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Qualifying for EURO 2004 took place from September 2002 to November 2003. Fifty teams were divided into ten groups and each team played the others in their group twice, once at home and once away. The top teams automatically qualified for EURO 2004, and the ten group runners-up took part in play-offs to determine another five teams. Together with the host nation of Portugal, who did not need to go through the qualifying process, sixteen nations participated in EURO 2004. Portugal qualified automatically as hosts of the event. GROUP 1 Group matches GROUP 2 Group matches GROUP 3 Group matches GROUP 4 Group matches GROUP 5 Group matches GROUP 6 Group matches GROUP 7 Group matches GROUP 8 Group matches GROUP 9 Group matches Note:Yugoslavia became Serbia-Montenegro in February 2003 GROUP 10 Group matches PLAY-OFFS First leg: 15 November , 2003 Second leg: 19 November , 2003
QUALIFYING TEAMS AND COEFFICIENTS ''Qualification coefficients'' are sixth in the list of criteria to separate teams that finish level on points in their group in EURO 2004. The coefficients are calculated as the points earned per game in qualification for both EURO 2004 and the 2002 World Cup . RELATED LINKS EXTERNAL LINKS |