Roundup of the eighth matchweek of UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifying action, which saw five teams achieve qualification.
England and Scotland – who weren’t in competitive action this matchweek – entered this round of qualification games knowing that positive results in their favour would see them secure qualification.
Wales meanwhile looked to keep their qualification dreams alive whilst Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland were playing for pride with no chance of automatically qualifying for the tournament.
Now, here is a full roundup of the latest UEFA Euro 2024 Qualifying action.
Group A
Spain moved top of Qualifying Group A after Gavi struck a 49th minute winner to defeat Norway in Oslo, which in-turn secured their qualification alongside Scotland – who now couldn’t be caught by the Norwegians.
Second half goals from Otar Kiteishvili, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Levan Shengelia and Georges Mikautadze saw Georgia thrash rock-bottom Cyprus 4-0 in Tbilisi
Group B
Virgil van Dijk’s 93rd minute penalty proved enough for Netherlands to move above Greece into second position with two matches left of the campaign, following a 1-0 win in Athens.
Evan Ferguson, Mikey Johnston, Matt Doherty and Callum Robinson all netted for Republic of Ireland in a ruthless 4-0 win away to Gibraltar.
Group C
Harry Kane’s brace saw England come from behind to beat Italy 3-1 to achieve qualification and top Qualifying Group C as winners.
Ukraine sit second after they too came from behind to take a 3-1 victory after they fell behind away to Malta, as Paul Mbong put the hosts in front before Ryan Camenzuli’s own goal, Artem Dovbyk and Mykhailo Mudryk completed the Ukrainians’ comeback.
Group D
Cenk Tosun’s brace plus goals from Yunus Akgun and Muhhamed Akturkoglu saw Turkey stay top of the group with a 4-0 win over Latvia in Konya, and secure their spot at next summer’s tournament.
Harry Wilson’s brace saw Wales defeat Croatia 2-1 in Cardiff to move into second position based on their head-to-head record in this group.
Group E
Tomas Soucek’s 76th minute penalty saw Czech Republic beat Faroe Islands in Plzen to go second in Qualifying Group E.
Poland slipped to third after Karol Swiderski cancelled out Ion Nicolaescu’s opening goal in a 1-1 draw at home to Moldova.
Group F
Despite having already qualified, Belgium’s clash against Sweden was abandoned at half-time due to a terror attack in Brussels, with the scored locked at 1-1 after Romelu Lukaku’s penalty had cancelled out Viktor Gyokeres’ goal.
Marcel Sabitzer’s 48th minute penalty proved enough for Austria to prevail away to Azerbaijan and secure the second qualification spot.
Group G
Second half goals from Dominik Szoboszlai and Barnbas Varga saw Qualifying Group G leaders, Hungary recover to snatch a surprise 2-2 draw away to Lithuania, after Fedor Cernych and Pijus Sirvys had put the hosts ahead at half-time.
Aleksandar Mitrovic’s brace and Dusan Tadic’s effort saw second-placed Serbia move to within one point of the top position, having beaten Montenegro 3-1 in Belgrade.
Group H
Adam Cerin struck a fifth minute winner as Slovenia won away to Northern Ireland to stay top fo Qualifying Group H.
Denmark remain second after Yussef Poulsen netted a 70th minute winner away to San Marino, after the hosts’ Alessandro Golinucci had cancelled out Rasmus Højlund’s opening goal.
Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov’s late brace kept Kazakhstan’s qualification hopes alive in a 2-1 away to Finland, which meant that the Finnish could no longer qualify automatically for the tournament.
Group I
Late goals from Manuel Akanji and Zeki Amdouni saw Switzerland fight back to snatch a 3-3 draw at home to Belarus, after having led through Xherdan Shaqiri before they conceded three second-half goals.
First half goals from Nicolae Stanciu, Ianis Hagi and Razvan Marin plus Florinel Coman’s 50th minute effort consequently sent Romania top with a 4-0 home victory against Andorra.
Kosovo’s home clash against Israel was postponed due to Israel’s war against Hamas.
Group J
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice before Bruno Fernandes, Joao Cancelo and Joao Felix wrapped up a clinical 5-0 away win for already-qualified Portugal against Bosnia & Herzegovina.
David Duris netted a 76th minute winner as second-placed Slovakia scraped past Luxembourg to move closer towards qualification.
Gylfi Sigurdsson’s brace fired Iceland to a 4-0 home win over Liechtenstein, with Alfred Finnbogason and Hakon Arnar Haraldsson also on the scoresheet.
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