France recorded the biggest victory in their history – and set a new men’s European Championship qualifying record – with a 14-0 rout of 10-man Gibraltar on Saturday, as Kylian Mbappé grabbed a hat-trick and Warren Zaïre-Emery scored on his debut. France were 7-0 up by half-time in their Euro 2024 Group B qualifier with Marcus Thuram, Zaïre-Emery, Mbappé, Jonathan Clauss, Kingsley Coman and Youssouf Fofana on the scoresheet after they had taken the lead through a third-minute own goal. Gibraltar were reduced to 10 men in the 18th minute when Ethan Santos was sent off and France’s biggest ever win, 10-0 over Azerbaijan in 1995, was clearly within sight. An Adrien Rabiot goal and Coman’s second strike brought the record closer and Ousmane Dembélé made it 10-0 before Mbappé added two more and Olivier Giroud got in on the act with a late double. The 14-0 win is the biggest victory in qualifying for the men’s European Championship, eclipsing Germany’s 13-0 rout of San Marino in 2006. Wout Weghorst’s early goal ensured the Netherlands clinched a berth at Euro 2024 as they beat Ireland 1-0 at the Johan Cruyff Arena to finish second in Group B. Weghorst broke free from just inside Ireland’s half and, despite options to his left, decided to steam straight towards goal and strike a rasping effort that crashed into the roof of the net after 12 minutes. The Dutch, who were without many of their regulars due to injury, outplayed their opponents for most of the match and created several half-chances but were unable to add to their lead, although Tijjani Reijnders saw his 52nd-minute shot deflected on to the upright by the goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu. Ireland thought they had equalised when the substitute Adam Idah’s 65th-minute shot spilt through Bart Verbruggen’s hands with goalline technology confirming it had crossed the line, but VAR found Idah was offside when he received the ball. It was the only moment of excitement for the travelling support as Ireland, who finished on six points after six defeats in eight matches, rarely conjured up any chances. It is expected to be the last competitive outing for their manager, Stephen Kenny, with Ireland playing a friendly against New Zealand in Dublin on Tuesday. Switzerland booked their place at next summer’s tournament with a 1-1 home draw against Kosovo in Group I. Kosovo were under pressure for most of the first half but Switzerland only broke the deadlock two minutes after the break through a Ruben Vargas header, before Muhamet Hyseni levelled for Kosovo eight minutes from time. Switzerland, who are second with 17 points, secured a top-two finish to seal their third successive appearance at the Euro finals and sixth overall. They play their final game on Tuesday against the group leaders, Romania – who are on 19 points and also sealed qualification with a 2-1 win over Israel – to decide top spot. Israel took the lead in the match, which was held in Hungary, through an Eran Zahavi goal after only 90 seconds but Romania levelled after 10 minutes when George Puscas headed in a rebound off the woodwork. Ianis Hagi scored the winner from a tight angle after 63 minutes, with Romania holding on to seal victory despite a late red card for Valentin Mihaila. Croatia are also on the verge of qualifying for next year’s tournament after beating Latvia 2-0 as their closest rivals, Wales, dropped points in a 1-1 draw in Armenia. Early goals from Lovro Majer and Andrej Kramaric gave Croatia a comfortable victory against last-place Latvia. Croatia will secure a qualifying spot on Tuesday with a win over Armenia in their last game or if Wales fail to beat the Group D leaders, Turkey.