2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for UEFA teams.

The European section of the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, which is being held in South Korea and Japan, for national teams which are members of the UEFA. Apart from France, who qualified automatically as defending champions, a total of 13.5 slots in the final tournament were available for UEFA 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.[1]

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. France qualified automatically as title holders, and because Belgium and Netherlands, as hosts, had not had to qualify for UEFA Euro 2000, only their 1998 World Cup result was used. Andorra made their debut in World Cup qualifying.

The national teams which eventually qualified for the final tournament are presented in bold and the national teams who took part in the play-offs (AFC-UEFA play-off included) are presented in italic.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Spain 2.61 Romania 2.60 Norway 2.50 Sweden 2.39 Netherlands 2.38 Czech Republic 2.30 Germany 2.28 Belgium 2.25 FR Yugoslavia 2.22	Austria 2.11 Portugal 2.10 Italy 2.06 Scotland 2.05 England 2.00 Russia 2.00 Ukraine 2.00 Denmark 1.94 Turkey 1.94	Republic of Ireland 1.89 Croatia 1.88 Slovakia 1.65 Bulgaria 1.63 Israel 1.63 Greece 1.61 Switzerland 1.50 Poland 1.44 Lithuania 1.40	Cyprus 1.38 Hungary 1.33 Finland 1.31 Iceland 1.20 Macedonia 1.17 Latvia 1.15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.11 Slovenia 1.00 Wales 1.00	Georgia 0.83 Armenia 0.80 Estonia 0.75 Northern Ireland 0.67 Albania 0.55 Faroe Islands 0.45 Azerbaijan 0.39 Belarus 0.39 Moldova 0.25 Liechtenstein 0.20 Andorra 0.00 Luxembourg 0.00 Malta 0.00 San Marino 0.00

Summary

Table - top row: group winners, second row: group runners-up, third row: others. The winner of each group qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup together with winners of play-off. Group 2 was chosen at random before qualifying began for its runner- up to participate in the UEFA/AFC intercontinental play-off. As runner-up in group 2, Republic of Ireland played a play-off against a team from the AFC confederation, whereas the others played against each other (UEFA play-off).

Winner of each group qualified directly for the 2002 FIFA World Cup

The runners-up advanced to the second round (play-offs); Group 2 runner-up advanced to the (UEFA–AFC play-off)

Other teams were eliminated after the first round

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
FR 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

First round

The winner of each group qualified directly, the runner-up advanced to play-off (either UEFA playoff or UEFA-AFC playoff).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	10	7	2	1	18	5	+13	23	Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup	—	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	3–0
2	Slovenia	10	5	5	0	17	9	+8	20	Advance to UEFA play-offs	2–1	—	1–1	2–2	3–0	2–0
3	FR Yugoslavia	10	5	4	1	22	8	+14	19		0–1	1–1	—	1–1	2–0	6–2
4	Switzerland	10	4	2	4	18	12	+6	14		0–1	0–1	1–2	—	5–1	5–0
5	Faroe Islands	10	2	1	7	6	23	−17	7		0–3	2–2	0–6	0–1	—	1–0
6	Luxembourg	10	0	0	10	4	28	−24	0		1–2	1–2	0–2	0–3	0–2	—

Source:

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	10	7	3	0	33	7	+26	24	Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup	—	1–1	2–2	5–0	6–0	3–0
2	Republic of Ireland	10	7	3	0	23	5	+18	24	Advance to inter-confederation play-offs	1–1	—	1–0	2–0	4–0	3–1
3	Netherlands	10	6	2	2	30	9	+21	20		0–2	2–2	—	5–0	4–0	4–0
4	Estonia	10	2	2	6	10	26	−16	8		1–3	0–2	2–4	—	2–2	1–0
5	Cyprus	10	2	2	6	13	31	−18	8		1–3	0–4	0–4	2–2	—	5–0
6	Andorra	10	0	0	10	5	36	−31	0		1–7	0–3	0–5	1–2	2–3	—

Source:

