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Group H was one of the nine groups to decide which teams would qualify for the

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finals tournament. Group H consisted of six teams:

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, and

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, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The top two teams, Italy and Croatia, qualified directly for the finals. As third-placed Norway weren't the highest-ranked among all third-placed teams, they advanced to the play-offs, where they lost to

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and thus failed to qualify.

Standings

Matches

The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 23 February 2014 in

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Goalscorers

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences: * Receiving a red card (red card suspensions could be extended for serious offences) * Receiving three yellow cards in three different matches, as well as after fifth and any subsequent yellow card (yellow card suspensions were carried forward to the play-offs, but not the finals or any other future international matches) The following suspensions were served during the qualifying matches:

Notes

References

External links

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round Group H
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