SPAIN : HOW THEY QUALIFIED

Spain (5-0-5, 20 points) finished second to Serbia & Montenegro (6-0-4, 20) in European Group 7. The Spaniards needed to get past Slovakia in the playoffs. Luis Garcia struck for a hat trick in a 5-1 triumph in the first leg on November 12, 2005, making the second leg, a 1-1 tie four days later, academic.

QUALIFYING RESULTS
9/8/04 Bosnia-Herzegovina 1, Spain 1
10/9/04 Spain 2, Belgium 0
10/13/04 Lithuania 0, Spain 0
2/9/05 Spain 5, San Marino 0
3/30/05 Serbia & Montenegro 0, Spain 0
6/4/05 Spain 1, Lithuania 0
6/8/05 Spain 1, Bosnia-Herzegovina 1
9/7/05 Spain 1, Serbia & Montenegro 1
10/8/05 Belgium 0, Spain 2
10/12/05 San Marino 0, Spain 6