1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2
Football tournament qualifying stage
Group 2 consisted of five of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[a] 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 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 19 | Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
2 | ![]() | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 18 | Advance to second round | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
3 | ![]() | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 10 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | 2–1 | ||
4 | ![]() | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 10 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
5 | ![]() | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 21 | −19 | 0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — |
Source: [1]
Matches
Georgia ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Sheringham ![]() Ferdinand ![]() |
Poland ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Bałuszyński ![]() K. Warzycha ![]() | Report | Cleşcenco ![]() |
England ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Sheringham ![]() Shearer ![]() | Report |
Poland ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Shearer ![]() Sheringham ![]() |
Georgia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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S. Arveladze ![]() Kinkladze ![]() | Report |
Georgia ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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A. Arveladze ![]() Tskhadadze ![]() Ketsbaia ![]() | Report (incorrect substitutions) Report |
Goalscorers
There were 45 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.25 goals per match.
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Nick Barmby
Les Ferdinand
Paul Scholes
Archil Arveladze
Georgi Kinkladze
Kakhaber Tskhadadze
Roberto Baggio
Pierluigi Casiraghi
Roberto Di Matteo
Christian Vieri
Serghei Cleşcenco
Alexandru Curtianu
Henryk Bałuszyński
Krzysztof Bukalski
Marek Citko
Adam Ledwoń
Krzysztof Nowak
Mirosław Trzeciak
Krzysztof Warzycha
Notes
- ^ Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
References
- ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 1998, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
External links
- Group 2 Detailed Results at RSSSF
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