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	10	6	4	0	22	6	+16	22	Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup	—	2–1	1–1	6–0	1–1	2–1
2	Czech Republic	10	6	2	2	20	8	+12	20	Advance to UEFA play-offs	0–0	—	6–0	4–0	3–1	3–2
3	Bulgaria	10	5	2	3	14	15	−1	17		0–2	0–1	—	2–1	4–3	3–0
4	Iceland	10	4	1	5	14	20	−6	13		1–2	3–1	1–1	—	1–0	3–0
5	Northern Ireland	10	3	2	5	11	12	−1	11		1–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	—	1–0
6	Malta	10	0	1	9	4	24	−20	1		0–5	0–0	0–2	1–4	0–1	—

Source:

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	10	8	2	0	20	3	+17	26	Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup	—	1–1	2–0	1–0	6–0	3–0
2	Turkey	10	6	3	1	18	8	+10	21	Advance to UEFA play-offs	1–2	—	1–1	3–3	2–0	3–0
3	Slovakia	10	5	2	3	16	9	+7	17		0–0	0–1	—	2–0	4–2	3–1
4	Macedonia	10	1	4	5	11	18	−7	7		1–2	1–2	0–5	—	2–2	3–0
5	Moldova	10	1	3	6	6	20	−14	6		0–2	0–3	0–1	0–0	—	2–0
6	Azerbaijan	10	1	2	7	4	17	−13	5		0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	—

Source:

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	10	6	3	1	21	11	+10	21	Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup	—	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	4–0
2	Ukraine	10	4	5	1	13	8	+5	17	Advance to UEFA play-offs	1–3	—	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–0
3	Belarus	10	4	3	3	12	11	+1	15		4–1	0–2	—	2–1	2–1	2–1
4	Norway	10	2	4	4	12	14	−2	10		2–3	0–1	1–1	—	3–2	0–0
5	Wales	10	1	6	3	10	12	−2	9		1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	—	0–0
6	Armenia	10	0	5	5	7	19	−12	5		1–1	2–3	0–0	1–4	2–2	—

Source:

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	8	5	3	0	15	2	+13	18	Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup	—	1–0	1–1	4–1	4–0
2	Belgium	8	5	2	1	25	6	+19	17	Advance to UEFA play-offs	0–0	—	2–0	3–1	10–1
3	Scotland	8	4	3	1	12	6	+6	15		0–0	2–2	—	2–1	4–0
4	Latvia	8	1	1	6	5	16	−11	4		0–1	0–4	0–1	—	1–1
5	San Marino	8	0	1	7	3	30	−27	1		0–4	1–4	0–2	0–1	—

Source:

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	8	6	2	0	21	4	+17	20	Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup	—	4–0	2–0	4–1	5–0
2	Austria	8	4	3	1	10	8	+2	15	Advance to UEFA play-offs	1–1	—	2–1	2–0	2–0
3	Israel	8	3	3	2	11	7	+4	12		1–1	1–1	—	3–1	2–0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	2	2	4	12	12	0	8		1–2	1–1	0–0	—	5–0
5	Liechtenstein	8	0	0	8	0	23	−23	0		0–2	0–1	0–3	0–3	—

Source:

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	8	6	2	0	16	3	+13	20	Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup	—	3–0	2–0	1–0	4–0
2	Romania	8	5	1	2	10	7	+3	16	Advance to UEFA play-offs	0–2	—	1–1	2–0	1–0
3	Georgia	8	3	1	4	12	12	0	10		1–2	0–2	—	3–1	2–0
4	Hungary	8	2	2	4	14	13	+1	8		2–2	0–2	4–1	—	1–1
5	Lithuania	8	0	2	6	3	20	−17	2		0–0	1–2	0–4	1–6	—

Source:

Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	8	5	2	1	16	6	+10	17	Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup	—	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–0
2	Germany	8	5	2	1	14	10	+4	17	Advance to UEFA play-offs	1–5	—	0–0	2–0	2–1
3	Finland	8	3	3	2	12	7	+5	12		0–0	2–2	—	5–1	2–1
4	Greece	8	2	1	5	7	17	−10	7		0–2	2–4	1–0	—	1–0
5	Albania	8	1	0	7	5	14	−9	3		1–3	0–2	0–2	2–0	—

