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How come teams like England and Ireland aren't there? They were at the last World Cup, no? Is there qualifying or something? And, teams like Romania beat them out?



Yes, of course there was qualifying, and England (their current team sucks anyway!) and Ireland didn't qualify. More background info about UEFA Euro 2008: Click!

BTW, don't underestimate Romania (their best player Adrian Mutu played a great season in Florence this year!) On a good day they can beat anyone, but on a bad day they can play terrifyingly awful.