1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

Group 2 consisted of five of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[1] England, Georgia, Italy, Moldova, and Poland. These five teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 15 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots.

Standings

Legend
Group winners and one best runner-up among all groups directly qualified for the finals
Remaining group runners-up advanced to the play-offs
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 England 8611152+1319
 Italy 8530111+1018
 Poland 83141012−210
 Georgia 831479−210
 Moldova 8008221−190
  England Georgia (country) Italy Moldova Poland
England  – 2–0 0–1 4–0 2–1
Georgia  0–2 – 0–0 2–0 3–0
Italy  0–0 1–0 – 3–0 3–0
Moldova  0–3 0–1 1–3 – 0–3
Poland  0–2 4–1 0–0 2–1 –

Results

Moldova  0–3  England
Report Barmby  24'
Gascoigne  26'
Shearer  61'
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)
Moldova  1–3  Italy
Curtianu  12' Report Ravanelli  8', 87'
Casiraghi  67'
Attendance: 4,085
England  2–1  Poland
Shearer  25', 38' Report Citko  7'
Wembley, London
Attendance: 74,663
Italy  1–0  Georgia
Ravanelli  43' Report
Attendance: 14,012
Referee: Eric Blareau (Belgium)
Georgia  0–2  England
Report Sheringham  15'
Ferdinand  37'
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)
Poland  2–1  Moldova
Bałuszyński  4'
K. Warzycha  77' (pen.)		 Report Cleşcenco  83' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Sotirios Vorgias (Greece)
England  0–1  Italy
Report Zola  19'
Wembley, London
Attendance: 75,056
Italy  3–0  Moldova
Maldini  24'
Zola  45'
Vieri  50'		 Report
Attendance: 17,677
Poland  0–0  Italy
Report
Attendance: 32,000
England  2–0  Georgia
Sheringham  42'
Shearer  90+1'		 Report
Wembley, London
Attendance: 71,208
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)
Italy  3–0  Poland
Di Matteo  24'
Maldini  36'
R.Baggio  62'		 Report
Attendance: 35,237
Poland  0–2  England
Report Shearer  5'
Sheringham  90'
Attendance: 25,000
Georgia  2–0  Moldova
S. Arveladze  27'
Kinkladze  51'		 Report
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)
Poland  4–1  Georgia
Ledwoń  32'
Trzeciak  34'
Bukalski  74' (pen.)
K. Nowak  90'		 Report S. Arveladze  24'
Attendance: 1,022
England  4–0  Moldova
Scholes  29'
Wright  46', 90'
Gascoigne  81'		 Report
Attendance: 74,102
Georgia  0–0  Italy
Report
Attendance: 51,117
Moldova  0–1  Georgia
Report Ketsbaia  10'
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)
Moldova  0–3  Poland
Report (incorrect substitutions)
Report		 Juskowiak  23', 56', 60'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Metin Tokat (Turkey)
Italy  0–0  England
Report
Attendance: 65,892

Goal scorers

5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Notes

  1. ↑ Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
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