The six teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner Poland qualified for the 17th
FIFA World Cup
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held in
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and
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. The runner-up Ukraine advanced to the UEFA Play-off and played against Germany. Poland led the group from the start, with six wins and two draws out of eight, with Ukraine in second place: however, with group victory already sewn up, they unexpectedly went down 4–1 to Belarus, which gave the Belarusians a chance of overtaking Ukraine if they won their final match against Wales and Ukraine failed to win in Poland. However, Belarus failed to reproduce the form of their previous match, and lost 1–0 to hand Wales their only victory of the campaign, Ukraine thus finishing second regardless of their result in Poland (a 1–1 draw).
Standings
Matches
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Goalscorers
References
External links
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2000 in Armenian football
2001 in Armenian football
2000 in Belarusian football
2001 in Belarusian football
2000 in Norwegian football
2001 in Norwegian football
2000–01 in Polish football
qual
2000–01 in Ukrainian football
2001–02 in Ukrainian football
2000–01 in Welsh football
2001–02 in Welsh football