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    William Dalrymple (historian)

    Group 2 consisted of five of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[a] 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

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1  England 8 6 1 1 15 2 +13 19 Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup — 0–1 2–1 2–0 4–0
    2  Italy 8 5 3 0 11 1 +10 18 Advance to second round 0–0 — 3–0 1–0 3–0
    3  Poland 8 3 1 4 10 12 −2 10 0–2 0–0 — 4–1 2–1
    4  Georgia 8 3 1 4 7 9 −2 10 0–2 0–0 3–0 — 2–0
    5  Moldova 8 0 0 8 2 21 −19 0 0–3 1–3 0–3 0–1 —
    Source: [1]

    Matches

    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
    Georgia 0–2 England
    Report Sheringham 15'
    Ferdinand 37'
    Attendance: 48,000
    Poland 2–1 Moldova
    Bałuszyński 4'
    K. Warzycha 77' (pen.)    		 Report Cleşcenco 83' (pen.)
    Attendance: 8,000
    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

    Goalscorers

    There were 45 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.25 goals per match.

    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.

    References

    1. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 1998, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_%E2%80%93_UEFA_Group_2

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