image captionSupporters react to the Czech Republic taking the lead in the first half
Anticipation gave way to disappointment as Scotland fans watched the men's football team's first appearance at a major tournament in 23 years.
Thousands of supporters gathered at Hampden Park and at a special fan zone in Glasgow, while many more cheered the team on at home, in school or in the pub.
But the match ended with a 2-0 defeat to the Czech Republic at Hampden.
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image captionThere was disappointment for the fans at Hampden
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image captionAnd there were similar emotions for those watching at the fan zone in Glasgow
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image captionSupporters leave the fan zone at the end of the match
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image captionThe mood at the end was a stark contrast to the excitement in the build-up to the match
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image captionThousands of people watched the match in the fan zone in Glasgow Green
image captionFans also watched the action in the Three Sisters pub in Edinburgh
image captionRobert McBrierty spent two hours turning his front garden into his own beer garden to watch the game with his grandson in the Saughton area of Edinburgh
image captionGlum faces at Fort Bar in Broughty Ferry after the Czech Republic's first goal
image captionFans gathered at the Newmachar Hotel in Aberdeenshire to watch the match
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image captionPupils at Eoligarry Primary School, at the north end of Barra, show their excitement during the build-up to the game
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image captionTeachers and pupils at Douglas Ewart High School in Newton Stewart watched the action in class
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image captionThere was pre-match anticipation at the fan zone in Glasgow Green
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image captionThere was a crowd of about 12,000 people inside Hampden Park for the game
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image captionStephen Donnachie and his Westie got kitted out to watch the match
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image captionSix-week-old Magnus Lawson was getting ready for his first ever Scotland game in Aith, Shetland.