Euro 2012: How many teams qualify?

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Can someone tell me how many teams qualify for Euro 2012?  I ask because there are 9 groups, taking the first and second place teams in each group yields 18 teams. And 18 (as opposed to 8, 16, 32, etc) is a strange number.

bagzman · Answer

Can someone tell me how many teams qualify for Euro 2012?  I ask because there are 9 groups, taking the first and second place teams in each group yields 18 teams. And 18 (as opposed to 8, 16, 32, etc) is a strange number.

lutz · Answer

UEFA.com:The qualifying round is made up of nine groups of five or six teams, who contest home and away fixtures. The section winners and runners-up with the best record against the top five in their group progress automatically. The remaining eight second-placed sides contest two-legged play-offs, with the victors joining the hosts to complete the lineup for the final tournament.UEFA EURO 2012 will be the last 16-team finals before the tournament expands to 24 teams in 2016. The qualifiers are drawn into four groups, with the top two advancing to the quarter-finals when it becomes a knockout competition, with extra time and penalty shoot-outs used to decide the winner if necessary.

Euro 2012: How many teams qualify?

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