World Cup 2002 Update: Europe

World Cup 2002 Qualifying: Europe Standings, complete results and schedule There were only six World Cup qualifiers in Europe on a day dominated by friendlies. The biggest result was Russia’s 1-0 win over Yugoslavia in Belgrade that gives the Russians a five-point lead in Group 1 at the midway point in qualifying. RESULTS Group 1 April 25 in Belgrade Yugoslavia 0 Russia 1 (Beschastnykh 72). Group 2 April 25 in Eindhoven Netherlands 4 (Hasselbaink 29, Overmars 35, Kluivert 44, Van Nistelrooy 82) Cyprus 0. April 25 in Dublin Ireland 3 (Klbane 34, Kinsella 36, Breen 76) Andorra 1 (Lima 33). Group 3 April 25 in Valletta Malta 1 (Mifsud 14) Iceland 4 (Gudmundsson 42, Sigurdsson 45, Gudjohnsen 83, Gudjonsson 90). Group 6 April 25 in Riga Latvia 1 (Pahars 1) San Marino 1 (Albani 59). Group 7 April 25 in Innsbruck Austria 2 (Glieder 43, Floegel 75) Liechtenstein 0.

GROUP 1

RESULTS April 25 in Belgrade Yugoslavia 0 Russia 1 (Beschastnykh 72). STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Russia 5 4 1 0 7 1 13 Switzerland 5 2 2 1 13 5 8 Slovenia 5 1 4 0 8 7 7 Yugoslavia 4 1 2 1 4 3 5 Faeroe Islands 4 1 1 2 5 8 4 Luxembourg 5 0 0 5 1 14 0 SCHEDULE June 2 Russia-Yugoslavia Slovenia-Luxembourg Faeroe Islands-Switzerland June 6 Switzerland-Slovenia Luxembourg-Russia Faeroe Islands-Yugoslavia Sept. 1 Switzerland-Yugoslavia Slovenia-Russia Faeroe Islands-Luxembourg Sept. 5 Luxembourg-Switzerland Yugoslavia-Slovenia Faeroe Islands-Russia Oct. 6 Yugoslavia-Luxembourg Russia-Switzerland Slovenia-Faeroe Islands PAST RESULTS Sept. 2 in Zurich Switzerland 0 Russia 1 (Beschastnykh 74). Feb. 3 in Toftir Faeroe Islands 2 (Arge 87, O.Hansen 90) Slovenia 2 (Udovic 25, Osterc 85). Sept. 3 in Luxembourg City Luxembourg 0 Yugoslavia 2 (Milosevic 4, Jokanovic 26). Oct. 7 in Zurich Switzerland 5 (Zwyssig 26, Fournier 35, Tuerkyilmaz pen. 43, pen. 45, pen. 53) Faeroe Islands 1 (Petersen 4). Oct. 7 in Luxembourg Luxembourg 1 (Strasser 46) Slovenia 2 (Zahovic 39, Milinovic 41). Oct. 11 in Ljubljana Slovenia 2 (Siljak 44, Acimovic 78) Switzerland 2 (Turkyilmaz 20, 66). Oct. 11 in Moscow Russia 3 (Buznikin 19, Khokhlov 57, Titov 90) Luxembourg 0. March 24 in Belgrade Yugoslavia 1 (Mihajlovic 68) Switzerland 1 (Chapuisat 84). March 24 in Moscow Russia 1 (Khlestov 8) Slovenia 1 (Knavs 22). March 24 in Luxembourg Luxembourg 0 Faeroe Islands 2 (Jacobsen 75, Morkore 82). March 28 in Zurich Switzerland 5 (Frei 9, 31, 90, Lonfat 64, Chapuisat 72) Luxembourg 0. March 28 in Ljubljana Slovenia 1 (Zahovic 90) Yugoslavia 1 (Milosevic 32). March 28 in Moscow Russia 1 (Mostovoi 19) Faeroe Islands 0.

