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Euro 2008 Qualifying Campaign |
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Written by Jeremy Rueter
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Monday, 26 May 2008 12:05 |
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Austria and Switzerland qualified automatically as hosts. The remaining UEFA countries were divided into 7 groups of 7 or 8 teams and the top 2 from each group qualified. A few of the more interesting storylines: England's failure to qualify, the great runs of Scotland (beat France home and away), Northern Ireland (beat Spain, Sweden and Denmark but lost twice to Iceland once to Latvia), Finland (if I'm not mistaken, the closest they've ever come to qualifying), a first competitive win in years for Malta, the miserable San Marino (0-13 at home to Germany) and the crazy Denmark-Sweden game.
Overall top scorer in qualifying was Northern Ireland's David Healy, with 13. Next was Croatia's Eduaro da Silva (10) and Poland's Euzebiusz Smolarek (9).
Group 1:
| Poland |
14
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8
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4
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2
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24
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12
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28
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Portugal
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14
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7
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6
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1
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24
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10
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27
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Serbia
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14
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6
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6
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2
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22
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11
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24
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Finland
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14
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6
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6
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2
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13
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7
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24
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Belgium
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14
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5
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3
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6
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14
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16
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18
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| Kazakhstan |
14
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2
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4
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8
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11
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21
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10
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Armenia
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12
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2
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3
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7
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5
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14
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9
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Azerbaijan
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12
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1
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2
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9
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6
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28
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5
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Note: The Armenia-Azerbaijan matches were cancelled after Azerbaijan refused to play in Armenia and Armenia refused to play both matches at a neutral venue.
Group 2:
| Italy |
12
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9
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2
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1
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22
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9
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29
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France
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12
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8
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2
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2
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25
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5
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26
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| Scotland |
12
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8
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0
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4
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21
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12
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24
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Ukraine
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12
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5
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2
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5
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18
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16
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17
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Lithuania
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12
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5
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1
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6
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11
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13
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16
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| Georgia |
12
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3
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1
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8
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16
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19
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10
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Faroe Islands
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12
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0
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0
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12
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4
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43
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0
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Group 3:
| Greece |
12
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10
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1
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1
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25
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10
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31
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Turkey
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12
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7
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3
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2
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25
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11
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24
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Norway
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12
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7
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2
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3
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27
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11
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23
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
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12
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4
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1
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7
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16
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22
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13
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Moldova
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12
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3
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3
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6
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12
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19
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12
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Hungary
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12
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4
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0
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8
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11
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22
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12
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Malta
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12
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1
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2
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9
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10
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31
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5
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Group 4:
| Czech Republic |
12
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9
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2
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1
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27
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5
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29
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Germany
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12
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8
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3
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1
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35
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7
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27
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Ireland
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12
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4
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5
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3
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17
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14
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17
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Slovakia
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12
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5
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1
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6
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33
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23
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16
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Wales
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12
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4
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3
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5
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18
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19
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15
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Cyprus
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12
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4
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2
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6
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17
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24
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14
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San Marino
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12
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0
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0
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12
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2
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57
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0
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Group 5:
| Croatia |
12
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9
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2
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1
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28
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8
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29
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Russia
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12
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7
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3
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2
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18
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7
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24
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| England |
12
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7
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2
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3
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24
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7
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23
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Israel
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12
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7
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2
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3
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20
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12
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23
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Macedonia
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12
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4
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2
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6
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12
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12
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14
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Estonia
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12
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2
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1 |
9
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5
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21
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7
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Andorra
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12
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0
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0
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12
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2
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42
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0
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Group 6:
Spain
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12
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9
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1
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2
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23
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8
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28
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Sweden
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12
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8
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2
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2
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23
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9
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26
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Northern Ireland
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12
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6
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2
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4
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17
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14
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20
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Denmark
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12
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6
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2
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4
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21
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11
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20
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| Latvia |
12
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4
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0
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8
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15
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17
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12
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Iceland
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12
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2
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2
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8
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10
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27
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8
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Liechtenstein
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12
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2
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1
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9
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9
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32
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7
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Group 7:
| Romania |
12
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9
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2
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1
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26
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7
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29 |
Netherlands
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12
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8
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2
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2
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15
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5
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26 |
Bulgaria
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12
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7
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4
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1
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18
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7
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25
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Belarus
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12
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4
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1
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7
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17
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23
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13
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Albania
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12
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2
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5
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5
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12
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18
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11
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Slovenia
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12
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3
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2
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7
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9
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16
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11
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| Luxembourg |
12
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1
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0
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11
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2
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23
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3
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