UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox international football competition Template:Qualification for championships (UEFA) Qualifying for the UEFA Euro 2008 finals tournament took place between August 2006 and November 2007. Fifty teams were divided into seven groups. In a double round-robin system, each team played against each of the others in their group on a home-and-away basis. The winner and runner-up of each group qualified automatically for the final tournament. This was the first Euro qualification since expansion to have no playoff.

Austria and Switzerland qualified automatically as co-hosts of the event.

Qualified teams

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  Qualified

  Did not qualify

  Did not enter

  Not a UEFA member

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournamentTemplate:Efn-ua
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	0 (debut)
Template:Fb			2 (1996, 2004)
Template:FbTemplate:Efn-ua	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	9 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	2 (1980, 2004)
Template:FbTemplate:Efn-ua	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	6 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	3 (1984, 1996, 2000)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	0 (debut)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	6 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	6 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	2 (1996, 2004)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	7 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	7 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	4 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	2 (1996, 2000)
Template:FbTemplate:Efn-ua	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	8 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Dts	3 (1992, 2000, 2004)

Seedings

UEFA used the 2005 UEFA national team coefficient to rank the teams according to their results in both UEFA Euro 2004 and 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification. Only the group matches counted towards the coefficients. As defending champions, Greece were automatically seeded in the top pool. Since Portugal automatically qualified for UEFA Euro 2004 as hosts, the coefficient factored in only their 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification record. Similarly, Germany's coefficient factored only their UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying record, since they automatically qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup as hosts. Meanwhile, Kazakhstan never competed in the European Championships previously, so the coefficient used only their World Cup record. Montenegro had not been admitted to UEFA/FIFA at the time the qualifying competition had started, and thus were ineligible.

The draw took place on 27 January 2006 in Montreux, Switzerland.

Austria (1,333) and Switzerland (1,833) were already assured of places at Euro 2008 as host nations.

Pot 1 Team Coeff Rank Template:Fb (title holders) 1,950 13 Template:Fb 2,550 1 Template:Fb 2,500 2 Template:Fb 2,500 3 Template:Fb 2,450 4 Template:Fb 2,444 5 Template:Fb 2,278 6	Pot 2 Team Coeff Rank Template:Fb 2,250 7 Template:Fb 2,222 8 Template:Fb 2,222 9 Template:Fb 2,100 10 Template:Fb 2,056 11 Template:Fb 2,056 12 Template:Fb 1,950 14	Pot 3 Team Coeff Rank Template:Fb 1,889 15 Template:Fb 1,850 16 Template:Fb 1,850 17 Template:Fb 1,778 18 Template:Fb 1,778 19 Template:Fb 1,750 20 Template:Fb 1,650 21
Pot 4 Team Coeff Rank Template:Fb 1,611 22 Template:Fb 1,556 23 Template:Fb 1,556 24 Template:Fb 1,550 25 Template:Fb 1,500 26 Template:Fb 1,500 27 Template:Fb 1,444 28	Pot 5 Team Coeff Rank Template:Fb 1,389 29 Template:Fb 1,300 30 Template:Fb 1,250 31 Template:Fb 1,167 32 Template:Fb 1,111 33 Template:Fb 0,944 34 Template:Fb 0,850 35	Pot 6 Team Coeff Rank Template:Fb 0,850 36 Template:Fb 0,750 37 Template:Fb 0,722 38 Template:Fb 0,700 39 Template:Fb 0,667 40 Template:Fb 0,667 41 Template:Fb 0,611 42
Pot 7 Team Coeff Rank Template:Fb 0,450 43 Template:Fb 0,389 44 Template:Fb 0,250 45 Template:Fb 0,222 46 Template:Fb 0,111 47 Template:Fb 0,083 48 Template:Fb 0,000 49 Template:Fb 0,000 50

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:

1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question
2. Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question
3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question
4. Higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question
5. If, after applying criteria 1) to 4) to several teams, two or more teams still had an equal ranking, the criteria 1) to 4) was reapplied to determine the ranking of these teams. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 6) and 7) applied;
6. Results of all group matches: 1. Superior goal difference 2. Higher number of goals scored 3. Higher number of goals scored away from home 4. Fair play conduct
7. Drawing of lots

Summary

  Group winners and runners-up qualified directly for UEFA Euro 2008

  Other teams were eliminated

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Groups

The qualifying process started in August 2006. Austria and Switzerland were automatically granted places in the tournament finals as the host nations.

The qualifying format had been changed from the previous tournament: the respective winners and runners-up from seven groups would automatically qualify for the finals, alongside the host nations. Therefore, there were no play-offs between the runners-up of the groups. Group A contained eight teams, while the other six groups each contained seven.

As the official successor of the previous football association, Serbia inherited the position originally allotted to Serbia and Montenegro in Group A prior to the dissolution of the state union. Montenegro were granted UEFA membership after qualifying had started and thus were not able to participate in this European Championship.

External links

• UEFA Euro 2008 at UEFA.com