#Euro 2016 Qualifying Re- Cap:-: Belgium, Italy and Wales celebrate

Belgium, Italy and Wales made it 12 teams who are
confirmed as participants for Euro 2016.

Euro 2016 now has 12 teams qualified for the tournament after
Belgium, Italy and Wales secured their progress to France on
Saturday.

Italy made certain of their place at Euro 2016 with a 3-1 win
over Group H rivals Azerbaijan in Baku. The group leaders
needed one win from their final two qualifiers and goals from
Eder, Stephan El Shaarawy and Matteo Darmian ensured they go
into Tuesday's qualification finale with Norway assured of their
spot.

The home side, who had earlier looked threatening when they
briefly made it one apiece through Dima Nazarov in the first half,
had Badavi Huseynov sent off in the final minutes.

Norway scored a goal in each half through Alexander Tettey and
Alexander Soderlund as they recorded a 2-0 victory over Malta
in Oslo.

That result was not enough to seal their qualification, though,
with Croatia comfortably going on to beat Bulgaria 3-0 later on
Saturday thanks to strikes from Ivan Perisic, Ivan Rakitic, Nikola
Kalinic. Duje Cop was sent off late on, but the points were
already secured.

Going into the final matchday, Norway have a two-point
advantage on Croatia, but have to face Italy in their last game,
while Ante Cacic's men travel to Malta.

If Croatia were to win that game, Norway would have to beat
Italy - a point would not be enough due to their inferior head-to-
head record.

Netherlands kept their hopes of reaching Euro 2016 alive after
goals from Georginio Wijnaldum and Wesley Sneijder gave them
a 2-1 win in Kazakhstan.

Impressive debutant Anwar El Ghazi set up Wijnaldum for the
opener after 33 minutes and Sneijder added a wonderfully
worked second. The hosts scored with virtually the last kick of
the match through Islambek Kuat but it mattered little on a night
of celebration for Robin van Persie, who was introduced late on
to win his 100th cap for his country.

However, the Dutch still do not have their fate in their own
hands. Turkey's impressive 2-0 win in Czech Republic - secured
through Selcuk Inan's penalty and a Hakan Calhanoglu goal -
keeps them two points clear in third.

If they get at least a draw at home to Iceland in their final match,
Netherlands will be out regardless of their own result against the
Czechs.

Iceland, who have already qualified, were held to a surprise 2-2
draw by Latvia. The match appeared to be heading towards a
routine home win when Kolbeinn Sigthorsson and Swansea
City's Gylfi Sigurdsson netted to have them two up by half-time.

However, Aleksandrs Cauna and Valerijs Sabala earned Latvia a
creditable point.

Belgium booked their place in Euro 2016 with a comprehensive
4-1 win in Andorra. Radja Nainggolan, Kevin De Bruyne and
Laurent Depoitre netted for the visitors, while Chelsea's Eden
Hazard was also on the scoresheet, netting one of his two
penalties, both of which were awarded for handballs by the
hosts.

That result puts them top of Group B after Wales suffered a 2-0
loss to Bosnia-Herzegovina. Filip Djuric headed the home side
ahead with 20 minutes remaining, before Vedad Ibisevic netted
at the death to seal the points.

But Israel's shock 2-1 home defeat to Cyprus means Wales go
through with a game to spare regardless of the defeat. Despite a
stunning Nir Bitton goal, strikes from Dossa Junior and Jason
Demetriou secured an upset.

As well as sending Wales through, the outcome of that game
puts Bosnia firmly in control of the race to finish third. They
now lead Israel by one point and face Cyprus in their last game,
while their rivals for the play-off spot have to round off their
campaign away to Belgium.