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2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7

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

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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 —
Source: [1]

Matches

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Bosnia and Herzegovina  1–2  Spain
Baljić   41' Report Gerard   39'
Etxeberria   72'
Attendance: 28,700
Israel  2–0  Liechtenstein
Mizrahi   1'
Balili   80'		 Report
Attendance: 19,000
Spain  2–0  Israel
Gerard   20'
Hierro   54'		 Report
Attendance: 80,000
Liechtenstein  0–1  Austria
Report Flögel   20'
Attendance: 3,548
Austria  1–1  Spain
Baur   22' Report Baraja   27'
Attendance: 48,000
Israel  3–1  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Berkovich   12'
Abuksis   62'
Katan   76'		 Report Akrapović   48'
Attendance: 30,000
Spain  5–0  Liechtenstein
Helguera   20'
Mendieta   36', 82'
Hierro   55' (pen.)
Raúl   67'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Bosnia and Herzegovina  1–1  Austria
Barbarez   43' Report Baur   61'
Attendance: 25,000
Austria  2–1  Israel
Baur   9'
Herzog   42' (pen.)		 Report Baur   6' (o.g.)
Attendance: 21,000
Liechtenstein  0–3  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report Barbarez   10', 72'
Hota   89'
Attendance: 3,400
Austria  2–0  Liechtenstein
Glieder   44'
Flögel   75'		 Report
Attendance: 13,060
Spain  4–1  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hierro   26'
Moreno   76'
Raúl   89'
Tristán   90'		 Report Bešlija   41'
Attendance: 30,000
Liechtenstein  0–3  Israel
Report Revivo   3'
Tal   7'
Nimni   18'
Attendance: 1,650
Israel  1–1  Spain
Revivo   4' Report Raúl   63'
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Spain  4–0  Austria
Tristán   45'
Morientes   79', 84'
Mendieta   90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 31,661
Bosnia and Herzegovina  0–0  Israel
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Attendance: 7,700
Liechtenstein  0–2  Spain
Report Raúl   19'
Nadal   82'
Attendance: 4,648
Austria  2–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Herzog   38', 87' Report
Attendance: 23,200
Bosnia and Herzegovina  5–0  Liechtenstein
Konjić   33'
Baljić   45' (pen.), 82' (pen.)
Šabić   69'
Dodik   85'		 Report
Attendance: 6,000
Israel  1–1  Austria
Gershon   55' (pen.) Report Herzog   90+1'
Attendance: 40,000

Goalscorers

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There were 54 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.7 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

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  1. ^ 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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2002, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  2. ^ "PLUS: SOCCER; World Cup Qualifier Postponed in Israel (Published 2001)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-10-19.
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