2002 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING

World Cup 1930-2006
Final Tournament

By Continent | By Country

By Continent

	Africa	5 qualifiers
	Asia	4 or 5 qualifiers *
	North/Central America & the Caribbean (CONCACAF)	3 qualifiers
	Europe	14 or 15 qualifiers *
	Oceania	0 or 1 qualifier(s)
	South America (CONMEBOL)	4 or 5 qualifiers

* included in the figures, France qualify as holders, Japan & South Korea qualify as hosts.

By Country

52 FIFA affiliated nations 50 World Cup qualifying entries 0 nations remain 5 nations to qualify 5 nation(s) qualified so far

Nation Latest Qualifying Status Algeria Second Round Group 3 Angola Second Round Group 1 Benin First Round Group A Botswana First Round Group B Burkina Faso Second Round Group 5 Burundi Did not enter Cameroon QUALIFIED! Cape Verde Islands First Round Group A Central African Rep. First Round Group C Chad First Round Group E Comoros Not affiliated to FIFA Congo Second Round Group 4 Democratic Rep Congo Second Round Group 4 Djibouti First Round Group D Egypt Second Round Group 3 Equitorial Guinea First Round Group C Eritrea First Round Group D Ethiopia First Round Group E Gabon First Round Group B Gambia First Round Group A Ghana Second Round Group 2 Guinea Forced to withdraw from Second Round Group 5 Guinea-Bissau First Round Group A Ivory Coast Second Round Group 4 Kenya First Round Group E Lesotho First Round Group B Liberia Second Round Group 2 Libya Second Round Group 1 Madagascar Second Round Group 4 Malawi Second Round Group 5 Mali First Round Group C Mauritania First Round Group A Mauritius First Round Group D Morocco Second Round Group 3 Mozambique First Round Group B Namibia Second Round Group 3 Niger Did not enter Nigeria QUALIFIED! Reunion Not affiliated to FIFA Rwanda First Round Group C Sao Tome & Principe First Round Group C Senegal QUALIFIED! Seychelles First Round Group D Sierra Leone Second Round Group 2 Somalia First Round Group D South Africa QUALIFIED! Sudan Second Round Group 2 Swaziland First Round Group B Tanzania First Round Group E Togo Second Round Group 1 Tunisia QUALIFIED! Uganda First Round Group E Zambia Second Round Group 1 Zanzibar Not affiliated to FIFA Zimbabwe Second Round Group 5

ASIA (AFC)

Nation Latest Qualifying Status Afghanistan Did not enter Bahrain Second Round Bangladesh Group 10 Bhutan Not affiliated to FIFA Brunei Group 8 Cambodia Group 9 China QUALIFIED! Guam Group 2 Hong Kong Group 3 India Group 8 Indonesia Group 9 Iran Europe/Asia Playoff Iraq Second Round Japan QUALIFIED as joint-hosts Jordan Group 7 Kazakhstan Group 6 Kuwait Group 4 Kyrgyzstan Group 4 Laos Group 1 Lebanon Group 5 Macao Group 6 Malaysia Group 3 Maldives Group 9 Mongolia Group 10 Myanmar Withdrew from Group 2 Nepal Group 6 North Korea Did not enter Oman Second Round Pakistan Group 5 Palestine Group 3 Philippines Group 1 Qatar Second Round Saudi Arabia QUALIFIED! Singapore Group 4 South Korea QUALIFIED as joint-hosts Sri Lanka Group 5 Syria Group 1 Taiwan Group 7 Tajikistan Group 2 Thailand Second Round Turkmenistan Group 7 United Arab Emirates Playoff Uzbekistan Second Round Vietnam Group 10 Yemen Group 8

