Edin Dzeko's stunning 40th-minute strike looked set to be enough to send Bosnia to the finals before his Manchester City team-mate Nasri was tripped in the box 12 minutes from time and got up to coolly convert the spot-kick.

Nasri's goal guaranteed France their place in Poland and Ukraine next summer while disappointed Bosnia must settle for a place in the play-offs. Also in Group D, Romania were held to a 1-1 draw in Albania.

Denmark got the win they required over Group H rivals Portugal in Copenhagen, sending the Danes through to the finals with a 2-1 win and leaving their opponents to settle for the play-offs.

The Portuguese started the night on top of the pool on goal difference but a 13th-minute goal from Michael Krohn-Dehli put the initiative in the hands of the classy home side.

Nicklas Bendtner added a second in the 63rd minute to send the Danes into the finals, despite Cristiano Ronaldo's 90th-minute consolation. Also in Group H, Norway beat Cyprus 3-1.

Greece edged through from a fiery Group F but the 2004 winners left it late before coming from behind to beat Georgia 2-1 in Tbilisi and qualify at the expense of runners-up Croatia.

David Targamadze put the Georgians ahead in the 18th minute and Greece had to wait until the 78th minute for Georgios Fotakis to strike the equaliser. Angelos Charisteas made sure five minutes from time.

Greece's win left Croatia to settle for a play-off place despite goals from Eduardo and Mario Mandzukic giving them a 2-0 win over Latvia in Rijeka. Also in the group, Israel won 2-0 in Malta.

Sweden shattered already-qualified Holland's hopes of finishing Group E with a 100% record, with the Swedes' 3-2 win ensuring they also qualified directly as the best runners-up.

Kim Kallstrom opened the scoring for the Swedes and although Klaas Jan Huntelaar and Dirk Kuyt replied for the Dutch, Sebastian Larsson and Ola Toivonen won it in the second half. Hungary drew 0-0 with Finland and Moldova beat San Marino 4-0.

Dick Advocaat'sRussia confirmed qualification from Group B with a 6-0 rout of Andorra. The result was never in doubt from the moment Alan Dzagoev fired the hosts ahead inside five minutes. A second for Dzagoev and strikes by Sergei Ignashevich and Roman Pavlyuchenko had Russia out of sight at the break, while second-half efforts by Dennis Glushakov and substitute Diniyar Bilyaletdinov added gloss to the scoreline.

The Republic of Ireland earned a play-off place but only after a fortunate 2-1 win over Armenia in Dublin. Armenia keeper Roman Berezovskiy was sent off in the 26th minute and the Irish needed a Valeri Aleksanyan own goal to set them on their way. Kevin Doyle was sent off late and will miss the play-off first leg. In the same pool, Macedonia drew 1-1 with Slovakia.

Antonio Cassano scored twice as already-qualified Italy eased to a 3-0 win over Northern Ireland in Group C. Estonia, who were not in qualifying action, took the play-off spot after Serbia failed to earn the point they required, falling to a Dare Vrsic goal in Slovenia.

Turkey made hard work of overhauling Belgium to take the play-off spot in Group A, scraping a 1-0 win over Azerbaijan in Istanbul thanks to Burak Yilmaz's 60th-minute strike.

Belgium started the night in the play-off berth but were always up against it in Germany, who wrapped up a 100% qualifying campaign with a 3-1 win in Dusseldorf.

Two goals in the space of three first-half minutes from Mesut Ozil and Andre Schurrle put the hosts on course for yet another victory, with Mario Gomez adding a third just after the interval. Marouane Fellaini grabbed a consolation in the 86th minute but it was not enough for Belgium.

Earlier, Austria were held 0-0 in Kazakhstan.

Spain also finished with a 100% record in Group I, two David Silva goals helping them to a 3-1 win over Scotland, while the Czech Republic took second with a brace each for Jan Rezek and Michal Kadlec in a 4-1 win in Lithuania.

With both qualifying and play-off places already decided in Group G, Switzerland took third with a 2-0 win over Montenegro while Wales finished on a high with Gareth Bale giving them a 1-0 win in Bulgaria.