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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 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 | — |
Results
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–2 | Spain |
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Baljić  41' |
Report | Gerard 39' Etxeberria 72' |
| Israel | 2–0 | Liechtenstein |
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| Mizrahi 1' Balili 80' |
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| Israel | 3–1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Berkovich 12' Abuksis 62'Katan 76' |
Report | Akrapović 48' |
| Spain | 5–0 | Liechtenstein |
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| Helguera 20' Mendieta 36', 82'Hierro 55' (pen.)Raúl 67' |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–1 | Austria |
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| Barbarez 43' |
Report | Baur 61' |
| Austria | 2–1 | Israel |
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| Baur 9' Herzog 42' (pen.) |
Report | Baur 6' (o.g.) |
| Liechtenstein | 0–3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Report | Barbarez 10', 72' Hota 89' |
| Austria | 2–0 | Liechtenstein |
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| Glieder 44' Flögel 75' |
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| Spain | 4–1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Hierro 26' Moreno 76'Raúl 89'Tristán 90' |
Report | Bešlija 41' |
| Liechtenstein | 0–3 | Israel |
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| Report | Revivo 3' Tal 7'Nimni 18' |
| Spain | 4–0 | Austria |
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| Tristán 45' Morientes 79', 84'Mendieta 90+1' |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0–0 | Israel |
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| Austria | 2–0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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| Herzog 38', 87' |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5–0 | Liechtenstein |
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| Konjić 33' Baljić 45' (pen.), 82' (pen.)Šabić 69'Dodik 85' |
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- 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.[1]
References
- "PLUS: SOCCER; World Cup Qualifier Postponed in Israel (Published 2001)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-10-19.