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Turkey qualifies for Euro 2016

Ersin Çelik
09:3514/10/2015, Wednesday
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Victory over Iceland sees Turkey qualify as best third-placed team

Turkey qualified for next year's European football championships Tuesday night with a 1-0 victory over Iceland.



The Netherlands -- Turkey's rivals for a third-place in Group A -- were beaten 2-3 by the Czech Republic to see Turkey progress to Euro 2016 in France.



A free-kick from Galatasaray's Selcuk Inan in the 89th minute saw Fatih Terim's side book its place in the championships -- its first major tournament since reaching the semi-finals of Euro 2008.



As the best third-placed team in the nine qualifying groups, Turkey avoided having to contest a play-off fixture next month.



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