GROUP 2

RESULTS April 25 in Eindhoven Netherlands 4 (Hasselbaink 29, Overmars 35, Kluivert 44, Van Nistelrooy 82) Cyprus 0. April 25 in Dublin Ireland 3 (Klbane 34, Kinsella 36, Breen 76) Andorra 1 (Lima 33). STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Ireland 6 4 2 0 15 4 14 Netherlands 6 3 2 1 17 6 11 Portugal 5 3 2 0 11 4 11 Cyprus 6 2 1 3 10 16 7 Estonia 5 2 1 2 6 8 7 Andorra 8 0 0 8 4 25 0 SCHEDULE June 2 Estonia-Netherlands Ireland-Portugal June 6 Estonia-Ireland Portugal-Cyprus Aug. 15 Estonia-Cyprus Sept. 1 Andorra-Portugal Ireland-Netherlands Sept. 5 Cyprus-Portugal Netherlands-Estonia Oct. 6 Ireland-Cyprus Netherlands-Andorra Portugal-Estonia PAST RESULTS Sept. 2 in Andorra La Vella Andorra 2 (Gonzalez 45, Lima 51) Cyprus 3 (Constantinou pen. 25, 90, Agathokleous 77). Sept. 2 in Amsterdam Netherlands 2 (Talan 71, Van Bronckhorst 84) Ireland 2 (Robbie Keane 21, McAteer 65). Sept. 3 in Tallinn Estonia 1 (Oper 84) Portugal 3 (Rui Costa 14, Figo 49, Sa Pinto 57). Oct. 7 in Andorra La Vella Andorra 1 (Ruiz penn. 90) Estonia 2 (Reim 54, Oper 65). Oct. 7 in Nicosia Cyprus 0 Netherlands 4 (Seedorf 69, 78, Overmars 81, Kliuvert 90). Oct. 7 in Lisbon Portugal 1 (Conceicao 57) Ireland 1 (Holland 72). Oct. 11 in Dublin Ireland 2 (Kinsella 25, Dunne 50) Estonia 0. Oct. 11 in Rotterdam Netherlands 0 Portugal 2 (Conceicao 11, Pauleta 44). Nov. 15 in Nicosia Cyprus 5 (Okkas 10, 18, Agathocleous 43, Christodoulou 73, Spoljaric pen. 90) Andorra 0. Feb. 28 in Funchal Portugal 3 (Figo 1, 48, Pauleta 36) Andorra 0. Half: 2-0. Att.: 12,000. March 24 in Barcelona Andorra 0 Netherlands 5 (Kluivert 9, 36, Van Hooijdonk 60, 71, Van Bommel 85). March 24 in Nicosia Cyprus 0 Ireland 4 (Keane 33, 89, Harte pen. 43, Kelly 80). March 28 in Barcelona Andorra 0 Ireland 3 (Harte pen. 33, Kilbane 76, Holland 80). March 28 in Porto Portugal 2 (Pauleta 83, Figo pen. 90) Netherlands 2 (Hasselbaink pen. 17, Kluivert 47). March 28 in Limassol Cyprus 2 (Constantinou 47, Okkas 65) Estonia 2 (Kristal 75, Piiroja 77).

GROUP 3

RESULTS April 25 in Valletta Malta 1 (Mifsud 14) Iceland 4 (Gudmundsson 42, Sigurdsson 45, Gudjohnsen 83, Gudjonsson 90). STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Czech Republic 5 3 2 0 6 0 11 Bulgaria 5 3 1 1 10 6 10 Denmark 5 2 3 0 9 3 9 Iceland 5 2 0 3 7 9 6 Northern Ireland 5 1 1 3 5 7 4 Malta 5 0 1 4 1 13 1 SCHEDULE June 2 Denmark-Czech Republic Iceland-Malta No. Ireland-Bulgaria June 6 Denmark-Malta Iceland-Bulgaria Czech Republic-No. Ireland Sept. 1 Denmark-No. Ireland Iceland-Czech Republic Malta-Bulgaria Sept. 5 Bulgaria-Denmark Czech Republic-Malta No. Ireland-Iceland Oct. 6 Denmark-Iceland Malta-No. Ireland Czech Republic-Bulgaria PAST RESULTS Sept. 2 in Belfast Northern Ireland 1 (Gray 70) Malta 0. Sept. 2 in Sofia Bulgaria 0 Czech Republic 1 (Poborsky pen. 73). Sept. 2 in Reykjavik Iceland 1 (Sverrisson 12) Denmark 2 (Tomasson 26, Bisgaard 49). Oct. 7 in Belfast No. Ireland 1 (Healy 38) Denmark 1 (Rommedahl 59). Oct. 7 in Teplice Czech Rep. 4 (Koller 17, 41, Nedved 44, 90) Iceland 0. Oct. 7 in Sofia Bulgaria 3 (Ivanov 39, 65, Todorov 90) Malta 0. Oct. 11 in Reykjavik Iceland 1 (T. Gudjonsson 89) No. Ireland 0. Oct. 11 in Valletta Malta 0 Czech Rep. 0. Oct. 11 in Copenhagen Denmark 1 (Sand 73) Bulgaria 1 (Berbatov 82). March 24 in Belfast No. Ireland 0 Czech Rep. 1 (Nedved 12). March 24 in Sofia Bulgaria 2 (Chomakov 36, Berbatov 78) Iceland 1 (Hreidarsson 24). March 24 in Valletta Malta 0 Denmark 5 (Sand 8, 63, 79, Heintze 51, Jensen 76). Mach 28 in Sofia Bulgaria 4 (Balakov pen. 7, Petrov 17, 78, Chomakov 72) No. Ireland 3 (Williams 15, Elliot 84, Healy pen. 90). March 28 in Prague Czech Rep. 0 Denmark 0.

