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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name   = UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
| dates          = {{nowrap|4 June 1998 – 17 November 1999}}
| num_teams      = 49
| matches        = 228
| goals          = 652
| attendance     =
| top_scorer     = {{fbicon|ESP}} [[Raúl (footballer)|Raúl]] {{nowrap|(11 goals)}}
| prevseason     = [[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying|1996]]
| nextseason     = [[UEFA 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.

Both [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] and the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] qualified automatically as co-hosts of the event.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-23 |title=SPORTS BRIEFS |url=https://www.deseret.com/1995/7/15/19182404/sports-briefs/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=Deseret News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1998-10-28 |title=Euro 2000 Officials Say Sites Will Be Ready |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-oct-28-nb-36924-story.html |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

==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}}]]

<onlyinclude>
{| 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.}}
|-
| {{fb|BEL}} || rowspan="2" | {{sort|*1|Co-host}} || rowspan="2" | {{dts|14 July 1995}} || 3 (''[[UEFA Euro 1972|1972]]'', [[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]], [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]])
|-
| {{fb|NED}} || 5 ([[UEFA Euro 1976|1976]], [[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]], '''[[UEFA Euro 1988|1988]]''', [[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]], [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]])
|-
| {{fb|CZE}}{{efn-ua|From 1960 to 1980, the [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]] competed as [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]].}} || [[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 9|Group 9]] winner || {{dts|9 June 1999}} || 4 ([[1960 European Nations' Cup|1960]], '''[[UEFA Euro 1976|1976]]''', [[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]], [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]])
|-
| {{fb|NOR}} || [[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 2|Group 2]] winner || {{dts|8 September 1999}} || 0 (debut)
|-
| {{fb|SWE}} || [[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 5|Group 5]] winner || {{dts|8 September 1999}} || 1 (''[[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]]'')
|-
| {{fb|ESP}} || [[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 6|Group 6]] winner || {{dts|8 September 1999}} || 5 ('''''[[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]]''''', [[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]], [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]], [[UEFA Euro 1988|1988]], [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]])
|-
| {{fb|ITA}} || [[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 1|Group 1]] winner || {{dts|9 October 1999}} || 4 ('''''[[UEFA Euro 1968|1968]]''''', ''[[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]]'', [[UEFA Euro 1988|1988]], [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]])
|-
| {{fb|GER}}{{efn-ua|From 1972 to 1988, [[Germany national football team|Germany]] competed as [[West Germany national football team|West Germany]].}} || [[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 3|Group 3]] winner || {{dts|9 October 1999}} || 7 ('''[[UEFA Euro 1972|1972]]''', [[UEFA Euro 1976|1976]], '''[[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]]''', [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]], ''[[UEFA Euro 1988|1988]]'', [[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]], '''[[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]]''')
|-
| {{fb|FRA|1974}} || [[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 4|Group 4]] winner || {{dts|9 October 1999}} || 4 (''[[1960 European Nations' Cup|1960]]'', '''''[[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]]''''', [[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]], [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]])
|-
| {{fb|ROU}} || [[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 7|Group 7]] winner || {{dts|9 October 1999}} || 2 ([[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]], [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]])
|-
| {{fb|FR Yugoslavia}}{{efn-ua|From 1960 to 1984, [[Serbia and Montenegro national football team|FR Yugoslavia]] competed as [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]].}} || [[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 8|Group 8]] winner || {{dts|9 October 1999}} || 4 ([[1960 European Nations' Cup|1960]], [[UEFA Euro 1968|1968]], ''[[UEFA Euro 1976|1976]]'', [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]])
|-
| {{fb|POR}} || {{sort|O|[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying#Ranking of second-placed teams|Best runner-up]]}} || {{dts|9 October 1999}} || 2 ([[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]], [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]])
|-
| {{fb|DEN}} || {{sort|P2|[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying play-offs|Play-off]] winner}} || {{dts|17 November 1999}} || 5 ([[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]], [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]], [[UEFA Euro 1988|1988]], '''[[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]]''', [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]])
|-
| {{fb|ENG}} || {{sort|P1|[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying play-offs|Play-off]] winner}} || {{dts|17 November 1999}} || 5 ([[UEFA Euro 1968|1968]], [[UEFA Euro 1980|1980]], [[UEFA Euro 1988|1988]], [[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]], ''[[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]]'')
|-
| {{fb|SVN}} || {{sort|P3|[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying play-offs|Play-off]] winner}} || {{dts|17 November 1999}} || 0 (debut)
|-
| {{fb|TUR}} || {{sort|P4|[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying play-offs|Play-off]] winner}} || {{dts|17 November 1999}} || 1 ([[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]])
|}
{{notelist-ua}}</onlyinclude>

