2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 51 UEFA teams entered the competition. The European zone was allocated 14.5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament. France, the defending champions, qualified automatically leaving 13.5 spots open for competition between 50 teams.

The 50 teams were divided into nine groups, five groups of six teams and four groups of five teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. Among the runners-up, the runner-up of Group 2 was drawn randomly to advance to the UEFA–AFC Intercontinental play-off. The other runners-up would advance to the UEFA play-offs.

In the play-offs, the eight teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The four aggregate winners qualified. The qualifying process started on 2 September 2000, After UEFA Euro 2000, and ended on 14 November 2001.

Qualification seeding (UEFA)

The draw was made in December 1999, and was based on average points per game achieved in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification and UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying.

Important notes:

• France qualified automatically as title holders.
• Belgium and Netherlands did not have to qualify to UEFA Euro 2000 (hosts), so only their 1998 World Cup result was used.
• Andorra made their debut in World Cup qualifying.

First round

Summary

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8	Group 9
Russia	Portugal	Denmark	Sweden	Poland	Croatia	Spain	Italy	England
Slovenia	Republic of Ireland	Czech Republic	Turkey	Ukraine	Belgium	Austria	Romania	Germany
Yugoslavia Switzerland Faroe Islands Luxembourg	Netherlands Estonia Cyprus Andorra	Bulgaria Iceland Northern Ireland Malta	Slovakia Macedonia Moldova Azerbaijan	Belarus Norway Wales Armenia	Scotland Latvia San Marino	Israel Bosnia and Herzegovina Liechtenstein	Georgia Hungary Lithuania	Finland Greece Albania

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Russia 10 7 2 1 18 5 13 23  Slovenia 10 5 5 0 17 9 8 20  Yugoslavia 10 5 4 1 22 8 14 19   Switzerland 10 4 2 4 18 12 6 14  Faroe Islands 10 2 1 7 6 23 −17 7  Luxembourg 10 0 0 10 4 28 −24 0

Faroe Islands  – 1–0 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–6 Luxembourg  0–2 – 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–2 Russia  1–0 3–0 – 1–1 4–0 1–1 Slovenia  3–0 2–0 2–1 – 2–2 1–1 Switzerland   5–1 5–0 0–1 0–1 – 1–2 Yugoslavia  2–0 6–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 –

Russia qualified. Slovenia advanced to the UEFA Play-offs.

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Portugal 10 7 3 0 33 7 26 24  Republic of Ireland 10 7 3 0 23 5 18 24  Netherlands 10 6 2 2 30 9 21 20  Estonia 10 2 2 6 10 26 −16 8  Cyprus 10 2 2 6 13 31 −18 8  Andorra 10 0 0 10 5 36 −31 0

Andorra  – 2–3 1–2 0–3 0–5 1–7 Cyprus  5–0 – 2–2 0–4 0–4 1–3 Estonia  1–0 2–2 – 0–2 2–4 1–3 Republic of Ireland  3–1 4–0 2–0 – 1–0 1–1 Netherlands  4–0 4–0 5–0 2–2 – 0–2 Portugal  3–0 6–0 5–0 1–1 2–2 –

Portugal qualified. Republic of Ireland advanced to the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Denmark 10 6 4 0 22 6 16 22  Czech Republic 10 6 2 2 20 8 12 20  Bulgaria 10 5 2 3 14 15 −1 17  Iceland 10 4 1 5 14 20 −6 13  Northern Ireland 10 3 2 5 11 12 −1 11  Malta 10 0 1 9 4 24 −20 1

Bulgaria  – 0–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 4–3 Czech Republic  6–0 – 0–0 4–0 3–2 3–1 Denmark  1–1 2–1 – 6–0 2–1 1–1 Iceland  1–1 3–1 1–2 – 3–0 1–0 Malta  0–2 0–0 0–5 1–4 – 0–1 Northern Ireland  0–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 –

Denmark qualified. Czech Republic advanced to the UEFA Play-offs.

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Sweden 10 8 2 0 20 3 17 26  Turkey 10 6 3 1 18 8 10 21  Slovakia 10 5 2 3 16 9 7 17  Macedonia 10 1 4 5 11 18 −7 7  Moldova 10 1 3 6 6 20 −14 6  Azerbaijan 10 1 2 7 4 17 −13 5

Azerbaijan  – 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 Macedonia  3–0 – 2–2 0–5 1–2 1–2 Moldova  2–0 0–0 – 0–1 0–2 0–3 Slovakia  3–1 2–0 4–2 – 0–0 0–1 Sweden  3–0 1–0 6–0 2–0 – 1–1 Turkey  3–0 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–2 –

Sweden qualified. Turkey advanced to the UEFA Play-offs.

Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Poland 10 6 3 1 21 11 10 21  Ukraine 10 4 5 1 13 8 5 17  Belarus 10 4 3 3 12 11 1 15  Norway 10 2 4 4 12 14 −2 10  Wales 10 1 6 3 10 12 −2 9  Armenia 10 0 5 5 7 19 −12 5

Armenia  – 0–0 1–4 1–1 2–3 2–2 Belarus  2–1 – 2–1 4–1 0–2 2–1 Norway  0–0 1–1 – 2–3 0–1 3–2 Poland  4–0 3–1 3–0 – 1–1 0–0 Ukraine  3–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 – 1–1 Wales  0–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 –

Poland qualified. Ukraine advanced to the UEFA Play-offs.

Group 6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Croatia 8 5 3 0 15 2 13 18  Belgium 8 5 2 1 25 6 19 17  Scotland 8 4 3 1 12 6 6 15  Latvia 8 1 1 6 5 16 −11 4  San Marino 8 0 1 7 3 30 −27 1

Belgium  – 0–0 3–1 10–1 2–0 Croatia  1–0 – 4–1 4–0 1–1 Latvia  0–4 0–1 – 1–1 0–1 San Marino  1–4 0–4 0–1 – 0–2 Scotland  2–2 0–0 2–1 4–0 –

Croatia qualified. Belgium advanced to the UEFA Play-offs.

Group 7

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Spain 8 6 2 0 21 4 17 20  Austria 8 4 3 1 10 8 2 15  Israel 8 3 3 2 11 7 4 12  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 2 2 4 12 12 0 8  Liechtenstein 8 0 0 8 0 23 −23 0

Austria  – 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina  1–1 – 0–0 5–0 1–2 Israel  1–1 3–1 – 2–0 1–1 Liechtenstein  0–1 0–3 0–3 – 0–2 Spain  4–0 4–1 2–0 5–0 –

Spain qualified. Austria advanced to the UEFA Play-offs.

Group 8

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Italy 8 6 2 0 16 3 13 20  Romania 8 5 1 2 10 7 3 16  Georgia 8 3 1 4 12 12 0 10  Hungary 8 2 2 4 14 13 1 8  Lithuania 8 0 2 6 3 20 −17 2

Georgia  – 3–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 Hungary  4–1 – 2–2 1–1 0–2 Italy  2–0 1–0 – 4–0 3–0 Lithuania  0–4 1–6 0–0 – 1–2 Romania  1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 –

Italy qualified. Romania advanced to the UEFA Play-offs.

Group 9

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  England 8 5 2 1 16 6 10 17  Germany 8 5 2 1 14 10 4 17  Finland 8 3 3 2 12 7 5 12  Greece 8 2 1 5 7 17 −10 7  Albania 8 1 0 7 5 14 −9 3

Albania  – 1–3 0–2 0–2 2–0 England  2–0 – 2–1 0–1 2–2 Finland  2–1 0–0 – 2–2 5–1 Germany  2–1 1–5 0–0 – 2–0 Greece  1–0 0–2 1–0 2–4 –

England qualified. Germany advanced to the UEFA Play-offs.

Germany lost a World Cup qualifying match for only the second time on 1 September 2001, when they were defeated 5–1 by England in Munich. They had played 62 World Cup qualifying matches before (47 wins, 14 draws, 1 loss). Apart from Germany, no team having played more than 20 World Cup qualifying matches has lost fewer than three of them.

Play-offs

Republic of Ireland qualified to the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off. The other teams qualified to the UEFA play-offs.

Matches

Belgium  v  Czech Republic

10 November 2001 9:15 pm

Belgium	1–0	Czech Republic
G. Verheyen  28'	Report

Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Czech Republic  v  Belgium

14 November 2001 8:45 pm

Czech Republic	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Wilmots  85' (pen.)

Letná Stadium, Prague Attendance: 18,996 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Belgium qualified by the aggregate score of 2–0.

Ukraine  v  Germany

10 November 2001 9:45 pm

Ukraine	1–1	Germany
Zubov  18'	Report	Ballack  31'

Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev Attendance: 83,000 Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Germany  v  Ukraine

14 November 2001 8:45 pm

Germany	4–1	Ukraine
Ballack  4', 51' Neuville  11' Rehmer  15'	Report	Shevchenko  90'

Westfalenstadion, Dortmund Attendance: 52,400 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Germany qualified by the aggregate score of 5–2.

Slovenia  v  Romania

10 November 2001

Slovenia	2–1	Romania
Ačimovič  41' Osterc  70'	Report	M. Niculae  26'

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Romania  v  Slovenia

14 November 2001

Romania	1–1	Slovenia
Contra  65'	Report	Rudonja  55'

Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Slovenia qualified by the aggregate score of 3–2.

Austria  v  Turkey

10 November 2001

Austria	0–1	Turkey
	Report	Buruk  60'

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Turkey  v  Austria

14 November 2001

Turkey	5–0	Austria
Baştürk  21' Şükür  31' Buruk  45' Erdem  69', 85'	Report

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Turkey qualified by the aggregate score of 6–0.

External links

• Results
• RSSSF – 2002 World Cup Qualification
• Allworldcup
• UEFA Qualifier results with full game box scores at Scoreshelf.com