2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5

The six teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner Poland qualified for the 17th FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan. The runner-up Ukraine advanced to the UEFA Play-off and played against Germany. Poland led the group from the start, with six wins and two draws out of eight, with Ukraine in second place: however, with group victory already sewn up, they unexpectedly went down 4–1 to Belarus, which gave the Belarusians a chance of overtaking Ukraine if they won their final match against Wales and Ukraine failed to win in Poland. However, Belarus failed to reproduce the form of their previous match, and lost 1–0 to hand Wales their only victory of the campaign, Ukraine thus finishing second regardless of their result in Poland (a 1–1 draw).

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Poland 10 6 3 1 21 11 +10 21 Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 4–0
2   Ukraine 10 4 5 1 13 8 +5 17 Advance to UEFA play-offs 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–0
3   Belarus 10 4 3 3 12 11 +1 15 4–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–1
4   Norway 10 2 4 4 12 14 −2 10 2–3 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–0
5   Wales 10 1 6 3 10 12 −2 9 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0
6   Armenia 10 0 5 5 7 19 −12 5 1–1 2–3 0–0 1–4 2–2
Source: [1]

Matches

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Ukraine  1–3  Poland
Shevchenko   11' Report Olisadebe   2', 31'
Kałużny   56'
Belarus  2–1  Wales
Khatskevich   39'
Belkevich   56'
Report Speed   90+3'
Attendance: 32,000
Norway  0–0  Armenia
Report
Attendance: 19,201
Referee: William Young (Scotland)

Poland  3–1  Belarus
Kałużny   24', 62', 73' Report Ryndzyuk   37'
Attendance: 7,638
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Armenia  2–3  Ukraine
Arthur Petrosyan   17', 44' Report Shevchenko   45', 59'
Husin   55'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Jorn Larsen (Denmark)
Wales  1–1  Norway
Blake   60' Report Helstad   80'
Attendance: 51,100

Poland  0–0  Wales
Report
Norway  0–1  Ukraine
Report Shevchenko   51'
Attendance: 23,612
Belarus  2–1  Armenia
Khatskevich   23'
Ryndzyuk   33'
Report Khojoyan   50'
Attendance: 21,700
Referee: Sorin Corpodean (Romania)

Norway  2–3  Poland
Carew   59'
Solskjær   67'
Report Olisadebe   23', 30'
Karwan   81'
Attendance: 15,077
Ukraine  0–0  Belarus
Report
Armenia  2–2  Wales
Ar. Minasyan   39'
A. Movsisyan   67'
Report Hartson   40', 48'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis (Greece)

Poland  4–0  Armenia
Michał Żewłakow   15' (pen.)
Olisadebe   42'
Marcin Żewłakow   81'
Karwan   88'
Report
Attendance: 10,320
Referee: Eric Poulat (France)
Wales  1–1  Ukraine
Hartson   12' Report Shevchenko   51'
Attendance: 48,014
Referee: Eric Romain (Belgium)
Belarus  2–1  Norway
Khatskevich   19'
Vasilyuk   90+1'
Report Solskjær   68'
Attendance: 39,000

Wales  1–2  Poland
Blake   14' Report Olisadebe   32'
Kryszałowicz   72'
Attendance: 48,500
Referee: Erol Ersoy (Turkey)
Ukraine  0–0  Norway
Report
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Goran Maric (Croatia)
Armenia  0–0  Belarus
Report
Attendance: 6,400
Referee: Anton Guenov (Bulgaria)

Armenia  1–1  Poland
Arthur Petrosyan   11' Report Kałużny   4'
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Eric Romain (Belgium)
Ukraine  1–1  Wales
Zubov   44' Report Pembridge   74'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Joaquim Paulo Gomes (Portugal)
Norway  1–1  Belarus
Carew   80' Report Belkevich   23'
Attendance: 17,164
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia)

Poland  3–0  Norway
Kryszałowicz   45+1'
Olisadebe   77'
Marcin Żewłakow   88'
Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)
Belarus  0–2  Ukraine
Report Shevchenko   45', 57'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Alain Sars (France)
Wales  0–0  Armenia
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Joseph Attard (Malta)

Belarus  4–1  Poland
Vasilyuk   7', 46', 52', 61' Report Marcin Żewłakow   78'
Attendance: 24,302
Ukraine  3–0  Armenia
Shevchenko   11'
Vorobey   85', 90'
Report
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Loizos Loizou (Cyprus)
Norway  3–2  Wales
R. Johnsen   17'
Carew   68'
F. Johnsen   87'
Report Savage   10'
Bellamy   28'
Attendance: 18,211
Referee: Fritz Stuchlik (Austria)

Poland  1–1  Ukraine
Olisadebe   40' Report Shevchenko   81'
Attendance: 20,900
Wales  1–0  Belarus
Hartson   47' Report
Attendance: 10,201
Referee: Pasquale Rodomonti (Italy)
Armenia  1–4  Norway
H. Hakobyan   72' Report Borgersen   49', 80'
Carew   70', 89'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)

Goalscorers

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There were 75 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.

9 goals

8 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

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