2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3
# 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

The six teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner Denmark qualified for the 17th FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan. The runner-up Czech Republic advanced to the UEFA Play-off and played against Belgium. Denmark went through the group undefeated, but four draws - three in their first five matches - kept the Czech Republic in the hunt despite the latter shipping an unexpected loss to Iceland, which in turn kept Bulgaria in with a shout for second place. In fact, in the final round of matches, the Czechs were level with Bulgaria on points but delivered a 6-0 hammering: while Denmark, just two points ahead of the Czechs, thrashed Iceland by the same margin to maintain their lead in the group.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Denmark | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 22 | Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 20 | Advance to UEFA play-offs | 0–0 | — | 6–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 17 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Iceland | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 13 | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 5 | Northern Ireland | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 11 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 6 | Malta | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 24 | −20 | 1 | | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | — |

## Goalscorers

### 9 goals

* Ebbe Sand

### 5 goals

* Dimitar Berbatov
* Pavel Nedvěd

### 4 goals

* Jon Dahl Tomasson
* David Healy

### 3 goals

* Georgi Ivanov
* Milan Baroš
* Dennis Rommedahl
* Eyjólfur Sverrisson

### 2 goals

* Krasimir Chomakov
* Martin Petrov
* Jan Koller
* Pavel Kuka
* Marek Jankulovski
* Vratislav Lokvenc
* Tomáš Rosický
* Thomas Gravesen
* Ríkharður Daðason
* Þórður Guðjónsson
* Eiður Guðjohnsen
* Tryggvi Guðmundsson
* Philip Mulryne

### 1 goal

* Krasimir Balakov
* Svetoslav Todorov
* Karel Poborský
* Roman Týce
* Morten Bisgaard
* Jan Heintze
* Claus Jensen
* Jan Michaelsen
* Hermann Hreidarsson
* Helgi Sigurðsson
* Andri Sigþórsson
* Gilbert Agius
* David Carabott
* George Mallia
* Michael Mifsud
* Stuart Elliott
* Phil Gray
* Michael Hughes
* George McCartney
* Mark Williams
