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| num_teams = 49| matches = 228| goals = 652| attendance =ESP}} Raúl (footballer) {{nowrap>(11 goals)}}UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying>1996UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying>2004}}{{Qualification for championships (UEFA)|expanded=Euro}}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.Belgium and the Netherlands qualified automatically as co-hosts of the event.

Qualified teams

(File:UEFA Euro 2000 Qualifiers Map.png|thumb|{{Legend|#0000FF|Qualified}} {{Legend|#ffcc00|Did not qualify}} {{Legend|#000000|Did not enter}} {{Legend|#c3c3c3|Not a UEFA member}}){| class=“wikitable sortable”! Team! Qualified as! Qualified on! data-sort-type=“number“|Previous appearances in tournament{{efn-ua|Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.}}BEL}} rowspan=“2” {{dtsUEFA Euro 1972>1972, UEFA Euro 1980, UEFA Euro 1984>1984)NED}} 5 (UEFA Euro 1976, UEFA Euro 1980>1980, ‘’’UEFA Euro 1988’’’, UEFA Euro 1992>1992, 1996)CZE}}{{efn-uaCzech Republic national football team>Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia national football team.}} >UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 9>Group 9 winner {{dts1960 European Nations’ Cup>1960, ‘’’UEFA Euro 1976’’’, UEFA Euro 1980>1980, 1996)NOR}} UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 2 winner >8 September 1999}} 0 (debut)SWE}} UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 5 winner >8 September 1999}} 1 (1992)ESP}} UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 6 winner >8 September 1999}} 5 (’1964 European Nations’ Cup’, UEFA Euro 1980>1980, UEFA Euro 1984, UEFA Euro 1988>1988, 1996)ITA}} UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 1 winner >9 October 1999}} 4 (’UEFA Euro 1968’, UEFA Euro 1980>1980, UEFA Euro 1988, UEFA Euro 1996>1996)GER}}{{efn-uaGermany national football team>Germany competed as West Germany national football team.}} >UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 3>Group 3 winner {{dtsUEFA Euro 1972>1972, UEFA Euro 1976, UEFA Euro 1980>1980, UEFA Euro 1984, UEFA Euro 1988>1988, UEFA Euro 1992, UEFA Euro 1996>1996)FRAUEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 4>Group 4 winner {{dts1960 European Nations’ Cup>1960, ’UEFA Euro 1984’, UEFA Euro 1992>1992, 1996)ROU}} UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 7 winner >9 October 1999}} 2 (UEFA Euro 1984, UEFA Euro 1996>1996)FR Yugoslavia}}{{efn-uaSerbia and Montenegro national football team>FR Yugoslavia competed as Yugoslavia national football team.}} >UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 8>Group 8 winner {{dts1960 European Nations’ Cup>1960, UEFA Euro 1968, UEFA Euro 1976>1976, 1984)POR}} >9 October 1999}} 2 (UEFA Euro 1984, UEFA Euro 1996>1996)DEN}} >17 November 1999}} 5 (1964 European Nations’ Cup, UEFA Euro 1984>1984, UEFA Euro 1988, UEFA Euro 1992>1992, 1996)ENG}} >17 November 1999}} 5 (UEFA Euro 1968, UEFA Euro 1980>1980, UEFA Euro 1988, UEFA Euro 1992>1992, 1996)SVN}} >17 November 1999}} 0 (debut)TUR}} >17 November 1999}} 1 (1996){{notelist-ua}}

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:WEB, Shaw, Phil, 17 January 1998, Football: Andorra and Bosnia join the long march to Euro 2000,www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/football-andorra-and-bosnia-join-the-long-march-to-euro-2000-1139182.html, 16 August 2014, The Independent, WEB, European Championship 2000 Preliminary Competition,www.englandfootballonline.com/CmpEC/CmpEC2000Prelim.html, englandfootballonline.com, 16 August 2014, live,englandfootballonline.com/CmpEC/CmpEC2000Prelim.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20220612131730englandfootballonline.com/CmpEC/CmpEC2000Prelim.html,">web.archive.org/web/20220612131730englandfootballonline.com/CmpEC/CmpEC2000Prelim.html, 12 June 2022,

