Groups 1 to 4 (Class A) qualify 5 teams for the 2003 World Cup; groups 5 to 8 (Class B) winners play off against worst teams of groups 1-4 to determine qualifying status for next European Championship.
Class A
Group 1 25- 8-2001 Ukraine 4-1 Czech Republic 1.NORWAY 6 5 1 0 21- 3 16 8- 9-2001 Norway 4-0 Ukraine 2.France 6 4 0 2 11- 9 12 11- 9-2001 Norway 5-0 Czech Republic 3.Ukraine 6 2 1 3 9-12 7 13-10-2001 France 0-3 Norway 4.Czech Rep. 6 0 0 6 6-23 0 28-10-2001 Ukraine 0-2 France 17-11-2001 Czech Republic 1-2 France 24- 3-2002 Czech Republic 1-5 Norway 20- 4-2002 France 4-1 Czech Republic 9- 5-2002 Norway 3-1 France 12- 5-2002 Ukraine 1-1 Norway 26- 5-2002 Czech Republic 2-3 Ukraine 1- 6-2002 France 2-1 Ukraine France to play off against Denmark
Group 2 4- 9-2001 Switzerland 1-0 Finland 1.SWEDEN 6 5 0 1 27- 4 15 [2 1 0 1 5-3 3] 8- 9-2001 Denmark 4-0 Switzerland 2.Denmark 6 5 0 1 21- 8 15 [2 1 0 1 3-5 3] 9- 9-2001 Sweden 8-1 Finland 3.Switzerland 6 1 0 5 2-18 3 [2 1 0 1 1-1 3] 30- 9-2001 Sweden 4-1 Denmark 4.Finland 6 1 0 5 4-24 3 [2 1 0 1 1-1 3] 13-10-2001 Finland 0-6 Denmark 3-11-2001 Switzerland 0-5 Sweden 20- 4-2002 Switzerland 1-4 Denmark 5- 5-2002 Finland 1-0 Switzerland 8- 5-2002 Sweden 4-0 Switzerland 26- 5-2002 Denmark 4-2 Finland 9- 6-2002 Denmark 2-1 Sweden 26- 6-2002 Finland 0-5 Sweden Denmark to play off against France
Group 3 18- 8-2001 Iceland 1-1 Russia 1.RUSSIA 6 3 2 1 10- 6 11 8- 9-2001 Iceland 2-1 Italy 2.Iceland 6 2 3 1 8- 9 9 30- 9-2001 Spain 6-1 Iceland 3.Italy 6 2 1 3 7- 7 7 10-10-2001 Italy 1-3 Russia 4.Spain 6 2 0 4 8-11 6 28-10-2001 Russia 2-0 Spain 28-11-2001 Italy 3-0 Spain 24- 3-2002 Spain 0-1 Italy 29- 4-2002 Spain 2-1 Russia 18- 5-2002 Russia 1-1 Iceland 22- 5-2002 Russia 2-1 Italy 30- 5-2002 Iceland 3-0 Spain 8- 6-2002 Italy 0-0 Iceland Iceland to play off against England
Group 4 27- 9-2001 Germany 3-1 England 1.GERMANY 6 6 0 0 30- 1 18 25-10-2001 Germany 9-0 Portugal 2.England 6 2 2 2 9- 6 8 4-11-2001 England 0-0 Netherlands 3.Netherlands 6 1 1 4 6-16 4 [2 1 0 1 5-3 3] 17-11-2001 Netherlands 0-3 Germany 4.Portugal 6 1 1 4 4-26 4 [2 1 0 1 3-5 3] 24-11-2001 Portugal 1-1 England 8-12-2001 Portugal 2-1 Netherlands 24- 2-2002 England 3-0 Portugal 23- 3-2002 Netherlands 1-4 England 18- 4-2002 Germany 6-0 Netherlands 4- 5-2002 Portugal 0-8 Germany 19- 5-2002 Netherlands 4-1 Portugal 19- 5-2002 England 0-1 Germany England to play off against Iceland
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs
Semifinals
First Legs
23- 8-2002 France 2-0 Denmark [in Lens]
[Marinette Pichon 32, Sonia Bompastor 37]
16- 9-2002 Iceland 2-2 England [in Reykjavík]
[Olga Færseth 42, Erla Henriksdóttir 55; Karen Walker 44, 86]
Second Legs
15- 9-2002 Denmark 1-1 France [in Odense]
[Louise Hansen 9; Séverine Lecoufle 89]
22- 9-2002 England 1-0 Iceland [in Birmingham]
[Amanda Barr 86]
Final
First Leg
17-10-2002 England 0-1 France [in London]
[Marinette Pichon 75]
Second Leg
16-11-2002 France 1-0 England [in Saint-Etienne]
[Corinne Diacre 54; att: 23,000 (!)]
France qualify for 2003 World Cup together with Norway, Sweden, Russia and Germany.
Status Playoffs (cancelled)
Scotland vs. Czech Republic Yugoslavia vs. Finland Poland vs. Portugal Hungary vs. Spain
NB: matches cancelled as UEFA decided to extend Class A to 20 teams,
meaning Scotland, Yugoslavia, Poland and Hungary are promoted
automatically.
