2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

The five teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner Italy qualified for the 17th FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan. The runner-up Romania advanced to the UEFA Play-off and played against Slovenia.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 8 6 2 0 16 3 +13 20 Qualification to 2002 FIFA World Cup — 3–0 2–0 1–0 4–0
2  Romania 8 5 1 2 10 7 +3 16 Advance to UEFA play-offs 0–2 — 1–1 2–0 1–0
3  Georgia 8 3 1 4 12 12 0 10 1–2 0–2 — 3–1 2–0
4  Hungary 8 2 2 4 14 13 +1 8 2–2 0–2 4–1 — 1–1
5  Lithuania 8 0 2 6 3 20 −17 2 0–0 1–2 0–4 1–6 —
Source:

Results
Hungary 2–2 Italy
Horváth  29', 78' Report Inzaghi  26', 35'
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 60,000
Romania 1–0 Lithuania
Ganea  89' Report
Referee: Morgan Norman (Sweden)
Italy 3–0 Romania
Inzaghi  13'
Delvecchio  17'
Totti  42'		 Report
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan
Lithuania 0–4 Georgia
Report Ketsbaia  19', 35'
Kinkladze  46'
A. Arveladze  84'
Italy 2–0 Georgia
Del Piero  47' (pen.), 87' (pen.) Report
Lithuania 1–6 Hungary
Buitkus  71' Report Illés  25'
M. Fehér  36', 61', 72'
Horváth  67'
Lisztes  84'
Darius and Girenas Stadium, Kaunas
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Orhan Erdemir (Turkey)
Romania 0–2 Italy
Report Inzaghi  29', 33'
Hungary 1–1 Lithuania
V. Sebők  70' (pen.) Report Ražanauskas  74'
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Vasiliy Melnichuk (Ukraine)
Italy 4–0 Lithuania
Inzaghi  17', 64'
Del Piero  49', 79'		 Report
Referee: Sergei Shmolik (Belarus)
Georgia 0–2 Romania
Report C. Munteanu  69'
Contra  80'
Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi
Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway)
Georgia 1–2 Italy
Gakhokidze  80' Report Delvecchio  45'
Totti  66'
Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi
Romania 2–0 Hungary
M. Niculae  5', 54' Report
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Eric Poulat (France)
Lithuania 1–2 Romania
Fomenka  86' Report A. Ilie  31'
V. Moldovan  49'
Darius and Girenas Stadium, Kaunas
Referee: Anton Stredak (Slovakia)
Hungary 4–1 Georgia
Mátyus  40'
V. Sebők  45' (pen.)
A. Korsós  55', 62'		 Report Kobiashvili  77'
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 7,325
Lithuania 0–0 Italy
Report
Darius and Girenas Stadium, Kaunas
Georgia 3–1 Hungary
S. Arveladze  32'
Jamarauli  53'
Iashvili  64'		 Report Mátyus  43'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Drago Kos (Slovenia)
Hungary 0–2 Romania
Report A. Ilie  11'
M. Niculae  27'
Népstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 7,000
Georgia 2–0 Lithuania
Iashvili  81', 83' Report
Referee: Haim Yakov (Israel)
Italy 1–0 Hungary
Del Piero  45' Report
Attendance: 20,805
Romania 1–1 Georgia
Gh. Popescu  88' Report Iashvili  55'

Goalscorers
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