==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 coefficient#Men's national team coefficient|UEFA national team coefficient ranking]], which calculated an average of the team's points per game achieved combined in the [[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying|Euro 1996]] and [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1998 World Cup qualifiers]]. The seeding list was however subject to some few minor modifications:<ref>{{cite web |last=Shaw |first=Phil |date=17 January 1998 |title=Football: Andorra and Bosnia join the long march to Euro 2000 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/football-andorra-and-bosnia-join-the-long-march-to-euro-2000-1139182.html |access-date=16 August 2014 |work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref><ref name="Seedinglist">{{cite web|title=European Championship 2000 Preliminary Competition|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/CmpEC/CmpEC2000Prelim.html|publisher=englandfootballonline.com |access-date=16 August 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612131730/http://englandfootballonline.com/CmpEC/CmpEC2000Prelim.html|archive-date=12 June 2022}}</ref>
* 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.}}<ref name="Coefficients1997">{{cite web|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404161518/http://englandfootballonline.com/TeamRank/RankUEFA1997.html|archive-date=4 April 2017|url=http://englandfootballonline.com/TeamRank/RankUEFA1997.html|title=UEFA European National Team Ranking Table 1997|publisher=England Football Online|date=21 December 2001|access-date=8 June 2022}}</ref> !! {{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.}}<ref name="Seedinglist"/>
|-
| ''' {{fb|GER}} (title holders)'''  ||align=center| 2.35 ||align=center| 1
|-
| ''' {{fb|ESP}}'''  ||align=center| 2.60 ||align=center| 2
|-
| ''' {{fb|ROU}}'''  ||align=center| 2.45 ||align=center| 3
|-
| {{fb|RUS}} ||align=center| 2.39 ||align=center| 4
|-
| ''' {{fb|ENG}}'''  ||align=center| 2.37 ||align=center| 5
|-
| {{fb|SCO}} ||align=center| 2.30 ||align=center| 6
|-
| ''' {{fb|FR Yugoslavia}}'''  ||align=center| 2.30 ||align=center| 7
|-
| ''' {{fb|ITA}}'''  ||align=center| 2.28 ||align=center| 8
|-
| ''' {{fb|NOR}}'''  ||align=center| 2.22 ||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.}}<ref name="Coefficients1997"/> !! {{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.}}<ref name="Seedinglist"/>
|-
| {{fb|BUL}} ||align=center| 2.22 ||align=center| 10
|-
| {{fb|CRO}} ||align=center| 2.11 ||align=center| 11
|-
| ''' {{fb|DEN}}'''  ||align=center| 2.11 ||align=center| 12
|-
| ''' {{fb|POR}}'''  ||align=center| 2.10 ||align=center| 13
|-
| {{fb|AUT}} ||align=center| 2.05 ||align=center| 14
|-
| ''' {{fb|FRA|1974}}'''  ||align=center| 2.00 ||align=center| 15
|-
| ''' {{fb|CZE}}'''  ||align=center| 1.85 ||align=center| 16
|-
| ''' {{fb|TUR}}'''  ||align=center| 1.81 ||align=center| 17
|-
| {{fb|GRE}} ||align=center| 1.78 ||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.}}<ref name="Coefficients1997"/> !! {{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.}}<ref name="Seedinglist"/>
|-
| {{fb|IRL}} ||align=center| 1.75 ||align=center| 19
|-
| {{fb|SUI}} ||align=center| 1.69 ||align=center| 20
|-
| ''' {{fb|SWE}}'''  ||align=center| 1.67 ||align=center| 21
|-
| {{fb|LTU|1988}} ||align=center| 1.65 ||align=center| 22
|-
| {{fb|UKR|1992}} ||align=center| 1.65 ||align=center| 23
|-
| {{fb|SVK}} ||align=center| 1.50 ||align=center| 24
|-
| {{fb|FIN}} ||align=center| 1.44 ||align=center| 25
|-
| {{fb|ISR}} ||align=center| 1.38 ||align=center| 26
|-
| {{fb|GEO|1990}} ||align=center| 1.38 ||align=center| 27
|}
|-valign=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.}}<ref name="Coefficients1997"/> !! {{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.}}<ref name="Seedinglist"/>
|-
| {{fb|POL}} ||align=center| 1.28 ||align=center| 28
|-
| {{fb|HUN}} ||align=center| 1.25 ||align=center| 29
|-
| {{fb|NIR}} ||align=center| 1.20 ||align=center| 30
|-
| {{fb|BIH|1992}} ||align=center| 1.12 ||align=center| 31
|-
| {{fb|LVA}} ||align=center| 1.10 ||align=center| 32
|-
| {{fb|MKD|name=Macedonia}} ||align=center| 1.00 ||align=center| 33
|-
| {{fb|CYP|1960}} ||align=center| 0.94 ||align=center| 34
|-
| {{fb|WAL}} ||align=center| 0.38 ||align=center| 35
|-
| {{fb|ISL}} ||align=center| 0.78 ||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.}}<ref name="Coefficients1997"/> !! {{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.}}<ref name="Seedinglist"/>
|-
| {{fb|BLR|1995}} ||align=center| 0.75 ||align=center| 37
|-
| ''' {{fb|SVN}}'''  ||align=center| 0.67 ||align=center| 38
|-
| {{fb|ARM}} ||align=center| 0.65 ||align=center| 39
|-
| {{fb|ALB|1992}} ||align=center| 0.60 ||align=center| 40
|-
| {{fb|FRO}} ||align=center| 0.60 ||align=center| 41
|-
| {{fb|LUX}} ||align=center| 0.55 ||align=center| 42
|-
| {{fb|MLD|1990}} ||align=center| 0.50 ||align=center| 43
|-
| {{fb|AZE}} ||align=center| 0.22 ||align=center| 44
|-
| {{fb|EST}} ||align=center| 0.20 ||align=center| 45
|-
| {{fb|MLT}} ||align=center| 0.20 ||align=center| 46
|-
| {{fb|LIE}} ||align=center| 0.05 ||align=center| 47
|-
| {{fb|SMR|1862}} ||align=center| 0.00 ||align=center| 48
|-
| {{fb|AND}} ||align=center| {{Tooltip|NR|Not ranked}} ||align=center| 49
|}
|}
<small>'''Note:''' The [[UEFA coefficient#Men's national team coefficient|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 [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 757|UN sanctions]]. Bosnia and Herzegovina made their European qualification debut. Andorra made their qualification debut after being admitted to UEFA in November 1996.</small>

