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style="background-color: #000000;"><strong><span style="color: #ffffff;">Final</span></strong></td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Poland.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Poland</td><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Bosnia & Herzegovina</td><td><em>Qualifier</em></td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Norway.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Norway</td><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Austria.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Austria</td><td><em>Qualifier</em></td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Albania.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Albania</td><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Netherlands.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> the Netherlands</td><td><em>Qualifier</em></td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Armenia.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Armenia</td><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Belgium.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Belgium</td><td><em>Qualifier</em></td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Turkey.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Turkey</td><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Slovakia.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Slovakia</td><td><em>Qualifier</em></td></tr><tr><td style="height: 20px; background-color: #d6edfe; text-align: center;"><em>Commercial break</em></td><td style="height: 20px; background-color: #d6edfe; text-align: center;"><em>Commercial break</em></td><td><em>Qualifier</em></td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Serbia.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Serbia</td><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Ukraine.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Ukraine</td><td><em>Qualifier</em></td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Russia.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Russia</td><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Moldova.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Moldova</td><td><em>Qualifier</em></td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Switzerland.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Switzerland</td><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Sweden.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Sweden</td><td><em>Qualifier</em></td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Georgia.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Georgia</td><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Cyprus.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Cyprus</td><td><em>Qualifier</em></td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Malta.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Malta</td><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Macedonia.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> FYR Macedonia</td><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/France.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> France</td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/San-Marino.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> San Marino</td><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Israel.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Israel</td><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Italy.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Italy</td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Croatia.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Croatia</td><td><img 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Hungary</td><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Estonia.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Estonia</td><td><em>Qualifier</em></td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Portugal.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Portugal</td><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Belarus.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Belarus</td><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Germany.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Germany</td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Lithuania.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Lithuania</td><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Latvia.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Latvia</td><td><em>Qualifier</em></td></tr><tr><td><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110815204707im_/http://escdaily.com/flags/Azerbaijan.png?cda6c1" alt=""/> Azerbaijan</td><td><img 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