Group Draws for UEFA World Cup 2010 Qualifying

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EUROPE
Eight groups of six teams and one group of five will be drawn on November 25.

The nine group winners qualify automatically. The best eight of the nine runners-up will play a two-legged play-off to qualify. Qualifying begins in August 2008.

Round 1

Group 1
Portugal
Sweden
Denmark
Hungary
Albania
Malta

Group 2
Greece
Israel
Switzerland
Moldova
Latvia
Luxembourg

Group 3
Czech Republic
Poland
Northern Ireland
Slovakia
Slovenia
San Marino

Group 4
Germany
Russia
Finland
Wales
Azerbaijan
Liechtenstein

Group 5
Spain
Turkey
Belgium
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Armenia
Estonia

Group 6
Croatia
England
Ukraine
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Andorra

Group 7
France
Romania
Serbia
Lithuania
Austria
Faroe Islands

Group 8
Italy
Bulgaria
Ireland Republic
Cyprus
Georgia
Montenegro

Group 9
Netherlands
Scotland
Norway
Former Yugloslavian Republic based in Skopje
Iceland

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Macedonian asked me not to write down Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia. He's still pretty worked up about that political upheaval so I complied, after all, he's right.