2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Tournament details
Dates	16 August 2000 – 15 November 2001
Teams	50 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	238
Goals scored	677 (2.84 per match)
Attendance	4,786,293 (20,110 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Andriy Shevchenko (10 goals)
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Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for UEFA teams.

The European section of the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, which was held in South Korea and Japan, for national teams which are members of the UEFA. Apart from France, who qualified automatically as defending champions, a total of 13.5 slots in the final tournament were available for UEFA teams.

The 50 teams were divided into nine groups, five groups of six teams and four groups of five teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. Among the runners-up, Group 2 was drawn randomly to advance to the UEFA–AFC Intercontinental play-off while the remaining eight runners-up would advance to the UEFA play-offs.^[1]

In the play-offs, the eight teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The four aggregate winners qualified. The qualifying process started on 2 September 2000, after UEFA Euro 2000, and ended on 14 November 2001.