2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Dates16 August 2000 – 14 November 2001

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)

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
TeamCoeffRank
 Spain2,611
 Romania2,602
 Norway2,503
 Sweden2,394
 Netherlands2,385
 Czech Republic2,306
 Germany2,287
 Belgium2,258
 Yugoslavia2,229
Pot 2
TeamCoeffRank
 Austria2,1110
 Portugal2,1011
 Italy2,0612
 Scotland2,0513
 England2,0014
 Russia2,0015
 Ukraine2,0016
 Turkey1,9417
 Denmark1,9418
Pot 3
TeamCoeffRank
 Republic of Ireland1,8919
 Croatia1,8820
 Slovakia1,6521
 Israel1,6322
 Bulgaria1,6323
 Greece1,6124
  Switzerland1,5025
 Poland1,4426
 Lithuania1,4027
Pot 4
TeamCoeffRank
 Cyprus1,3828
 Hungary1,3329
 Finland1,3130
 Iceland1,2031
 Macedonia1,1732
 Latvia1,1533
 Bosnia and Herzegovina1,1134
 Wales1,0035
 Slovenia1,0036
Pot 5
TeamCoeffRank
 Georgia0,8337
 Armenia0,8038
 Estonia0,7539
 Northern Ireland0,6740
 Albania0,5541
 Faroe Islands0,4542
 Belarus0,3943
 Azerbaijan0,3944
 Moldova0,2545
 Liechtenstein0,2046
 Andorra0,0047
 Luxembourg0,0048
 Malta0,0049
 San Marino0,0050

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 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

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  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 —

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 then faced 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

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 qualified by the aggregate score of 2–0.

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 qualified by the aggregate score of 5–2.

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 qualified by the aggregate score of 3–2.

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 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 then faced 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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
 FranceDefending champions12 July 199810 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1998)
 RussiaGroup 1 winners6 October 20018 (19582, 19622, 19662, 19702, 19822, 19862, 19902, 1994)
 PortugalGroup 2 winners6 October 20012 (1966, 1986)
 DenmarkGroup 3 winners6 October 20012 (1986, 1998)
 SwedenGroup 4 winners5 September 20019 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1958, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1994)
 PolandGroup 5 winners1 September 20015 (1938, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986)
 CroatiaGroup 6 winners6 October 20011 (1998)
 SpainGroup 7 winners5 September 200110 (1934, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998)
 ItalyGroup 8 winners6 October 200114 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998)
 EnglandGroup 9 winners6 October 200110 (1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998)
 GermanyPlay-off winners14 November 200114 (1934, 1938, 19543, 19583, 19623, 19663, 19703, 19743, 19783, 19823, 19863, 19903, 1994, 1998)
 BelgiumPlay-off winners14 November 200110 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998)
 SloveniaPlay-off winners14 November 20010 (debut)
 TurkeyPlay-off winners14 November 20011 (1954)
 Republic of IrelandUEFA-AFC play-off winners15 November 20012 (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

There were 594 goals scored in 240 matches (including 2 international play-offs), for an average of 2.48 goals per match.

10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Broadcasting rights

Europe

Americas

Rest of the World

References

  1. 1 2 "Fifa announces play-off draw". BBC. 31 August 2001. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Play-offs UEFA/AFC". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 3 January 2002. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  3. 1 2 "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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