POLAND
WORLD CUP HISTORY Record | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
| 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 29 |
Final Fours 1974 — Third place. 1982 — Third place.
U.S. RIVALRY 1924 — USA 3-2. 1928 — Tie 3-3. 1973 — Poland 4-0 1973 — Poland 1-0 1973 — Poland 4-0 1973 — USA 1-0. 1975 — Poland 7-0 1975 — Poland 4-0 1988 — Poland 2-0. 1990 — USA 3-1. 1990 — USA 3-2.
TEAM Dudek, Klos, Waldoch, Hajto, Michal Zewlakow, Koszminski, Karwan, P.Swierczewski, Kaluzny, Kryszalowicz, Olisadebe.
QUALIFYING Sept. 2 in Kiev Ukraine 1 (Shevchenko 13) Poland 3 (Olisadebe 3, 33, Kaluzny 57). Oct. 7 in Lodz Poland 3 (Kaluzny 24, 62, 73) Belarus 1 (Ryndyuk 37). Oct. 11 in Warsaw Poland 0 Wales 0. March 24 in Oslo Norway 2 (Carew 58, Solskjaer 66) Poland 3 (Olisadebe 23, 29, Karwan 80). March 28 in Warsaw Poland 4 (Michal Zewlakow pen. 15, Olisadebe 41, Marcin Zewlakow 81, Karwan 88) Armenia 0. June 2 in Cardiff Wales 1 (Blake 13) Poland 2 (Olisadebe 32, Kryszalowicz 72). June 6 in Yerevan Armenia 1 (Artur Petrosyan 11) Poland 1 (Kaluzny 4). Sept. 1 in Chorzow Poland 3 (Kryszalowicz 45, Olisadebe 76, Marcin Zewlakow 87) Norway 0. Sept. 5 in Minsk Belarus 4 (Vasilyuk 8, 46, 52, 63) Poland 1 (Marcin Zewlakow 77). Oct. 6 in Chorzow Poland 1 (Olisadebe 40) Ukraine 1 (Shevchenko 81). EUROPE GROUP 5 STANDINGS | TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| *Poland | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 21 |
| **Ukraine | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 17 |
| Belarus | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 15 |
| Norway | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 |
| Wales | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 9 |
| Armenia | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 5 |
*Qualifies for Korea/Japan 2002. **Meets Germany in playoff.
