Group 1

Sept. 4 in Minsk Belarus 1 Wales 2. Goals: Baranov 30; Saunders 42, Giggs 86. Half: 1-1. Att.: 25,000. Sept. 4 in Copenhagen Denmark 2 Switzerland 1. Goals: Nielsen 54, Tomasson 81; Tuerkyilmaz 79. Half: 0-0. Att.: 41,667.
Country GP W T L GF GA P
Italy 6 4 2 0 11 2 14
Denmark 7 3 2 2 8 6 11
Wales 7 3 0 4 7 14 9
Switzerland 6 2 2 2 5 5 8
Belarus 6 0 2 4 4 8 2

Group 2

Sept. 4 in Tirana Albania 3 Latvia 3. Bushi 29, 78, Muka 90; Astafjevs 20, 62, Stolcers 70. Half: 1-1. Att.: n/a. Sept. 4 in Oslo Norway 1 Greece 0. Goals: Leonhardsen 34. Half: 1-0. Att.: 23,000. Sept. 4 in Ljubljana Slovenia 2 Georgia 1. Goals: Acimovic 48, Zahovic 80; Arveladze 55. Half: 0-0. Att.: 8,500.
Country GP W T L GF GA P
Norway 8 6 1 1 15 8 19
Slovenia 8 5 2 1 12 7 17
Latvia 8 3 3 2 10 8 12
Greece 8 2 3 3 8 8 9
Albania 8 0 4 4 6 11 4
Georgia 8 1 1 6 5 14 4

Group 3

Sept. 4 in Belfast Northern Ireland 0 Turkey 3. Goals: Erdem 45, 46, 48. Half: 0-1. Att.: 7,270. Sept. 4 in Helsinki Finland 1 Germany 2. Goals: Janne Salli 63; Bierhoff 2, 17. Half: 0-2. Att.: 20,184.
Country GP W T L GF GA P
Germany 6 5 0 1 16 4 15
Turkey 6 5 0 1 14 5 15
Finland 7 2 1 4 9 12 7
Northern Ireland 6 1 2 3 3 11 5
Moldova 7 0 3 4 6 16 3

Group 4

Sept. 4 in Reykjavik Iceland 3 Andorra 0. Goals: Gudjonsson 29, Hreidarsson 32, Gudjohnsen 90. Half: 2-0. Att.: 5,100. Sept. 4 in Moscow Russia 2 Armenia 0. Goals: Beschastnych pen. 8, Karpin 70. Half: 1-0. Att.: 40,000. Sept. 4 in Kiev Ukraine 0 France 0. Att.: 70,000.
Country GP W T L GF GA P
Ukraine 8 4 4 0 12 3 16
Russia 8 5 0 3 19 10 15
Iceland 8 4 3 1 10 3 15
France 8 4 3 1 11 6 15
Armenia 8 1 2 5 3 12 5
Andorra 8 0 0 8 2 23 0

Group 5

Sept. 4 in London England 6 Luxembourg 0. Goals: Shearer pen. 12, 28, 34, McManaman 30, 44, Owen 90. Half: 5-0. Att.: 68,772. Sept. 4 in Stockholm Sweden 1 Bulgaria 0. Goal: Alexandersson 65. Half: 0-0. Att.: 35,640.
Country GP W T L GF GA P
Sweden 6 5 1 0 7 1 16
England 7 3 3 1 14 4 12
Poland 6 4 0 2 12 6 12
Bulgaria 7 1 2 4 3 8 5
Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 2 19 0

Group 6

Sept. 4 in Vienna Austria 1 Spain 3. Goals: Own goal (Hierro) 49; Raul 22, Hierro 56, Luis Enrique 88. Half: 0-1. Att.: 27,000. Sept. 5 in Limassol Cyprus 3 Israel 2. Goals: Engomitis 27, Spoljaric 53, pen. 86; Badir 31, Benayoun 82. Half: 1-1. Att.: 16,000.
Country GP W T L GF GA P
Spain 6 5 0 1 31 5 15
Cyprus 6 4 0 2 11 10 12
Israel 6 3 1 2 17 6 10
Austria 7 3 1 3 16 19 10
San Marino 7 0 0 7 1 36 0

Group 7

Sept. 4 in Vaduz Liechtenstein 0 Hungary 0 Att.: 1,700. Sept. 4 in Bratislava Slovakia 1 Romania 5. Goals: Labant 22; Ilie 6, Hagi 30, Ciobotariu 66, Moldovan 88, 90. Half: 1-2. Att.: n/a. Sept. 4 in Baku Azerbaijan 1 Portugal 1. Goals: Tagizade 51; Figo 90. Half: 0-0. Att.: 8,000.
Country GP W T L GF GA P
Romania 8 6 2 0 21 2 20
Portugal 8 6 1 1 28 3 19
Slovakia 8 3 2 3 9 9 11
Hungary 8 2 3 3 11 7 9
Azerbaijan 8 1 1 6 6 22 4
Liechtenstein 8 1 1 6 2 34 4

Group 8

Sept. 4 in Zagreb Croatia 1 Ireland 0. Goal: Suker 90. Half: 0-0. Att.: 30.000. Sept. 5 in Belgrade Yugoslavia 3 Macedonia 1. Goals: Stojkovic 37 54, Savicevic 77; Ciric pen. 64. Half: 1-0. Att.: 22,000.
Country GP W T L GF GA P
Croatia 7 4 2 1 11 7 14
Yugoslavia 6 4 1 1 12 4 13
Ireland 6 4 0 2 10 3 12
Macedonia 6 2 1 3 10 9 7
Malta 7 0 0 7 4 24 0

Group 9

Sept. 4 in Sarajevo Bosnia 1 Scotland 2. Goals: Bolic 23; Hutchison 13, Dodds 45. Half: 1-2. Att.: 26,000. Sept. 4 in Toftir Faroe Islands 0 Estonia 2. Goals: Reim 88, Piiroja 90. Half: 0-0. Att.: 2,300. Sept. 4 in Vilnius Lithuania 0 Czech Republic 4. Goals: Nedved 60, 63, Koller 68, 90. Half: 0-0. Att.: 3,000. Sept. 5 in Vilnius Lithuania 0 Czech Republic 4. Goals: Nedved 60, 63, Koller 68, 90. Half: 0-0. Att.: 3,000.
Country GP W T L GF GA P
Czech Republic 8 8 0 0 21 5 24
Scotland 7 3 2 2 11 10 11
Estonia 8 3 1 4 14 13 10
Bosnia 7 2 2 3 10 12 8
Lithuania 8 2 2 4 7 13 8
Faroe Islands 8 0 3 5 4 14 3