Source:

Play-offs

The draw for the play-offs was held on 31 August 2001 at FIFA's headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.[1] The nine group runners-up were placed into one pot, with eight teams drawn into four pairings (with the first team drawn hosting the first leg). The remaining team would then face an AFC team in the inter-confederation play-offs.[2] UEFA were paired to face the AFC team by decision of the FIFA Executive Committee in October 1999.[3]

UEFA

10 November 2001	Belgium	1–0	Czech Republic	Brussels, Belgium
9:15 pm	G. Verheyen 28'	Report		Stadium: Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels Attendance: 39,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

14 November 2001	Czech Republic	0–1	Belgium	Prague, Czech Republic
8:45 pm		Report	Wilmots 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Letná Stadium, Prague Attendance: 18,996 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Belgium qualified by the aggregate score of 2–0.

10 November 2001	Ukraine	1–1	Germany	Kiev, Ukraine
9:45 pm	Zubov 18'	Report	Ballack 31'	Stadium: Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kiev Attendance: 83,000 Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

14 November 2001	Germany	4–1	Ukraine	Dortmund, Germany
8:45 pm	Ballack 4', 51' Neuville 11' Rehmer 15'	Report	Shevchenko 90'	Stadium: Westfalenstadion, Dortmund Attendance: 52,400 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Germany qualified by the aggregate score of 5–2.

10 November 2001	Slovenia	2–1	Romania	Ljubljana, Slovenia
	Ačimovič 41' Osterc 70'	Report	M. Niculae 26'	Stadium: Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

14 November 2001	Romania	1–1	Slovenia	Bucharest, Romania
	Contra 65'	Report	Rudonja 55'	Stadium: Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest Attendance: 24,500 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Slovenia qualified by the aggregate score of 3–2.

10 November 2001	Austria	0–1	Turkey	Vienna, Austria
		Report	Buruk 60'	Stadium: Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

14 November 2001	Turkey	5–0	Austria	Istanbul, Turkey
	Baştürk 21' Şükür 31' Buruk 45' Erdem 69', 85'	Report		Stadium: Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Turkey qualified by the aggregate score of 6–0.

Inter-confederation play-offs

As the Group 2 runner-up was the last team to be selected in the play-off draw on 31 August 2001, that team would then face an AFC team in the inter-confederation play-offs.[2] UEFA were paired to face the AFC team by decision of the FIFA Executive Committee in October 1999,[3] though the order of legs was decided by the draw on 31 August 2001. The team to meet an AFC team became the Republic of Ireland.[4]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Republic of Ireland	2–1	Iran	2–0	0–1

Qualified teams

The following 15 teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup¹
France	Defending champions	12 July 1998	10 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1998)
Russia	Group 1 winners	6 October 2001	8 (1958², 1962², 1966², 1970², 1982², 1986², 1990², 1994)
Portugal	Group 2 winners	6 October 2001	2 (1966, 1986)
Denmark	Group 3 winners	6 October 2001	2 (1986, 1998)
Sweden	Group 4 winners	5 September 2001	9 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1994)
Poland	Group 5 winners	1 September 2001	5 (1938, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986)
Croatia	Group 6 winners	6 October 2001	1 (1998)
Spain	Group 7 winners	5 September 2001	10 (1934, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998)
Italy	Group 8 winners	6 October 2001	14 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998)
England	Group 9 winners	6 October 2001	10 (1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998)
Germany	Play-off winners	14 November 2001	14 (1934, 1938, 1954³, 1958³, 1962³, 1966³, 1970³, 1974³, 1978³, 1982³, 1986³, 1990³, 1994, 1998)
Belgium	Play-off winners	14 November 2001	10 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998)
Slovenia	Play-off winners	14 November 2001	0 (debut)
Turkey	Play-off winners	14 November 2001	1 (1954)
Republic of Ireland	UEFA-AFC Play-off winners	15 November 2001	2 (1990, 1994)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

² Competed as Soviet Union.

³ Competed as West Germany. A separate team for East Germany also participated in qualifications during this time, having only competed in 1974.

