The six teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner Poland qualified for the 17th FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan. The runner-up Ukraine advanced to the UEFA Play-off and played against Germany. Poland led the group from the start, with six wins and two draws out of eight, with Ukraine in second place: however, with group victory already sewn up, they unexpectedly went down 4-1 to Belarus, which gave the Belarusians a chance of overtaking Ukraine if they won their final match against Wales and Ukraine failed to win in Poland. However, Belarus failed to reproduce the form of their previous match, and lost 1-0 to hand Wales their only victory of the campaign, Ukraine thus finishing second regardless of their result in Poland (a 1-1 draw).

Standings

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:

Results

Ukraine 1–3 Poland
Shevchenko 11' Report Olisadebe 2', 31'
Kałużny 56'
Belarus 2–1 Wales
Khatskevich 39'
Belkevich 56'		 Report Speed 90+3'
Attendance: 30,000
Norway 0–0 Armenia
Report
Referee: William Young (Scotland)
Poland 3–1 Belarus
Kałużny 24', 62', 73' Report Ryndzyuk 37'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Armenia 2–3 Ukraine
Arthur Petrosyan 17', 44' Report Shevchenko 45', 59'
Husin 55'
Referee: Jorn Larsen (Denmark)
Wales 1–1 Norway
Blake 60' Report Helstad 80'
Norway 0–1 Ukraine
Report Shevchenko 51'
Belarus 2–1 Armenia
Khatskevich 23'
Ryndzyuk 33'		 Report Khojoyan 50'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)
Norway 2–3 Poland
Carew 59'
Solskjær 67'		 Report Olisadebe 23', 30'
Karwan 81'
Ukraine 0–0 Belarus
Report
Attendance: 75,000
Armenia 2–2 Wales
Ar. Minasyan 39'
A. Movsisyan 67'		 Report Hartson 40', 48'
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)
Wales 1–1 Ukraine
Hartson 12' Report Shevchenko 51'
Referee: Eric Romain (Belgium)
Belarus 2–1 Norway
Khatskevich 19'
Vasilyuk 90+1'		 Report Solskjær 68'
Attendance: 40,000
Wales 1–2 Poland
Blake 14' Report Olisadebe 32'
Kryszałowicz 72'
Referee: Erol Ersoy (Turkey)
Ukraine 0–0 Norway
Report
Referee: Goran Maric (Croatia)
Armenia 0–0 Belarus
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Anton Guenov (Bulgaria)
Armenia 1–1 Poland
Arthur Petrosyan 11' Report Kałużny 4'
Referee: Eric Romain (Belgium)
Ukraine 1–1 Wales
Zubov 44' Report Pembridge 74'
Referee: Joaquim Paulo Gomes (Portugal)
Norway 1–1 Belarus
Carew 80' Report Belkevich 23'
Attendance: 17,164
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia)
Poland 3–0 Norway
Kryszałowicz 45+1'
Olisadebe 77'
Marcin Żewłakow 88'		 Report
Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)
Belarus 0–2 Ukraine
Report Shevchenko 45', 57'
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Wales 0–0 Armenia
Report
Referee: Joseph Attard (Malta)
Belarus 4–1 Poland
Vasilyuk 7', 46', 52', 61' Report Marcin Żewłakow 78'
Attendance: 28,000
Ukraine 3–0 Armenia
Shevchenko 11'
Vorobey 85', 90'		 Report
Referee: Loizos Loizou (Cyprus)
Norway 3–2 Wales
R. Johnsen 17'
Carew 68'
F. Johnsen 87'		 Report Savage 10'
Bellamy 28'
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)
Wales 1–0 Belarus
Hartson 47' Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti (Italy)
Armenia 1–4 Norway
H. Hakobyan 72' Report Borgersen 49', 80'
Carew 70', 89'
Referee: Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)

Goalscorers

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