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Group 4, England and Italy were the 2 seeded teams and
Switzerland and Belgium were unseeded. Belgium and Switzerland thus played 2 games, against England and Italy. Belgium drawn against England after extra time (4-4) and lost to Italy, while Switzerland lost to England (2-0) and beat Italy (2-1). A play-off game was then played between Switzerland and Italy (2 points each) to determine the 2nd qualifying spot for the quarter-finals. Switzerland beat Italy 4–1. Belgium finished last of Group 4 with 1 point.
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216:KSV Waregem
152:Division II
136:Switzerland
104:Belgian Cup
92:Switzerland
82:title. The
790:FA website
771:FA website
749:References
739:Top scorer
687:KFC Izegem
646:Division I
537:4-4 (aet)
462:Yugoslavia
235:Opponents
200:R Herve FC
178:KFC Izegem
156:Division I
80:Division I
1343:1999–2000
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698:Promotion
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1473:Category
784:Archived
765:Archived
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388:Brussels
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291:Brussels
257:Brussels
188:Rupel SK
118:Overview
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868:1900–01
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828:Seasons
640:Winner
630:Honours
556:(o.g.)
533:England
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263:Finland
238:Score*
132:Finland
96:England
54:1954–55
40:1952–53
29:1953–54
569:Lugano
497:France
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356:Zürich
297:Sweden
232:Venue
148:K Lyra
128:Sweden
102:. The
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548:(2),
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241:Comp
229:Date
100:Italy
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