Wednesday EURO 2008 Qualifying

Time now for a rundown of Wednesday action in EURO 2008 qualifying:

GROUP A:

At Brussels:

Belgium, on goals from Timmy Simons (PK-24'), Kevin Vandenbergh (47'), and Moussa Dembele (81'), easily handled visiting Azerbaijan 3-0. Details here.

At Almaty, Kazakhstan:

Finland, paced by goals from Jari Litmanen (27') and Sami Hyypia (65') picked up a 2-0 road win against Kazakhstan. Details here.

At Belgrade, Serbia:

Serbia picked up a 3-0 home victory over Armenia as they sit atop Group A. Details here.

At Chorzow, Poland:

Thanks to two first-half goals from Euzebiusz Smolarek (9' and 18'), Poland picked up a 2-1 win at home over Portugal. Details here.


GROUP B:

At Kiev, Ukraine:

Andriy Shevchenko converted a penalty kick in the 89th minute for the insurance goal as Ukraine defeated visiting Scotland 2-0. Details here.

At Tbilisi, Georgia:

Italty defeated 10-man Georgia on the road 3-1. Details here.

At Sochaux, France:

David Trezeguet came off the bench to score twice as homestanding France belted the Faroe Islands 5-0. Details here.


GROUP C:

At Zenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina:

Paced by four different goal scorers, visiting Greece clobbered Bosnia-Herzegovina 4-0. Details here.

At Valletta, Malta:

Malta knocked off visiting Hungary 2-1 for only their fourth official win, and their first since 1993 (a qualifyer for the 1994 World Cup in which they blanked Estonia 1-0). Details here.

At Frankfurt, Germany:

At what was designated a home game for Turkey, since they were barred from hosting this match back home because of trouble stemming from World Cup qualifying Switzerland, the Turks put a big time hurt on Moldova, as Hakan Sukor popped in four goals. Details here.


GROUP D:

At Dublin, Ireland:

Two minutes after Kevin Kilbane scored to give homestanding Republic of Ireland a 1-0 lead, Jan Koller, in the 64th minute, scored the equalizer, enabling the Czech Republic to end the game with a 1-1 draw. Details here.

At Bratislava, Slovakia:

Lukas Podolski scored twice to lead Germany to a 4-0 road hammering of Slovakia. Details here.

At Cardiff, Wales:

Wales racked up a 3-1 home win over Cyprus. The three points were the principality's first in European Championship qualifying. Details here.


GROUP E:

At Zagreb, Croatia:

Thanks to two miscues by England's goalkeeper Paul Robinson, Croatia picked up a 2-0 home win over The Three Lions. Details here.

At Moscow:

New head coach Guus Hiddink picked up his first competitive win as Russia's head coach as the host nation shut out Estonia 2-0. Details here.

At Andorra La Vella, Andorra:

Macedonia, on first-half goals from Goran Pandev, Nikolce Noveski, and Ilco Naumoski, handled homestanding Andorra 3-0. Details here.


GROUP F:

At Reykjavik, Iceland:

Christian Wilhelmsson scored the game-winner in the 59th minute, lifting Sweden to a 2-1 come-from-behind road win against Iceland. Details here.

At Vaduz, Liechtenstein:

Jon Dahl Tomasson scored twice (51' and 64') to lead Denmark to an easy 4-0 road win over Liechenstein. Details here.

At Belfast, Northern Ireland:

David Healy scored the only goal (35') in Northern Ireland's 1-0 home win over Latvia. Details here.


GROUP G:

At Minsk, Belarus:

Sergei Kornilenko scored twice to lead Belarus to a 4-2 home win versus Slovenia. Details here.

At Luxembourg City, Luxembourg:

Aleksandar Tunchev's first international goal (26') was the only goal in Bulgaria's 1-0 road win over Luxembourg. Details here.

At Amsterdam:

Robin van Persie scored in the 14th minute, as the Netherlands picked up a 2-1 home win against Albania. Details here.