• 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.{| valign=top|{| class=“wikitable”|+ Pot 1! width=180| Team !! {{Tooltip|Coeff|The UEFA national team coefficient, was calculated by dividing the number of all points scored (three points for a win, one for a draw) by the number of all matches played, combined during the last two qualification rounds for the World Cup and European Championship (for this ranking: UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying and 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification). Results from the final tournaments, play-off matches and friendly games were all ignored. In those cases where a nation did not take part at one of the two latest qualifying rounds, i.e. due to being directly qualified as a host, only one qualifying round would be taken into account.}}WEB, live,englandfootballonline.com/TeamRank/RankUEFA1997.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20170404161518englandfootballonline.com/TeamRank/RankUEFA1997.html,">web.archive.org/web/20170404161518englandfootballonline.com/TeamRank/RankUEFA1997.html, 4 April 2017,englandfootballonline.com/TeamRank/RankUEFA1997.html, UEFA European National Team Ranking Table 1997, England Football Online, 21 December 2001, 8 June 2022, !! {{Tooltip|Seed|Position in the seeding list slightly differed from the position in the UEFA national team coefficient ranking. 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.}}GER}} (title holders) align=center 1ESP}} align=center 2ROU}}align=center 3RUS}} align=center 4ENG}} align=center 5SCO}} align=center 6FR Yugoslavia}} align=center 7ITA}} align=center 8NOR}} align=center 9|{| class=“wikitable”|+ Pot 2! width=180| Team !! {{Tooltip|Coeff|The UEFA National Team Coefficient, was calculated by dividing the number of all points scored (three points for a win, one for a draw) by the number of all matches played, combined during the last two qualification rounds for the World Cup and European Championship (for this ranking: UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying and 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification). Results from the final tournaments, play-off matches and friendly games were all ignored. In those cases where a nation did not take part at one of the two latest qualifying rounds, i.e. due to being directly qualified as a host, only one qualifying round would be taken into account.}} !! {{Tooltip|Seed|Position in the seeding list slightly differed from the position in the UEFA National Team Coefficient ranking. 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.}}BUL}} align=center 10CRO}} align=center 11DEN}} align=center 12POR}} align=center 13AUT}} align=center 14FRA 2.00 align=center| 15CZE}} align=center 16TUR}} align=center 17GRE}} align=center 18|{| class=“wikitable”|+ Pot 3! width=180| Team !! {{Tooltip|Coeff|The UEFA National Team Coefficient, was calculated by dividing the number of all points scored (three points for a win, one for a draw) by the number of all matches played, combined during the last two qualification rounds for the World Cup and European Championship (for this ranking: UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying and 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification). Results from the final tournaments, play-off matches and friendly games were all ignored. In those cases where a nation did not take part at one of the two latest qualifying rounds, i.e. due to being directly qualified as a host, only one qualifying round would be taken into account.}} !! {{Tooltip|Seed|Position in the seeding list slightly differed from the position in the UEFA National Team Coefficient ranking. 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.}}IRL}} align=center 19SUI}} align=center 20SWE}} align=center 21LTU 1.65 align=center| 22UKR 1.65 align=center| 23SVK}} align=center 24FIN}} align=center 25ISR}} align=center 26GEO 1.38 align=center| 27valign=top|{| class=“wikitable”|+ Pot 4! width=180| Team !! {{Tooltip|Coeff|The UEFA National Team Coefficient, was calculated by dividing the number of all points scored (three points for a win, one for a draw) by the number of all matches played, combined during the last two qualification rounds for the World Cup and European Championship (for this ranking: UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying and 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification). Results from the final tournaments, play-off matches and friendly games were all ignored. In those cases where a nation did not take part at one of the two latest qualifying rounds, i.e. due to being directly qualified as a host, only one qualifying round would be taken into account.}} !! {{Tooltip|Seed|Position in the seeding list slightly differed from the position in the UEFA National Team Coefficient ranking. 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.}}POL}} align=center 28HUN}} align=center 29NIR}} align=center 30BIH}} align=center 31LVA}} align=center 32MKD 1.00 align=center| 33CYP 0.94 align=center| 34WAL}} align=center 35ISL}} align=center 36|{| class=“wikitable”|+ Pot 5! width=180| Team !! {{Tooltip|Coeff|The UEFA National Team Coefficient, was calculated by dividing the number of all points scored (three points for a win, one for a draw) by the number of all matches played, combined during the last two qualification rounds for the World Cup and European Championship (for this ranking: UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying and 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification). Results from the final tournaments, play-off matches and friendly games were all ignored. In those cases where a nation did not take part at one of the two latest qualifying rounds, i.e. due to being directly qualified as a host, only one qualifying round would be taken into account.}} !! {{Tooltip|Seed|Position in the seeding list slightly differed from the position in the UEFA National Team Coefficient ranking. 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.}}BLR 0.75 align=center| 37SVN}} align=center 38ARM}} align=center 39ALB 0.60 align=center| 40FRO}} align=center 41LUX}} align=center 42MLD}} align=center 43AZE}} align=center 44EST}} align=center 45MLT}} align=center 46LIE}} align=center 47SMR 0.00 align=center| 48AND}} align=centerNR 49Note: 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

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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:WEB,www.rsssf.org/tables/00e.html, European Championship 2000, RSSSF, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, 17 January 2004, 17 July 2017,

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

{{UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying group tables|Group 1|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

Group 2

{{UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying group tables|Group 2|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

Group 3

{{UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying group tables|Group 3|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

Group 4

{{UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying group tables|Group 4|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

Group 5

{{UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying group tables|Group 5|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

Group 6

{{UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying group tables|Group 6|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

Group 7

{{UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying group tables|Group 7|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

Group 8

{{UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying group tables|Group 8|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

Group 9

{{UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying group tables|Group 9|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

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.{{UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying group tables|2nd place}}

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

{{#invoke:Goalscorers|main|UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

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• UEFA Euro 2000 at UEFA.com

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