2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6#Goalscorers
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
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|team1=CRO|name_CRO={{fb|CRO}}
|team2=BEL|name_BEL={{fb|BEL}}
|team3=SCO|name_SCO={{fb|SCO}}
|team4=LAT|name_LAT={{fb|LAT}}
|team5=SMR|name_SMR={{fb|SMR|1862}}
|win_CRO=5|draw_CRO=3|loss_CRO=0|gf_CRO=15|ga_CRO=2
|win_BEL=5|draw_BEL=2|loss_BEL=1|gf_BEL=25|ga_BEL=6
|win_SCO=4|draw_SCO=3|loss_SCO=1|gf_SCO=12|ga_SCO=6
|win_LAT=1|draw_LAT=1|loss_LAT=6|gf_LAT=5|ga_LAT=16
|win_SMR=|draw_SMR=1|loss_SMR=7|gf_SMR=3|ga_SMR=30
|result1=WC |result2=WCPO
|col_WC=green1 |text_WC=Qualification to {{nowrap|2002 FIFA World Cup}}
|col_WCPO=blue1 |text_WCPO=Advance to {{nowrap|UEFA play-offs}}
|show_matches=y
|short_style=flag
|match_CRO_BEL=1–0
|match_CRO_SCO=1–1
|match_CRO_LAT=4–1
|match_CRO_SMR=4–0
|match_BEL_CRO=0–0
|match_BEL_SCO=2–0
|match_BEL_LAT=3–1
|match_BEL_SMR=10–1
|match_SCO_CRO=0–0
|match_SCO_BEL=2–2
|match_SCO_LAT=2–1
|match_SCO_SMR=4–0
|match_LAT_CRO=0–1
|match_LAT_BEL=0–4
|match_LAT_SCO=0–1
|match_LAT_SMR=1–1
|match_SMR_CRO=0–4
|match_SMR_BEL=1–4
|match_SMR_SCO=0–2
|match_SMR_LAT=0–1
|update=complete|source={{cite web |title=FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2002, football - table and standings |url=https://soccer365.me/competitions/739/2002/ |website=soccer365.me |access-date=19 April 2024}}
}}
Matches
{{Football box
|id = Belgium v Croatia
| date = {{Start date|2000|9|2|df=y}}
| time = 20:00 UTC+2
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BEL}}
| team2 = {{fb|CRO}}
| score = 0–0
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
| attendance = 27,510
| referee = Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126043709/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19639/report.html Report]
}}
{{Football box
|id = Latvia v Scotland
| date = {{Start date|2000|9|2|df=y}}
| time = 18:00 UTC+3
| team1 = {{fb-rt|LVA}}
| team2 = {{fb|SCO}}
| score = 0–1
| goals1 =
| goals2 = McCann {{goal|89}}
| stadium = Skonto stadions, Riga
| attendance = 9,200
| referee = Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126043654/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19636/report.html Report]
}}
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{{Football box
|id = Latvia v Belgium
| date = {{Start date|2000|10|7|df=y}}
| time = 20:15 UTC+3
| team1 = {{fb-rt|LVA}}
| team2 = {{fb|BEL}}
| score = 0–4
| goals1 =
| goals2 = Wilmots {{goal|5}}
B. Peeters {{goal|13}}
Cavens {{goal|83}}
G. Verheyen {{goal|90}}
| stadium = Skonto stadions, Riga
| attendance = 7,311
| referee = Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126043810/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19652/report.html Report]
}}
{{Football box
|id = San Marino v Scotland
| date = {{Start date|2000|10|7|df=y}}
| time = 19:45 UTC+2
| team1 = {{fb-rt|SMR|1862}}
| team2 = {{fb|SCO}}
| score = 0–2
| goals1 =
| goals2 = Elliott {{goal|71}}
Hutchison {{goal|73}}
| stadium = Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle
| attendance = 4,377
| referee = Gylfi Thor Orrason (Iceland)
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126043930/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19668/report.html Report]
}}
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{{Football box
|id = Croatia v Scotland
| date = {{Start date|2000|10|11|df=y}}
| time = 20:00 UTC+2
| team1 = {{fb-rt|CRO}}
| team2 = {{fb|SCO}}
| score = 1–1
| goals1 = Bokšić {{goal|16}}
| goals2 = K. Gallacher {{goal|24}}
| stadium = Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
| attendance = 17,995
| referee = Gilles Veissiere (France)
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126043814/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19653/report.html Report]
}}
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{{Football box
|id = San Marino v Scotland
| date = {{Start date|2000|11|15|df=y}}
| time = 20:30 UTC+1
| team1 = {{fb-rt|SMR|1862}}
| team2 = {{fb|LVA}}
| score = 0–1
| goals1 =
| goals2 = Jeļisejevs {{goal|9}}
| stadium = Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle
| attendance = 517
| referee = Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126043819/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19654/report.html Report]
}}
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{{Football box
|id = Belgium v San Marino
| date = {{Start date|2001|2|28|df=y}}
| time = 21:00 UTC+1
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BEL}}
| team2 = {{fb|SMR|1862}}
