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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 10 6 4 0 22 6 +16 22 Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup — 2–1 1–1 6–0 1–1 2–1
2  Czech Republic 10 6 2 2 20 8 +12 20 Advance to UEFA play-offs 0–0 — 6–0 4–0 3–1 3–2
3  Bulgaria 10 5 2 3 14 15 −1 17 0–2 0–1 — 2–1 4–3 3–0
4  Iceland 10 4 1 5 14 20 −6 13 1–2 3–1 1–1 — 1–0 3–0
5  Northern Ireland 10 3 2 5 11 12 −1 11 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 — 1–0
6  Malta 10 0 1 9 4 24 −20 1 0–5 0–0 0–2 1–4 0–1 —
Source:

Results

Iceland 1–2 Denmark
E. Sverrisson 12' Report Tomasson 26'
Bisgaard 48'
Northern Ireland 1–0 Malta
Gray 70' Report
Czech Republic 4–0 Iceland
Koller 17', 40'
Nedvěd 44', 90'		 Report
Bulgaria 3–0 Malta
G. Ivanov 40', 65'
S. Todorov 90'		 Report
Referee: Džemal Čalija (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Denmark 1–1 Bulgaria
Sand 72' Report Berbatov 83'
Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)
Malta 0–0 Czech Republic
Report
Referee: Željko Širić (Croatia)
Malta 0–5 Denmark
Report Sand 8', 63', 79'
Heintze 51'
C. Jensen 76'
Iceland 3–0 Malta
T. Guðmundsson 7'
Daðason 38'
E. Guðjohnsen 68'		 Report
Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia)
Denmark 2–1 Malta
Sand 43', 83' Report Mallia 8'
Bulgaria 0–2 Denmark
Report Tomasson 47', 90+1'
Czech Republic 3–2 Malta
Jankulovski 20'
Lokvenc 37'
Baroš 68'		 Report Carabott 22' (pen.)
G. Agius 55'
Referee: Khagani Mamedov (Azerbaijan)
Northern Ireland 3–0 Iceland
Healy 48'
Hughes 58'
McCartney 61'		 Report
Referee: Attila Hanacsek (Hungary)
Czech Republic 6–0 Bulgaria
Rosický 5', 69'
Nedvěd 16', 76'
Baroš 27'
Lokvenc 66'		 Report
Malta 0–1 Northern Ireland
Report Healy 57' (pen.)
Referee: Manfred Schüttengruber (Austria)

Goalscorers

9 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

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