North/Central America & the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Nation Latest Qualifying Status Anguilla Caribbean Zone Round 1 Antigua & Barbuda Interzone Round Aruba Caribbean Zone Round 2 Bahamas Caribbean Zone Round 2 Barbados Semi Final Round Group 3 Belize Central American Zone Group A Bermuda Caribbean Zone Round 2 Canada Semi Final Round Group 1 Cayman Islands Caribbean Zone Round 1 Costa Rica QUALIFIED! Cuba Interzone Round Curacao Not affiliated to FIFA Dominica Caribbean Zone Round 1 Dominican Republic Caribbean Zone Round 2 El Salvador Semi Final Round Group 2 French Guiana Not affiliated to FIFA Grenada Caribbean Zone Round 1 Guadeloupe Not affiliated to FIFA Guatemala Semi Final Round Playoff Guyana Forced to withdraw Haiti Interzone Round Honduras Final Round Jamaica Final Round Martinique Not affiliated to FIFA Mexico QUALIFIED! Montserrat Caribbean Zone Round 1 Neth. Antilles Caribbean Zone Round 1 Nicaragua Central American Zone Group B Panama Semi Final Round Group 1 Puerto Rico Caribbean Zone Round 1 St. Kitts-Nevis Caribbean Zone Round 2 St. Lucia Caribbean Zone Round 1 St. Maarten Not affiliated to FIFA St. Pierre & Miq. Not affiliated to FIFA St. Vincent & Gren. Semi Final Round Group 2 Surinam Caribbean Zone Round 2 Trinidad & Tobago Final Round Turks & Caicos Isl. Caribbean Zone Round 1 U.S.A. Received bye into QUALIFIED! Virgin Islands (UK) Caribbean Zone Round 1 Virgin Islands (US) Caribbean Zone Round 1

Europe (UEFA)

Nation Latest Qualifying Status Albania Group 9 Andorra Group 2 Armenia Group 5 Austria Group 7 Azerbaijan Group 4 Belarus Group 5 Belgium QUALIFIED! Bosnia-Herzegovina Group 7 Bulgaria Group 3 Croatia QUALIFIED! Cyprus Group 2 Czech Republic Playoffs Denmark QUALIFIED! England QUALIFIED! Estonia Group 2 Faroe Islands Group 1 Finland Group 9 France QUALIFIED as holders Georgia Group 8 Germany QUALIFIED! Greece Group 9 Greenland Not affiliated to FIFA Hungary Group 8 Iceland Group 3 Ireland QUALIFIED! Israel Group 7 Italy QUALIFIED! Latvia Group 6 Liechtenstein Group 7 Lithuania Group 8 Luxembourg Group 1 Macedonia Group 4 Malta Group 3 Moldova Group 4 Netherlands Group 2 Northern Ireland Group 3 Norway Group 5 Poland QUALIFIED! Portugal QUALIFIED! Romania Playoffs Russia QUALIFIED! San Marino Group 6 Scotland Group 6 Slovakia Group 4 Slovenia QUALIFIED! Spain QUALIFIED! Sweden QUALIFIED! Switzerland Group 1 Turkey QUALIFIED! Ukraine Playoffs Wales Group 5 Yugoslavia Group 1

Oceania (OFC)

Nation Latest Qualifying Status American Samoa First Round Group 1 Australia South America/Oceania Playoff Cook Islands First Round Group 2 Fiji First Round Group 1 Kiribati Not affiliated to FIFA Nauru Not affiliated to FIFA New Caledonia Not affiliated to FIFA New Zealand Second Round Niue Not affiliated to FIFA Papua New Guinea Did not enter Samoa First Round Group 1 Solomon Islands First Round Group 2 Tahiti First Round Group 2 Tonga First Round Group 1 Tuvalu Not affiliated to FIFA Vanuatu First Round Group 2 Wallis & Futuna Not affiliated to FIFA

South America (CONMEBOL)

Nation Latest Qualifying Status Argentina QUALIFIED! Bolivia Qualifying Round Brazil QUALIFIED! Chile Qualifying Round Colombia Qualifying Round Ecuador QUALIFIED! Paraguay QUALIFIED! Peru Qualifying Round Uruguay QUALIFIED! Venezuela Qualifying Round

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