Sports 123: Football: Men: World Cup 2002: Qualifying


Football Men: World Cup 2002 in Japan/South Korea Qualifying

March 4 (2000)-November 25 (2001):

Europe South America North and Central America Africa Asia Oceania Intercontinental Playoffs

automatic qualified: Japan, South Korea (hosts) and France (holders)

Europe:

Final Standings:

Group 1:
1. Russia * 10-23 (18-5)
2. Slovenia ** 10-20 (17-9)
3. Yugoslavia 10-19 (22-8)
4. Switzerland 10-14 (18-12)
5. Faroe Islands 10-7 (6-23)
6. Luxemburg 10-0 (4-28)

Group 2:
1. Portugal * 10-24 (33-7)
2. Ireland ** 10-24 (23-5)
3. Netherlands 10-20 (30-9)
4. Estonia 10-8 (10-26)
5. Cyprus 10-8 (13-31)
6. Andorra 10-0 (5-36)

Group 3:
1. Denmark * 10-22 (22-6)
2. Czechia ** 10-20 (20-8)
3. Bulgaria 10-17 (14-15)
4. Iceland 10-13 (14-20)
5. Northern Ireland 10-11 (11-12)
6. Malta 10-1 (4-24)

Group 4:
1. Sweden * 10-26 (20-3)
2. Turkey ** 10-21 (18-8)
3. Slovakia 10-17 (16-9)
4. Macedonia 10-7 (11-18)
5. Moldova 10-6 (6-20)
6. Azerbaijan 10-5 (4-17)

Group 5:
1. Poland * 10-21 (21-11)
2. Ukraine ** 10-17 (13-8)
3. Belarus 10-15 (12-11)
4. Norway 10-10 (12-14)
5. Wales 10-9 (10-12)
6. Armenia 10-5 (7-19)

Group 6:
1. Croatia * 8-18 (15-2)
2. Belgium ** 8-17 (25-6)
3. Scotland 8-15 (12-6)
4. Latvia 8-4 (5-16)
5. San Marino 8-1 (3-30)

Group 7:
1. Spain * 8-20 (21-4)
2. Austria ** 8-15 (10-8)
3. Israel 8-12 (11-7)
4. Bosnia & Herzegovina 8-8 (12-12)
5. Liechtenstein 8-0 (0-23)

Group 8:
1. Italy * 8-20 (16-3)
2. Romania ** 8-16 (10-7)
3. Georgia 8-10 (12-12)
4. Hungary 8-8 (14-13)
5. Lithuania 8-2 (3-20)

Group 9:
1. England * 8-17 (16-6)
2. Germany ** 8-17 (14-10)
3. Finland 8-12 (12-7)
4. Greece 8-7 (7-17)
5. Albania 8-3 (5-14)

Playoffs:
Austria - Turkey * 0-1 0-5
Belgium * - Czechia 1-0 1-0
Slovenia * - Romania 2-1 1-1
Ukraine - Germany * 1-1 1-4

South America:

Final Standings:
1. Argentina * 18-43 (42-15)
2. Ecuador * 18-31 (23-20)
3. Brazil * 18-30 (31-17)
4. Paraguay * 18-30 (29-23)
5. Uruguay ** 18-27 (19-13)
6. Colombia 18-27 (20-15)
7. Bolivia 18-18 (21-33)
8. Peru 18-16 (14-25)
9. Venezuela 18-16 (18-44)
10. Chile 18-12 (15-27)

North and Central America:

Caribbean 1st Preliminary Round:
Anguilla - Bahamas * 1-3 1-2
Aruba * - Puerto Rico 4-2 2-2
Barbados * - Grenada 2-2 3-2 asdet
British Virgin Islands - Bermuda * 1-5 0-9
Cuba * - Cayman Islands 4-0 0-0
Dominican Rep. * - Montserrat 3-0 3-1
Guyana # - Antigua & Barbuda walkover
Haiti * - Dominica 4-0 3-1
St. Kitts & Nevis * - Turks & Caicos Islands 8-0 6-0
St. Lucia - Surinam * 1-0 0-1 aet 1-3 aps
St. Vincent & Grenadines * - Virgin Islands 9-0 5-1
Trinidad & Tobago * - Dutch Antilles 5-0 1-1
# Guyana were suspended by FIFA

