Euro 2012 Qualifying Update

51 teams are participating in the Euro 2012 qualifying games, and there have been some really good games that have been played so far. The way things have gone, it seems those that did well in the previous FIFA World Cup, like the Netherlands, Spain and Germany, are doing well here too at the Euro 2012. Italy, who crashed out in the first round of the World Cup, are also on the top of their group, and they will be looking to erase the embarrassment of the world cup in these Euro games. At the start of the qualifiers, France seemed to continue their bad form of the world cup into this tournament too, but have picked up from a slow start to get to the top of their group. Here is the latest standings in qualifying for the Euro 2012 finals next year.

2012 Euro Qualifying Standings

GROUP A COUNTRY	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS		GROUP B COUNTRY	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
Germany	10	10	0	0	34	7	27	30		Russia	10	7	2	1	17	4	13	23
Turkey	10	5	2	3	13	11	2	17		Rep of Ireland	10	6	3	1	15	7	8	21
Belgium	10	4	3	3	21	15	6	15		Armenia	10	5	2	3	22	10	12	17
Austria	10	3	3	4	16	17	-1	12		Slovakia	10	4	3	3	7	10	-3	15
Azerbaijan	10	2	1	7	10	26	-16	7		Macedonia	10	2	2	6	8	14	-6	8
Kazakhstan	10	1	1	8	6	24	-18	4		Andorra	10	0	0	10	1	25	-24	0

GROUP C COUNTRY	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS		GROUP D COUNTRY	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
Italy	10	8	2	0	20	2	18	26		France	10	6	3	1	15	4	11	21
Estonia	10	5	1	4	15	14	1	16		Bosnia	10	6	2	2	17	8	9	20
Serbia	10	4	3	3	13	12	1	15		Romania	10	3	5	2	13	9	4	14
Slovenia	10	4	2	4	11	7	4	14		Belarus	10	3	4	3	8	7	1	13
Northern Ireland	10	2	3	5	9	13	-4	9		Albania	10	2	3	5	7	14	-7	9
Faroe Islands	10	1	1	8	6	26	-20	4		Luxembourg	10	1	1	8	3	21	-18	4

GROUP E COUNTRY	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS		GROUP F COUNTRY	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
Netherlands	10	9	0	1	37	8	29	27		Greece	10	7	3	0	14	5	9	24
Sweden	10	8	0	2	31	11	20	24		Croatia	10	7	1	2	18	7	11	22
Hungary	10	6	1	3	22	14	8	19		Israel	10	5	1	4	13	11	2	16
Finland	10	3	1	6	16	16	0	10		Latvia	10	3	2	5	9	12	-3	11
Moldova	10	3	0	7	12	16	-4	9		Georgia	10	2	4	4	7	9	-2	10
San Marino	10	0	0	10	0	53	-53	0		Malta	10	0	1	9	4	21	-17	1

GROUP G COUNTRY	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS		GROUP H COUNTRY	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
England	8	5	3	0	17	5	12	18		Denmark	8	6	1	1	15	6	9	19
Montenegro	8	3	3	2	7	7	0	12		Portugal	8	5	1	2	21	12	9	16
Switzerland	8	3	2	3	12	10	2	11		Norway	8	5	1	2	10	7	3	16
Wales	8	3	0	5	6	10	-4	9		Iceland	8	1	1	6	6	14	-8	4
Bulgaria	8	1	2	5	3	13	-10	5		Cyprus	8	0	2	6	7	20	-13	2

GROUP I COUNTRY	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
Spain	8	8	0	0	26	6	20	24
Czech Rep	8	4	1	3	12	8	4	13
Scotland	8	3	2	3	9	10	-1	11
Lithuania	8	1	2	5	4	13	-9	5
Liechtenstein	8	1	1	6	3	17	-14	4

qualified for finals

qualified for playoffs

Teams that have directly qualified for the Euro 2012 finals are Germany, Russia, Italy, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Greece, England, Denmark, and Spain. The teams that have advanced to the playoffs are Turkey, Republic of Ireland, Estonia, Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Portugal, Czech Republic,

The Euro 2012 qualifying games have now reached the stage of the playoffs, which are scheduled for November 11 and 15. More updates will be appearing here as and when they happen. Stay tuned!