2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

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The five teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner Spain qualified for the 17th FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan. The runner-up Austria advanced to the UEFA Play-off and played against Turkey. Spain dominated the group, with six wins out of eight, and only two away draws (against second-placed Austria and third-placed Israel) to mar the record. Second place, however, was not decided until the last minute of the last match: Austria had a three-point advantage, but Israel led 1-0 which would have brought them level in the group standings, and had a superior goal difference which would have seen them into second place, but Austria scored an injury-time equalizer to earn a draw and retain their second position.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 8 6 2 0 21 4 +17 20 Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup 4–0 2–0 4–1 5–0
2  Austria 8 4 3 1 10 8 +2 15 Advance to UEFA play-offs 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0
3  Israel 8 3 3 2 11 7 +4 12 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–0
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 2 2 4 12 12 0 8 1–2 1–1 0–0 5–0
5  Liechtenstein 8 0 0 8 0 23 −23 0 0–2 0–1 0–3 0–3

Results

Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–2 Spain
Baljić 41' Report Gerard 39'
Etxeberria 72'

Spain 2–0 Israel
Gerard 20'
Hierro 54'
Report
Liechtenstein 0–1 Austria
Report Flögel 20'

Austria 1–1 Spain
Baur 22' Report Baraja 27'






Spain 4–0 Austria
Tristán 45'
Morientes 79', 84'
Mendieta 90+1'
Report

Liechtenstein 0–2 Spain
Report Raúl 19'
Nadal 82'


  • The game was originally scheduled for 7 October 2001. On 4 October FIFA announced postponement of the match for safety reasons after a plane departed from Tel Aviv crashed in the Black Sea.[1]

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

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