GROUP 4

STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Slovakia 5 3 2 0 7 2 11 Turkey 5 3 2 0 7 3 11 Sweden 5 3 2 0 5 1 11 Macedonia 5 1 1 3 4 5 4 Moldova 5 0 2 3 0 5 2 Azerbaijan 5 0 1 4 1 8 1 SCHEDULE June 2 Turkey-Azerbaijan Sweden-Slovakia Macedonia-Moldova June 6 Turkey-Macedonia Azerbaijan-Slovakia Sweden-Moldova Sept. 1 Slovakia-Turkey Macedonia-Sweden Moldova-Azerbaijan Sept. 5 Turkey-Sweden Azerbaijan-Macedonia Slovakia-Moldova Oct. 6 Moldova-Turkey Sweden-Azerbaijan Macedonia-Slovakia PAST RESULTS Sept. 2 in Baku Azerbaijan 0 Sweden 1 (Svensson 10). Sept. 2 in Istanbul Turkey 2 (Okan 45, Emre 70) Moldova 0. Sept. 3 in Bratislava Slovakia 2 (Own goal 3, Demo 74) Macedonia 0. Oct. 6 in Skopje Macedonia 3 (Hristov 35, 42, Bekiri 75) Azerbaijan 0. Goals: Hristov 35, 42, Bekiri 75. Oct. 7 in Gothenburg Sweden 1 (Larsson 68) Turkey 1 (Tayfur pen. 90). Oct. 7 in Chisinau Moldova 0 Slovakia 1 (S.Nemeth 79). Oct. 11 in Bratislava Slovakia 0 Sweden 0. Oct. 11 in Baku Azerbaijan 0 Turkey 1 (Hakan Sukur 72). Oct. 11 in Chisinau Moldova 0 Macedonia 0. March 24 in Gothenburg Sweden 1 (Svensson 43) Macedonia 0. March 24 in Istanbul Turkey 1 (Sukur pen. 53) Slovakia 1 (Tomaschek 68). March 24 in Baku Azerbaijan 0 Moldova 0. March 28 in Chisinau Moldova 0 Sweden 2 (Allback 89, 90). March 28 in Trnava Slovakia 3 (Nemeth 1, 10, Meszaros 57) Azerbaijan 1 (Vasilyev pen. 3). March 28 in Skopje Macedonia 1 (Micevski 20) Turkey 2 (Own goal 68, Davala 69).

