2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

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2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Tournament details
Dates16 August 2000 – 14 November 2001
Teams50 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played238
Goals scored677 (2.84 per match)
Attendance4,786,293 (20,110 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko
(10 goals)
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UEFA European Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
UEFA European Championship

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 was 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, Group 2 was drawn randomly to advance to the UEFA–AFC Intercontinental play-off while the remaining eight 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)[edit]

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.

Pot 1
Team Coeff Rank
 Spain 2,61 1
 Romania 2,60 2
 Norway 2,50 3
 Sweden 2,39 4
 Netherlands 2,38 5
 Czech Republic 2,30 6
 Germany 2,28 7
 Belgium 2,25 8
 Yugoslavia 2,22 9
Pot 2
Team Coeff Rank
 Austria 2,11 10
 Portugal 2,10 11
 Italy 2,06 12
 Scotland 2,05 13
 England 2,00 14
 Russia 2,00 15
 Ukraine 2,00 16
 Turkey 1,94 17
 Denmark 1,94 18
Pot 3
Team Coeff Rank
 Republic of Ireland 1,89 19
 Croatia 1,88 20
 Slovakia 1,65 21
 Israel 1,63 22
 Bulgaria 1,63 23
 Greece 1,61 24
  Switzerland 1,50 25
 Poland 1,44 26
 Lithuania 1,40 27
Pot 4
Team Coeff Rank
 Cyprus 1,38 28
 Hungary 1,33 29
 Finland 1,31 30
 Iceland 1,20 31
 Macedonia 1,17 32
 Latvia 1,15 33
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,11 34
 Wales 1,00 35
 Slovenia 1,00 36
Pot 5
Team Coeff Rank
 Georgia 0,83 37
 Armenia 0,80 38
 Estonia 0,75 39
 Northern Ireland 0,67 40
 Albania 0,55 41
 Faroe Islands 0,45 42
 Belarus 0,39 43
 Azerbaijan 0,39 44
 Moldova 0,25 45
 Liechtenstein 0,20 46
 Andorra 0,00 47
 Luxembourg 0,00 48
 Malta 0,00 49
 San Marino 0,00 50

Summary[edit]

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 the last team drawn 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

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[edit]

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

Group 1[edit]

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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  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: [2]

Group 2[edit]

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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: [2]

Group 3[edit]

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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: [2]

Group 4[edit]

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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: [2]

Group 5[edit]

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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: [2]

Group 6[edit]

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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: [2]

Group 7[edit]

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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: [2]

Group 8[edit]

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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: [2]

Group 9[edit]

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA 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: [2]

Second round[edit]

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 then faced an AFC team in the inter-confederation play-offs.[3] UEFA were paired to face the AFC team by decision of the FIFA Executive Committee in October 1999.[4]

Belgium 1–0 Czech Republic
G. Verheyen 28' Report
Attendance: 39,000
Czech Republic 0–1 Belgium
Report Wilmots 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 18,996
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Belgium won 2–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Ukraine 1–1 Germany
Zubov 18' Report Ballack 31'
Attendance: 83,000
Germany 4–1 Ukraine
Ballack 4', 51'
Neuville 11'
Rehmer 15'		 Report Shevchenko 90'
Attendance: 52,400

Germany won 5–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Slovenia 2–1 Romania
Ačimovič 41'
Osterc 70'		 Report M. Niculae 26'
Attendance: 8,500
Romania 1–1 Slovenia
Contra 65' Report Rudonja 55'
Attendance: 24,500

Slovenia won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Austria 0–1 Turkey
Report Buruk 60'
Attendance: 50,000
Turkey 5–0 Austria
Baştürk 21'
Şükür 31'
Buruk 45'
Erdem 69', 85'		 Report
Attendance: 22,000

Turkey won 6–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Inter-confederation play-offs[edit]

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–AFC play-off)

As the Group 2 runner-up was the last team to be selected in the play-off draw on 31 August 2001, that team then faced an AFC team in the inter-confederation play-offs.[3] UEFA were paired to face the AFC team by decision of the FIFA Executive Committee in October 1999,[4] 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.[5]

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

Qualified teams[edit]

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.

Top goalscorers[edit]

There were 677 goals scored in 238 matches, for an average of 2.84 goals per match.

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

Below are full goalscorer lists for all groups:

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Fifa announces play-off draw". BBC. 31 August 2001. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2002, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Play-offs UEFA/AFC". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 3 January 2002. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b "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.
  5. ^ "Ireland / Iran play-off Matches for 2002 World Cup Finals". 6 January 2023.

External links[edit]

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