2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
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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.
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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, Ireland played a play-off against a team from the AFC confederation, whereas the others played against each other (UEFA play-off).
First round
The winner of each group qualified directly, the runner-up advanced to play-off (either UEFA playoff or UEFA-AFC playoff).
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| Qualified directly for the 2002 World Cup |
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Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3
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Group 4
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Group 5
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Group 6
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Group 7
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Group 8
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Group 9
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Play-offs
The runners-up advanced to play-off where they either met each other or, by draw, a team from the AFC confederation. The team to meet an AFC team became the Republic of Ireland.[2]
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.
UEFA–AFC
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Republic of Ireland 
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2–1 |  Iran
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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 |
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 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
- 9 goals
- 8 goals
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- 3 goals
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- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
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References
- ^ "Fifa announces play-off draw". BBC. 31 August 2001. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ^ "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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