UEFA QUALIFYING GROUP 9 Date Fixture Venue Time (BST) Result Home Team Scorers Away Team Scorers 02.09.2000 Finland V Albania Finnair, Helsinki, Finland Unknown 2-1 Unknown Unknown 02.09.2000 Germany V Greece Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany Unknown 2-0 Unknown 07.10.2000 England V Germany Wembley, London, England 15.00 0-1 Hamann 14' 07.10.2000 Greece V Finland Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece Unknown 1-0 Unknown 11.10.2000 Albania V Greece Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania Unknown 2-0 Unknown 11.10.2000 Finland V England Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland 17.00 0-0 24.03.2001 England V Finland Anfield, Liverpool, England 15.00 2-1 Owen 43' Beckham 50' og Neville 26' 24.03.2001 Germany V Albania Bay-Arena, Leverkusen, Germany Unknown 2-1 Unknown Unknown 28.03.2001 Albania V England Quemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania 19.30 1-3 Rraklli 90' Owen 73' Scholes 85' Andy Cole 90' 28.03.2001 Greece V Germany Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece Unknown 2-4 Unknown Unknown 02.06.2001 Finland V Germany Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland Unknown 2-2 Unknown Unknown 02.06.2001 Greece V Albania OFI, Heraklion, Greece Unknown 1-0 Unknown 06.06.2001 Albania V Germany Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Unknown 0-2 Unknown 06.06.2001 Greece V England Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece 19.45 0-2 Scholes 64' Beckham 87' 01.09.2001 Albania V Finland Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania Unknown 0-2 Unknown 01.09.2001 Germany V England Olympic Stadium, Munich, Germany 18.30 1-5 Jancker 6' Owen 13', 48', 66' Gerrard 45' Heskey 74' 05.09.2001 Finland V Greece Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland Unknown 5-1 Unknown Unknown 05.09.2001 England V Albania St James Park, Newcastle England 20.00 2-0 Owen 44' Fowler 88' 06.10.2001 England V Greece Old Trafford, Manchester England 15.00 2-2 Sheringham 67' Beckham 90' Charisteas 36' Nikolaidis 69' 06.10.2001 Germany V Finland Auf Schalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany Unknown 0-0 Country Pl W D L F A Pts England 8 5 2 1 16 6 17 Germany 8 5 2 1 14 10 17 Finland 8 3 3 2 12 7 12 Greece 8 2 1 5 7 17 7 Albania 8 1 0 7 5 14 3 England qualified for the 2002 World Cup Finals in Japan and South Korea. FINALS IN SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN England Squad: David Seaman #1 (Arsenal), Nigel Martyn #13 (Leeds United), David James #22 (West Ham United, Rio Ferdinand #5 (Leeds United), Sol Campbell #6 (Arsenal), Gareth Southgate #16 (Middlesbrough), Ashley Cole #3 (Arsenal), Wayne Bridge #14 (Southampton), Danny Mills #2 (Leeds United), Wes Brown #12 (Manchester United), Martin Keown #15 (Arsenal), David Beckham #7 (Manchester United), Paul Scholes #8 (Manchester United), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Kieran Dyer #23 (Newcastle United), Nicky Butt #21 (Manchester United), Owen Hargreaves #18 (Bayern Munich), Joe Cole #19 (West Ham United), Michael Owen #10 (Liverpool), Emile Heskey #11 (Liverpool), Darius Vassell #20 (Aston Villa), Robbie Fowler #9 (Leeds United), Teddy Sheringham #17 (Tottenham Hotspur). Standby: Danny Muprhy. Coach: Sven Goran Eriksson. Withdrew due to injury: Gerrard, Murphy. FINALS GROUP F Date Fixture Venue Time (BST) Result 'Home' Team Scorers 'Away' Team Scorers Att 02.06.2002 England V Sweden Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan 10.30 1-1 Campbell 24' Alexandersson 45' 52,721 02.06.2002 Argentina V Nigeria Ibaraki Kashima Stadium, Ibaraki, Japan 10.30 1-0 Batistuta 63' 34,050 07.06.2002 Sweden V Nigeria Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe, Japan 07.30 2-1 Larsson 35', 63' Aghahowa 27' 36,194 07.06.2002 Argentina V England Sapporo Dome, Sapparo, Japan 12.30 0-1 Beckham 44' - pen 35,927 12.06.2002 Sweden V Argentina Miyagi Stadium, Miyagi, Japan 07.30 1-1 Svensson 59' Crespo 88' 45,777 12.06.2002 Nigeria V England Osaka Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan 07.30 0-0 44,864 Country Pl W D L F A Pts Sweden 3 1 2 0 4 3 5 England 3 1 2 0 2 1 5 Argentina 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 Nigeria 3 0 1 2 1 3 0 FINALS ROUND OF 16 Date Fixture Venue Time (BST) Result 'Home' Team Scorers 'Away' Team Scorers Att 15.06.2002 Germany V Paraguay Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo, S Korea 07.30 1-0 Neuville 88' 25,176 15.06.2002 Denmark V England Niigata Stadium Big Swan, Niigata, Japan 12.30 0-3 Ferdinand 5' Owen 22' Heskey 44' 40,582 16.06.2002 Sweden V Senegal Oita Stadium Big Eye, Oita, Japan 07.30 1-2 Larsson 11' Camara 37', 104' 39,747 16.06.2002 Spain V Ireland Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, S Korea 12.30 1-1 (aet: 3-2 pens) Morientes 8' Keane 90' - pen 36,380 17.06.2002 Mexico V USA Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju, S Korea 07.30 0-2 McBride 8' Donovan 65' 36,380 17.06.2002 Brazil V Belgium Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe, Japan 12.30 2-0 Rivaldo 67' Ronaldo 87' 40,440 18.06.2002 Japan V Turkey Miyagi Stadium, Miyagi, Japan 07.30 0-1 Davala 12' 45,666 18.06.2002 S Korea V Italy Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon, S Korea 12.30 2-1 Seol 88' Ahn 117' Vieri 18' 38,588 QUARTER-FINALS Date Fixture Venue Time (BST) Result 'Home' Team Scorers 'Away' Team Scorers Att 21.06.2002 England V Brazil Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA, Shizuoka, Japan 07.30 1-2 Owen 23' Rivaldo 45' Ronaldinho 50' 47,436 21.06.2002 Germany V USA Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan, S Korea 12.30 1-0 Ballack 39' 37,337 22.06.2002 Spain V S Korea Gwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangji, S Korea 07.30 0-0 (aet: 3-5 Pens) 42,114 22.06.2002 Senegal V Turkey Osaka Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan 12.30 0-1 Mansiz 94' 44,233 England did not progress further. The competition was won by Brazil.