2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

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The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 2 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Andorra, Cyprus, Estonia, the Netherlands, Portugal and the Republic of Ireland.

The group was won by Portugal, who qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Republic of Ireland entered the UEFA–AFC play-off as the group's play-off berth was randomly drawn by FIFA for the intercontinental play-off against an AFC team not one from its own confederation. Portugal, Ireland, and the Netherlands were clearly the top sides in the group, each handing out six beatings to the three other minnows. Between the top three, four of the matches were drawn, but the Netherlands lost one match each to Portugal and Ireland and had to settle for third place. In the end, Portugal only topped the group ahead of Ireland by virtue of superior goal difference.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	10	7	3	0	33	7	+26	24	Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup	—	1–1	2–2	5–0	6–0	3–0
2	Republic of Ireland	10	7	3	0	23	5	+18	24	Advance to inter-confederation play-offs	1–1	—	1–0	2–0	4–0	3–1
3	Netherlands	10	6	2	2	30	9	+21	20		0–2	2–2	—	5–0	4–0	4–0
4	Estonia	10	2	2	6	10	26	−16	8		1–3	0–2	2–4	—	2–2	1–0
5	Cyprus	10	2	2	6	13	31	−18	8		1–3	0–4	0–4	2–2	—	5–0
6	Andorra	10	0	0	10	5	36	−31	0		1–7	0–3	0–5	1–2	2–3	—

Source:

Matches

16 August 2000 (2000-08-16)18:00 UTC+3

Estonia	1–0	Andorra
Reim 66' (pen.)	Report

Kadriorg Stadium, TallinnAttendance: 1,600Referee: Zoran Arsić (FR Yugoslavia)

2 September 2000 (2000-09-02)17:30 UTC+2

Andorra	2–3	Cyprus
González 45' I. Lima 52'	Report	Konstantinou 25' (pen.), 90' Agathokleous 77'

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la VellaAttendance: 600Referee: Ihor Yarmenchuk (Ukraine) 2 September 2000 (2000-09-02)20:30 UTC+2

Netherlands	2–2	Republic of Ireland
Talan 71' Van Bronckhorst 84'	Report	Robbie Keane 21' McAteer 65'

Amsterdam Arena, AmsterdamAttendance: 45,000Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) 3 September 2000 (2000-09-03)17:00 UTC+3

Estonia	1–3	Portugal
Oper 83'	Report	Rui Costa 15' Figo 49' Sá Pinto 57'

Kadriorg Stadium, TallinnAttendance: 4,700Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)

7 October 2000 (2000-10-07)16:00 UTC+2

Andorra	1–2	Estonia
Ruiz 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Reim 55' Oper 65'

Estadi Comunal, Andorra la VellaAttendance: 650Referee: Dani Koren (Israel) 7 October 2000 (2000-10-07)20:30 UTC+3

Cyprus	0–4	Netherlands
	Report	Seedorf 69', 78' Overmars 82' Kluivert 90'

GSP Stadium, NicosiaAttendance: 10,250Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy) 7 October 2000 (2000-10-07)21:00 UTC+1

Portugal	1–1	Republic of Ireland
Conceição 57'	Report	Holland 73'

Estádio da Luz, LisbonAttendance: 43,500Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

11 October 2000 (2000-10-11)19:30 UTC+1

Republic of Ireland	2–0	Estonia
Kinsella 25' Dunne 51'	Report

Lansdowne Road, DublinAttendance: 34,962Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway) 11 October 2000 (2000-10-11)20:30 UTC+2

Netherlands	0–2	Portugal
	Report	Conceição 11' Pauleta 44'

De Kuip, RotterdamAttendance: 44,620Referee: Graham Poll (England)

15 November 2000 (2000-11-15)19:00 UTC+3

Cyprus	5–0	Andorra
Okkas 10', 18' Agathokleous 43' Christodoulou 73' Špoljarić 90' (pen.)	Report

Tsirion Stadium, LimassolAttendance: 1,193Referee: Sten Johanzon (Sweden)

28 February 2001 (2001-02-28)21:00 UTC

Portugal	3–0	Andorra
Figo 1', 49' Pauleta 36'	Report

Estádio dos Barreiros, FunchalAttendance: 9,000Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)

24 March 2001 (2001-03-24)20:00 UTC+3

Cyprus	0–4	Republic of Ireland
	Report	Roy Keane 32', 88' Harte 42' (pen.) G. Kelly 80'

GSP Stadium, NicosiaAttendance: 8,854Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) 24 March 2001 (2001-03-24)20:30 UTC+1

Andorra	0–5	Netherlands
	Report	Kluivert 9' Hasselbaink 36' Van Hooijdonk 61', 70' Van Bommel 84'

Mini Estadi, BarcelonaAttendance: 3,823Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)