| score = 10–1
| goals1 = Vanderhaeghe {{goal|10||50}}
É. Mpenza {{goal|13}}
Goor {{goal|26||60}}
Baseggio {{goal|64}}
Wilmots {{goal|72}}
B. Peeters {{goal|76||84||88}}
| goals2 = Selva {{goal|90}}
| stadium = King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
| attendance = 40,104
| referee = Sten Kaldma (Estonia)
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126043824/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19655/report.html Report]
}}
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{{Football box
|id = Croatia v Latvia
| date = {{Start date|2001|3|24|df=y}}
| time = 18:00 UTC+1
| team1 = {{fb-rt|CRO}}
| team2 = {{fb|LVA}}
| score = 4–1
| goals1 = Balaban {{goal|8||42||45}}
Vugrinec {{goal|89}}
| goals2 = Štolcers {{goal|60}}
| stadium = Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek
| attendance = 13,345
| referee = Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126043829/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19656/report.html Report]
}}
{{Football box
|id = Scotland v Belgium
| date = {{Start date|2001|3|24|df=y}}
| time = 15:00 UTC±0
| team1 = {{fb-rt|SCO}}
| team2 = {{fb|BEL}}
| score = 2–2
| goals1 = Dodds {{goal|2||27|pen.}}
| goals2 = Wilmots {{goal|58}}
Van Buyten {{goal|90}}
| stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow
| attendance = 37,480
| referee = Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126043834/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19657/report.html Report]
}}
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{{Football box
|id = Scotland v San Marino
| date = {{Start date|2001|3|28|df=y}}
| time = 20:00 UTC+1
| team1 = {{fb-rt|SCO}}
| team2 = {{fb|SMR|1862}}
| score = 4–0
| goals1 = Hendry {{goal|22||33}}
Dodds {{goal|34}}
Cameron {{goal|63}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow
| attendance = 27,313
| referee = Petteri Kari (Finland)
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126043839/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19658/report.html Report]
}}
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{{Football box
|id = Latvia v San Marino
| date = {{Start date|2001|4|25|df=y}}
| time = 18:30 UTC+3
| team1 = {{fb-rt|LVA}}
| team2 = {{fb|SMR|1862}}
| score = 1–1
| goals1 = Pahars {{goal|1}}
| goals2 = Albani {{goal|59}}
| stadium = Skonto stadions, Riga
| attendance = 4,000
| referee = Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126043729/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19643/report.html Report]
}}
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{{Football box
|id = Croatia v San Marino
| date = {{Start date|2001|6|2|df=y}}
| time = 20:15 UTC+2
| team1 = {{fb-rt|CRO}}
| team2 = {{fb|SMR|1862}}
| score = 4–0
| goals1 = Vlaović {{goal|3}}
Balaban {{goal|29}}
Šuker {{goal|54|pen.}}
Vugrinec {{goal|89}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Stadion Varteks, Varaždin
| attendance = 15,000
| referee = Oleg Timofeyev (Estonia)
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126043844/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19659/report.html Report]
}}
{{Football box
|id = Belgium v Latvia
| date = {{Start date|2001|6|2|df=y}}
| time = 20:00 UTC+2
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BEL}}
| team2 = {{fb|LVA}}
| score = 3–1
| goals1 = Wilmots {{goal|2}}
É. Mpenza {{goal|12}}
Zemļinskis {{goal|50|o.g.}}
| goals2 = Pahars {{goal|52}}
| stadium = King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
| attendance = 32,000
| referee = Ivan Dobrinov (Bulgaria)
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126043849/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19660/report.html Report]
}}
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{{Football box
|id = Latvia v Croatia
| date = {{Start date|2001|6|6|df=y}}
| time = 18:00 UTC+3
| team1 = {{fb-rt|LVA}}
| team2 = {{fb|CRO}}
| score = 0–1
| goals1 =
| goals2 = Balaban {{goal|40}}
| stadium = Skonto stadions, Riga
| attendance = 5,000
| referee = John McDermott (Republic of Ireland)
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126043854/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19661/report.html Report]
}}
{{Football box
|id = San Marino v Belgium
| date = {{Start date|2001|6|6|df=y}}
| time = 20:30 UTC+2
| team1 = {{fb-rt|SMR|1862}}
| team2 = {{fb|BEL}}
| score = 1–4
| goals1 = Selva {{goal|11}}
| goals2 = Wilmots {{goal|10||89|pen.}}
G.Verheyen {{goal|60}}
Sonck {{goal|68}}
| stadium = Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle
