FIELD
Hosts (2 teams) Belgium Netherlands
Group champions (9 teams) Czech Republic France Germany Italy Norway Romania Spain Sweden Yugoslavia
Best No. 2 (1 team) Portugal
Playoff teams (4 qualify) Denmark England Ireland Israel Scotland Slovenia Turkey Ukraine
RESULTS
GROUP 1 Oct. 9 in Minsk Belarus 0 Italy 0. Att.: 32,000. Oct. 9 in Wrexham Wales 0 Switzerland 2. Goals: Rey 16, Buhlmann 59. Half: 0-1. Att.: 5,064.
| STANDINGS | GP | W | L | GF | GA | P |
| c-Italy | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 15 |
| p-Denmark | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 14 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| Wales | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 9 |
| Belarus | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
GROUP 2 Oct. 6 in Athens Greece 2 Albania 0. Goals: Tsiartas 1, Georgiadis 87. Half: 1-0. Att.: 8,000. Oct. 9 in Maribor Slovenia 0 Greece 3. Goals: Tsartas 39, Georgiadis 43, Nikolaidis 73. Half: 0-2. Att.: 2,500. Oct. 9 in Tirana Albania 2 Georgia 1. Goals: Rraklli 30, Kola 36; Arveladze 52. Half: 2-0. Att.: 3,000. Oct. 9 in Riga Latvia 1 Norway 2. Goals: Pahars 52; Solskjaer 51, Flo 85. Half: 0-0. Att.: 2,500.
| STANDINGS | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| c-Norway | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 25 |
| p-Slovenia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 17 |
| Greece | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 15 |
| Latvia | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
| Albania | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 7 |
| Georgia | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 5 |
GROUP 3 Oct. 9 in Helsinki Finland 4 Northern Ireland 1. Goals: Johansson 9, Hyypia 63, Kolkka 73, 83; Whitley 59. Half: 1-0. Att.: 8,217. Oct. 9 in Munich Germany 0 Turkey 0. Att.: 63,572.
| STANDINGS | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| c-Germany | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 19 |
| p-Turkey | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 17 |
| Finland | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 10 |
| No. Ireland | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 5 |
| Moldova | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 4 |
GROUP 4 Oct. 9 in Andorra La Vella Andorra 0 Armenia 3. Goals: Petrosyan 26, Yesoyan 59, Shakhgeldyan 63. Half: 0-1. Att.: 700. Oct. 9 in Moscow Russia 1 Ukraine 1. Goals: Karpin 75; Shevchenko 87. Half: 0-0. Att.: 80,000. Oct. 9 in Paris France 3 Iceland 2. Goals: Own goal (Dadason) 17, Djorkaeff 38, Trezeguet 71; Sverrisson 47, Gunnarsson 56. Half: 2-0. Att.: 80,000.
| STANDINGS | G | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| c-France | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 21 |
| p-Ukraine | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 20 |
| Russia | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 19 |
| Iceland | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 15 |
| Armenia | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 8 |
| Andorra | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 28 | 0 |
GROUP 5
| Oct. 9 in Stockholm |
| Sweden 2 Poland 0. Goals: K.Andersson 64, Larsson 90. |
| Half: 0-0. Att.: 35,037. |
| Oct. 10 in Sofia |
| Bulgaria 3 Luxembourg 0. Goals: Borimirov 40, Petkov 68, Hristov 78. |
| Half: 1-0. Att.: 4,000. |
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| STANDINGS | G | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| c-Sweden | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 22 |
| p-England | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 13 |
| Poland | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 |
| Bulgaria | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Luxembourg | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 0 |
GROUP 6 Oct. 10 in Vienna Austria 3 Cyprus 1. Goals: Glieder 5, Vastic 23, Herzog 81; Costas 63. Half: 2-0. Att.: 10,000. Oct. 10 in Albacete Spain 3 Israel 0. Goals: Morientes 30, Cesar 37, Raul 51. Half: 2-0. Att.: 12,000.
| STANDINGS | G | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| c-Spain | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 5 | 21 |
| p-Israel | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 13 |
| Austria | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 13 |
| Cyprus | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 12 |
| San Marino | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 44 | 0 |
GROUP 7 Oct. 9 in Baku Azerbaijan 0 Slovakia 1. Goals: Labant 70. Half: 0-0. Att.: 8,000. Oct. 9 in Vaduzl Liechtenstein 0 Romania 3. Goals: Rosu 26, Ganea 65, 73. Half: 0-1. Att.: 2,900. Oct. 9 in Lisbon Portugal 3 Hungary 0. Goals: Rui Costa pen. 15, Joao Pinto 16, Abel Xavier 58. Half: 2-0. Att.: 65,000.
| STANDINGS | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| c-Romania | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 24 |
| w-Portugal | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 23 |
| Slovakia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 17 |
| Hungary | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 12 |
| Azerbaijan | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 4 |
| Liechtenstein | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 39 | 4 |
GROUP 8 Oct. 9 in Zagreb Croatia 2 Yugoslavia 2. Goals: Boksic 20, Stanic 47; Mijatovic 26, Stankovic 31. Half: 1-2. Att.: 40,000. Oct. 9 in Skopje Macedonia 1 Ireland 1. Goals: Stavrevski 90; Quinn 18. Half: 0-1. Att.: 6,000.
| STANDINGS | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| c-Yugoslavia | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 17 |
| p-Ireland | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 16 |
| Croatia | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 15 |
| Macedonia | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 |
| Malta | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 0 |
GROUP 9 Oct. 5 in Glasgow Scotland 1 Bosnia 0. Goal: Collins pen. 26. Half: 1-0. Att.: 30,574. Oct. 9 in Tallinn Estonia 1 Bosnia 4. Goals: Oper 4; Baljic 42, 57, 67, 87. Half: 1-1. Att.: 1,200. Oct. 9 in Glasgow Scotland 3 Lithuania 0. Goals: Hutchison 48, McSwegan 50, Cameron 89. Half: 0-0. Att.: 22,059. Oct. 9 in Prague Czech Republic 2 Faeroe Islands 0. Goals: Koller 11, Verbir 84. Half: 1-0. Att.: 21,362.
| STANDINGS | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| c-Czech Rep. | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 30 |
| p-Scotland | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 18 |
| Bosnia | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 11 |
| Lithuania | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 11 |
| Estonia | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 11 |
| Faeroe Isl. | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 3 |
c-group champion; w-qualifies as wild card as best second-place team; p-advances to playoff.
