GROUP A:
At Warsaw:
Five different goal scorers lifted Poland to a 5-0 home brassknuckling of Azerbaijan, lifting the hosts to first place in Group A.
At Almaty, Kazakhstan:
Kairat Ashirbekov (47') and Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev (61') provided the scoring as homestanding Kazakhstan picked up their first competitive victory since joining UEFA, 2-1 over Serbia.
At Lisbon:
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice (55', 75') to help guide Portugal to a 4-0 home fistbeating of Belgium.
STANDINGS (the first number is the number of matches played, the second is the number of points):
1. Poland, 6 games played, 13 points; 2. Finland, 5 and 11; 3. Portugal, 5 and 10; 4. Serbia, 5 and 10; 5. Belgium, 6 and 7; 6. Kazakhstan, 6 and 5;
7. Armenia, 4 and 1; 8. Azerbaijan, 5 and 1.
GROUP B:
At Glasgow:
Craig Beattie's game winner at 89 minutes lifted Scotland to a 2-1 home win over Georgia.
At Toftir, Faroe Islands:
Thanks to goals from Volodymyr Yezerskiy (20') and Oleh Gusev (57'), Ukraine defeated the Faroe Islands on the road 2-0.
At Kaunas, Lithuania:
Nicolas Anelka scored the lone goal (73') in France's 1-0 road win over Lithuania.
STANDINGS:
1. Scotland and France each with 5 games played and 12 points; 3. Ukraine, 4 and 9; 4. Italy, 4 and 7; 5. Lithuania, 4 and 4; 6. Georgia, 5 and 3; 7. Faroe Islands, 5 and 0.
GROUP C:
At Chisinau, Moldova:
Alexandru Epureanu's equalizer (85') enabled Moldova to salvage a 1-1 home draw with Malta, denying the visitors' hopes of winning an unprecedented (for them) a second straight win in group play.
At Oslo, Norway:
First half goals from Zvjezden Misimovic (18') and Zlatan Muslimovic (33') ignited Bosnia-Herzegovina to a 2-1 road win over Norway.
At Athens:
After giving up the game's first goal, four different goal scorers each tallied once to give Turkey a stunning 4-1 road win over Greece.
STANDINGS:
1. Turkey 4 games played and 12 points; 2. Greece, 4 and 9 ; 3. Bosnia-Herzegovina, 5 and 7; 4. Norway, 4 and 6; 5. Malta, 4 and 4; 6. Hungary, 4 and 3; 7. Moldova, 5 and 2.
GROUP D:
At Dublin:
Before more than 72,000 fans, hosts Ireland defeated Wales 1-0 as Stephen Ireland, at 39 minutes, scored the game's only goal.
At Nicosia, Cyprus:
Second-half goals from Robert Vittek (54'), Martin Skrtel (67'), and Martin Jakubko (77') enabled the visiting Slovakia to bounce back from a 1-0 halftime deficit to defeat Cyprus 3-1.
At Prague:
Kevin Kuranyi scored twice (42', 62') to help lead Germany to a 2-1 road win over the Czech Republic.
STANDINGS:
1. Germany, 5 games played and 13 points; 2. Czech Republic, 5 and 10; 3. Republic of Ireland, 6 and 10; 4. Slovakia, 5 and 9; 5. Cyprus, 5 and 4; 6. Wales, 4 and 3; 7. San Marino, 4 and 0.
GROUP E:
At Zagreb, Croatia:
Goals from Darijo Srna (58') and Eduardo da Silva (87') enabled Croatia to come from a one-goal halftime deficit to defeat visiting Macedonia 2-1.
At Tel-Aviv, Israel:
England and hosts Israel battled to a 0-0 stalemate.
At Tallinn, Estonia:
It was the Aleksandr Kerzhakov show as he scored twice (66', 78') in the second half to propel Russia to a 2-0 road win over Estonia.
STANDINGS:
1. Croatia, 5 games played with 13 points; 2. Russia, 5 and 11; 3. England, 5 and 8; 4. Israel, 5 and 8; 5. Macedonia, 6 and 7; 6. Estonia, 4 and 0; 7. Andorra, 4 and 0.
GROUP F:
At Vaduz, Liechtenstein:
David Healy's hat trick (52', 74', 83') helped break open a scoress deadlock and propelled Northern Ireland to a 4-1 road win over Liechenstein.
At Madrid:
Fernando Morientes (34') and David Villa (45'+1) provided enough scoring to enable Spain to hold off visiting Denmark 2-1.
STANDINGS:
1. Sweden, 4 games played with 12 points; 2. Northern Ireland, 5 and 10; 3. Denmark, 4 and 7; 4. Spain, 4 and 6; 5. Latvia, 3 and 3; 6. Iceland, 4 and 3; 7. Liechenstein, 4 and 0.
GROUP G:
At Luxembourg City:
Belarus, thanks to goals from Timofei Kalachev (25') and Vitali Kutuzov (54'), held on for a 2-1 road win over Luxembourg.
At Shkoder, Albania:
Visiting Slovenia and Albania battled to a soggy 0-0 draw.
At Rotterdam, Netherlands:
Romania and hosts Netherlands battled to a 0-0 deadlock.
STANDINGS:
1. Netherland, 5 games played netting 11 points; 2. Bulgaria, 4 and 8; 3. Romania, 4 and 8; 4. Belarus, 5 and 7; 5. Slovenia, 4 and 4; 6. Albania, 4 and 2; 7. Luxembourg, 4 and 0.
The top two teams in each group would join hosts Austria and Switzerland in Euro 2008.
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