Germany sealed their presence at Euro 2012 with a 6-2 victory over Austria in Gelsenkirchen, with Mesut Ozil and Miroslav Klose prevalent.
Klose scored his 62nd international goal, leaving him six behind Gerd Muller s record for Germany.
Ozil and Lukas Podolski both joined him in etching their names on the score sheet within the opening half hour, as the Germans took a commanding lead.
Marko Arnautovic pulled one back for Austria before half-time, but there was no return for the visitors.
Ozil and Martin Harnik traded goals early in the second half, but substitutes Andre Schurrle and Mario Gotze rounded off Germany s win with late strikes.
It took just eight minutes for the hosts to break the deadlock. After a cross was cleared only to the edge of the box, Ozil volleyed low towards goal, and the ball took a slight deflection off Klose on its way into the net.
Ozil turned scorer a quarter hour later as he played a one-two with the centre forward, stormed past goalkeeper Christian Gratzei, and finished into an open net.
Germany made it 3-0 on 28 minutes as Podolski received Holger Badstuber s cut-back and drove a low effort past Gratzei. In one of Austria s rare moves forward, Arnautovic pulled a goal back on 42 minutes, ghosting into the box to nod Ekram Dag s cross just inside the left post.
Ozil restored Germany s three-goal lead just two minutes after half-time as he finished well from Thomas Muller s inspired header. Seconds later, Arnautovic played in Harnik with a clever overhead ball, and the Stuttgart forward hammered a thunderous volley into the net.
After an extended scoreless period, Muller played a one-two with Klose and Schurrle pounced on a loose ball to make it 5-2. Still not satisfied, Germany got a sixth in the 89th minute as Muller crossed to Gotze, who volleyed home from the centre of the box.
While Germany secured their path to next year s finals, Austria still have a slight chance to reach the tournament via a play-off, but will have to make up a six-point gap to Turkey in their final three matches.