GROUP 5

STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Poland 5 4 1 0 13 4 13 Belarus 5 3 1 1 7 6 10 Ukraine 5 2 2 1 6 6 8 Wales 5 0 4 1 5 6 4 Armenia 5 0 2 3 5 11 2 Norway 5 0 2 3 4 7 2 SCHEDULE June 2 Armenia-Belarus Ukraine-Norway Wales-Poland June 6 Norway-Belarus Armenia-Poland Ukraine-Wales Sept. 1 Belarus-Ukraine Wales-Armenia Poland-Norway Sept. 5 Ukraine-Armenia Belarus-Poland Norway-Wales Oct. 6 Armenia-Norway Poland-Ukraine Wales-Belarus Sept. 2 in Minsk Belarus 2 (Khatskevich 39, Belkevich 56) Wales 1 (Speed 90). Sept. 2 in Oslo Norway 0 Armenia 0. Sept. 2 in Kiev Ukraine 1 (Shevchenko 13) Poland 3. (Olisadebe 3, 33, Kaluznyi 57). Oct. 7 in Cardiff Wales 1 (Blake 60) Norway 1 (Helstad 80). Oct. 7 in Yerevan Armenia 2 (Petrosyan 17, 44) Ukraine 3 (Shevchenko 45, 59, Husin 55). Oct. 7 in Lodz Poland 3 (Kaluzny 24, 62, 73) Belarus 1 (Ryndyuk 37). Oct. 11 in Warsaw Poland 0 Wales 0. Oct. 11 in Minsk Belarus 2 (Khatskevich 23, Ryndyuk 34) Armenia 1 (Khodjoyan 50). Oct. 11 in Oslo Norway 0 Ukraine 1 (Shevchenko 49). March 24 in Kiev Ukraine 0 Belarus 0. March 24 in Oslo Norway 2 (Carew 58, Solskjaer 66) Poland 3 (Olisadebe 23, 29, Karwan 80). March 24 in Yerevan Armenia 2 (Mansion 32, Movsesyan 71) Wales 2 (Hartson 40, 49). March 28 in Minsk Belarus 2 (Khatskevich 19, Vasilyuk 90) Norway 1 (Solskjaer 68). March 28 in Warsaw Poland 4 (Michal Zewlakow pen. 15, Olisadebe 41, Marcin Zewlakow 81, Karwan 88) Armenia 0. March 28 in Cardiff Wales 1 (Hartson 11) Ukraine 1 (Shevchenko 52).

GROUP 6

RESULTS April 25 in Riga Latvia 1 (Pahars 1) San Marino 1 (Albani 59). STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Scotland 5 3 2 0 10 3 11 Belgium 4 2 2 0 16 3 8 Croatia 3 1 2 0 5 2 5 Latvia 5 1 1 3 3 10 4 San Marino 5 0 1 4 2 18 1 SCHEDULE June 2 Croatia-San Marino Belgium-Latvia June 6 Latvia-Croatia San Marino-Belgium Sept. 1 Scotland-Croatia Sept. 5 San Marino-Croatia Belgium-Scotland Oct. 6 Croatia-Belgium Scotland-Latvia PAST RESULTS Sept. 2 in Riga Latvia 0 Scotland 1 (McCann 89). Sept. 2 in Brussels Belgium 0 Croatia 0. Oct. 7 in San Marino San Marino 0 Scotland 2 (Elliott 71, Hutchison 73). Oct. 7 in Riga Latvia 0 Belgium 4 (Wilmots 5, Peeters 13, Cavens 82, Verheyen 90). Oct. 11 in Zagreb Croatia 1 (Boksic 16) Scotland 1 (Gallacher 24). Nov. 15 in San Marino San Marino 0 Latvia 1 (Jelisejevs 9). Feb. 28 in Brussels Belgium 10 (Vanderhaeghe 10, 50, Mpenza 13, Goor 26, 60, Baseggio 64, Wilmots 72, Peeters 76, 84, 88) San Marino 1 (Selva 90). March 24 in Osijek Croatia 4 (Balaban 8, 43, 45, Vugrinec 89) Latvia 1 (Stolcers 60). March 24 in Glasgow Scotland 2 (Dodds 2, pen. 29) Belgium 2 (Wilmots 58, Van Buyten 90). March 28 in Glasgow Scotland 4 (Hendry 22, 32, Dodds 33, Cameron 64) San Marino 0.