| attendance = 1,538
| referee = Haim Yakov (Israel)
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126043859/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19662/report.html Report]
}}
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{{Football box
|id = Scotland v Croatia
| date = {{Start date|2001|9|1|df=y}}
| time = 15:00 UTC+1
| team1 = {{fb-rt|SCO}}
| team2 = {{fb|CRO}}
| score = 0–0
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow
| attendance = 47,584
| referee = Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126043904/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19663/report.html Report]
}}
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{{Football box
|id = San Marino v Croatia
| date = {{Start date|2001|9|5|df=y}}
| time = 20:15 UTC+2
| team1 = {{fb-rt|SMR|1862}}
| team2 = {{fb|CRO}}
| score = 0–4
| goals1 =
| goals2 = N. Kovač {{goal|40}}
Prosinečki {{goal|48|pen.|90}}
Soldo {{goal|77}}
| stadium = Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle
| attendance = 1,387
| referee = Knud Stadsgaard (Denmark)
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126043909/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19664/report.html Report]
}}
{{Football box
|id = Belgium v Scotland
| date = {{Start date|2001|9|5|df=y}}
| time = 20:15 UTC+2
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BEL}}
| team2 = {{fb|SCO}}
| score = 2–0
| goals1 = N. Van Kerckhoven {{goal|28}}
Goor {{goal|90}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
| attendance = 43,500
| referee = Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126043914/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19665/report.html Report]
}}
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{{Football box
|id = Croatia v Belgium
| date = {{Start date|2001|10|6|df=y}}
| time = 18:00 UTC+2
| team1 = {{fb-rt|CRO}}
| team2 = {{fb|BEL}}
| score = 1–0
| goals1 = Bokšić {{goal|75}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
| attendance = 36,077
| referee = Hellmut Krug (Germany)
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126043920/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19666/report.html Report]
}}
{{Football box
|id = Scotland v Latvia
| date = {{Start date|2001|10|6|df=y}}
| time = 17:00 UTC+1
| team1 = {{fb-rt|SCO}}
| team2 = {{fb|LVA}}
| score = 2–1
| goals1 = Freedman {{goal|44}}
D. Weir {{goal|53}}
| goals2 = Rubins {{goal|21}}
| stadium = Hampden Park, Glasgow
| attendance = 23,228
| referee = Terje Hauge (Norway)
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126043925/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19667/report.html Report]
}}
Goalscorers
{{Goalscorers
|goals=60 |matches=20
|6 goals=
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Marc Wilmots
|5 goals=
- {{fbicon|CRO}} Boško Balaban
|4 goals=
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Bob Peeters
|3 goals=
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Bart Goor
- {{fbicon|SCO}} Billy Dodds
|2 goals=
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Émile Mpenza
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Yves Vanderhaeghe
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Gert Verheyen
- {{fbicon|CRO}} Alen Bokšić
- {{fbicon|CRO}} Robert Prosinečki
- {{fbicon|CRO}} Davor Vugrinec
- {{fbicon|LVA}} Marians Pahars
- {{fbicon|SMR|1862}} Andy Selva
- {{fbicon|SCO}} Colin Hendry
|1 goal=
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Walter Baseggio
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Jurgen Cavens
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Wesley Sonck
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Daniel Van Buyten
- {{fbicon|BEL}} Nico Van Kerckhoven
- {{fbicon|CRO}} Niko Kovač
- {{fbicon|CRO}} Zvonimir Soldo
- {{fbicon|CRO}} Davor Šuker
- {{fbicon|CRO}} Goran Vlaović
- {{fbicon|LVA}} Aleksandrs Jeļisejevs
- {{fbicon|LVA}} Andrejs Rubins
- {{fbicon|LVA}} Andrejs Štolcers
- {{fbicon|SMR|1862}} Nicola Albani
- {{fbicon|SCO}} Colin Cameron
- {{fbicon|SCO}} Matt Elliott
- {{fbicon|SCO}} Dougie Freedman
- {{fbicon|SCO}} Kevin Gallacher
- {{fbicon|SCO}} Don Hutchison
- {{fbicon|SCO}} Neil McCann
- {{fbicon|SCO}} David Weir
|1 own goal=
- {{fbicon|LVA}} Mihails Zemļinskis (against Belgium)
}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.fifa.com/ FIFA official page]
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2002q.html RSSSF - 2002 World Cup Qualification]
- [http://www.allworldcup.narod.ru/ Allworldcup]
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