Groups 1 to 4 (Class A) qualify 5 teams for the 2003 World Cup;
groups 5 to 8 (Class B) winners play off against worst teams of groups 1-4 to
determine qualifying status for next European Championship.
Class A
Group 1
25- 8-2001 Ukraine 4-1 Czech Republic Borispol
8- 9-2001 Norway 4-0 Ukraine Lillestrøm
11- 9-2001 Norway 5-0 Czech Republic Kongsvinger
13-10-2001 France 0-3 Norway Cannes
28-10-2001 Ukraine 0-2 France Borispol
17-11-2001 Czech Republic 1-2 France Drnovice
24- 3-2002 Czech Republic 1-5 Norway Slany
20- 4-2002 France 4-1 Czech Republic Strasbourg
9- 5-2002 Norway 3-1 France Halden
12- 5-2002 Ukraine 1-1 Norway Borispol
26- 5-2002 Czech Republic 2-3 Ukraine Blsany
1- 6-2002 France 2-1 Ukraine Châteauroux
1.NORWAY 6 5 1 0 21- 3 16
2.France 6 4 0 2 11- 9 12
3.Ukraine 6 2 1 3 9-12 7
4.Czech Rep. 6 0 0 6 6-23 0
France to play off against Denmark
Group 2
4- 9-2001 Switzerland 1-0 Finland Baar
8- 9-2001 Denmark 4-0 Switzerland Odense
9- 9-2001 Sweden 8-1 Finland Umeå
30- 9-2001 Sweden 4-1 Denmark Malmö
13-10-2001 Finland 0-6 Denmark Vantaa
3-11-2001 Switzerland 0-5 Sweden Brugg
20- 4-2002 Switzerland 1-4 Denmark Gossau
5- 5-2002 Finland 1-0 Switzerland Vantaa
8- 5-2002 Sweden 4-0 Switzerland Solna
26- 5-2002 Denmark 4-2 Finland Odense
9- 6-2002 Denmark 2-1 Sweden Kobenhavn
26- 6-2002 Finland 0-5 Sweden Pietarsaari
1.SWEDEN 6 5 0 1 27- 4 15 [2 1 0 1 5-3 3]
2.Denmark 6 5 0 1 21- 8 15 [2 1 0 1 3-5 3]
3.Switzerland 6 1 0 5 2-18 3 [2 1 0 1 1-1 3]
4.Finland 6 1 0 5 4-24 3 [2 1 0 1 1-1 3]
Denmark to play off against France
Group 3
18- 8-2001 Iceland 1-1 Russia Reykjavik
8- 9-2001 Iceland 2-1 Italy Reykjavik
30- 9-2001 Spain 6-1 Iceland Teruel
10-10-2001 Italy 1-3 Russia Siena
28-10-2001 Russia 2-0 Spain Selyatino
28-11-2001 Italy 3-0 Spain Citta di Castelo
24- 3-2002 Spain 0-1 Italy Pozoblanco
29- 4-2002 Spain 2-1 Russia Molina de Segura
18- 5-2002 Russia 1-1 Iceland Selyatino
22- 5-2002 Russia 2-1 Italy Selyatino
30- 5-2002 Iceland 3-0 Spain Reykjavik
8- 6-2002 Italy 0-0 Iceland Arzachena
1.RUSSIA 6 3 2 1 10- 6 11
2.Iceland 6 2 3 1 8- 9 9
3.Italy 6 2 1 3 7- 7 7
4.Spain 6 2 0 4 8-11 6
Iceland to play off against England
Group 4
27- 9-2001 Germany 3-1 England Kassel
25-10-2001 Germany 9-0 Portugal Wolsburg
4-11-2001 England 0-0 Netherlands Grimsby
17-11-2001 Netherlands 0-3 Germany Enschede
24-11-2001 Portugal 1-1 England Gafanha de Nazaré
8-12-2001 Portugal 2-1 Netherlands Tabua
24- 2-2002 England 3-0 Portugal Portsmuth
23- 3-2002 Netherlands 1-4 England Den Haag
18- 4-2002 Germany 6-0 Netherlands Aschaffenburg
4- 5-2002 Portugal 0-8 Germany Barcelos
