The Russian National Team in European Championship 2000

The decline of the team Russia logicaly continued: after the failure to qualify to the 1998 World Cup buy narrowly losing the play-off game to Italy, this time Russia didn't even get a chance for a play-off, taking only the third spot in the qualification group standings. Still, the team was praised by the domestic media for the brilliant performance, although the only game to the Russians credit was the victory in Paris over the World Champions, the France.

Qualification tournament for the EC-2000

Group 4

Russia  France  Ukraine  Iceland  Armenia  Andorra
Team P W D L GF GA Pts
France 10 6 3 1 17 10 21
Ukraine 10 5 5 0 14 4 20
Russia 10 6 1 3 22 12 19
Iceland 10 4 3 3 12 7 15
Armenia 10 2 2 6 8 15 8
Andorra 10 0 0 10 3 28 0
NOTE: In the case of teams finishing equal on points after playing all their group matches the following criteria (in the order listed) will be used to determine ranking:

When the second-placed teams are ranked to determine the teams to qualify for the final round or play-off matches, only the results obtained against the teams placed first, third and fourth in the group shall be considered. The following criteria (in the order listed) shall be used to determine the ranking for the second-placed teams:

Results & Fixtures

1998      
September 5 Armenia 3-1 Andorra
September 5 Ukraine 3-2 Russia
September 5 Iceland 1-1 France
October 10 Andorra 0-2 Ukraine
October 10 Russia 2-3 France
October 10 Armenia 0-0 Iceland
October 14 Ukraine 2-0 Armenia
October 14 Iceland 1-0 Russia
October 14 France 2-0 Andorra

1999

     
March 27 Andorra 0-2 Iceland
March 27 France 0-0 Ukraine
March 27 Armenia 0-3 Russia
March 31 Ukraine 1-1 Iceland
March 31 Russia 6-1 Andorra
March 31 France 2-0 Armenia
June 5 Ukraine 4-0 Andorra
June 5 France 2-3 Russia
June 5 Iceland 2-0 Armenia
June 9 Andorra 0-1 France
June 9 Armenia 0-0 Ukraine
June 9 Russia 1-0 Iceland
September 4 Ukraine 0-0 France
September 4 Iceland 3-0 Andorra
September 4 Russia 2-0 Armenia
September 8 Andorra 1-2 Russia
September 8 Iceland 0-1 Ukraine
September 8 Armenia 2-3 France
October 9 France 3-2 Iceland
October 9 Russia 1-1 Ukraine
October 9 Andorra 0-3 Armenia



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