2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6
# 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6

The five teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner Croatia qualified for the 17th FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan. The runner-up Belgium advanced to the UEFA Play-off and played against the Czech Republic. The group had seen a very close three-way battle between Croatia, Scotland and Belgium, with several draws between the top three sides: ultimately it was only decided towards the end when Belgium's defeat of Scotland put paid to all but the mathematical goal-difference chances of the Scots, and left Belgium in first place in the group, only to be defeated by Croatia in the final match, with Croatia thus overtaking them for first place in the group and finishing unbeaten.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Croatia | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 18 | Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Belgium | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | +19 | 17 | Advance to UEFA play-offs | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 10–1 |
| 3 | Scotland | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 15 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| 4 | Latvia | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 4 | | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 5 | San Marino | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 30 | −27 | 1 | | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — |

## Goalscorers

### 6 goals

* Marc Wilmots

### 5 goals

* Boško Balaban

### 4 goals

* Bob Peeters

### 3 goals

* Bart Goor
* Billy Dodds

### 2 goals

* Émile Mpenza
* Yves Vanderhaeghe
* Gert Verheyen
* Alen Bokšić
* Robert Prosinečki
* Davor Vugrinec
* Marians Pahars
* Andy Selva
* Colin Hendry

### 1 goal

* Walter Baseggio
* Jurgen Cavens
* Wesley Sonck
* Daniel Van Buyten
* Nico Van Kerckhoven
* Niko Kovač
* Zvonimir Soldo
* Davor Šuker
* Goran Vlaović
* Aleksandrs Jeļisejevs
* Andrejs Rubins
* Andrejs Štolcers
* Nicola Albani
* Colin Cameron
* Matt Elliott
* Dougie Freedman
* Kevin Gallacher
* Don Hutchison
* Neil McCann
* David Weir

### 1 own goal

* Mihails Zemļinskis (playing against Belgium)
