2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

Football tournament qualification stage 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 main WDL Q DEN DEN CZE CZE BUL BUL ISL ISL NIR NIR MLT MLT 6 4 0 22 6 6 2 2 20 8 5 2 3 14 15 4 1 5 14 20 3 2 5 11 12 0 1 9 4 24 WC WCPO green1 Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup blue1 Advance to UEFA play-offs y flag 2–1 1–1 6–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 6–0 4–0 3–1 3–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 4–3 3–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–5 0–0 0–2 1–4 0–1 complete FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2002, football - table and standings https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/2002/ soccer365.me 19 April 2024 15 December 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241215135351/https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/2002/ dead Matches Iceland v Denmark 2 September 2000 18:00 ISL 1–2 Report DEN E. Sverrisson 12 Tomasson 26Bisgaard 48 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 7,017 Stéphane Bré (France) Bulgaria v Czech Republic 2 September 2000 19:00 BUL 0–1 Report CZE Poborský 73 pen. Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia 8,000 Juan Fernández Marín (Spain) Northern Ireland v Malta 2 September 2000 15:00 NIR 1–0 Report MLT Gray 70 Windsor Park, Belfast 8,227 Taras Bezubiak (Russia) Northern Ireland v Denmark 7 October 2000 15:00 NIR 1–1 Report DEN Healy 38 Rommedahl 59 Windsor Park, Belfast 11,823 Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) Czech Republic v Iceland 7 October 2000 17:00 CZE 4–0 Report ISL Koller 17 40Nedvěd 44 90 Na Stínadlech, Teplice 9,843 Kyros Vassaras (Greece) Bulgaria v Malta 7 October 2000 18:30 BUL 3–0 Report MLT G. Ivanov 40 65S. Todorov 90 Georgi Asparuhov Stadium, Sofia 3,000 Džemal Čalija (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Denmark v Bulgaria 11 October 2000 19:15 DEN 1–1 Report BUL Sand 72 Berbatov 83 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen 39,847 Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey) Malta v Czech Republic 11 October 2000 18:00 MLT 0–0 Report CZE Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali 582 Željko Širić (Croatia) Iceland v Northern Ireland 11 October 2000 19:30 ISL 1–0 Report NIR Th. Guðjónsson 89 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 6,780 Markus Merk (Germany) Malta v Denmark 24 March 2001 20:00 MLT 0–5 Report DEN Sand 8 63 79Heintze 51C. Jensen 76 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali 784 Mike McCurry (Scotland) Northern Ireland v Czech Republic 24 March 2001 15:00 NIR 0–1 Report CZE Nedvěd 12 Windsor Park, Belfast 10,368 Manuel Mejuto González (Spain) Bulgaria v Iceland 24 March 2001 18:00 BUL 2–1 Report ISL Chomakov 36Berbatov 79 Hreidarsson 25 Balgarska Armia Stadium, Sofia 14,500 Mike Riley (England) Czech Republic v Denmark 28 March 2001 20:30 CZE 0–0 Report DEN Letná Stadium, Prague 16,354 Graham Barber (England) Bulgaria v Northern Ireland 28 March 2001 18:00 BUL 4–3 Report NIR Balakov 7 pen.Petrov 17 78Chomakov 72 Williams 15Elliott 84Healy 90 pen. Balgarska Armia Stadium, Sofia 15,600 Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia) Malta v Iceland 25 April 2001 19:00 MLT 1–4 Report ISL Mifsud 14 T. Guðmundsson 42He. Sigurdsson 44E. Guðjohnsen 81Th. Guðjónsson 90 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali 2,800 Constantin Zotta (Romania) Denmark v Czech Republic 2 June 2001 19:15 DEN 2–1 Report CZE Sand 6Tomasson 82 Týce 40 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen 41,669 Markus Merk (Germany) Northern Ireland v