WORLD CUP 2006 QUALIFYING
EUROPE
Group 1
Oct. 8
Finland 0 Romania 1 (Mutu pen. 41).
Czech Rep. 0 Netherlands 2 (Van der Vaart 30, Opdam 37).
Standings: Netherlands 31 points; Romania 25; Czech Rep. 24; Finland 16; FYR Macedonia 8; Andorra 5; Armenia 4.
Group 2
Oct. 8
Ukraine 2 (Shevchenko 45, Rotan 86) Albania 2 (Bogdani 75, 82).
Denmark 1 (Gravgaard 39) Greece 0.
Georgia 0 Kazakhstan 0.
Standings: Ukraine 25; Turkey 20; Denmark 19; Greece 18; Albania 13; Georgia 10; Kazakhstan 1.
Group 3
Oct. 8
Slovakia 1 (Hlinka 76) Estonia 0.
Russia 5 (Izmailov 7, Kerzhakov 18, Pavlyuchenko 75, Kirichenko 90) Luxembourg 1 (Reiter pen. 52).
Portugal 2 (Pauleta 49, Nuno Gomes 86) Liechtenstein 1 (Fischer 32).
Standings: Portugal 27; Slovakia, Russia 22; Latvia 15; Estonia 14; Liechtenstein 8; Luxembourg 0.
Group 4
Oct. 8
Cyprus 0 Ireland 1 (Elliot 6).
Switzerland 1 (Magnin 79) France 1 (Cisse 52).
Israel 2 (Benayoun 1, Zandberg 90) Faroe Islands 1 (Samuelson 91).
Standings: Israel 18; Switzerland, France 17; Ireland 16; Cyprus 4; Faroe Islands 1.
Group 5
Oct. 8
Scotland 0 Belarus 1 (Kutuzov 5).
Norway 1 (Rushfeldt 49) Moldova 0.
Italy 1 (Zaccardo 77) Slovenia 0.
Standings: Italy 20; Norway 15; Slovenia 12; Scotland, Belerus 10; Moldova 5.
Group 6
Oct. 8
N. Ireland 2 (Gillespie 46, Davis 50) Wales 3 (Davies 27, Robinson 38, Giggs 61).
England 1 (Lampard pen. 24) Austria 0.
Standings: Poland 24; England 22; Austria 12; N. Ireland 9; Wales 5; Azerbaijan 3.
Group 7
Oct. 8
Bosnia-Herz. 3 (Bolic 48, 75, 85) San Marino 0.
Lithuania 0 Serb. & Mont. 2 (Kezman 42, Vukic 88).
Belgium 0 Spain 2 (Torres 56, 59).
Standings: Serb. & Mont. 19; Spain 17; Bosnia-Herz. 16; Belgium 11; Lithuania 9; San Marino 0.
Group 8
Oct. 8
Bulgaria 2 (Berbatov 30, Lazarov 55) Hungary 0.
Croatia 1 (Srna pen. 56) Sweden 0.
Standings: Croatia 23; Sweden 21; Bulgaria 14; Hungary 13; Iceland 4; Malta 2.