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[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  |  |  |  |

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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 | --

Source:[citation needed]

## Matches[edit]

2 September 2000 (2000-09-02)

20:00 UTC+2

Belgium | 0–0|  Croatia

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King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 27,510

Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

3 September 2000 (2000-09-03)

18:00 UTC+3

Latvia | 0–1|  Scotland

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| Report | McCann 89'

Skonto stadions, Riga

Attendance: 9,200

Referee: Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)

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7 October 2000 (2000-10-07)

20:15 UTC+3

Latvia | 0–4|  Belgium

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| Report | Wilmots 5'
B. Peeters 13'
Cavens 83'
G. Verheyen 90'

Skonto stadions, Riga

Attendance: 7,311

Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

7 October 2000 (2000-10-07)

19:45 UTC+2

San Marino | 0–2|  Scotland

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| Report | Elliott 71'
Hutchison 73'

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 4,377

Referee: Gylfi Thor Orrason (Iceland)

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11 October 2000 (2000-10-11)

20:00 UTC+2

Croatia | 1–1|  Scotland

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Bokšić 16' | Report | K. Gallacher 24'

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 17,995

Referee: Gilles Veissiere (France)

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15 November 2000 (2000-11-15)

20:30 UTC+1

San Marino | 0–1|  Latvia

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| Report | Jeļisejevs 9'

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 517

Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

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28 February 2001 (2001-02-28)

21:00 UTC+1

Belgium | 10–1|  San Marino

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Vanderhaeghe 10', 50'
É. Mpenza 13'
Goor 26', 60'
Baseggio 64'
Wilmots 72'
B. Peeters 76', 84', 88' | Report | Selva 90'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 40,104

Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

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24 March 2001 (2001-03-24)

18:00 UTC+1

Croatia | 4–1|  Latvia

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Balaban 8', 42', 45'
Vugrinec 89' | Report | Štolcers 60'

Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek

Attendance: 13,345

Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

24 March 2001 (2001-03-24)

15:00 UTC±0

Scotland | 2–2|  Belgium

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Dodds 2', 27' (pen.) | Report | Wilmots 58'
Van Buyten 90'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 37,480

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

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28 March 2001 (2001-03-28)

20:00 UTC+1

Scotland | 4–0|  San Marino

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Hendry 22', 33'
Dodds 34'
Cameron 63' | Report |

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 27,313

Referee: Petteri Kari (Finland)

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25 April 2001 (2001-04-25)

18:30 UTC+3

Latvia | 1–1|  San Marino

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Pahars 1' | Report | Albani 59'

Skonto stadions, Riga

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)

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2 June 2001 (2001-06-02)

20:15 UTC+2

Croatia | 4–0|  San Marino

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Vlaović 3'
Balaban 29'
Šuker 54' (pen.)
Vugrinec 89' | Report |

Stadion Varteks, Varaždin

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Oleg Timofeyev (Estonia)

2 June 2001 (2001-06-02)

20:00 UTC+2

Belgium | 3–1|  Latvia

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Wilmots 2'
É. Mpenza 12'
Zemļinskis 50' (o.g.) | Report | Pahars 52'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Ivan Dobrinov (Bulgaria)

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6 June 2001 (2001-06-06)

18:00 UTC+3

Latvia | 0–1|  Croatia

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| Report | Balaban 40'

Skonto stadions, Riga

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: John McDermott (Republic of Ireland)

6 June 2001 (2001-06-06)

20:30 UTC+2

San Marino | 1–4|  Belgium

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Selva 11' | Report | Wilmots 10', 89' (pen.)
G.Verheyen 60'
Sonck 68'

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 1,538

Referee: Haim Yakov (Israel)

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1 September 2001 (2001-09-01)

15:00 UTC+1

Scotland | 0–0|  Croatia

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Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 47,584

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

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5 September 2001 (2001-09-05)

20:15 UTC+2

San Marino | 0–4|  Croatia

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| Report | N. Kovač 40'
Prosinečki 48' (pen.), 90'
Soldo 77'

Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle

Attendance: 1,387

Referee: Knud Stadsgaard (Denmark)

5 September 2001 (2001-09-05)

20:15 UTC+2

Belgium | 2–0|  Scotland

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N. Van Kerckhoven 28'
Goor 90' | Report |

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 43,500

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

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6 October 2001 (2001-10-06)

18:00 UTC+2

Croatia | 1–0|  Belgium

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Bokšić 75' | Report |

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 36,077

Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

6 October 2001 (2001-10-06)

17:00 UTC+1

Scotland | 2–1|  Latvia

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Freedman 44'
D. Weir 53' | Report | Rubins 21'

Hampden Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 23,228

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

## Goalscorers[edit]

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)

## References[edit]

## External links[edit]

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

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