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Russia and Slovakia qualify for Euro 2016; Sweden and Ukraine in playoffs

Russia have booked their place at the 2016 European Championship after a 2-0 victory over Montenegro in Moscow.

Russia, who terminated coach Fabio Capello's contract in July, won their final four qualifiers to secure second spot in Group G behind Austria.

Oleg Kuzmin got behind the defence to angle home a shot from Igor Denisov's lofted pass over the defence to break the deadlock on 33 minutes, and Aleksandr Kokorin then converted a penalty to make it 2-0 by the break.

Sweden had to settle for a place in the playoff after they defeated Moldova 2-0 in Gothenburg.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened the scoring on 24 minutes when he went around keeper Ilie Cebanu before slotting home after collecting a long pass.

Erkan Zengin doubled their advantage early in the second half with a perfect chip from outside the area after Cebanu's headed clearance left him stranded.

Moldova had a late goal chalked off as Sweden held on for the three points.

Austria, who qualified last month, rounded off their campaign with a 3-0 win at home to Liechtenstein.

Marko Arnautovic opened the scoring before Marc Janko added a brace with two goals in three minutes early in the second half.

Slovakia secured their spot at Euro 2016 after their 4-2 win at Luxembourg left them in second place in Group C.

Slovakia's first three goals came in a six-minute span in the first half, with Marek Hamsik, Adam Nemec and Robert Mak all finding the net.

Luxembourg fought back in the second half with a goal from Mario Mutsch and a Lars Krogh Gerson penalty, but a late second goal from Hamsik put the game away.

Spain won 1-0 at Ukraine to relegate their opponents to a spot in the playoffs.

Mario Gaspar scored for Spain in the 22nd minute by heading a Thiago Alcantara cross from the touchline into an open net.

Cesc Fabregas later had a penalty saved with a sprawling dive by Ukraine keeper Andriy Pyatov, but the Euro 2012 champions held on to win.

Depending on other results, a win could have put Ukraine through to the finals as the best third-place team in qualifying.

Belarus could not find a breakthrough at home against Macedonia as they ended qualifying with a goalless draw.

In Group E, England completed their perfect qualifying campaign with a 3-0 win at Lithuania.

England dominated the early stages and took a deserved lead on 29 minutes when Ross Barkley's deflected shot beat Giedrius Arlauskis in the Lithuania goal.

England were 2-0 up on 35 minutes as Harry Kane played a one-two with Adam Lallana before firing a shot against the post, which deflected back into the net off Arlauskis for an own goal.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain made it 3-0 with just over an hour played as he smashed a shot into the top corner at the near post after being played in by Kyle Walker.

Lithuania manager Igoris Pankratjevas resigned after the game.

Slovenia secured their playoff spot with a 2-0 win at San Marino.

The minnows made Slovenia wait for their opener, but second-half goals from Bostjan Cesar and Nejc Pecnik eventually denied San Marino their second draw of the campaign.

Estonia's slim hopes of qualifying ended with a 1-0 defeat to already-qualified Switzerland.

Ragnar Klavan's own goal in stoppage time provided Switzerland with game's only scoring.