Caribbean 2nd Preliminary Round:
Antigua & Barbuda * - Bermuda 0-0 1-1
Aruba - Barbados * 1-3 0-4
Cuba * - Surinam 1-0 0-0
Haiti * - Bahamas 9-0 4-0
St. Vincent & Grenadines * - St. Kitts & Nevis 1-0 2-1
Trinidad & Tobago * - Dominican Rep. 3-0 1-0

Caribbean 3rd Preliminary Round:
Antigua & Barbuda ** - St. Vincent & Grenadines & 2-1 0-4
Cuba ** - Barbados * 1-1 1-1 aet 4-5 aps
Trinidad & Tobago * - Haiti ** 3-1 1-1

Central American Preliminary Round:

Final Standings:

Group A:
1. El Salvador * 4-10 (10-2)
2. Guatemala ** 4-5 (3-3)
3. Belize 4-1 (2-10)

Group B:
1. Panama * 4-9 (8-3)
2. Honduras ** 4-9 (7-2)
3. Nicaragua 4-0 (0-10)

Playoffs:
Antigua & Barbuda - Guatemala * 0-1 1-8
Cuba - Canada * 0-1 0-0
Honduras * - Haiti 4-0 3-1

1st Round:

Final Standings:

Group 1:
1. Trinidad & Tobago * 6-15 (14-7)
2. Mexico * 6-13 (17-2)
3. Canada 6-5 (1-8)
4. Panama 6-1 (1-16)

Group 2:
1. Honduras * 6-15 (25-5)
2. Jamaica * 6-12 (7-4)
3. El Salvador 6-9 (13-13)
4. St. Vincent & Grenadines 6-0 (2-25)

Group 3:
1. USA * 6-11 (14-3)
2. Costa Rica ** 6-10 (9-6)
2. Guatemala ** 6-10 (9-6)
4. Barbados 6-3 (3-20)

Playoff:
Costa Rica * - Guatemala 5-2 (at Miami)

Final Round:

Final Standings:
1. Costa Rica * 10-23 (17-7)
2. Mexico * 10-17 (16-9)
3. USA * 10-17 (11-8)
4. Honduras 10-14 (17-17)
5. Jamaica 10-8 (7-14)
6. Trinidad & Tobago 10-5 (5-18)

Africa:

1st Round:
Benin - Sengal * 1-1 0-1
Botswana - Zambia * 0-1 0-1
Cameroon * - Somalia 3-0 3-0 (return at Yaoundé)
Cape Verde - Algeria * 0-0 0-2
Central Afr. Rep. - Zimbabwe * 0-1 1-3
Chad - Liberia * 0-1 0-0
Djibouti - Dem. Rep. Congo * 1-1 1-9
Equatorial Guinea - Congo * 1-3 1-2
Eritrea - Nigeria * 0-0 0-4
Ethiopia - Burkina Faso * 2-1 0-3
Gambia - Morocco * 0-1 0-2
Guinea Bissau - Togo * 0-0 0-3
Lesotho - South Africa* 0-2 0-1
Libya * - Mali 3-0 1-3
Madagascar * - Gabon 2-0 0-1
Malawi * - Kenya 2-0 0-0
Mauritania - Tunisia * 1-2 0-3
Mauritius - Egypt * 0-2 2-4
Rwanda - Ivory Coast * 2-2 0-2
Sao Tome & Principe - Sierra Leone * 2-0 0-4
Seychelles - Namibia * 1-1 0-3
Sudan * - Mozambique 1-0 1-2
Swaziland - Angola * 0-1 1-7
Tanzania - Ghana * 0-1 2-3
Uganda - Guinea * 4-4 0-3

2nd Round:

Final Standings:

Group 1:
1. Cameroon * 8-19 (14-4)
2. Angola 8-13 (11-9)
3. Zambia 8-11 (14-11)
4. Togo 8-9 (10-13)
5. Libya 8-1 (7-19)

Group 2:
1. Nigeria * 8-16 (15-3)
2. Liberia 8-15 (10-8)
3. Sudan 8-12 (8-10)
4. Ghana 8-11 (10-9)
5. Sierra Leone 8-4 (2-15)

Group 3:
1. Senegal * 8-15 (14-2)
2. Morocco 8-15 (8-3)
3. Egypt 8-13 (16-7)
4. Algeria 8-8 (11-14)
5. Namibia 8-2 (3-26)

Group 4:
1. Tunisia * 8-20 (23-4)
2. Ivory Coast 8-15 (18-8)
3. Dem. Rep. Congo 8-10 (7-16)
4. Madagascar 8-6 (5-15)
5. Congo 8-5 (5-15)

Group 5:
1. South Africa * 6-16 (10-3)
2. Zimbabwe 6-12 (7-5)
3. Burkina Faso 6-5 (7-8)
4. Malawi 6-1 (4-12)
-. Guinea disqualified #

# Guinea was excluded by FIFA
for interference in Guinean FA affairs
(actual record 3-7 (7-3))

Asia:

1st Round:

Final Standings:

Group 1:
1. Oman * 6-16 (33-3)
2. Syria 6-13 (40-6)
3. Laos 6-4 (3-40)
4. Philippines 6-1 (2-29)

Group 2:
1. Iran * 2-6 (21-0)
2. Tajikistan 2-3 (16-2)
3. Guam 2-0 (0-35)
-. Myanmar withdrew

Group 3:
1. Qatar * 6-16 (14-3)
2. Palestine 6-7 (8-9)
3. Malaysia 6-7 (8-11)
4. Hong Kong 6-4 (3-10)

Group 4:
1. Bahrain * 6-15 (9-4)
2. Kuwait 6-13 (9-3)
3. Kyrgyzstan 6-4 (3-9)
4. Singapore 6-2 (3-8)

Group 5:
1. Thailand * 6-16 (20-5)
2. Lebanon 6-13 (26-5)
3. Sri Lanka 6-4 (8-20)
4. Pakistan 6-1 (5-29)

Group 6:
1. Iraq * 6-14 (28-5)
2. Kazakhstan 6-14 (20-2)
3. Nepal 6-6 (13-25)
4. Macao 6-0 (2-31)

Group 7:
1. Uzbekistan * 6-14 (20-5)
2. Turkmenistan 6-12 (12-7)
3. Jordan 6-8 (12-7)
4. Taiwan 6-0 (0-25)

Group 8:
1. UAE * 6-12 (21-5)
2. Yemen 6-11 (14-8)
3. India 6-11 (11-5)
4. Brunei 6-0 (0-28)

Group 9:
1. China * 6-18 (25-3)
2. Indonesia 6-12 (16-7)
3. Maldives 6-4 (8-19)
4. Cambodia 6-1 (2-22)

Group 10:
1. Saudi Arabia * 6-18 (30-0)
2. Vietnam 6-10 (9-9)
3. Bangladeseh 6-5 (5-15)
4. Mongolia 6-1 (2-22)

Final Round:

Final Standings:

Group A:
1. Saudi Arabia * 8-17 (17-8)
2. Iran ** 8-15 (10-7)
3. Bahrain 8-10 (8-9)
4. Iraq 8-7 (9-10)
5. Thailand 8-4 (5-15)

Group B:
1. China * 8-19 (13-2)
2. UAE ** 8-11 (10-11)
3. Uzbekistan 8-10 (13-14)
4. Qatar 8-9 (10-10)
5. Oman 8-6 (7-16)

Playoff:
Iran ** - UAE 1-0 3-0

Oceania:

Final Standings:

Group 1:
1. Australia * 4-12 (66-0)
2. Fiji 4-9 (27-4)
3. Tonga 4-6 (7-30)
4. Samoa 4-3 (9-18)
5. American Samoa 4-0 (0-57)

Group 2:
1. New Zealand * 4-12 (19-1)
2. Tahiti 4-9 (14-6)
3. Solomon Islands 4-6 (17-10)
4. Vanuatu 4-3 (11-21)
5. Cook Islands 4-0 (2-25)

Playoff:
New Zealand - Australia ** 0-2 1-4

Intercontinental Playoffs:

Australia - Uruguay * 1-0 0-3
Ireland * - Iran 2-0 0-1