Daniel Pudil put the visitors ahead early on before Jan Koller sealed the points 16 minutes from time.

That was enough to ensure the Czechs take the Group D crown irrespective of Germany's result against Wales because of their head-to-head record.

Romania completed their Group G campaign in style as they thrashed nine-man Albania 6-1 to secure their place at the top of the pool.

After taking a first-half lead through Nicolae Dica, Romania scored five goals in a devastating 20-minute spell in the second half.

Gabriel Tamas put them 2-0 up before Debatik Curri was dismissed for a second-booking and Daniel Niculae put Romania in control before Edmond Kapllani pulled one back for Albania.

Nicolae then added a second before Ciprian Marica slotted away a penalty and, when Nevil Dede was shown a second yellow card for bringing down Marica, Dica scored his second from the spot to complete the rout.

Late goals from Blagoy Georgiev and Dimitar Berbatov ensured Bulgaria signed off a solid but ultimately futile qualifying campaign with a 2-0 win in Slovenia.

Elyaniv Barda scored the only goal with a first-half header as Israel edged out FYR Macedonia in Group E while, in Group B, goals from Andrius Ksanavicius and Mindaugas Kalonas gave Lithuania a 2-0 win against Georgia.

In Group A, Sergey Ostapenko's first goal for his country saw Kazakhstan beat Armenia 1-0.

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