Bulgaria 2 June 2001 15:00 NIR 0–1 Report BUL G. Ivanov 52 Windsor Park, Belfast 7,609 Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) Iceland v Malta 2 June 2001 16:00 ISL 3–0 Report MLT T. Guðmundsson 7Daðason 38E. Guðjohnsen 68 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 3,554 Romāns Lajuks (Latvia) Denmark v Malta 6 June 2001 19:15 DEN 2–1 Report MLT Sand 43 83 Mallia 8 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen 38,499 Sergey Shmolik (Belarus) Czech Republic v Northern Ireland 6 June 2001 17:00 CZE 3–1 Report NIR Kuka 40 88Baroš 90 Mulryne 45 Na Stínadlech, Teplice 14,050 Leif Sundell (Sweden) Iceland v Bulgaria 6 June 2001 18:00 ISL 1–1 Report BUL Daðason 43 Berbatov 81 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 4,316 Dermot Gallagher (England) Denmark v Northern Ireland 1 September 2001 19:15 DEN 1–1 Report NIR Rommedahl 3 Mulryne 73 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen 41,500 Ryszard Wójcik (Poland) Iceland v Czech Republic 1 September 2001 14:00 ISL 3–1 Report CZE E. Sverrisson 45 77A. Sigthórsson 66 Jankulovski 88 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík 6,011 Domenico Messina (Italy) Malta v Bulgaria 1 September 2001 20:00 MLT 0–2 Report BUL Berbatov 74 80 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali 409 Hartmut Strampe (Germany) Bulgaria v Denmark 5 September 2001 20:00 BUL 0–2 Report DEN Tomasson 47 90+1 Balgarska Armia Stadium, Sofia 20,000 Jan Wegereef (Netherlands) Czech Republic v Malta 5 September 2001 17:00 CZE 3–2 Report MLT Jankulovski 20Lokvenc 37Baroš 68 Carabott 22 pen.G. Agius 55 Na Stínadlech, Teplice 9,280 Khagani Mamedov (Azerbaijan) Northern Ireland v Iceland 5 September 2001 20:00 NIR 3–0 Report ISL Healy 48Hughes 58McCartney 61 Windsor Park, Belfast 6,625 Attila Hanacsek (Hungary) Denmark v Iceland 6 October 2001 20:15 DEN 6–0 Report ISL Rommedahl 12Sand 14 66Gravesen 31 35Michaelsen 90 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen 41,769 Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain) Czech Republic v Bulgaria 6 October 2001 20:15 CZE 6–0 Report BUL Rosický 5 69Nedvěd 16 76Baroš 27Lokvenc 66 Letná Stadium, Prague 15,020 Claude Colombo (France) Malta v Northern Ireland 6 October 2001 18:30 MLT 0–1 Report NIR Healy 57 pen. Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali 1,778 Manfred Schüttengruber (Austria) Goalscorers 85 30 DEN Ebbe Sand BUL Dimitar Berbatov CZE Pavel Nedvěd DEN Jon Dahl Tomasson NIR David Healy BUL Georgi Ivanov CZE Milan Baroš DEN Dennis Rommedahl ISL Eyjólfur Sverrisson BUL Krasimir Chomakov BUL Martin Petrov CZE Jan Koller CZE Pavel Kuka CZE Marek Jankulovski CZE Vratislav Lokvenc CZE Tomáš Rosický DEN Thomas Gravesen ISL Ríkharður Daðason ISL Þórður Guðjónsson ISL Eiður Guðjohnsen ISL Tryggvi Guðmundsson NIR Philip Mulryne BUL Krasimir Balakov BUL Svetoslav Todorov CZE Karel Poborský CZE Roman Týce DEN Morten Bisgaard DEN Jan Heintze DEN Claus Jensen DEN Jan Michaelsen ISL Hermann Hreidarsson ISL Helgi Sigurðsson ISL Andri Sigþórsson MLT Gilbert Agius MLT David Carabott MLT George Mallia MLT Michael Mifsud NIR Stuart Elliott NIR Phil Gray NIR Michael Hughes NIR George McCartney NIR Mark Williams References External links FIFA official page RSSSF - 2002 World Cup Qualification Allworldcup 3 Category:2000–01 in Bulgarian football Category:2001–02 in Bulgarian football Category:2000–01 in Northern Ireland association football Category:2001–02 in Northern Ireland association football Category:2000–01 in Czech football Category:2001–02 in Czech football Category:2000–01 in Maltese football Category:2001–02 in Maltese football Category:2000–01 in Danish football Qual