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 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

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).

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 v t e	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	—

Group 2

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

Group 3

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	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 v t e	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	—

Group 6

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

Group 7

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

Group 8

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

Group 9

Pos	Team v t e	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	—

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

10 November 2001

9:15 pm

Belgium	1–0	Czech Republic
G. Verheyen 28'	Report

Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Attendance: 39,000

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

14 November 2001

8:45 pm

Czech Republic	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Wilmots 85' (pen.)

Letná Stadium, Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Attendance: 18,996

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Belgium qualified by the aggregate score of 2–0.

10 November 2001

9:45 pm

Ukraine	1–1	Germany
Zubov 18'	Report	Ballack 31'

Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine

Attendance: 83,000

Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

14 November 2001

8:45 pm

Germany	4–1	Ukraine
Ballack 4', 51' Neuville 11' Rehmer 15'	Report	Shevchenko 90'

Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

Attendance: 52,400

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Germany qualified by the aggregate score of 5–2.

10 November 2001

Slovenia	2–1	Romania
Ačimovič 41' Osterc 70'	Report	M. Niculae 26'

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

14 November 2001

Romania	1–1	Slovenia
Contra 65'	Report	Rudonja 55'

Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Attendance: 24,500

Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Slovenia qualified by the aggregate score of 3–2.

10 November 2001

Austria	0–1	Turkey
	Report	Buruk 60'

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

14 November 2001

Turkey	5–0	Austria
Baştürk 21' Şükür 31' Buruk 45' Erdem 69', 85'	Report

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

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
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

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

•  United Kingdom: BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5
•  Spain: TVE-1, Antena 3, Telecinco
•  Italy: Rai Uno
•  Germany: ARD, ZDF and Sky Deutschland
•  Portugal: RTP1, RTP Internacional, RTP África, RTP Açores and RTP Madeira

Americas

•  United States: ESPN, ESPN 2 and Fox Sports World (in English); Univision, Telemundo, ESPN Deportes and Fox Deportes (in Spanish)
• Latin America: ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN 3, ESPN Extra, ESPN Extra 2, ESPN Extra 3, PSN, PSN 2, PSN Plus, PSN Max, PSN Max 2, PSN Max 3 and PSN Max 4 (all matches)
•  Brazil: Rede CNT, SporTV, ESPN Brasil, Fox Sports, BandSports and PSN
•  Argentina: Multicanal, VCC, Cablevisión, BAC, DirecTV and Sky
•  Bolivia: ATB, Multivisión, DirecTV and Sky
•  Chile: TVN, Chilevisión, VTR Cablexpress, Metrópolis Intercom, DirecTV and Sky
•  Colombia: RCN Televisión, DirecTV and Sky
•  Ecuador: TC Televisión, SíTV, TV Cable, Univisa, DirecTV and Sky
•  Paraguay: Multicanal, VCC, Cablevisión, CMM, Supercanal, DirecTV and Sky
•  Peru: ATV, Latina Televisión, CMD, DirecTV and Sky
•  Uruguay: Multicanal, VCC, Cablevisión, Montecable, TCC, Nuevo Siglo Cable TV, Multiseñal, DirecTV and Sky
•  Venezuela: Televen, Meridiano Televisión, DirecTV and Sky

Rest of the World

•  Indonesia: SCTV