2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2
The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 2 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Andorra, Cyprus, Estonia, the Netherlands, Portugal and the Republic of Ireland.
The group was won by Portugal, who qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Republic of Ireland entered the UEFA–AFC play-off as the group's play-off berth was randomly drawn by FIFA for the intercontinental play-off against an AFC team not one from its own confederation. Portugal, Ireland, and the Netherlands were clearly the top sides in the group, each handing out six beatings to the three other minnows. Between the top three, four of the matches were drawn, but the Netherlands lost one match each to Portugal and Ireland and had to settle for third place. In the end, Portugal only topped the group ahead of Ireland by virtue of superior goal difference.
Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 9 | +21 | 20 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | 5–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | ||
4 | ![]() | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 26 | −16 | 8 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–4 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | ||
5 | ![]() | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 31 | −18 | 8 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–2 | — | 5–0 | ||
6 | ![]() | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 36 | −31 | 0 | 1–7 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 2–3 | — |
Matches
[edit]Andorra ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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González ![]() I. Lima ![]() | Report | Konstantinou ![]() Agathokleous ![]() |
Netherlands ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Talan ![]() Van Bronckhorst ![]() | Report | Robbie Keane ![]() McAteer ![]() |
Portugal ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Conceição ![]() | Report | Holland ![]() |
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Kinsella ![]() Dunne ![]() | Report |
Netherlands ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Conceição ![]() Pauleta ![]() |
Cyprus ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Okkas ![]() Agathokleous ![]() Christodoulou ![]() Špoljarić ![]() | Report |
Andorra ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() |
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Report | Kluivert ![]() Hasselbaink ![]() Van Hooijdonk ![]() Van Bommel ![]() |
Portugal ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Pauleta ![]() Figo ![]() | Report | Hasselbaink ![]() Kluivert ![]() |
Netherlands ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Hasselbaink ![]() Overmars ![]() Kluivert ![]() Van Nistelrooy ![]() | Report |
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Roy Keane ![]() | Report | Figo ![]() |
Estonia ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() |
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Oper ![]() Zelinski ![]() | Report | Piiroja ![]() Van Nistelrooy ![]() Kluivert ![]() |
Estonia ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Dunne ![]() Holland ![]() |
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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McAteer ![]() | Report |
Andorra ![]() | 1–7 | ![]() |
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Jonas ![]() | Report | Nuno Gomes ![]() Pauleta ![]() Rui Jorge ![]() Conceição ![]() |
Netherlands ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Zenden ![]() Van Bommel ![]() Cocu ![]() Van Nistelrooy ![]() | Report |
Cyprus ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Konstantinou ![]() | Report | Nuno Gomes ![]() Pauleta ![]() Conceição ![]() |
Portugal ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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João Pinto ![]() Nuno Gomes ![]() Pauleta ![]() Figo ![]() | Report |
Netherlands ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Van Hooijdonk ![]() Seedorf ![]() Van Nistelrooy ![]() | Report |
Goalscorers
[edit]There were 114 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.8 goals per match.
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Emiliano González Arqués
Roberto Jonas
Justo Ruiz
Marios Christodoulou
Milenko Špoljarić
Marko Kristal
Jevgeni Novikov
Raio Piiroja
Gary Breen
David Connolly
Robbie Keane
Gary Kelly
Niall Quinn
Phillip Cocu
Jeffrey Talan
Giovanni van Bronckhorst
Boudewijn Zenden
Rui Jorge
Manuel Rui Costa
Ricardo Sá Pinto
1 own goal
Raio Piiroja (against the Netherlands)
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2002, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 19 April 2024.