==Summary==
{{legend|#BBF3BB|Group winners and the [[#Ranking of second-placed teams|best ranked runner-up]] qualified directly for [[UEFA Euro 2000]]}}
{{legend|#BBF3FF|The remaining [[#Ranking of second-placed teams|runners-up]] advanced to the [[#Play-offs|play-offs]]}}
{{legend||Other teams were eliminated after the qualifying group stage}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:99.99%; font-size:90%;"
|-
! style="width:11.11%" | [[#Group 1|Group 1]]
! style="width:11.11%" | [[#Group 2|Group 2]]
! style="width:11.11%" | [[#Group 3|Group 3]]
! style="width:11.11%" | [[#Group 4|Group 4]]
! style="width:11.11%" | [[#Group 5|Group 5]]
! style="width:11.11%" | [[#Group 6|Group 6]]
! style="width:11.11%" | [[#Group 7|Group 7]]
! style="width:11.11%" | [[#Group 8|Group 8]]
! style="width:11.11%" | [[#Group 9|Group 9]]
|- style="background:#BBF3BB"
| {{fb-big|ITA}}
| {{fb-big|NOR}}
| {{fb-big|GER}}
| {{fb-big|FRA|1974}}
| {{fb-big|SWE}}
| {{fb-big|ESP}}
| {{fb-big|ROU}}
| {{fb-big|FR Yugoslavia}}
| {{fb-big|CZE}}
|- style="background:#BBF3FF"
| {{fb-big|DEN}}
| {{fb-big|SVN}}
| {{fb-big|TUR}}
| {{fb-big|UKR|1992}}
| {{fb-big|ENG}}
| {{fb-big|ISR}}
| style="background:#BBF3BB" | {{fb-big|POR}}
| {{fb-big|IRL}}
| {{fb-big|SCO}}
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| {{fb-big|SUI}}<br />{{fb-big|WAL}}<br />{{fb-big|BLR|1995}}
| {{fb-big|GRE}}<br />{{fb-big|LVA}}<br />{{fb-big|ALB|1992}}<br />{{fb-big|GEO|1990}}
| {{fb-big|FIN}}<br />{{fb-big|NIR}}<br />{{fb-big|MDA|1990}}
| {{fb-big|RUS}}<br />{{fb-big|ISL}}<br />{{fb-big|ARM}}<br />{{fb-big|AND}}
| {{fb-big|POL}}<br />{{fb-big|BUL}}<br />{{fb-big|LUX}}
| {{fb-big|AUT}}<br />{{fb-big|CYP|1960}}<br />{{fb-big|SMR|1862}}
| {{fb-big|SVK}}<br />{{fb-big|HUN}}<br />{{fb-big|AZE}}<br />{{fb-big|LIE}}
| {{fb-big|CRO}}<br />{{fb-big|MKD|name=Macedonia}}<br />{{fb-big|MLT}}
| {{fb-big|BIH}}<br />{{fb-big|LTU|1988}}<br />{{fb-big|EST}}<br />{{fb-big|FRO}}
|}

==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:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/00e.html |title=European Championship 2000 |website=[[RSSSF]] |publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]] |date=17 January 2004 |access-date=17 July 2017}}</ref>
# Higher number of points obtained in the matches played among the teams in question;
# Superior goal difference in matches played among the teams in question;
# Higher number of goals scored away from home in the matches played among the teams in question;
# Superior goal difference in all group matches;
# Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
# Higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
# 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===
{{Main|UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 1}}
{{UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying group tables|Group 1|show_matches=yes|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

===Group 9===
{{Main|UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying 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 have been sufficient. After the best runner-up was found, all the others entered a random playoff to determine the last four qualifiers.

[[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] qualified automatically as best runner-up, beating [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] on goal difference.
{{UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying group tables|2nd place}}

==Play-offs==
{{Main|UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying 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==
{{commons category}}
* [https://archive.today/20121208153159/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2000/index.html UEFA Euro 2000] at UEFA.com

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