EURO 2012 Qualification Review After First Week
First week of qualifications for Euro 2012 is behind us.
I am bringing you a big review of all qualification matches that have been played for now.
There have been a lot of surprises but it is only beginning.
A lot of big teams dissapointed us and some small teams did amazing job.
Here is the review of EURO Qualification matches for week one.
I hope you will enjoy reading this slideshow!
Group A
1 of 9
September 3th 2010
Kazahstan vs Turkey 0-3
Belgium vs Germany 0-1
September 7th 2010
Turkey vs Belgium 3-2
Austria vs Kazahstan 2-0
Germany vs Azerbaijan 6-1
Germany started just like they expected.They will definitely win this group.
Turkey also got two wins although against Belgium was pretty hard match.
Austria will battle with Turkey for second place.
Standings
 Germany | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 |
 Turkey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 |
 Austria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 3 |
 Belgium | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 |
 Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
 Kazakhstan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
Group B
2 of 9
September 3th 2010
Armenia vs Ireland 0-1
Andorra vs Russia 0-2
Slovakia vs Macedonia 1-0
September 7th 2010
Russia vs Slovakia 0-1
Macedonia vs Armenia 2-2
Ireland vs Andorra 3-1
The biggest surprise is Russian lost on their field against Slovakia.
Ireland and Slovakia got maximum points from the first week.
Russia definitely need to win next matches or they can say goodbye to Euro.
 Republic of Ireland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
 Slovakia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6 |
 Russia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
 Armenia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 |
 Macedonia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 |
 Andorra | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Group C
3 of 9
August 11th 2010
Estonia vs Faroe Islands 2-1
September 3th 2010
Faroe Islands vs Serbia 0-3
Estonia vs Italy 1-2
Slovenia vs Northern Ireland 0-1
September 7th 2010
Serbia vs Slovenia 1-1
Italy vs Faroe Islands 5-0
Italy easily won their two matches and began their reconstruction under coach Prandelli.
Serbia failed to get maximum points as they tied against Slovenia at home.
The biggest surprise is Slovenia loosing against Northern Ireland at home 0-1.
 Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 |
 Serbia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
 Northern Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
 Estonia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 Slovenia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 |
 Faroe Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
Group D
4 of 9
September 3th
Romania vs Albania 1-1
Luxembourg vs Bosnia and Herzegovina 0-3
France vs Belarus 0-1
September 7th
Belarus vs Romania 0-0
Albania vs Luxembourg 1-0
Bosnia and Herzegovina vs France 0-2
The biggest surprise happened in this group as Belarus beat France in the middle of Pariz.
Also surprise is to see Romania having only 2 points from first two matches.
Very good start for Albania and Belarus. Both of them have 4 points in the start.
 Albania | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
 Belarus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
 France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
 Romania | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Luxembourg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
Group E
5 of 9
September 3th 2010
Moldova vs Finland 2-0
Sweden vs Hungary 3-0
San Marino vs Netherlands 0-5
September 7th
Sweden vs San Marino 7-0
Hungary vs Moldova 2-1
Netherlands vs Finland 2-1
Netherlands and Sweden started with perfect results into the qualification cycle as it was expected.
Noting special happened in group E.
 Sweden | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 |
 Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 |
 Hungary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
 Moldova | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
 Finland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
 San Marino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |
Group F
6 of 9
September 2th
Israel vs Malta 3-1
September 3th
Latvia vs Croatia 0-3
Greece vs Georgia 1-1
September 7th
Georgia vs Israel 0-0
Croatia vs Greece 0-0
Malta vs Latvia 0-2
Croatia failed to win maximum points after a miserable draw against Greece at home.
The biggest surprise is coming from Greece as they tied against Georgia.
 Croatia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 |
 Israel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
 Latvia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
 Georgia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Greece | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Malta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
Group G
7 of 9
September 3th
Montenegro vs Wales 1-0
England vs Bulgaria 4-0
September 7th
Bulgaria vs Montenegro 0-1
Switzerland vs England 1-3
England started with two great wins.
The biggest surprise is definitely two wins by Montenegro who is coached by Croatian football legend, Zlatko Kranjcar.
 England | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 |
 Montenegro | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6 |
 Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
 Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
 Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
Group H
8 of 9
September 3th
Iceland vs Norway 1-2
Portugal vs Cyprus 4-4
September 7th
Denmark vs Iceland 1-0
Norway vs Portugal 1-0
First I have to say that Portugal is the biggest disappointment for now in Euro qualifiers. They only got 1 point in two matches. Terrible for big football nation like Portugal.
Norway made a perfect start.
 Norway | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
 Denmark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 |
 Cyprus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
 Portugal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 1 |
 Iceland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
Group I
9 of 9
September 3th
Lithuania vs Scotland 0-0
Liechtenstein vs Spain 0-4
September 7th
Czech Republic vs Lithuania 0-1
Scotland vs Liechtenstein 2-1
Spain will win this group easily.
Czech Republic lost probably "gold" 3 points against small Lithuania.
 Scotland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
 Lithuania | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
 Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 3 |
 Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
 Liechtenstein | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
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