ITALY
WORLD CUP HISTORY Record | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
| 66 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 105 | 62 |
Final Fours 1934 — Champion. 1938 — Champion. 1970 — Runner-up. 1978 — Fourth place. 1982 — Champion. 1990 — Third place. 1994 — Runner-up.
U.S. RIVALRY 1934 — Italy 7-1 (World Cup). 1984 — Tie 0-0. 1990 — Italy 1-0 (World Cup). 1992 — Tie 1-1.
TEAM Buffon, Cannavaro, Nesta, Maldini, Zambrotta, Tommasi, Albertini, Pancaro, Totti, Del Piero, Vieri.
QUALIFYING Sept. 3 in Budapest Hungary 2 (Horvath 29, 78) Italy 2. (Inzaghi 26, 35). Oct. 7 in Milan Italy 3 (Inzaghi 13, Delvecchio 17, Totti 42) Romania 0. Oct. 11 in Ancona Italy 2 (Del Piero pen. 47, pen. 88) Georgia 0. March 24 in Bucharest Romania 0 Italy 2 (Inzaghi 28, 32). March 28 in Trieste Italy 4 (Inzaghi 17, 63, Del Piero 49, 79) Lithuania 0. June 2 in Tbilisi Georgia 1 (Gakhokidze 80) Italy 2 (Delvecchio 45, Totti 66). Sept. 1 in Kaunas Lithuania 0 Italy 0. Oct. 6 in Parma Italy 1 (Del Piero 45) Hungary 0.
EUROPE GROUP 8 STANDINGS | TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| *Italy | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 20 |
| **Romania | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 16 |
| Georgia | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 |
| Hungary | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 8 |
| Lithuania | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 2 |
*Qualifies for Korea/Japan 2002. **Meets Slovenia in pkayoff.
