2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2
# 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

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 | — |

## Goalscorers

### 8 goals

* Pauleta

### 7 goals

* Nuno Gomes

### 6 goals

* Michalis Konstantinou
* Ruud Van Nistelrooy
* Luís Figo

### 5 goals

* Patrick Kluivert

### 4 goals

* Roy Keane
* Sérgio Conceição

### 3 goals

* Ioannis Okkas
* Andres Oper
* Ian Harte
* Matt Holland
* Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
* Clarence Seedorf
* Mark Van Bommel
* Pierre Van Hooijdonk
* João Vieira Pinto

### 2 goals

* Ildefons Lima
* Marios Agathokleous
* Martin Reim
* Indrek Zelinski
* Richard Dunne
* Kevin Kilbane
* Mark Kinsella
* Jason McAteer
* Marc Overmars
* Pedro Barbosa

### 1 goal

* Emiliano González Arqués
* Roberto Jonas
* Justo Ruiz
* Marios Christodoulou
* Milenko Špoljarić
* Marko Kristal
* Jevgeni Novikov
* Raio Piiroja
* Gary Breen
* David Connolly
* Robbie Keane
* Gary Kelly
* Niall Quinn
* Phillip Cocu
* Jeffrey Talan
* Giovanni van Bronckhorst
* Boudewijn Zenden
* Rui Jorge
* Manuel Rui Costa
* Ricardo Sá Pinto

### 1 own goal

* Raio Piiroja (playing against the Netherlands)
