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Turkey and Portugal make Euro 2008

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  • Nihat Kahveci put Turkey into Euro 2008 with 1-0 win over Bosnia/Herzegovina
  • Nihat struck at the end of a first half as Turkey joined holders Greece in finals
  • Portugal joined Poland in qualifying from Group A with 0-0 draw with Finland
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LONDON, England -- Nihat Kahveci sent Turkey into the Euro 2008 finals behind defending champions and Group C winners Greece with the only goal in a narrow 1-0 victory over battling Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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Goalscorer Nihat gets a kiss from team-mate Altintop after Turkey sealed their place with a 1-0 win over Bosnia.

The result ended Norway's hopes of snatching qualification despite their 4-1 victory away to Malta with Steffen Iversen scoring a first half hat-trick.

Nihat struck at the end of a first half that Fatih Terim's Turkey dominated, yet the hosts were unable to build on that lead and had to endure some tense moments.

Just a point had separated the third-placed Scandinavians from Terim's men -- and Turkey needed to win to progress.

Nihat led the charge forcing early saves from goalkeeper Adnan Guso and finally making the breakthrough two minutes before half-time.

Hamit Altintop found space down the left and crossed for the Villarreal forward who finished from 12 meters.

Iversen broke the deadlock in Malta after 25 minutes and fired a second from the penalty spot three minutes later -- completing his treble on the stroke of half-time.

Michael Mifsud hit back for Malta after the re-start, but Andre Schembri was red-carded after 67-minutes before Morten Gamst Pedersen's strike wrapped it up all to no avail.

Portugal went through from Group A after a goalless home draw against qualification rivals Finland while group winners Poland completed their program with a 2-2 draw away to Serbia E-mail to a friend E-mail to a friend

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