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2008: European Championship in Austria and Switzerland

The 2008's UEFA European Championship was held in Austria and Switzerland between June 5 and June 4, 2008.

As usual, the whole competition was divided in two phases: the first one was a qualifying phase involving 50 teams and the second phase was a final tournament with the qualified teams.

The final tournament involved 16 teams.

The 50 participants were divided into 7 groups with the two best teams qualified for the final phase and no additional play-offs to be played.

The chosen format of the qualifying stage received some unfavorable critics because some teams had to play 14 matches at this stage of the tourney, posing some calendar's problem to the national federations.

The biggest upset of the qualifying stage was the elimination of England in a very contested group E, where the english national team finished third, with the same points as Israel and behind Croatia and a young and talented Russia.

Another unexpected elimination was the one of Serbia in a Group A won by a surprising Poland in front of Portugal.
In the same group A, the scheduled games between Armenia and Azerbaijan were cancelled by Uefa following their disputes. No points were awarded for the cancelled games.

Qualifying Groups - Final standings
Group A
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Poland Poland
14
28
8
4
2
24
12
+12
2 Portugal Portugal
14
27
7
6
1
24
10
+14
3 Serbia Serbia
14
24
6
6
2
22
11
+11
4 Finland Finland
14
24
6
6
2
13
7
+6
5 Belgium MBelgium
14
18
5
3
6
14
16
-2
6 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
14
10
2
4
8
11
21
-10
7 Armenia Armenia
12
9
2
3
7
4
13
-9
8 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
12
1
1
2
9
6
28
-22
Group B
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Italy Italy
12
29
9
2
1
22
9
+13
2 France France
12
26
8
2
2
25
5
+20
3 Scotland Scotland
12
24
8
0
4
21
12
+9
4 Ukraine Ukraine
12
17
5
2
5
18
16
+2
5 Lithuania Lhituania
12
16
5
1
6
11
13
-2
6 Georgia Georgia
12
10
3
1
8
16
19
-3
7 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands
12
0
0
0
12
4
43
-41
Group C
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Greece Greece
12
31
10
1
1
25
10
+15
2 Turkey Turkey
12
24
7
3
2
25
11
+14
3 Norway Norway
8
23
7
2
3
27
11
+16
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina
12
13
4
1
7
16
22
-6
5 Moldova Moldova
12
12
3
3
6
12
19
-7
6 Hungary Hungary
12
12
4
0
8
11
22
-11
7 Malta Malta
12
5
1
2
9
10
31
-21
Group D
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Czech Republic Czech Republic
12
29
9
2
1
27
5
+22
2 Germany Germany
12
27
8
3
1
35
7
+28
3 Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
12
17
4
5
3
17
14
+3
4 Slovakia Slovakia
12
16
5
1
6
33
23
+10
5 Wales Wales
12
15
4
3
5
18
19
-1
6 Cyprus Cyprus
12
14
4
2
6
17
24
-7
7 San Marino San Marino
12
0
0
0
12
2
57
-55
Group E
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Croatia Croatia
12
29
9
2
1
28
8
+20
2 Russia Russia
12
24
7
3
2
18
7
+11
3 England England
12
23
7
2
3
24
7
+17
4 Israel Israel
12
23
7
2
3
20
12
+8
5 Macedonia Macedonia
12
14
4
2
6
12
12
-
6 Estonia Estonia
12
7
2
1
9
5
21
-16
7 Andorra Andorra
12
0
0
0
12
2
42
-40
Group F
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Spain Spain
12
28
9
1
2
23
8
+15
2 Sweden Sweden
12
26
8
2
2
23
9
+14
3 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
12
10
6
2
4
17
14
+3
4 Denmark Denmark
12
20
6
2
4
21
11
+10
7 Latvia Latvia
12
12
4
0
8
15
17
-2
6 Iceland Iceland
12
8
2
2
8
10
27
-10
7 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein
12
7
2
1
9
9
32
-23
Group G
§ Team
M
P
W
D
L
GM/GT
+/-
1 Romania Romania
12
29
9
2
1
26
7
+19
2 Netherlands Netherlands
12
26
8
2
2
15
5
+10
3 Bulgaria Bulgaria
12
25
7
4
1
18
7
+11
4 Belarus Belarus
12
13
4
1
7
17
23
-6
5 Albania Albania
12
11
2
5
5
12
18
-6
6 Slovenia Slovenia
12
11
3
2
7
9
13
-4
7 Luxembourg Luxembourg
12
3
1
0
11
2
23
-21
 

 

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