The six teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner Denmark qualified for the 17th FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan. The runner-up Czech Republic advanced to the UEFA Play-off and played against Belgium. Denmark went through the group undefeated, but four draws - three in their first five matches - kept the Czech Republic in the hunt despite the latter shipping an unexpected loss to Iceland, which in turn kept Bulgaria in with a shout for second place. In fact, in the final round of matches, the Czechs were level with Bulgaria on points but delivered a 6-0 hammering: while Denmark, just two points ahead of the Czechs, thrashed Iceland by the same margin to maintain their lead in the group.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 22 | Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 20 | Advance to UEFA play-offs | 0–0 | — | 6–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | ||
| 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 17 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–0 | |||
| 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 13 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | |||
| 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 11 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | |||
| 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 24 | −20 | 1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | — |
| Bulgaria | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Poborský |
| Northern Ireland | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gray | Report |
| Northern Ireland | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Healy | Report | Rommedahl |
| Czech Republic | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Koller Nedvěd | Report |
| Bulgaria | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| G. Ivanov S. Todorov | Report |
| Iceland | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Th. Guðjónsson | Report |
| Northern Ireland | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Nedvěd |
| Bulgaria | 4–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Balakov Petrov Chomakov | Report | Williams Elliott Healy |
| Malta | 1–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mifsud | Report | T. Guðmundsson He. Sigurdsson E. Guðjohnsen Th. Guðjónsson |
| Northern Ireland | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | G. Ivanov |
| Iceland | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| T. Guðmundsson Daðason E. Guðjohnsen | Report |
| Czech Republic | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kuka Baroš | Report | Mulryne |
| Denmark | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rommedahl | Report | Mulryne |
| Iceland | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| E. Sverrisson A. Sigthórsson | Report | Jankulovski |
| Czech Republic | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jankulovski Lokvenc Baroš | Report | Carabott G. Agius |
| Malta | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Healy |
There were 85 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match.
9 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal