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.

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	—

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

Standings

Matches

Goalscorers

References

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