Class B
Group 5 29- 9-2001 Austria 1-2 Scotland 1.SCOTLAND 6 5 0 1 20- 5 15 [2 1 0 1 6-3 3] 14-10-2001 Wales 0-2 Austria 2.Belgium 6 5 0 1 13- 9 15 [2 1 0 1 3-6 3] 28-10-2001 Scotland 5-1 Wales 3.Austria 6 1 1 4 7-15 4 28-10-2001 Belgium 3-1 Austria 4.Wales 6 0 1 5 2-13 1 17-11-2001 Wales 0-2 Belgium 25-11-2001 Belgium 3-2 Scotland 24- 3-2002 Belgium 1-0 Wales 6- 4-2002 Austria 2-4 Belgium 21- 4-2002 Scotland 4-0 Belgium 5- 5-2002 Scotland 5-0 Austria 19- 5-2002 Wales 0-2 Scotland 25- 5-2002 Austria 1-1 Wales
Group 6 8- 9-2001 Yugoslavia 5-0 Ireland 1.YUGOSLAVIA 6 6 0 0 23- 3 18 12- 9-2001 Moldova 0-4 Ireland 2.Ireland 6 4 0 2 18- 7 12 29- 9-2001 Moldova 1-2 Yugoslavia 3.Greece 6 1 0 5 7-19 3 [2 1 0 1 4-2 3] 27-10-2001 Yugoslavia 6-1 Greece 4.Moldova 6 1 0 5 3-22 3 [2 1 0 1 2-4 3] 17-11-2001 Ireland 5-0 Greece 28-11-2001 Greece 1-2 Moldova 24- 3-2002 Greece 1-3 Ireland 6- 4-2002 Ireland 6-0 Moldova 20- 4-2002 Greece 1-3 Yugoslavia 11- 5-2002 Yugoslavia 6-0 Moldova 18- 5-2002 Moldova 0-3 Greece 18- 5-2002 Ireland 0-1 Yugoslavia
Group 7 6- 9-2001 Estonia 2-5 Israel 1.POLAND 8 8 0 0 25- 1 24 23- 9-2001 Estonia 0-5 Poland 2.Croatia 8 4 1 3 16-11 13 [2 1 0 1 5-2 3] 23- 9-2001 Croatia 4-0 Israel 3.Israel 8 4 1 3 12-14 13 [2 1 0 1 2-5 3] 30- 9-2001 Croatia 2-2 Romania 4.Romania 8 2 2 4 18-13 8 13-10-2001 Romania 6-1 Estonia 5.Estonia 8 0 0 8 4-36 0 16-10-2001 Croatia 3-0 Estonia 28-10-2001 Poland 2-0 Croatia 28-10-2001 Israel 1-0 Romania 18-11-2001 Israel 0-2 Poland 7- 4-2002 Poland 5-0 Estonia 18- 4-2002 Estonia 0-3 Croatia 21- 4-2002 Romania 0-1 Poland 5- 5-2002 Poland 4-0 Israel 18- 5-2002 Poland 3-1 Romania 25- 5-2002 Croatia 0-3 Poland 26- 5-2002 Romania 1-1 Israel 1- 6-2002 Romania 2-3 Croatia 4- 6-2002 Israel 3-0 Estonia [in Kyiv] 6- 6-2002 Israel 2-1 Croatia [in Kyiv] 9- 6-2002 Estonia 1-6 Romania
Group 8 16- 8-2001 Bosnia-Her. 0-7 Slovakia 1.HUNGARY 8 8 0 0 33- 5 24 20- 8-2001 Belarus 5-2 Bosnia-Her. 2.Slovakia 8 5 0 3 25-11 15 [2 1 0 1 4-3 3] 8- 9-2001 Hungary 3-0 Bosnia-Her. 3.Belarus 8 5 0 3 27-16 15 [2 1 0 1 3-4 3] 8- 9-2001 Belarus 3-2 Slovakia 4.Turkey 8 1 0 7 10-27 3 [2 1 0 1 7-4 3] 26- 9-2001 Belarus 4-0 Turkey 5.Bosnia-Her. 8 1 0 7 10-46 3 [2 1 0 1 4-7 3] 29- 9-2001 Slovakia 0-2 Hungary 13-10-2001 Turkey 0-3 Slovakia 13-10-2001 Hungary 2-0 Belarus 24-10-2001 Turkey 5-1 Bosnia-Hercegovina 21-11-2001 Turkey 1-4 Hungary 24- 3-2002 Turkey 1-5 Belarus 5- 4-2002 Slovakia 3-0 Turkey 13- 4-2002 Bosnia-Her. 0-11 Hungary 13- 4-2002 Slovakia 3-1 Belarus 22- 4-2002 Belarus 2-4 Hungary 2- 5-2002 Bosnia-Her. 3-2 Turkey 4- 5-2002 Hungary 3-1 Slovakia 14- 5-2002 Bosnia-Her. 2-7 Belarus 23- 5-2002 Hungary 4-1 Turkey 22- 6-2002 Slovakia 6-2 Bosnia-Hercegovina
With thanks to Javier Pargada (jpargada@ceit.es), Stefan Tarkovic (tarkovic@fsport.uniba.sk), Ian Johnson (Janetjohnson@btinternet.com), DaveM148@aol.com, Todd Roman (Toad8098@aol.com), and Jürgen Groothus (juergen.groothus@web.de)
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