UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying play-offs

The UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying play-offs were the last round of qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2000. They were contested by the eight lowest-ranked runners-up from the nine first round groups of the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying tournament. The winners of each of four home and away ties qualified for the final tournament in Belgium and Netherlands. The matches were played on 13 and 17 November 1999.

Qualification

The highest ranked second placed team from the groups qualified automatically for the tournament, while the remainder entered the playoffs. As the groups contained different numbers of teams, matches against the fifth and sixth-placed teams in each group were not included in this ranking. As a result, a total of six matches played by each team count toward the purpose of the second-placed ranking table.

Tiebreakers

If two or more runners-up had an equal number of points from their six matches contributing toward the ranking, then the following criteria were applied:

Superior goal difference from these matches
Higher number of goals scored in these matches

Legend
Country that advanced to the final tournament
Countries that advanced to the play-offs

Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Portugal	6	4	1	1	11	3	+8	13
3	Turkey	6	4	1	1	12	5	+7	13
9	Scotland	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	10
1	Denmark	6	3	1	2	10	8	+2	10
8	Republic of Ireland	6	3	1	2	6	4	+2	10
4	Ukraine	6	2	4	0	6	4	+2	10
6	Israel	6	2	1	3	12	9	+3	7
5	England	6	1	4	1	5	4	+1	7
2	Slovenia	6	2	1	3	6	12	−6	7

Draw

The draw for the play-offs was held on 13 October 1999 in Aachen, Germany, to determine the four pairings as well as the order of the home and away ties. No seeding system was used, making the draw an open one. This decision was announced by UEFA the day before the draw was made.