The Netherlands, which had finished third in the FIFA World Cup last year, have failed to qualify for next year's European Championships in France. In their qualifying match at Amsterdam last night, they lost to Czech Republic, 2-3 to end their miserable qualifying campaign. Netherlands finished fourth in Group A with four wins, a draw and five losses.Netherlands' loss was Turkey's gain as they qualified as the best third-place team after a 1-0 win over Iceland.Croatia also qualified by winning 1-0 at Malta in Group-H.