The first chance for Slovakia to impress was in the qualifying tournament for the 1996 European Championships to be held in England. The newly formed side got off to a creditable start in a tough group with a goalless draw at home to France. Eventually home and away defeats to group winners Romania saw the Slovak’s eliminated, but they managed to win four of their ten matches, including a surprise 4-1 thrashing of Poland, and finished third in the table, behind Romania and France. Slovakia then went into qualifying for the 1998 World Cup in France, drawn in a pool alongside their former countrymen from the Czech Republic. The Slovak’s were beaten in Prague, but won the return encounter, although the result earned them nothing but pride, as both sides finished midway down the group, with Spain and Yugoslavia occupying the top two places.
Slovakia were then included in a qualification group for Euro 2000 which included minnows Liechtenstein and Azerbaijan. Victories over these sides, plus four points taken from two games against neighbours Hungary gave the Slovak’s third place in the group, after they were twice defeated by Portugal, and managed just one point from two games against Romania. The attempt to reach the 2002 World Cup in Japan and Korea ended the same way, with yet another agonising third place finish, just outside the play-off positions. This time it was Sweden and Turkey who edged out the improving Slovak’s. And it was to be another third place finish for Slovakia in their next campaign as dreams of reaching the European Championships in Portugal were quickly crushed. This time home and away defeats to both England and Turkey saw them finish well off the pace in their group, although they had the consolation of out-performing Macedonia and Liechtenstein.
The group was won by Slovakia, who qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Slovenia entered the UEFA play-off stage. , keeping the eagerness of the viewers ticket4football.com provides football fans with the facility to get Slovakia world cup tickets and football tickets for other soccer events online.
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