19- 5-2002 Netherlands 4-1 Portugal Gemert
19- 5-2002 England 0-1 Germany London
1.GERMANY 6 6 0 0 30- 1 18
2.England 6 2 2 2 9- 6 8
3.Netherlands 6 1 1 4 6-16 4 [2 1 0 1 5-3 3]
4.Portugal 6 1 1 4 4-26 4 [2 1 0 1 3-5 3]
England to play off against Iceland
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs
Semifinals
First Legs
23- 8-2002 France 2-0 Denmark [in Lens]
[Marinette Pichon 32, Sonia Bompastor 37]
16- 9-2002 Iceland 2-2 England [in Reykjavík]
[Olga Færseth 42, Erla Henriksdóttir 55; Karen Walker 44, 86]
Second Legs
15- 9-2002 Denmark 1-1 France [in Odense]
[Louise Hansen 9; Séverine Lecoufle 89]
22- 9-2002 England 1-0 Iceland [in Birmingham]
[Amanda Barr 86]
Final
First Leg
17-10-2002 England 0-1 France [in London]
[Marinette Pichon 75]
Second Leg
16-11-2002 France 1-0 England [in Saint-Etienne]
[Corinne Diacre 54; att: 23,000 (!)]
France qualify for 2003 World Cup together with Norway, Sweden, Russia
and Germany.
Status Playoffs (cancelled)
Scotland vs. Czech Republic
Yugoslavia vs. Finland
Poland vs. Portugal
Hungary vs. Spain
NB: matches cancelled as UEFA decided to extend Class A to 21 teams,
meaning Scotland, Yugoslavia, Poland and Hungary are promoted
automatically. Belgium were additionally promoted, apparently
as best runners-up, due to England receiving a bye to the 2005
European championship, which they will host.
Class B
Group 5
29- 9-2001 Austria 1-2 Scotland Leopoldsdorf
14-10-2001 Wales 0-2 Austria Llanelli
28-10-2001 Scotland 5-1 Wales Livingston
28-10-2001 Belgium 3-1 Austria Wavre
17-11-2001 Wales 0-2 Belgium Rhyl
25-11-2001 Belgium 3-2 Scotland Belsele
24- 3-2002 Belgium 1-0 Wales La Louvière
6- 4-2002 Austria 2-4 Belgium Fussach
21- 4-2002 Scotland 4-0 Belgium Livingston
5- 5-2002 Scotland 5-0 Austria Livingston
19- 5-2002 Wales 0-2 Scotland Merthyr Tydfil
25- 5-2002 Austria 1-1 Wales Ottensheim
1.SCOTLAND 6 5 0 1 20- 5 15 [2 1 0 1 6-3 3]
2.BELGIUM 6 5 0 1 13- 9 15 [2 1 0 1 3-6 3]
3.Austria 6 1 1 4 7-15 4
4.Wales 6 0 1 5 2-13 1
Group 6
8- 9-2001 Yugoslavia 5-0 Ireland Aleksinac
12- 9-2001 Moldova 0-4 Ireland Chisinau
29- 9-2001 Moldova 1-2 Yugoslavia Chisinau
27-10-2001 Yugoslavia 6-1 Greece Smederovo
17-11-2001 Ireland 5-0 Greece Dublin
28-11-2001 Greece 1-2 Moldova Karditsa
24- 3-2002 Greece 1-3 Ireland Rethymno
6- 4-2002 Ireland 6-0 Moldova Longford
20- 4-2002 Greece 1-3 Yugoslavia Polykastro
11- 5-2002 Yugoslavia 6-0 Moldova Krusevac
18- 5-2002 Moldova 0-3 Greece Speia
18- 5-2002 Ireland 0-1 Yugoslavia Longford
1.YUGOSLAVIA 6 6 0 0 23- 3 18
2.Ireland 6 4 0 2 18- 7 12
3.Greece 6 1 0 5 7-19 3 [2 1 0 1 4-2 3]
