EURO 2008 INFO

A total of 16 teams will participate in the tournament. Austria and Switzerland will automatically qualify as hosts; The remaining 14 teams have been determined through qualifying matches which started in August 2006.

Country	Qualified as	Date qualification was secured	Previous appearances in tournament1
Austria	Co-hosts	12 December 2002	0 (debut appearance)
Switzerland	Co-hosts	12 December 2002	2 (1996, 2004)
Poland	Group A winners	17 November 2007	0 (debut appearance)
Portugal	Group A runners-up	21 November 2007	4 (1984, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Italy	Group B winners	17 November 2007	6 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004)
France	Group B runners-up	17 November 2007	6 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Greece	Group C winners	17 October 2007	2 (1980, 2004)
Turkey	Group C runners-up	21 November 2007	2 (1996, 2000)
Czech Republic	Group D winners	17 October 2007	6 (19602, 19762, 19802, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Germany	Group D runners-up	13 October 2007	9 (19723, 19763, 19803, 19843, 19883, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Croatia	Group E winners	17 November 2007	2 (1996, 2004)
Russia	Group E runners-up	21 November 2007	8 (19604, 19644, 19684, 19724, 19884, 19925, 1996, 2004)
Spain	Group F winners	17 November 2007	7 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Sweden	Group F runners-up	21 November 2007	3 (1992, 2000, 2004)
Romania	Group G winners	17 October 2007	3 (1984, 1996, 2000)
Nederlands	Group G runners-up	17 November 2007	7 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year, ² as Czechoslovakia, ³ as West Germany, ⁴ as Soviet Union, ⁵ as Commonwealth of Independent States