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Archive World Cup 2002 Match Reports

Bosnia-Hercegovina 1 Hungary 1 (Feb 28, 2001)

Bosnia drew this Zenica friendly 1-1 in difficult conditions aganst Hungary. . . . more . . .

Croatia 1 Austria 0 (Feb 28, 2001)

Croatia won their first game under new coach Mirko Jozic with a goal from Davor Vugrinic. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Portugal 3 Andorra 0 (Feb 28, 2001)

Two goals from Luis Figo helped Portugal to a 3-0 win over Andorra in Funchal. . . . more . . .

Luxembourg 0 Finland 1 (Feb 28, 2001)

A 1-0 win for Finland in Luxembourg came from a Mikael Forssell goal. . . . more . . .

Northern Ireland 0 Norway 4 (Feb 28, 2001)

A bad night for Northern Ireland brought a 4-0 win for Norway in Belfast and an off the field row with Celtic midfielder Neil Lennon who says he is to quit the team after sectarian abuse against him at Windsor Park. . . . more . . .

Italy 1 Argentina 2 (Feb 28, 2001)

Argentina were exceptional in a 2-1 win in Rome against an Italy team who took the lead. . . . more . . .

Malta 0 Sweden 3 (Feb 28, 2001)

Sweden were comfortable winners in Valletta against Malta. . . . more . . .

Holland 0 Turkey 0 (Feb 28, 2001)

Turkey held Holland to a 0-0 draw in a dire Amsterdam friendly. . . . more . . .

Greece 3 Russia 3 (Feb 28, 2001)

Greece scored a last second penalty kick to draw 3-3 in Heraklion with Russia in an exciting friendly. . . . more . . .

Slovenia 0 Uruguay 2 (Feb 28, 2001)

Uruguay used counter attacks to score a goal in each half in Ljubljana. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Belgium 10 San Marino 1 (Feb 28, 2001)

Belgium shot to the top of World Cup qualifying group six with a 10-1 crushing of San Marino. . . . more . . .

England 3 Spain 0 (Feb 28, 2001)

England recovered from early domination by Spain to hit three goals for a good win at the start of Sven Goran Eriksson's reign as coach. . . . more . . .

Poland 4 Switzerland 0 (Feb 28, 2001)

Poland hammered Switzerland with four goals in this friendly which was played in Larnaka, Cyprus. . . . more . . .

France 1 Germany 0 (Feb 27, 2001)

An excellent first half goal from the inspirational Zinedine Zidane settled this Paris friendly in favour of France. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Saudi Arabia 6 Bangladesh 0 (Feb 17, 2001)

World Cup habit for Saudi Arabia as they sealed their place in the next qualifying round. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Saudi Arabia 6 Mongolia 0 (Feb 15, 2001)

Saudi Arabia hammered six goals past Mongolia for the second time in a week in Dammam. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Saudi Arabia 5 Vietnam 0 (Feb 12, 2001)

Sami Al Jaber scored three goals for Saudi Arabia as they won 5-0 in Dammam against Vietnam in Group 10 of the Asian qualifying zone for the 2002 Wold Cup. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Saudi Arabia 3 Bangladesh 0 (Feb 11, 2001)

Saudi Arabia saw two goals from Talal Al Meshal help them to a convincing 3-0 win over Bangladesh. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Singapore 1 Bahrain 2 (Feb 09, 2001)

A fight that saw three players red carded marred a 2-1 win for Bahrain over hosts Singapore in Group Four of the Asia zone of 2002 World Cup qualification. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Kuwait 3 Kyrgyzstan 0 (Feb 09, 2001)

Kuwait easily beat Kyrgyzstan in Group Four of Asia's 2002 World Cup qualifying tournament but needed two goals in the last five minutes to make the scoreline convincing. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Saudi Arabia 6 Mongolia 0 (Feb 08, 2001)

Saudi Arabia hammered Mongolia 6-0 in Riyadh as their 2002 World Cup campaign got under way. . . . more . . .

2002 World Cup - Singapore 1 Kuwait 1 (Feb 06, 2001)

Singapore needed an equaliser four minutes from the end to avoid defeat against Kuwait. . . . more . . .