Goalscorers

10 goals

Andriy Shevchenko

9 goals

Ebbe Sand

8 goals

Emmanuel Olisadebe

Pauleta

Henrik Larsson

7 goals

Kubilay Türkyilmaz

6 goals

Savo Milošević

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Michael Baur (playing against Israel)
Raio Piiroja (playing against the Netherlands)

Mihails Zemļinskis (playing against Belgium)
Goran Stavrevski (playing against Slovakia)

Igor Mitreski (playing against Turkey)

Broadcasting rights

Europe

United Kingdom: BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5
Spain: TVE-1, Antena 3, Telecinco
Italy: Rai Uno
Germany: ARD, ZDF and Sky Deutschland
Portugal: RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP África, RTP Açores and RTP Madeira

Americas

United States: PSN, PSN 2, ESPN, ESPN 2, NBC Sports World, Fox Sports World, PBS Sports World Comcast Sports Network and Setanta Sports (in English); Univision, Telemundo, PSN Deportes, ESPN Deportes, NBC Deportes, Fox Deportes, PBS Deportes, Comcast Sports en Español and Setanta Sports en Español (in Spanish)
Latin America: TSN, TSN 2, TSN 3, TSN 4, TSN 5, TSN Plus, TSN Extra, TSN Extra 2, TSN Extra 3, Sportsnet, Sportsnet 2, Sportsnet 3, Sportsnet Plus, Sportsnet Premium, Sportsnet Premium 2, Sportsnet Premium 3, Sportsnet Premium 4, PSN, ESPN, FOX Sports, NBC Sports, PBS Sports, CSN (Comcast Sports Network), Setanta Sports, TVC Sports, CMS (Cable Mágico Sports), Bein Sports and DirecTV Sports (all matches)
Brazil: SBT, Rede CNT, Rede Record, SporTV, Manchete Sports, ESPN Brasil, Fox Sports, BandSports and PSN Brasil
Argentina: Multicanal, VCC, Cablevisión, CMM, Telecentro, BAC (Buenos Aires Cable), Nuevo Siglo Cable TV, TCC, Multiseñal, TeleRed, CVC, Mi Cable, Best Cable, DirecTV, Sky, BT and Best Satellite
Bolivia: TVB, Bolivisión, RTP Televisión, Supercanal, Multivisión, DirecTV and BT
Chile: TVN, Chilevisión, RED Televisión, VTR Cablexpress, Metrópolis Intercom, DirecTV and Sky
Colombia: RCN Televisión, Caracol Televisión, DirecTV, Sky, BT and Telmex TV
Ecuador: TC Televisión, SíTV, TV Cable, Univisa, DirecTV, Sky, BT and Telmex TV
Paraguay: Multicanal, VCC, Cablevisión, CMM, Telecentro, Supercanal, Asucable, Nuevo Siglo Cable TV, TCC, TVD, Multiseñal, TeleRed, CVC, Mi Cable, Cable Visión Caacupé, DirecTV, Sky, BT and Best Satellite
Peru: ATV, Latina Televisión, CMD, DirecTV and Sky
Uruguay: Multicanal, VCC, Cablevisión, CMM, Telecentro, Supercanal, Montecable, Nuevo Siglo Cable TV, TCC, TVD, Multiseñal, TeleRed, CVC, Mi Cable, Cable Visión Canelones, DirecTV, Sky, BT and Best Satellite
Venezuela: Televen, Meridiano Televisión, DirecTV and BT

References

"Fifa announces play-off draw". BBC. 31 August 2001. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
"Play-offs UEFA/AFC". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 3 January 2002. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
"Play-off draw to take place". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. August 2001. Archived from the original on 2 September 2001. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
"Ireland / Iran Play Off Matches for 2002 World Cup Finals".

External links

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

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[play-off_draw-1] "Fifa announces play-off draw". BBC. 31 August 2001. Retrieved 14 November 2017.

[FIFA_draw-2] "Play-offs UEFA/AFC". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 3 January 2002. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

[UEFA_PO_draw-3] "Play-off draw to take place". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. August 2001. Archived from the original on 2 September 2001. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

[4] "Ireland / Iran Play Off Matches for 2002 World Cup Finals".

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