IRELAND
WORLD CUP HISTORY Record | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
U.S. RIVALRY June 16, 1924 — Ireland 3-1. Oct. 29, 1979 — Ireland 3-2 June 1, 1992 — Tie 1-1. April 29, 1992 — Ireland 4-1. May 30, 1993 — USA 3-1. June 9, 1996 — USA 2-1. June 6, 2000 — Tie 1-1.
TEAM Given, Finnan, Breen, Staunton, Harte, McAteer, Roy Keane, Holland, Kilbane, N.Quinn, Robbie Keane.
QUALIFYING Sept. 2 in Amsterdam Netherlands 2 (Talan 71, Van Bronckhorst 84) Ireland 2 (Robbie Keane 21, McAteer 65). Oct. 7 in Lisbon Portugal 1 (Conceicao 57) Ireland 1 (Holland 72). Oct. 11 in Dublin Ireland 2 (Kinsella 25, Dunne 50) Estonia 0. March 24 in Nicosia Cyprus 0 Ireland 4 (Roy Keane 33, 89, Harte pen. 43, Kelly 80). March 28 in Barcelona Andorra 0 Ireland 3 (Harte pen. 33, Kilbane 76, Holland 80). April 25 in Dublin Ireland 3 (Klbane 34, Kinsella 36, Breen 76) Andorra 1 (Lima 33). June 2 in Dublin Ireland 1 (Roy Keane 65) Portugal 1 (Figo 79). June 6 in Tallinn Estonia 0 Ireland 2 (Dunne 8, Holland 39). Sept. 1 in Dublin Ireland 1 (McAteer 68) Netherlands 0. Oct. 6 in Dublin Ireland 4 (Harte 3, Quinn 11, Connolly 63, Roy Keane 67) Cyprus 0.
EUROPE GROUP 2 STANDINGS | TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| *Portugal | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 24 |
| **Ireland | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 24 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 20 |
| Estonia | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 8 |
| Cyprus | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 8 |
| Andorra | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 36 | 0 |
*Qualifies for Korea/Japan 2002. **Meets Iran in playoff.
PLAYOFF Nov. 10 in Dublin Ireland 2 (Harte pen. 44, Robbie Keane 51) Iran 0. Nov. 15 in Tehran Iran 1 (Golmohammadi 90) Ireland 0. (Ireland wins 2-1 on aggregate and qualifies for Korea/Japan 2002).
