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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            
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: [1]

Matches edit

Estonia  1–0  Andorra
Reim   66' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Zoran Arsić (FR Yugoslavia)
Andorra  2–3  Cyprus
González   45'
I. Lima   52'		 Report Konstantinou   25' (pen.), 90'
Agathokleous   77'
Attendance: 600
Netherlands  2–2  Republic of Ireland
Talan   71'
Van Bronckhorst   84'		 Report Robbie Keane   21'
McAteer   65'
Attendance: 45,000
Estonia  1–3  Portugal
Oper   83' Report Rui Costa   15'
Figo   49'
Sá Pinto   57'
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)
Andorra  1–2  Estonia
Ruiz   90+1' (pen.) Report Reim   55'
Oper   65'
Attendance: 650
Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)
Cyprus  0–4  Netherlands
Report Seedorf   69', 78'
Overmars   82'
Kluivert   90'
Attendance: 10,250
Portugal  1–1  Republic of Ireland
Conceição   57' Report Holland   73'
Attendance: 43,500
Republic of Ireland  2–0  Estonia
Kinsella   25'
Dunne   51'		 Report
Attendance: 34,962
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Netherlands  0–2  Portugal
Report Conceição   11'
Pauleta   44'
Attendance: 44,620
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Cyprus  5–0  Andorra
Okkas   10', 18'
Agathokleous   43'
Christodoulou   73'
Špoljarić   90' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 1,193
Referee: Sten Johanzon (Sweden)
Portugal  3–0  Andorra
Figo   1', 49'
Pauleta   36'		 Report
Attendance: 9,000
Cyprus  0–4  Republic of Ireland
Report Roy Keane   32', 88'
Harte   42' (pen.)
G. Kelly   80'
Attendance: 8,854
Andorra  0–5  Netherlands
Report Kluivert   9'
Hasselbaink   36'
Van Hooijdonk   61', 70'
Van Bommel   84'
Attendance: 3,823
Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)
Andorra  0–3  Republic of Ireland
Report Harte   33' (pen.)
Kilbane   76'
Holland   80'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ihor Ishchenko (Ukraine)
Cyprus  2–2  Estonia
Konstantinou   47'
Okkas   64'		 Report Kristal   76'
Piiroja   78'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
Portugal  2–2  Netherlands
Pauleta   83'
Figo   90+1' (pen.)		 Report Hasselbaink   18' (pen.)
Kluivert   48'
Attendance: 42,164
Republic of Ireland  3–1  Andorra
Kilbane   33'
Kinsella   36'
Breen   73'		 Report Lima   31'
Attendance: 35,000
Netherlands  4–0  Cyprus
Hasselbaink   29'
Overmars   35'
Kluivert   44'
Van Nistelrooy   81'		 Report
Attendance: 31,000
Republic of Ireland  1–1  Portugal
Roy Keane   68' Report Figo   78'
Attendance: 35,000
Estonia  2–4  Netherlands
Oper   65'
Zelinski   76'		 Report Piiroja   68' (o.g.)
Van Nistelrooy   83', 90'
Kluivert   90'
Attendance: 9,323
Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)
Estonia  0–2  Republic of Ireland
Report Dunne   8'
Holland   38'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Marian Salomir (Romania)
Portugal  6–0  Cyprus
Pauleta   36', 70'
Barbosa   55', 60'
João Pinto   76', 81'		 Report
Attendance: 34,500
Estonia  2–2  Cyprus
Zelinski   51'
Novikov   86'		 Report Konstantinou   39', 69'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Oleg Chikun (Belarus)
Republic of Ireland  1–0  Netherlands
McAteer   68' Report
Attendance: 35,400
Andorra  1–7  Portugal
Jonas   42' Report Nuno Gomes   36', 40', 45', 90'
Pauleta   39'
Rui Jorge   45'
Conceição   58'
Attendance: 4,876
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Netherlands  5–0  Estonia
Zenden   16'
Van Bommel   26', 39'
Cocu   32'
Van Nistelrooy   43'		 Report
Attendance: 28,500
Cyprus  1–3  Portugal
Konstantinou   25' Report Nuno Gomes   48'
Pauleta   64'
Conceição   71'
Attendance: 2,878
Portugal  5–0  Estonia
João Pinto   30'
Nuno Gomes   50', 65'
Pauleta   59'
Figo   80'		 Report
Attendance: 77,000
Republic of Ireland  4–0  Cyprus
Harte   3'
Quinn   11'
Connolly   63'
Roy Keane   67'		 Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)
Netherlands  4–0  Andorra
Van Hooijdonk   3' (pen.)
Seedorf   45'
Van Nistelrooy   53', 89'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Orhan Erdemir (Turkey)

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

1 own goal

References edit

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2002, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 19 April 2024.

External links edit

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