Just when you stopped wishing the World Cup was every year (or relieved that it’s finally over), the national sides of Europe begin their quest for silverware in the Euro 2008 tournament.
Qualifying takes place over 15 months, and began on August 16th, with Georgia walloping the Faroe Islands 6-0, Macedonia beating Estonia 1-0 and a 0-0 draw between Kazakhstan and Belgium.
They kick off again, on September 2 and 6, with fifty teams fighting for one of the 14 places in the Euro 2008 Finals.
The fifty teams are divided into six groups of seven and one group of eight, with the top two teams of each group qualifying for the final tournament, held in June of 2008, in Austria and Switzerland. Check out how it all works.
Matches televised this weekend and next
Saturday 9/2
France at Georgia 12pm ET
Setanta Sports
Bulgaria at Romania 2pm ET
Fox Soccer Channel
Wales at Czech Republic 2pm ET
Setanta Sports
Norway at Hungary 4pm ET
Fox Soccer Channel (delayed)
Holland at Luxembourg 4:15pm ET
Setanta Sports (delayed)
France at Georgia 8:30pm ET
Setanta Sports (delayed)
Wednesday 9/6
Malta at Turkey 1pm ET
Setanta Sports
Germany at San Marino 2:30pm ET
Fox Soccer Channel
Czech Republic at Slovakia 5pm ET
Fox Soccer Channel (delayed)
Italy at France 3pm ET
Setanta Sports
Spain at Northern Ireland 5pm ET
Setanta Sports (delayed)
We'll have match previews and predictions to come.
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