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.

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	—

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There were 85 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.

9 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

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• RSSSF - 2002 World Cup Qualification
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