The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 2 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Andorra, Cyprus, Estonia, the Netherlands, Portugal and the Republic of Ireland.
The group was won by Portugal, who qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The runners-up Republic of Ireland entered the UEFA–AFC play-off as the group's play-off berth was randomly drawn by FIFA for the intercontinental play-off against an AFC team not one from its own confederation. Portugal, Ireland, and the Netherlands were clearly the top sides in the group, each handing out six beatings to the three other minnows. Between the top three, four of the matches were drawn, but the Netherlands lost one match each to Portugal and Ireland and had to settle for third place. In the end, Portugal only topped the group ahead of Ireland by virtue of superior goal difference.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Portugal
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10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 7 | +26 | 24 | Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Republic of Ireland
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10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 24 | Advance to inter-confederation play-offs | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | |
| 3 | Netherlands
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10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 9 | +21 | 20 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | 5–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 4 | Estonia
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10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 26 | −16 | 8 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–4 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | ||
| 5 | Cyprus
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10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 31 | −18 | 8 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–2 | — | 5–0 | ||
| 6 | Andorra
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10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 36 | −31 | 0 | 1–7 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 2–3 | — |
| Estonia | 1–0 | Andorra |
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Reim  66' (pen.) |
Report |
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Zoran Arsić (FR Yugoslavia)
| Andorra | 2–3 | Cyprus |
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| González 45' I. Lima 52' |
Report | Konstantinou 25' (pen.), 90' Agathokleous 77' |
Attendance: 600
Referee: Ihor Yarmenchuk (Ukraine)
| Netherlands | 2–2 | Republic of Ireland |
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| Talan 71' Van Bronckhorst 84' |
Report | Robbie Keane 21' McAteer 65' |
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
| Estonia | 1–3 | Portugal |
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| Oper 83' |
Report | Rui Costa 15' Figo 49'Sá Pinto 57' |
Attendance: 4,700
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)
| Andorra | 1–2 | Estonia |
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| Ruiz 90+1' (pen.) |
Report | Reim 55' Oper 65' |
Attendance: 650
Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)
| Cyprus | 0–4 | Netherlands |
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| Report | Seedorf 69', 78' Overmars 82'Kluivert 90' |
Attendance: 10,250
Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)
| Portugal | 1–1 | Republic of Ireland |
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| Conceição 57' |
Report | Holland 73' |
Attendance: 43,500
Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)
| Republic of Ireland | 2–0 | Estonia |
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| Kinsella 25' Dunne 51' |
Report |
Attendance: 34,962
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
| Netherlands | 0–2 | Portugal |
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| Report | Conceição 11' Pauleta 44' |
Attendance: 44,620
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
| Cyprus | 5–0 | Andorra |
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| Okkas 10', 18' Agathokleous 43'Christodoulou 73'Špoljarić 90' (pen.) |
Report |
Attendance: 1,193
Referee: Sten Johanzon (Sweden)
| Portugal | 3–0 | Andorra |
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| Figo 1', 49' Pauleta 36' |
Report |
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Paul Allaerts (Belgium)
| Cyprus | 0–4 | Republic of Ireland |
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| Report | Roy Keane 32', 88' Harte 42' (pen.)G. Kelly 80' |
Attendance: 8,854
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
| Andorra | 0–5 | Netherlands |
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| Report | Kluivert 9' Hasselbaink 36'Van Hooijdonk 61', 70'Van Bommel 84' |
Attendance: 3,823
Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)
| Andorra | 0–3 | Republic of Ireland |
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| Report | Harte 33' (pen.) Kilbane 76'Holland 80' |
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ihor Ishchenko (Ukraine)
| Cyprus | 2–2 | Estonia |
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| Konstantinou 47' Okkas 64' |
Report | Kristal 76' Piiroja 78' |
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
| Portugal | 2–2 | Netherlands |
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| Pauleta 83' Figo 90+1' (pen.) |
Report | Hasselbaink 18' (pen.) Kluivert 48' |
Attendance: 42,164
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
| Republic of Ireland | 3–1 | Andorra |
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| Kilbane 33' Kinsella 36'Breen 73' |
Report | Lima 31' |
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland)
| Netherlands | 4–0 | Cyprus |
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| Hasselbaink 29' Overmars 35'Kluivert 44'Van Nistelrooy 81' |
Report |
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Yuri Baskakov (Russia)
| Republic of Ireland | 1–1 | Portugal |
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| Roy Keane 68' |
Report | Figo 78' |
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)
| Estonia | 2–4 | Netherlands |
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| Oper 65' Zelinski 76' |
Report | Piiroja 68' (o.g.) Van Nistelrooy 83', 90'Kluivert 90' |
Attendance: 9,323
Referee: Ceri Richards (Wales)
| Estonia | 0–2 | Republic of Ireland |
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| Report | Dunne 8' Holland 38' |
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Marian Salomir (Romania)
| Portugal | 6–0 | Cyprus |
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| Pauleta 36', 70' Barbosa 55', 60'João Pinto 76', 81' |
Report |
Attendance: 34,500
Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy)
| Estonia | 2–2 | Cyprus |
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| Zelinski 51' Novikov 86' |
Report | Konstantinou 39', 69' |
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Oleg Chikun (Belarus)
| Republic of Ireland | 1–0 | Netherlands |
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| McAteer 68' |
Report |
Attendance: 35,400
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)
| Andorra | 1–7 | Portugal |
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| Jonas 42' |
Report | Nuno Gomes 36', 40', 45', 90' Pauleta 39'Rui Jorge 45'Conceição 58' |
Attendance: 4,876
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
| Netherlands | 5–0 | Estonia |
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| Zenden 16' Van Bommel 26', 39'Cocu 32'Van Nistelrooy 43' |
Report |
Attendance: 28,500
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
| Cyprus | 1–3 | Portugal |
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| Konstantinou 25' |
Report | Nuno Gomes 48' Pauleta 64'Conceição 71' |
Attendance: 2,878
Referee: Karl-Erik Nilsson (Sweden)
| Portugal | 5–0 | Estonia |
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| João Pinto 30' Nuno Gomes 50', 65'Pauleta 59'Figo 80' |
Report |
Attendance: 77,000
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)
| Republic of Ireland | 4–0 | Cyprus |
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| Harte 3' Quinn 11'Connolly 63'Roy Keane 67' |
Report |
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Juan Ansuátegui Roca (Spain)
| Netherlands | 4–0 | Andorra |
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| Van Hooijdonk 3' (pen.) Seedorf 45'Van Nistelrooy 53', 89' |
Report |
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Orhan Erdemir (Turkey)
There were 114 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.8 goals per match.
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
Ruud Van Nistelrooy Luís Figo5 goals
4 goals
Sérgio Conceição3 goals
Andres Oper Ian Harte Matt Holland Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Clarence Seedorf Mark Van Bommel Pierre Van Hooijdonk João Vieira Pinto2 goals
Marios Agathokleous Martin Reim Indrek Zelinski Richard Dunne Kevin Kilbane Mark Kinsella Jason McAteer Marc Overmars Pedro Barbosa1 goal
Roberto Jonas Justo Ruiz Marios Christodoulou Milenko Špoljarić Marko Kristal Jevgeni Novikov Raio Piiroja Gary Breen David Connolly Robbie Keane Gary Kelly Niall Quinn Phillip Cocu Jeffrey Talan Giovanni van Bronckhorst Boudewijn Zenden Rui Jorge Manuel Rui Costa Ricardo Sá Pinto1 own goal
Raio Piiroja (against the Netherlands)