4.Moldova 6 1 0 5 3-22 3 [2 1 0 1 2-4 3]
Group 7
6- 9-2001 Estonia 2-5 Israel Tallinn
23- 9-2001 Estonia 0-5 Poland Valga
23- 9-2001 Croatia 4-0 Israel Velika Gorica
30- 9-2001 Croatia 2-2 Romania Osijek
13-10-2001 Romania 6-1 Estonia Campina
16-10-2001 Croatia 3-0 Estonia Zapresic
28-10-2001 Poland 2-0 Croatia Leczna
28-10-2001 Israel 1-0 Romania Tel Aviv
18-11-2001 Israel 0-2 Poland Kfar Saba
7- 4-2002 Poland 5-0 Estonia Ostroleka
18- 4-2002 Estonia 0-3 Croatia Kuressaare
21- 4-2002 Romania 0-1 Poland Campina
5- 5-2002 Poland 4-0 Israel Wloclawek
18- 5-2002 Poland 3-1 Romania Biaka Podlaska
25- 5-2002 Croatia 0-3 Poland Krapina
26- 5-2002 Romania 1-1 Israel Campina
1- 6-2002 Romania 2-3 Croatia Campina
4- 6-2002 Israel 3-0 Estonia Kyiv (Ukraine)
6- 6-2002 Israel 2-1 Croatia Kyiv (Ukraine)
9- 6-2002 Estonia 1-6 Romania Parnu
1.POLAND 8 8 0 0 25- 1 24
2.Croatia 8 4 1 3 16-11 13 [2 1 0 1 5-2 3]
3.Israel 8 4 1 3 12-14 13 [2 1 0 1 2-5 3]
4.Romania 8 2 2 4 18-13 8
5.Estonia 8 0 0 8 4-36 0
Group 8
16- 8-2001 Bosnia-Her. 0-7 Slovakia Zabivoyici
20- 8-2001 Belarus 5-2 Bosnia-Her. Mogilev
8- 9-2001 Hungary 3-0 Bosnia-Her. Kecskemet
8- 9-2001 Belarus 3-2 Slovakia Mogilev
26- 9-2001 Belarus 4-0 Turkey Mogilev
29- 9-2001 Slovakia 0-2 Hungary Ziar nad Hronom
13-10-2001 Turkey 0-3 Slovakia Istanbul
13-10-2001 Hungary 2-0 Belarus Buk
24-10-2001 Turkey 5-1 Bosnia-Her. Istanbul
21-11-2001 Turkey 1-4 Hungary Istanbul
24- 3-2002 Turkey 1-5 Belarus Istanbul
5- 4-2002 Slovakia 3-0 Turkey Bratislava
13- 4-2002 Bosnia-Her. 0-11 Hungary Hrasnica
13- 4-2002 Slovakia 3-1 Belarus Dunajska Streda
22- 4-2002 Belarus 2-4 Hungary Minsk
2- 5-2002 Bosnia-Her. 3-2 Turkey Breza
4- 5-2002 Hungary 3-1 Slovakia Györ
14- 5-2002 Bosnia-Her. 2-7 Belarus Visoko
23- 5-2002 Hungary 4-1 Turkey Budapest
22- 6-2002 Slovakia 6-2 Bosnia-Her. Nitra
1.HUNGARY 8 8 0 0 33- 5 24
2.Slovakia 8 5 0 3 25-11 15 [2 1 0 1 4-3 3]
3.Belarus 8 5 0 3 27-16 15 [2 1 0 1 3-4 3]
4.Turkey 8 1 0 7 10-27 3 [2 1 0 1 7-4 3]
5.Bosnia-Her. 8 1 0 7 10-46 3 [2 1 0 1 4-7 3]
2003 (World Cup Qualifying) - Details Class A
With thanks to Javier Pargada (jpargada@ceit.es), Erik Garin (garinerik@hispeed.ch), Stefan Tarkovic (tarkovic@fsport.uniba.sk), Ian Johnson (Janetjohnson@btinternet.com), David Matishen (DaveM148@aol.com), Todd Roman (Toad8098@aol.com), Sébastien Duret (seduret@aol.com) and Jürgen Groothus (juergen.groothus@web.de)
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Author: Lars Aarhus
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Last updated: 18 Jan 2004
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