28 March 2001 (2001-03-28)18:30 UTC+2

Andorra	0–3	Republic of Ireland
	Report	Harte 33' (pen.) Kilbane 76' Holland 80'

Mini Estadi, BarcelonaAttendance: 5,000Referee: Ihor Ishchenko (Ukraine) 28 March 2001 (2001-03-28)19:00 UTC+3

Cyprus	2–2	Estonia
Konstantinou 47' Okkas 64'	Report	Kristal 76' Piiroja 78'

Tsirion Stadium, LimassolAttendance: 3,000Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland) 28 March 2001 (2001-03-28)21:00 UTC+1

Portugal	2–2	Netherlands
Pauleta 83' Figo 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Hasselbaink 18' (pen.) Kluivert 48'

Estádio das Antas, PortoAttendance: 42,164Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

25 April 2001 (2001-04-25)19:00 UTC+1

Republic of Ireland	3–1	Andorra
Kilbane 33' Kinsella 36' Breen 73'	Report	Lima 31'

Lansdowne Road, DublinAttendance: 35,000Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland) 25 April 2001 (2001-04-25)20:30 UTC+2

Netherlands	4–0	Cyprus
Hasselbaink 29' Overmars 35' Kluivert 44' Van Nistelrooy 81'	Report

Philips Stadion, EindhovenAttendance: 31,000Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)

2 June 2001 (2001-06-02)15:00 UTC+1

Republic of Ireland	1–1	Portugal
Roy Keane 68'	Report	Figo 78'

Lansdowne Road, DublinAttendance: 35,000Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark) 2 June 2001 (2001-06-02)15:00 UTC+3

Estonia	2–4	Netherlands
Oper 65' Zelinski 76'	Report	Piiroja 68' (o.g.) Van Nistelrooy 83', 90' Kluivert 90'

Lilleküla Stadium, TallinnAttendance: 9,323Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)

6 June 2001 (2001-06-06)18:00 UTC+3

Estonia	0–2	Republic of Ireland
	Report	Dunne 8' Holland 38'

Lilleküla Stadium, TallinnAttendance: 8,000Referee: Marian Salomir (Romania) 6 June 2001 (2001-06-06)21:00 UTC+1

Portugal	6–0	Cyprus
Pauleta 36', 70' Barbosa 55', 60' João Pinto 76', 81'	Report

Estádio José Alvalade, LisbonAttendance: 34,500Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)

15 August 2001 (2001-08-15)21:00 UTC+3

Estonia	2–2	Cyprus
Zelinski 51' Novikov 86'	Report	Konstantinou 39', 69'

Lilleküla Stadium, TallinnAttendance: 5,000Referee: Oleg Chikun (Belarus)

1 September 2001 (2001-09-01)15:00 UTC+1

Republic of Ireland	1–0	Netherlands
McAteer 68'	Report

Lansdowne Road, DublinAttendance: 35,400Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany) 1 September 2001 (2001-09-01)22:00 UTC+2

Andorra	1–7	Portugal
Jonas 42'	Report	Nuno Gomes 36', 40', 45', 90' Pauleta 39' Rui Jorge 45' Conceição 58'

Camp d'Esports, LleidaAttendance: 4,876Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

5 September 2001 (2001-09-05)20:30 UTC+2

Netherlands	5–0	Estonia
Zenden 16' Van Bommel 26', 39' Cocu 32' Van Nistelrooy 43'	Report

Philips Stadion, EindhovenAttendance: 28,500Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece) 5 September 2001 (2001-09-05)20:30 UTC+3

Cyprus	1–3	Portugal
Konstantinou 25'	Report	Nuno Gomes 48' Pauleta 64' Conceição 71'

Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, LarnacaAttendance: 2,878Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)

6 October 2001 (2001-10-06)18:00 UTC+1

Portugal	5–0	Estonia
João Pinto 30' Nuno Gomes 50', 65' Pauleta 59' Figo 80'	Report

Estádio da Luz, LisbonAttendance: 77,000Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany) 6 October 2001 (2001-10-06)18:00 UTC+1

Republic of Ireland	4–0	Cyprus
Harte 3' Quinn 11' Connolly 63' Roy Keane 67'	Report

Lansdowne Road, DublinAttendance: 35,000Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain) 6 October 2001 (2001-10-06)20:30 UTC+2

Netherlands	4–0	Andorra
Van Hooijdonk 3' (pen.) Seedorf 45' Van Nistelrooy 53', 89'	Report

GelreDome, ArnhemAttendance: 20,000Referee: Orhan Erdemir (Turkey)

Goalscorers

There were 114 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.8 goals per match.

8 goals

Pauleta

7 goals

Nuno Gomes

6 goals

5 goals

Patrick Kluivert

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Raio Piiroja (against the Netherlands)

References

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

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