Greece 1, N. Ireland 0
Greece beat Northern Ireland 1-0 in Athens on a second-half penalty by Vassilis Tsiartas to win Group 6 ahead of Spain and advance to its first Euro championship in 24 years.
Spain beat Armenia 4-0 in Yerevan, but finished a point behind Greece.
The Greeks, coached by Germany's Otto Rehhagel, won six straight qualifiers after losing their opening two matches against Ukraine and Spain. Saturday's win assures Greece of a double celebration in 2004: playing in its first European Championship since 1980 and hosting the Olympics in Athens.
For Spain, failing to win the group marked another disappointment for one of the world's most underachieving national teams.
Germany 3, Iceland 0
In Hamburg, Michael Ballack, Freddie Bobic and Kevin Kuranyi scored as Germany beat Iceland 3-0 to win Group 5.
Scotland claimed second place in the group and a playoff berth by beating Lithuania 1-0 in Glasgow on a goal by Manchester United's Darren Fletcher in the 70th minute.
In the tightest of the 10 groups, Denmark secured first place and automatic qualification from Group 2 with a 1-1 draw at Bosnia-Herzegovina. Norway claimed second place and a playoff spot, beating Luxembourg 1-0 on a first half goal by Tor Andre Flo.
Denmark finished with 15 points. Norway and Romania, which had played all its matches, finished tied with 14, but the Norwegians had better head-to-head results.
Switzerland 2, Ireland 0
Group 10 was settled when Switzerland qualified by defeating Ireland 2-0 in Basle with a goal in each half from Hakan Yakin and Alexander Frei. Russia, which defeated Georgia 3-1, settled for the playoff spot.
Surprising Latvia secured a playoff spot by beating Sweden 1-0 in Stockholm on a first-half goal by Maris Verpakovskis. Sweden, which had been unbeaten in Euro 2004 qualifying, had already clinched first place in Group 4.
Croatia took second place in Group 8 by beating already-qualifed Bulgaria 1-0 in Zagreb on a 48th minute goal by Ivica Olic. Belgium, which defeated Estonia 2-0, finished tied on points with Croatia but had inferior head-to-head results.
France, the defending European champion, finished as the only team with a perfect record of eight qualifying victories, beating Israel 3-0 on first-half goals by Thierry Henry, David Trezeguet and Jean-Alain Boumsong.
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