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2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

The five teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner Croatia qualified for the 17th FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan. The runner-up Belgium advanced to the UEFA Play-off and played against the Czech Republic. The group had seen a very close three-way battle between Croatia, Scotland and Belgium, with several draws between the top three sides: ultimately it was only decided towards the end when Belgium's defeat of Scotland put paid to all but the mathematical goal-difference chances of the Scots, and left Belgium in first place in the group, only to be defeated by Croatia in the final match, with Croatia thus overtaking them for first place in the group and finishing unbeaten.

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Croatia 8 5 3 0 15 2 +13 18 Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup — 1–0 1–1 4–1 4–0
2   Belgium 8 5 2 1 25 6 +19 17 Advance to UEFA play-offs 0–0 — 2–0 3–1 10–1
3   Scotland 8 4 3 1 12 6 +6 15 0–0 2–2 — 2–1 4–0
4   Latvia 8 1 1 6 5 16 −11 4 0–1 0–4 0–1 — 1–1
5   San Marino 8 0 1 7 3 30 −27 1 0–4 1–4 0–2 0–1 —
Source: [1]

Matches edit

Belgium  0–0  Croatia
Report
Attendance: 27,510
Latvia  0–1  Scotland
Report McCann   89'
Attendance: 9,200
Referee: Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)
Latvia  0–4  Belgium
Report Wilmots   5'
B. Peeters   13'
Cavens   83'
G. Verheyen   90'
Attendance: 7,311
San Marino  0–2  Scotland
Report Elliott   71'
Hutchison   73'
Attendance: 4,377
Referee: Gylfi Thor Orrason (Iceland)
Croatia  1–1  Scotland
Bokšić   16' Report K. Gallacher   24'
Attendance: 17,995
San Marino  0–1  Latvia
Report Jeļisejevs   9'
Attendance: 517
Belgium  10–1  San Marino
Vanderhaeghe   10', 50'
É. Mpenza   13'
Goor   26', 60'
Baseggio   64'
Wilmots   72'
B. Peeters   76', 84', 88'		 Report Selva   90'
Attendance: 40,104
Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)
Croatia  4–1  Latvia
Balaban   8', 42', 45'
Vugrinec   89'		 Report Štolcers   60'
Attendance: 13,345
Scotland  2–2  Belgium
Dodds   2', 27' (pen.) Report Wilmots   58'
Van Buyten   90'
Attendance: 37,480
Scotland  4–0  San Marino
Hendry   22', 33'
Dodds   34'
Cameron   63'		 Report
Attendance: 27,313
Referee: Petteri Kari (Finland)
Latvia  1–1  San Marino
Pahars   1' Report Albani   59'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)
Croatia  4–0  San Marino
Vlaović   3'
Balaban   29'
Šuker   54' (pen.)
Vugrinec   89'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Oleg Timofeyev (Estonia)
Belgium  3–1  Latvia
Wilmots   2'
É. Mpenza   12'
Zemļinskis   50' (o.g.)		 Report Pahars   52'
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Ivan Dobrinov (Bulgaria)
Latvia  0–1  Croatia
Report Balaban   40'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: John McDermott (Republic of Ireland)
San Marino  1–4  Belgium
Selva   11' Report Wilmots   10', 89' (pen.)
G.Verheyen   60'
Sonck   68'
Attendance: 1,538
Referee: Haim Yakov (Israel)
Scotland  0–0  Croatia
Report
Attendance: 47,584
San Marino  0–4  Croatia
Report N. Kovač   40'
Prosinečki   48' (pen.), 90'
Soldo   77'
Attendance: 1,387
Referee: Knud Stadsgaard (Denmark)
Belgium  2–0  Scotland
N. Van Kerckhoven   28'
Goor   90'		 Report
Attendance: 43,500
Croatia  1–0  Belgium
Bokšić   75' Report
Attendance: 36,077
Scotland  2–1  Latvia
Freedman   44'
D. Weir   53'		 Report Rubins   21'
Attendance: 23,228
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Goalscorers edit

There were 60 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References edit

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2002, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 19 April 2024.

External links edit

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