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2000: European Championship in Belgium and Netherlands

For the first time, the 2000's European Championship was co-hosted by two countries: Belgium and Netherlands.

As usual, the whole competition was divided in two phases: the first one was a qualifying phase involving a record number of 49 teams and the second phase was a final tournament with the qualified teams.

The final tournament doubled up, with 16 teams involved.

The 49 participants were divided into 9 groups with the winning teams qualified for the final phase. Also the first best runner-up directly qualified to the final event, while the eight remaining 8 runners-up entered a random play-off in two home-and-away games to decide the last four qualified teams.

Thanks to the extended format of the final phase, all the major national teams were able to gain a spot in the final Championship.

The other relevant change concerned the point's system in the group's stages. A win giving now 3 points (instead of 2), and a draw still giving 1 point.

Qualifying Groups - Final standings
Group A
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Italy Italy
8
15
4
3
1
13
5
+8
2 Denmark Denmark
8
14
4
2
2
11
8
+3
3 Switzerland Switzerland
8
14
4
2
2
9
5
+4
4 Wales Wales
8
9
3
0
5
7
16
-9
5 Belarus Belarus
8
3
0
3
5
4
10
-6
Group B
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Norway Norway
10
25
8
1
1
21
9
+12
2 Slovenia Slovenia
10
17
5
2
3
12
14
-2
3 Greece Greece
10
15
4
3
3
13
8
+5
4 Latvia Latvia
10
13
1
4
5
13
12
+1
5 Albania Albania
10
7
3
4
3
8
14
-6
6 Georgia Georgia
10
5
1
4
5
8
18
-10
Group C
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Germany Germany
8
19
6
1
1
20
4
+16
2 Turkey Turkey
8
17
5
2
1
15
6
+9
3 Finland Finland
8
10
3
1
4
13
13
-
4 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
8
5
1
2
5
4
19
-15
5 Moldova Moldova
8
4
0
4
4
7
17
-10
Group D
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 France France
10
21
6
3
1
17
10
+7
2 Ukraine Ukraine
10
20
4
5
1
14
4
+10
3 Russia Russia
10
19
6
1
4
22
12
+10
4 Iceland Iceland
10
15
4
3
5
12
7
+5
5 Armenia Armenia
10
8
2
2
5
8
15
-7
6 Andorra Andorra
10
0
0
0
10
3
28
-25
Group E
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Sweden Sweden
8
22
7
1
0
10
1
+9
2 England England
8
22
3
4
1
14
4
+10
3 Poland Poland
8
13
4
1
3
12
8
+4
4 Bulgaria Bulgaria
8
13
2
2
4
6
8
-2
5 Luxembourg Luxembourg
8
8
0
0
8
2
23
-21
Group F
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Spain Spain
8
21
7
0
1
42
5
+37
2 Israel Israel
8
13
4
1
3
25
9
+16
3 Austria Austria
8
13
4
1
3
19
20
-1
4 Cyprus Cyprus
8
12
4
0
4
12
21
-9
5 San Marino San Marino
8
0
0
0
8
1
44
-43
Group G
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Romania Romania
10
24
7
3
0
25
3
+22
2 Portugal Portugal
10
23
7
2
1
32
4
+28
3 Slovakia Slovakia
10
17
5
2
3
12
9
+3
4 Hungary Hungary
10
12
3
3
4
14
10
+4
5 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
10
4
1
1
8
6
26
-20
6 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
10
4
1
1
8
2
39
-37
Group H
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
8
17
5
2
1
18
8
+10
2 Ireland Republic of Ireland
8
16
5
1
2
14
6
+8
3 Croatia Croatia
8
15
4
3
1
13
9
+4
4 Macedonia Macedonia
8
8
2
2
4
13
14
-1
5 Malta Malta
8
0
0
0
8
6
27
-21
Group H
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Germany Czech Republic
10
30
10
0
0
26
5
+21
2 Scotland Scotland
10
18
5
3
2
15
10
+5
3 Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina
10
11
3
2
5
14
17
-3
4 Lithuania Lithuania
10
11
3
2
5
8
16
-8
5 Estonia Estonia
10
3
3
2
5
15
17
-2
6 Faroe Island Faroe Island
10
0
0
3
7
4
17
-13
Play-offs
13.11.1999
 Scotland Scotland England England
0
2
17.11.1999
 England England Scotland Scotland
0
1
13.11.1999
 Israel Israel Denmark Denmark
0
5
17.11.1999
 Denmark Denmark Israel Israel
3
0
13.11.1999
 Slovenia Slovenia Ukraine Ukraine
2
1
17.11.1999
 Ukraine Ukraine Slovenia Slovenia
1
1
13.11.1999
 Ireland Republic of Ireland Turkey Turkey
1
1
17.11.1999
 Turkey Turkey Ireland Republic of Ireland
0
0
 

 

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