The UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying play-offs was the last round of qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2000. It was contested by the eight lowest-ranked runners-up from the nine first round groups of the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying tournament between European national football teams. 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.
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The best runner-up of the entire group phase, qualified automatically for the final tournament. To determine the best runner-up, a comparison was made between all of them. Only matches played against teams that finished first, third and fourth were regarded. Matches played against fifth and sixth placed teams were discarded, because some groups had more teams than others. After the best runner-up was found, all the others (eight of them), entered a random playoff to determine four more teams to qualify.
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| Country that advanced to the final tournament |
| Countries that advanced to the play-offs |
| Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 7 | Portugal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 13 |
| 3 | Turkey | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 13 |
| 8 | Republic of Ireland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 |
| 9 | Scotland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 |
| 1 | Denmark | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +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 |
Portugal qualified automatically as best runner-up, beating Turkey on goal difference.
| November 13, 1999 |
Scotland | 0 – 2 | England | Hampden Park, Glasgow Attendance: 50.132 Referee: Diaz Vega (ESP) |
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| Scholes 21', 42' |
| November 13, 1999 |
Israel | 0 – 5 | Denmark | Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv Attendance: 43.000 Referee: Elleray (ENG) |
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| Tomasson 2', 34' Tøfting 67' Jørgensen 68' Steen Nielsen 73' |
| November 13, 1999 |
Slovenia | 2 – 1 | Ukraine | Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Meier (SUI) |
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| Zahovič 53' Ačimovič 83' |
Shevchenko 33' |
| November 13, 1999 |
Republic of Ireland | 1 – 1 | Turkey | Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 53.610 Referee: Frisk (SWE) |
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| Keane 79' | Havutçu 83' (pen.) |
| November 17, 1999 |
England | 0 – 1 | Scotland | Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 75.848 Referee: Collina (ITA) |
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| Hutchison 39' |
| November 17, 1999 |
Denmark | 3 – 0 | Israel | Parken Stadium, Copenhagen Attendance: 41.186 Referee: Melo Pereira (POR) |
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| Sand 4' Steen Nielsen 14' Tomasson 64' |
| November 17, 1999 |
Ukraine | 1 – 1 | Slovenia | Central Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 80.000 Referee: Heynemann (GER) |
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| Rebrov 68' | Pavlin 78' |
| November 17, 1999 |
Turkey | 0 – 0 | Republic of Ireland | Bursa Atatürk Stadium, Bursa Attendance: 21.000 Referee: Veissière (FRA) |
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