GROUP 7

RESULTS April 25 in Innsbruck Austria 2 (Glieder 43, Floegel 75) Liechtenstein 0. STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Austria 5 3 2 0 7 3 11 Spain 4 3 1 0 10 2 10 Israel 4 2 0 2 6 5 6 Bosnia 4 1 1 2 6 6 4 Liechtenstein 5 0 0 5 0 13 0 SCHEDULE June 2 Liechtenstein-Israel Spain-Bosnia June 6 Austria-Liechtenstein Israel-Spain Sept. 1 Bosnia-Israel Spain-Austria Sept. 5 Austria-Bosnia Liechtenstein-Spain Oct. 7 Israel-Austria Sept. 2 in Sarajevo Bosnia 1 (Baljic 41) Spain 2 (Gerard 39, J.Etxeberria 72). Sept. 3 in Tel Aviv Israel 2 (Mizrahi 1, Balili 79) Liechtenstein 0. Oct. 7 in Vaduz Liechtenstein 0 Austria 1 (Floegel 20). Oct. 7 in Madrid Spain 2 (Gerard 22, Hierro 53) Israel 0. Oct. 11 in Vienna Austria 1 (Baur 21) Spain 1 (Baraja 27). Oct. 11 in Tel Aviv Israel 3 (Berkovic 12, Abuksis 62, Katan 76) Bosnia 1 (Akrapovic 48). March 24 in Sarajevo Bosnia 1 (Barbarez 43) Austria 1 (Baur 61). March 24 in Alicante Spain 5 (Helguera 20, Mendieta 36, 81, Hierro pen. 54, Raul 68) Liechtenstein 0. March 28 in Vienna Austria 2 (Baur 9, Herzog pen. 41) Israel 1 (Own goal 6). March 28 in Vaduz Liechtenstein 0 Bosnia 3 (Barbarez 10, 72, Hota 89).

GROUP 8

PAST RESULTS STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Italy 5 4 1 0 13 2 13 Romania 4 2 0 2 3 5 6 Hungary 3 1 2 0 9 4 5 Georgia 3 1 0 2 4 4 3 Lithuania 5 0 1 4 2 16 1 Sept. 3 in Bucharest Romania 1 (Ganea 89) Lithuania 0. Sept. 3 in Budapest Hungary 2 (Horvath 29, 78) Italy 2. (Inzaghi 26, 35). Oct. 7 in Vilnius Lithuania 0 Georgia 4 (Ketsbaia 18, 33, Kinkladze 46, Arveladze 84). Oct. 7 in Milan Italy 3 (Inzaghi 13, Delvecchio 17, Totti 42) Romania 0. Oct. 11 in Kaunas Lithuania 1 (Buitkus 71) Hungary 6 (Illes 24, M.Feher 36, 62, 72, Horvath 66, Lisztes pen. 84). Oct. 11 in Ancona Italy 2 (Del Piero pen. 47, pen. 88) Georgia 0. March 24 in Budapest Hungary 1 (Sebok pen. 70) Lithuania 1 (Razanauskas 74). March 24 in Bucharest Romania 0 Italy 2 (Inzaghi 28, 32). March 28 in Tbilisi Georgia 0 Romania 2 (Munteanu 68, Contra 81). March 28 in Trieste Italy 4 (Inzaghi 17, 63, Del Piero 49, 79) Lithuania 0.

GROUP 9

STANDINGS TEAM GP W T L GF GA P Germany 4 4 0 0 9 3 12 England 4 2 1 1 5 3 7 Finland 4 1 1 2 3 4 4 Albania 4 1 0 3 5 7 3 Greece 4 1 0 3 3 8 3 SCHEDULE June 2 Finland-Germany Greece-Albania June 6 Albania-Germany Greece-England Sept. 1 Germany-England Albania-Finland Sept. 5 England-Albania Finland-Greece Oct. 6 England-Greece Germany-Finland PAST RESULTS Sept. 2 in Helsinki Finland 2 (Litmanen 45, Riihilahti 67) Albania 1 (Murati 63). Sept. 2 in Hamburg Germany 2 (Deisler 17, own goal 75) Greece 0. Oct. 7 in London England 0 Germany 1 (Hamann 14). Oct. 7 in Athens Greece 1 (Liberopoulos 59) Finland 0. Oct. 11 in Helsinki Finland 0 England 0. Oct. 11 in Tirana Albania 2 (Bushi 50, Fakaj 90) Greece 0. . March 24 in Liverpool England 2 (Owen 43, Beckham 50) Finland 1 (Rihilahti 26). March 24 in Leverkusen Germany 2 (Deisler 50, Klose 88) Albania 1 (Kola 65). March 28 in Tirana Albania 1 (Rraklli 90) England 3 (Owen 74, Scholes 85, Cole 90). March 28 in Athens Greece 2 (Haristeas 20, Georgiadis 44) Germany 4 (Rehmer 6, Ballack pen. 25, Klose 81, Bode 89).