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FIFA World Cup Japan-South Korea 2002 Qualifying

FIFA members: 204

Slots: 29

Entered: 196 + France (Holder), Japan (Co-Host) & South Korea (Co-Host)

Not entered: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Niger, North Korea & Papua New Guinea (5)

Participating teams: Africa-CAF (51), Asia-AFC (39), Europe-UEFA (50),

Africa-CAF

CAF members: 52

Slots: 5

Entered: 51

Not entered: Niger

  • 7 April 2000 - 29 July 2001
    FIFA World Cup Japan-South Korea 2002 Africa-CAF Qualifying
    Participating teams: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi (Withdrew), Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia & Zimbabwe (51)

Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa & Tunisia (FIFA World Cup Japan-South Korea 2002)

Asia-AFC

AFC members: 44

Slots: 2 or 3 + Japan (Co-Host) & South Korea (Co-Host)

Entered: 39

Not entered: Afghanistan, Bhutan & North Korea (3)

  • 19 November 2003 - 12 October 2005
    FIFA World Cup Japan-South Korea 2002 Asia-AFC Qualifying
    Participating teams: Bahrain, Bangladesh, China, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal (Withdrew), North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam & Yemen (39)

China, Japan (Co-Host), Saudi Arabia & South Korea (Co-Host) (FIFA World Cup Japan-South Korea 2002)
Iran (FIFA World Cup Japan-South Korea 2002 Qualifying Play-offs)

Europe-UEFA

UEFA members: 51

Slots: 13 + France (Holder)

Entered: 50

  • 16 August 2000 - 14 November 2001
    FIFA World Cup Japan-South Korea 2002 Europ-UEFA Qualifying
    Participating teams: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales & Yugoslavia (50)

Belgium, Croatia, England, France (Holder), Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,Turkey & Ukraine (FIFA World Cup Japan-South Korea 2002)

North & Central American & Caribbean-CONCACAF

CONCACAF members: 35

Slots: 3 or 4

Entered: 35

  • 5 March 2000 - 11 November 2001
    FIFA World Cup Japan-South Korea 2002 North & Central America & Caribbean-CONCACAF Qualifying
    Participating teams: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, United States & Virgin Islands (35)

Costa Rica, Mexico & United States (FIFA World Cup Japan-South Korea 2002)
Honduras (FIFA World Cup Japan-South Korea 2002 Qualifying Play-offs)

Oceania-OFC

OFC members: 11

Slots: 0 or 1

Entered: 10

Not entered: Papua New Guinea

Australia (FIFA World Cup Japan-South Korea 2002 Qualifying Play-offs)

South America-CONMEBOL

CONMEBOL members: 10

Slots: 4 or 5

Entered: 10

Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador & Paraguay (FIFA World Cup Japan-South Korea 2002)
Uruguay (FIFA World Cup Japan-South Korea 2002 Quaifying Play-offs)

Play-offs

Saturday 10 November 2001
Ireland 2-0 Iran
  1-0  
Dublin (Ireland)
Thursday 15 November 2001
Iran 1-0 Ireland
  0-0  
Tehrain (Iran)
Ireland (FIFA World Cup Japan-South Korea 2002)
Tuesday 20 November 2001
Australia 1-0 Uruguay
  0-0  
Melbourne (Australia)
Sunday 25 November 2001
Uruguay 3-0 Australia
  1-0  
Aggregate: 3-1
Montevideo (Uruguay)
Uruguay (FIFA World Cup Japan-South Korea 2002)