The first round of qualifiers for Euro 2012 is over. 10 teams excluding the two host nations have booked their berths. In the last blog we had a look at first four qualifying groups. Now let us take a survey through the qualifying groups E, F, G and H and find out who qualified:
NETHERLANDS – Group –E winner
3rd September, 2010, Serravalle: NETHERLANDS 5 [Dirk Kuyt 16’ (P), Klaas Jan-Huntelaar (38’, 48’, 66’), Ruud Van Nistelrooy 90’] vs. SAN MARINO 0
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| Klaas Jan-Huntelaar against San Marino |
7th September, 2010, Rotterdam: NETHERLANDS 2 [Klaas Jan-Huntelaar (7’, 16’ P)] vs. FINLAND 1 [Mikael Forssell 18’]
8th October, 2010, Chisinau: NETHERLANDS 1 [Jaan Klaas-Huntelaar 37’] vs. MOLDOVA 0
12th October, 2010, Amsterdam: NETHERLANDS 4 [Jan Klas-Huntelaar (4’, 55’), Ibrahim Afellay 37’, 59’] vs. SWEDEN 1 [Andreas Granqvist 69’]
25th March, 2011, Budapest: NETHERLANDS 4 [Rafael Van der Vaart 8’, Ibrahim Afellay 45’, Dirk Kuyt 54’, Robin Van Persie 62’] vs. HUNGARY 0
29th March, 2011, Amsterdam: NETHERLANDS 5 [Robin Van Persie 13’, Wesley Sneijder 61’, Ruud Van Nistelrooy 73’, Dirk Kuyt (78’, 81’)] vs. HUNGARY 3 [Gergely Rudolf 46’, Zoltan Gera (50’, 75’)]
2nd September, 2011, Eindhoven: NETHERLANDS 11 [Robin Van Persie (7’, 65’, 67’, 79’), Wesley Sneijder (12’, 87’), John Heitinga 17’, Dirk Kuyt 49’, Jan Klas-Huntelaar (56’, 77’), Georginio Wijnaldum 90’] vs. SAN MARINO 0
6th September, 2011, Helsinki: NETHERLANDS 2 [Kevin Strootman 29’, Luuk de Jong 90+3’] vs. FINLAND 0
7th October, 2011, Rotterdam: NETHERLANDS 1 [Jan Klaas-Huntelaar 40’] vs. MOLDOVA 0
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| Robin Van Persie Surging Ahead against Moldova |
11th October, 2011, Solna: NETHERLANDS 2 [Jaan Klaas-Huntelaar 23’, Dirk Kuyt 50’] vs. SWEDEN 3 [Kim Kallstrom 14’, Sebastian Larsson 52’ (P), Ola Toivonen 53’]
GREECE – Group-F winner
3rd September, 2010, Piraeus: GREECE 1 [Nikos Spyropoulos 72’] vs. GEORGIA 1 [Aleksandr Iashvii 3’]
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| Giorgos Karagounis & Israel's Yossi Benayoun Tussle for the Ball |
7th September, 2010, Zagreb: GREECE 0 vs. CROATIA 0
8th October, 2010, Piraeus: GREECE 1 [Vassillis Torossidis 58’] vs. LATVIA 0
12th October, 2010, Piraeus: GREECE 2 [Dimitris Salpingidis 22’, Giorgos Karagounis 63’ (P)] vs. ISRAEL 1 [Nikos Spyropoulos (o.g.) 59’]
26th March, 2011, Ta’ Qali: GREECE 1 [Vassillis Torossidis 90+2’] vs. MALTA 0
4th June, 2011, Piraeus: GREECE 3 [Giannis Fetfatsidis (7’, 63’), Kyriakos Papadopoulos 26’] vs. MALTA 1 [Michael Mifsud 54’]
2nd September, 2011, Tel Aviv: GREECE 1 [Sotiris Ninis 60’] vs. ISRAEL 0
6th September, 2011, Riga: GREECE 1 [Kyriakos Papadopoulos 84’] vs. LATVIA 1 [Aleksandrs Cauna 19’]
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| Fanis Gekas After Scoring against Croatia |
7th October, 2011, Piraeus: GREECE 2 [Giorgos Samaras 71’, Fanis Gekas 79’] vs. CROATIA 0
11th October, 2011, Tbillisi: GREECE 2 [Giorgos Fotakis 79’, Angelos Charisteas 85’] vs. GEORGIA 1 [David Targamadze 19’]
ENGLAND – Group-G winner
3rd June, 2010, London: ENGLAND 4 [Jermaine Defoe (3’, 61’, 86’), Adam Johnson 83’] vs. BULGARIA 0
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| Jermaine Defoe Scores his First against Bulgaria |
7th June, 2010, Basel: ENGLAND 3 [Wayne Rooney 10’, Adam Johnson 69’, Darren Bent 88’] vs. SWITZERLAND 1 [Xherdan Shaqiri 71’]
12th October, 2010, London: ENGLAND 0 vs. MONTENEGRO 0
26th March, 2011, Cardiff: ENGLAND 2 [Frank Lampard 7’ (P), Darren Bent 15’] vs. WALES 0
4th June, 2011, London: ENGLAND 2 [Frank Lampard 37’ (P), Ashley Young 51’] vs. SWITZERLAND 2 [Tranquillo Barnetta 32’, 35’]
2nd September, 2011, Sofia: ENGLAND 3 [Gary Cahill 13’, Wayne Rooney (21’, 45+1’)] vs. BULGARIA 0
6th September, 2011, London: ENGLAND 1 [Ashley Young 35’] vs. WALES 0
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| Adam Johnson of England is tackled by Milan Jovanovic of Montenegro |
7th October, 2011, Podogorica: ENGLAND 2 [Ashley Young 11’, Darren Bent 31’] vs. MONTENEGRO 2 [Elsad Zverotic 45’, Andrija Delibasic 90+1’]
