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		File:Flag of Denmark.svg	File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg	File:Flag of Iceland.svg	File:Ulster Banner.svg	File:Flag of Malta.svg
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	—

Source:

Matches

2 September 2000

18:00

Iceland	1–2	Denmark
E. Sverrisson File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'	Report	Tomasson File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Bisgaard File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 7,017

Referee: Stéphane Bré (France)

2 September 2000

19:00

Bulgaria	0–1	Czech Republic
	Report	Poborský File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' (pen.)

Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Juan Fernández Marín (Spain)

2 September 2000

15:00

Northern Ireland	1–0	Malta
Gray File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 8,227

Referee: Taras Bezubiak (Russia)

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7 October 2000

15:00

Northern Ireland	1–1	Denmark
Healy File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'	Report	Rommedahl File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 11,823

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

7 October 2000

17:00

Czech Republic	4–0	Iceland
Koller File:Soccerball shade.svg 17', 40' Nedvěd File:Soccerball shade.svg 44', 90'	Report

Na Stínadlech, Teplice

Attendance: 9,843

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

7 October 2000

18:30

Bulgaria	3–0	Malta
G. Ivanov File:Soccerball shade.svg 40', 65' S. Todorov File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report

Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Džemal Čalija (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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11 October 2000

19:15

Denmark	1–1	Bulgaria
Sand File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'	Report	Berbatov File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 39,847

Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)

11 October 2000

18:00

Malta	0–0	Czech Republic
	Report

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 582

Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)

11 October 2000

19:30

Iceland	1–0	Northern Ireland
Th. Guðjónsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 6,780

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

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24 March 2001

20:00

Malta	0–5	Denmark
	Report	Sand File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', 63', 79' Heintze File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' C. Jensen File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 784

Referee: Mike McCurry (Scotland)

24 March 2001

15:00

Northern Ireland	0–1	Czech Republic
	Report	Nedvěd File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 10,368

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

24 March 2001

18:00

Bulgaria	2–1	Iceland
Chomakov File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Berbatov File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	Report	Hreidarsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 25'

Balgarska Armia Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 14,500

Referee: Mike Riley (England)

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28 March 2001

20:30

Czech Republic	0–0	Denmark
	Report

Letná Stadium, Prague

Attendance: 16,354

Referee: Graham Barber (England)

28 March 2001

18:00

Bulgaria	4–3	Northern Ireland
Balakov File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' (pen.) Petrov File:Soccerball shade.svg 17', 78' Chomakov File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'	Report	Williams File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' Elliott File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' Healy File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (pen.)

Balgarska Armia Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 15,600

Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

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25 April 2001

19:00

Malta	1–4	Iceland
Mifsud File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'	Report	T. Guðmundsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' He. Sigurdsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' E. Guðjohnsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' Th. Guðjónsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 2,800

Referee: Constantin Zotta (Romania)

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2 June 2001

19:15

Denmark	2–1	Czech Republic
Sand File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Tomasson File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Report	Týce File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 41,669

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

2 June 2001

15:00

Northern Ireland	0–1	Bulgaria
	Report	G. Ivanov File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 7,609

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

2 June 2001

16:00

Iceland	3–0	Malta
T. Guðmundsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Daðason File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' E. Guðjohnsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'	Report

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 3,554

Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)

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6 June 2001

19:15

Denmark	2–1	Malta
Sand File:Soccerball shade.svg 43', 83'	Report	Mallia File:Soccerball shade.svg 8'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 38,499

Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Belarus)

6 June 2001

17:00

Czech Republic	3–1	Northern Ireland
Kuka File:Soccerball shade.svg 40', 88' Baroš File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report	Mulryne File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'

Na Stínadlech, Teplice

Attendance: 14,050

Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

6 June 2001

18:00

Iceland	1–1	Bulgaria
Daðason File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'	Report	Berbatov File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 4,316

Referee: Dermot Gallagher (England)

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1 September 2001

19:15

Denmark	1–1	Northern Ireland
Rommedahl File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'	Report	Mulryne File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 41,500

Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

1 September 2001

14:00

Iceland	3–1	Czech Republic
E. Sverrisson File:Soccerball shade.svg 45', 77' A. Sigthórsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'	Report	Jankulovski File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'

Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík

Attendance: 6,011

Referee: Domenico Messina (Italy)

1 September 2001

20:00

Malta	0–2	Bulgaria
	Report	Berbatov File:Soccerball shade.svg 74', 80'

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 409

Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

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5 September 2001

20:00

Bulgaria	0–2	Denmark
	Report	Tomasson File:Soccerball shade.svg 47', 90+1'

Balgarska Armia Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

5 September 2001

17:00

Czech Republic	3–2	Malta
Jankulovski File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' Lokvenc File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Baroš File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'	Report	Carabott File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' (pen.) G. Agius File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'

Na Stínadlech, Teplice

Attendance: 9,280

Referee: Khagani Mamedov (Azerbaijan)

5 September 2001

20:00

Northern Ireland	3–0	Iceland
Healy File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Hughes File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' McCartney File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 6,625

Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)

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6 October 2001

20:15

Denmark	6–0	Iceland
Rommedahl File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Sand File:Soccerball shade.svg 14', 66' Gravesen File:Soccerball shade.svg 31', 35' Michaelsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 41,769

Referee: Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)

6 October 2001

20:15

Czech Republic	6–0	Bulgaria
Rosický File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', 69' Nedvěd File:Soccerball shade.svg 16', 76' Baroš File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Lokvenc File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'	Report

Letná Stadium, Prague

Attendance: 15,020

Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

6 October 2001

18:30

Malta	0–1	Northern Ireland
	Report	Healy File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' (pen.)

Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali

Attendance: 1,778

Referee: Manfred Schüttengruber (Austria)

Goalscorers

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

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

External links

• FIFA official page
• RSSSF - 2002 World Cup Qualification
• Allworldcup