Group 2 consisted of five of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[1] England, Georgia, Italy, Moldova, and Poland. These five teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 15 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 8 6 1 1 15 2 +13 19 Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup — 0–1 2–1 2–0 4–0
2  Italy 8 5 3 0 11 1 +10 18 Advance to second round 0–0 — 3–0 1–0 3–0
3  Poland 8 3 1 4 10 12 −2 10 0–2 0–0 — 4–1 2–1
4  Georgia 8 3 1 4 7 9 −2 10 0–2 0–0 3–0 — 2–0
5  Moldova 8 0 0 8 2 21 −19 0 0–3 1–3 0–3 0–1 —
Source:

Results

Moldova 0–3 England
Report Barmby 24'
Gascoigne 26'
Shearer 61'
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)
Moldova 1–3 Italy
Curtianu 12' Report Ravanelli 8', 87'
Casiraghi 67'
Attendance: 4,085
England 2–1 Poland
Shearer 25', 38' Report Citko 7'
Wembley, London
Attendance: 74,663
Italy 1–0 Georgia
Ravanelli 43' Report
Attendance: 14,012
Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)
Georgia 0–2 England
Report Sheringham 15'
Ferdinand 37'
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)
Poland 2–1 Moldova
Bałuszyński 4'
K. Warzycha 77' (pen.)		 Report Cleşcenco 83' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Sotirios Vorgias (Greece)
England 0–1 Italy
Report Zola 19'
Wembley, London
Attendance: 75,056
Italy 3–0 Moldova
Maldini 24'
Zola 45'
Vieri 50'		 Report
Attendance: 17,677
Poland 0–0 Italy
Report
Attendance: 32,000
England 2–0 Georgia
Sheringham 42'
Shearer 90+1'		 Report
Wembley, London
Attendance: 71,208
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)
Italy 3–0 Poland
Di Matteo 24'
Maldini 36'
R.Baggio 62'		 Report
Attendance: 35,237
Poland 0–2 England
Report Shearer 5'
Sheringham 90'
Attendance: 25,000
Georgia 2–0 Moldova
S. Arveladze 27'
Kinkladze 51'		 Report
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)
Poland 4–1 Georgia
Ledwoń 32'
Trzeciak 34'
Bukalski 74' (pen.)
K. Nowak 90'		 Report S. Arveladze 24'
Attendance: 1,022
England 4–0 Moldova
Scholes 29'
Wright 46', 90'
Gascoigne 81'		 Report
Attendance: 74,102
Georgia 0–0 Italy
Report
Attendance: 51,117
Moldova 0–1 Georgia
Report Ketsbaia 10'
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)
Moldova 0–3 Poland
Report (incorrect substitutions)
Report		 Juskowiak 23', 56', 60'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Metin Tokat (Turkey)
Italy 0–0 England
Report
Attendance: 65,892

Goal scorers

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Notes

  1. ↑ Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
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