Netherlands fail to qualify for Euro 2016

Netherlands fail to qualify for Euro 2016

Netherlands’ bid to qualify for Euro 2016 was dealt a blow after going down 2-3 to Czech Republic Tuesday.

Even prior to the match, Holland’s chances were slim as they had to beat Czech Republic and hope that Iceland beat Turkey in order to earn a play-off spot.

The first half ended 2-0 in favour of Czech who got their goals through Pavel Kaderabek and Josef Sural in the 24th and 35th minute respectively.

Van Persie added to the opponent’s goals in the 66th minute when he scored an own goal to cushion Czech Republic.

Goals from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar in the 70th minute and Van Persie in the 83rd minute were not enough to give Netherlands a win as they finished the qualifiers in 4th position with 13 points from 10 matches.

Meanwhile, Turkey beat Iceland 1-0 to secure the third place.

Czech Republic finishes the qualifiers top of the table with 22 points while Iceland finishing second with 20 points.

The last time Netherlands failed to qualify for a major tournament was in 2002 world cup with their last absence from European Championship being in 1984.

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