, once at home and once away. The top teams automatically qualified for EURO 2004, and the ten group runners-up took part in play-offs to determine another five teams. Together with the host nation of Portugal, who did not need to go through the qualifying process, sixteen nations will participate in EURO 2004.

Portugal qualified automatically as hosts of the Euro 2004 final tournament.

Contents

Group tables

Group 1
  Pld W D L GF GA Pts
France 8 8 0 0 29 2 24
Slovenia 8 4 2 2 15 12 14
Israel 8 2 3 3 9 11 9
Cyprus 8 2 2 4 9 18 8
Malta 8 0 1 7 5 24 1
 
Group 2
  Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Denmark 8 4 3 1 15 9 15
Norway 8 4 2 2 9 5 14
Romania 8 4 2 2 21 9 14
Bosnia-Herz. 8 4 1 3 7 8 13
Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 0 21 0
 
Group 3
  Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Czech Rep. 8 7 1 0 23 5 22
Netherlands 8 6 1 1 20 6 19
Austria 8 3 0 5 12 14 9
Moldova 8 2 0 6 5 19 6
Belarus 8 1 0 7 4 20 3
Group 4
  Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Sweden 8 5 2 1 19 3 17
Latvia 8 5 1 2 10 6 16
Poland 8 4 1 3 11 7 13
Hungary 8 3 2 3 15 9 11
San Marino 8 0 0 8 0 30 0
 
Group 5
  Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Germany 8 5 3 0 13 4 18
Scotland 8 4 2 2 12 8 14
Iceland 8 4 1 3 11 9 13
Lithuania 8 3 1 4 7 11 10
Faeroe Isl. 8 0 1 7 7 18 1
Group 6
  Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Greece 8 6 0 2 8 4 18
Spain 8 5 2 1 16 4 17
Ukraine 8 2 4 2 11 10 10
Armenia 8 2 1 5 7 16 7
N. Ireland 8 0 3 5 0 8 3
 
Group 7
  Pld W D L GF GA Pts
England 8 6 2 0 14 5 20
Turkey 8 6 1 1 17 5 19
Slovakia 8 3 1 4 9 10 10
Macedonia 8 1 3 4 11 14 6
Liechtenstein 8 0 1 7 2 22 1
Group 8
  Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Bulgaria 8 5 2 1 13 4 17
Croatia 8 5 1 2 12 4 16
Belgium 8 5 1 2 11 9 16
Estonia 8 2 2 4 6 8 8
Andorra 8 0 0 8 1 18 0
 
Group 9
  Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Italy 8 5 2 1 17 4 17
Wales 8 4 1 3 13 10 13
Serbia-Mont. 8 3 3 2 11 11 12
Finland 8 3 1 4 9 10 10
Azerbaijan 8 1 1 6 5 20 4
Group 10
  Pld W D L GF GA Pts
Switzerland 8 4 3 1 15 11 15
Russia 8 4 2 2 19 12 14
Rep. Ireland 8 3 2 3 10 11 11
Albania 8 2 2 4 11 15 8
Georgia 8 2 1 5 8 14 7

Play-offs

First leg: 15 November, 2003
Second leg: 19 November, 2003

Latvia1-0 Turkey Latvia wins 3-2 on aggregate
Turkey2-2 Latvia
 
Scotland1-0 Netherlands Netherlands wins 6-1 on aggregate
Netherlands6-0 Scotland
 
Croatia1-1 Slovenia Croatia wins 2-1 on aggregate
Slovenia0-1 Croatia
 
Russia0-0 Wales Russia wins 1-0 on aggregate
Wales0-1 Russia
 
Spain2-1 Norway Spain wins 5-1 on aggregate
Norway0-3 Spain

Qualifying teams and coefficients

Qualification coefficients are sixth in the list of criteria to separate teams that finish level on points in their group in EURO 2004. The coefficients are calculated as the points earned per game in qualification for both EURO 2004 and the 2002 World Cup.

Country EURO 2004
group
Coefficient
FranceB3.000
PortugalA2.400
SwedenC2.389
Czech RepublicD2.333
ItalyC2.313
SpainA2.313
EnglandB2.313
GermanyD2.188
NetherlandsD2.167
CroatiaB2.125
DenmarkC2.056
RussiaA2.056
BulgariaC1.889
SwitzerlandB1.611
GreeceA1.563
LatviaD1.250

Related links

External links


European Football Championship

France 1960 | Spain 1964 | Italy 1968 | Belgium 1972 | Yugoslavia 1976

Italy 1980 | France 1984 | West Germany 1988 | Sweden 1992

England 1996 | Belgium/Netherlands 2000 | Portugal 2004 | Austria/Switzerland 2008


International Football

FIFA - World Cup - Women's World Cup - World Rankings - Player of the Year
Asia: AFC - Asian Cup | Africa: CAF - African Nations Cup
South America: CONMEBOL - Copa América | North America: CONCACAF - Gold Cup
Oceania: OFC - OFC Nations Cup | Europe: UEFA - European Championship

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