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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

[1]

Matches

24′
Gascoigne 26′
Shearer 61′
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)

Moldova 1–3 Italy
Curtianu 12′ Report Ravanelli 8′, 87′
Casiraghi 67′

England 2–1 Poland
Shearer 25′, 38′ Report Citko 7′
Wembley, London
Attendance: 74,663
Italy 1–0 Georgia
Ravanelli 43′ Report
Attendance: 14,012

Georgia 0–2 England
Report Sheringham 15′
Ferdinand 37′
Poland 2–1 Moldova
Bałuszyński 4′
K. Warzycha 77′ (pen.)
Report Cleşcenco 83′ (pen.)
Attendance: 8,000

England 0–1 Italy
Report Zola 19′
Wembley, London
Attendance: 75,056

Italy 3–0 Moldova
Maldini 24′
Zola 45′
Vieri 50′
Report

Poland 0–0 Italy
Report

England 2–0 Georgia
Sheringham 42′
Shearer 90+1′
Report
Wembley, London
Attendance: 71,208
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)
Italy 3–0 Poland
Di Matteo 24′
Maldini 36′
R.Baggio 62′
Report
Attendance: 35,237

Poland 0–2 England
Report Shearer 5′
Sheringham 90′
Attendance: 25,000

Georgia 2–0 Moldova
S. Arveladze 27′
Kinkladze 51′
Report
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)

Poland 4–1 Georgia
Ledwoń 32′
Trzeciak 34′
Bukalski 74′ (pen.)
K. Nowak 90′
Report S. Arveladze 24′
Attendance: 1,022

England 4–0 Moldova
Scholes 29′
Wright 46′, 90′
Gascoigne 81′
Report
Attendance: 74,102
Georgia 0–0 Italy
Report

Moldova 0–1 Georgia
Report Ketsbaia 10′
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)

Moldova 0–3 Poland
Report (incorrect substitutions)
Report
Juskowiak 23′, 56′, 60′
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Metin Tokat (Turkey)

Italy 0–0 England
Report
Attendance: 65,892

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

Notes

  1. Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.

References