2004 UEFA European Championship (qualifying)
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7 September 2002 – 19 November 2003 |
| Teams | 50 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 210 |
| Goals scored | 566 (2.7 per match) |
Qualification for the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship took place between September 2002 and November 2003.
Fifty teams were divided into ten groups, with each team playing the others in their group twice, once at home and once away. The top team in each group automatically qualified for Euro 2004, and the ten group runners-up were paired off against each other to determine another five places in the finals.
Portugal qualified automatically as hosts of the event.
If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:
The draw was made on 25 January 2002, in Porto, Portugal. France were seeded first as holders. The other seedings were determined by points per game in the qualifiers for 2000 European Championship and the 2002 World Cup. Belgium and Netherlands did not have to qualify for UEFA Euro 2000 as hosts, so only their record in World Cup 2002 was used.
Portugal qualified automatically as hosts of the tournament and therefore did not take part in the qualification process.
France 2.10
Sweden 2.67
Spain 2.56
Czech Republic 2.50
Germany 2.25
Republic of Ireland 2.22
Romania 2.22
Italy 2.19
Belgium 2.12
Turkey 2.11
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