There are 53 teams participating in the European qualifiers. Germany, the host country, and Russia, which was banned by UEFA, did not participate in the European qualifiers. 53 teams were divided into 10 groups, including the first 7 groups with 5 teams and the last 3 groups with 6 teams. The group match system is mainly a double round robin away from home, excluding overtime and penalty kicks.
According to the previously announced schedule, the European preliminaries will be held from March 2003 to the match day of110 in 2003. The top 2 players in each group, including 20 teams, will advance directly to the race. In addition, among the first, second and third teams in the Europa League, the top four teams that failed to make it to the European Cup will compete for three places in the two rounds of qualifiers respectively, and the play-offs will be held on March 2, 20 14 and March 26, 2004.
European cup qualifiers
The European Cup qualifiers are the elimination matches for all European football teams to participate in the European Cup. It will be held in continental Europe. The qualifying tournament will last for two years and will be conducted in three stages. In the end, 16 teams will enter the European Cup to compete for the championship. The match between Serbia and Albania in the European Cup qualifier of 20 16 was suspended because of an unexpected political conflict.
According to the drawing rules for the 20 12 European Cup qualifiers, the 5 1 teams will be divided into 9 groups, including 6 groups and 6 teams, 3 groups and 5 teams, and all the 6 teams in the 6th file will be divided into 6 groups and 6 teams, and the teams of all grades will not meet in the qualifiers. Defending champion Spain and nine teams from Germany, Netherlands, Italy, England, Croatia, Portugal, France and Russia became the seed teams.
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