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Sports News: Norway to meet Portugal in Group H of European Championship qualifiers. The Norwegian national football team has been picked to join Group H in the European Championship (EC) qualifiers in 2012, together with Portugal, Denmark, Cyprus, and Iceland. This will mean Egil Drillo Olsen’s players are to face Portugal for the third time, having previously met them in 1968 and 1980. “It could have been much worse,” Norway’s manager tells Aftenposten.

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Sports News: Norway to meet Portugal in Group H of European Championship qualifiers

Published on Monday, 8th February, 2010 at 15:31 under the sports category, by Alexandra Spinu and Michael Sandelson.
Last Updated on 5th March 2010 at 10:30.

The Norwegian national football team has been picked to join Group H in the European Championship (EC) qualifiers in 2012, together with Portugal, Denmark, Cyprus, and Iceland.

Football referees in Czech republic
Football referees in Czech republic
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This will mean Egil Drillo Olsen’s players are to face Portugal for the third time, having previously met them in 1968 and 1980.

“It could have been much worse,” Norway’s manager tells Aftenposten.

“All the five teams in our group are equally good, meaning anyone could win points. We have a fair chance of being one of the two best teams,” he says.

51 countries participated in the draw, conducted by Andriy Shevchenko, Andrzej Szarmach, Oleg Blokhin and Zbigniew Boniek.

In the annual world ranking compiled by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics Norway currently ranks in 32nd place, with 772 points.


Published on Monday, 8th February, 2010 at 15:31 under the sports category, by Alexandra Spinu and Michael Sandelson.
Last updated on 5th March 2010 at 10:30.

This post has the following tags: norway, egil, drillo, olsen, football, european, championships, portugal, 2012.

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