Finland: Thousands ecstatic as Finnish squad qualifies for Euro 2020

W/S Thousands gather to watch Finland vs Liechtenstein football match, Helsinki
W/S Fans light blue smoke
W/S Thousands watch game
W/S Fans light flare
W/S Crowds go wild as final whistle is blown
W/S Fans light flares and cheer
W/S Fans with blue smoke next to 'My Helsinki' sign
W/S Fans jumping and cheering
W/S Fans jumping and cheering
M/S Fans excited
W/S Fans celebrating
M/S Fans excited
M/S Fans excited
M/S Fans excited
SOT, Fan: "I'm 41 years old. I've seen the first world championships in ice hockey, and actually for me the more important was the second one."
W/S Fans celebrating
SOT, Fan: "I've seen when we won the Eurovision with Lordi's 'Hard Rock Hallelujah,' and now I've seen that it's possible that we are in [the] championships in football, so it seems that everything is possible, you just have to live long enough."
W/S Fans celebrating
W/S Fireworks over crowd
W/S Fireworks over crowd
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Thousands of ecstatic fans flooded Helsinki streets, as the country's football squad qualified for the Euro 2020 Championship the first time in the country's history.
Finland beat Liechtenstein 3-0 and secured a place in the Euro 2020.
"It seems that everything is possible, you just have to live long enough," said one fan as thousands celebrated in the streets with fireworks.
The team will play at the Euro 2020 next summer.