The six teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner Sweden qualified for the 17th FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan. The runner-up Turkey advanced to the UEFA Play-off and played against Austria. Sweden went undefeated through the group, conceding just two draws against Turkey and Slovakia: Turkey and Slovakia ran close for second, the positions eventually being decided by Turkey's victory in the second match between the two sides, which ensured that even their subsequent defeat to the Swedes could not keep them out of second place.[ citation needed ]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |  |  |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 26 | Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Turkey | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 21 | Advance to UEFA play-offs | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
| 3 | Slovakia | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 17 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | ||
| 4 | Macedonia | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 7 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–5 | — | 2–2 | 3–0 | ||
| 5 | Moldova | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 6 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 6 | Azerbaijan | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 5 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |
| Azerbaijan | 0–1 | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Report | A. Svensson  10' |
| Macedonia | 3–0 | Azerbaijan |
|---|---|---|
| Hristov 34', 45' Beqiri 75' | Report |
| Azerbaijan | 0–1 | Turkey |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Şükür 73' |
| Azerbaijan | 0–0 | Moldova |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Sweden | 1–0 | Macedonia |
|---|---|---|
| A. Svensson 43' | Report |
| Macedonia | 1–2 | Turkey |
|---|---|---|
| T. Micevski 20' | Report | I. Mitreski 68' (o.g.) Ümit Davala 70' |
| Azerbaijan | 2–0 | Slovakia |
|---|---|---|
| Vasilyev 26' Tağizade 55' | Report |
| Turkey | 3–3 | Macedonia |
|---|---|---|
| Alpay 43', 58', 75' | Report | Šakiri 7' Serafimovski 20'Nikolovski 62' |
| Sweden | 6–0 | Moldova |
|---|---|---|
| Larsson 38' (pen.), 58', 68' (pen.), 79' (pen.) Alexandersson 74'Allbäck 77' | Report |
| Moldova | 2–0 | Azerbaijan |
|---|---|---|
| Cleşcenco 19' Covalciuc 88' | Report |
| Azerbaijan | 1–1 | Macedonia |
|---|---|---|
| İsmayilov 90' | Report | Trajanov 12' |
| Sweden | 3–0 | Azerbaijan |
|---|---|---|
| A. Svensson 52' Larsson 60' (pen.)Ibrahimović 69' | Report |
There were 75 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.
8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Fərrux İsmayılov Zaur Tağızadə Argjend Beqiri Mile Krstev Toni Micevski Dragan Načevski Igor Nikolovski Žarko Serafimovski Vančo Trajanov Ruslan Barburoş Serghei Covalciuc Serghei Pogreban Radu Rebeja Peter Dzúrik Ľubomír Meszároš Tomáš Oravec Attila Pinte Ľubomír Reiter Róbert Tomaschek Niclas Alexandersson Andreas Andersson Patrik Andersson Zlatan Ibrahimović Emre Aşık Emre Belözoğlu Okan Buruk Ümit Davala Oktay Derelioğlu Tayfur Havutçu Nihat Kahveci Tayfun Korkut İlhan Mansız 1 own goal
Goran Stavrevski (against Slovakia) Igor Mitreski (against Turkey)