How European qualification works:
The EIGHT winners of the European qualifying groups will automatically qualify for the 2006 Fifa World Cup finals in Germany.

The best TWO runners-up will also qualify for the finals which will be played during June and July 2006 in Germany.

The other six second-placed teams will then be paired off to play each other over two-legged play-offs for the remaining THREE places at the finals.

Hosts Germany are the only country who do not have to qualify for the event.

Group 1

Czech Republic
Netherlands
Romania
Finland
FYR Macedonia
Armenia
Andorra

Group 2

Turkey
Denmark
Greece
Ukraine
Georgia
Albania
Kazakhstan

Group 3

Portugal
Russia
Slovakia
Latvia
Estonia
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg

Group 4

France
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Switzerland
Israel
Cyprus
Faroe Islands

Group 5

Italy
Slovenia
SCOTLAND
Norway
Belarus
Moldova

Group 6

ENGLAND
Poland
Austria
WALES
NORTHERN IRELAND
Azerbaijan

Group 7

Spain
Belgium
Serbia and Mont
Bosnia
Lithuania
San Marino

Group 8

Sweden
Croatia
Bulgaria
Iceland
Hungary
Malta