8 July 1990 - WORLD CUP 
		FINAL
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 West Germany | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Argentina | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Italy | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 England | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Cameroon, Czechoslovakia, Republic of Ireland, Yugoslavia | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Brazil, France, Mexico, 
				Spain, USSR | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				
				Austria, Belgium, Sweden, Uruguay | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Five | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Netherlands, Peru, 
				Portugal | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Six | 
				
			
				
				
				DPR Korea,  
				German Democratic Republic*, 
				Hungary, Poland 
          	  
          (*now re-unifying with West Germany to form Germany at the top of Group 
				One) | 
				
		
		
		13 
		October 1990 - European 
		Championship Preliminary Group match (Paris)
          France 2-1 Czechoslovakia
		(France promoted to Group 
		2, Czechoslovakia relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Cameroon, 
				France, Republic of 
				Ireland, Yugoslavia | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Brazil,  
				Czechoslovakia, 
				 
				
				Mexico, 
				Spain, USSR | 
				
		
		
		14 November 1990 - 
		European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		 (Lansdowne Road, Dublin)
          Republic of Ireland 1-1 England
          
		x - no change
		
		6 February 1991 
		 (Wembley Stadium, London)
          England 2-0 Cameroon
          
		x - no change
		
		20 February 1991 - 
		European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		 (Paris)
          France 3-1 Spain 
		x - no change
		
		27 March 1991 - 
		European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		 (Wembley Stadium, London)
          England 1-1 Republic of Ireland
          
		x - no change
		 
		7 May 1991 (Los Angeles)
          Mexico 0-2 Uruguay
		(Uruguay promoted to Group 
		3, Mexico relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Brazil, 
				Czechoslovakia, 
				 
				Spain, Uruguay, USSR | 
				
			
				| Group Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				
				Austria, 
				
				
				
				Belgium, 
				
				Mexico, 
				Sweden | 
				
		
		
		25 May 1991 - England Challenge Cup 
		 (Wembley 
		Stadium, London)
          Argentina 2-2 England
          
		x - no change
		
		13 June 1991 - Scania Cup Semi-Final 
		 (Gothenburg)
          Sweden 2-3 USSR 
		AET 
		x - no change
		
		8 August 1991 - Memorial Pier Cesare Baretti 
		 (Aosta)
          Czechoslovakia 0-0 Yugoslavia
          Czechoslovakia won 4-3 on penalties. 
		x - no change
		
		4 September 1991 -
          
		European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		 (Bratislava)
          Czechoslovakia 1-2 France 
		x - no change
          
		 (Oporto)
          Portugal 1-1 Austria
          
		x - no change
		
		11 September 1991 -
          
		 (Wembley Stadium, London)
          England 0-1 Germany
          
		x - no change
          
		 (Eindhoven)
          Netherlands 1-1 Poland 
		x - no change
		
		12 October 1991 - 
		European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		 (Seville)
          Spain 1-2 France 
		x - no change
		 
		30 October 1991 (Varginha)
          Brazil 3-1 Yugoslavia
		(Brazil promoted to Group 
		2, Yugoslavia relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Brazil, 
				Cameroon, 
				France, Republic of 
				Ireland | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				Czechoslovakia,  
				Spain, Uruguay, USSR, 
				Yugoslavia | 
				
		
		
		13 November 1991 - 
		European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		 (Vienna)
          Austria 0-2 Yugoslavia 
		x - no change
		
		20 November 1991 
		 (Veracruz)
          Mexico 1-1 Uruguay 
		x - no change
		 
		18 December 1991 (Goiania)
          Brazil 2-1 Czechoslovakia 
		x - no change
		
		19 February 1992 
		 (Wembley Stadium, London)
          England 2-0 France
          
		x - no change
		
		25 March 1992  
		(Turin)
          Italy 1-0 Germany
		(Italy 
		go top, Germany drop to second, Argentina drop to third)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Italy | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Germany | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 England | 
			
			
		 
		30 April 1992 (Montevideo)
          Uruguay 1-0 Brazil
		(Uruguay promoted to Group 
		2, Brazil relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Cameroon,  
				France,  
				Republic of 
				Ireland, 
				Uruguay | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				
				
				Brazil,  
				Czechoslovakia,  
				Spain,  
				Yugoslavia 
          	  
          (USSR now splitting into 15 
				nations) | 
				
		
		 
		27 May 1992 (Sittard)
          Netherlands 3-2 Austria
		(Netherlands promoted to Group 
		4, Austria relegated)
		
			
				| Group Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Belgium, Mexico, Netherlands, 
				Sweden | 
				
			
				| Group Five | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Austria, Peru, 
				Portugal | 
				
		
		
		4 June 1992 - US Cup 
		 (Foxborough)
          Italy 2-0 Republic of Ireland 
		x - no change
		
		14 June 1992 - 
		European Championship 
		Finals Group match 
		 (Malmo)
          England 0-0 France
          
		x - no change
		
		31 July 1992 - Amistad 
		Cup 
		 (Los Angeles)
          Brazil 5-0 Mexico 
		x - no change
		 
		26 August 1992 (Paris)
          France 0-2 Brazil
		(Brazil promoted to Group 
		2, France relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				
				Brazil,  
				Cameroon, Republic of Ireland, 
				Uruguay | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				
				
				Czechoslovakia, 
				  
				  
				
				France, Spain 
          	  
          (Yugoslavia now splitting into 6 
				nations) | 
				
		
		
		2 September 1992 - 
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		 (Prague)
          Czechoslovakia 1-2 Belgium
		(Belgium promoted to Group 
		3, Czechoslovakia relegated)
		
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Belgium, France, Spain | 
				
			
				| Group Four | 
				
			
				| 
				Czechoslovakia,  
				Mexico, Netherlands, Sweden | 
				
		
		
		23 September 1992 - 
		
		 
		Lipton Cup 
		 (Montevideo)
          Uruguay 0-0 Argentina
          
		x - no change
		
		18 November 1992 - 
		
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		 (Seville)
          Spain 0-0 Republic of Ireland 
		x - no change
		
		16 December 1992 (Porto Alegre)
          Brazil 3-1 Germany
		(Brazil 
		promoted to second, Germany drop to third, Argentina drop to fourth, 
		England relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Italy | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Brazil | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				 Germany | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Cameroon, England, Republic of Ireland, 
				Uruguay | 
				
			
		
		20 December 1992 (Montevideo)
          Uruguay 1-4 Germany 
		x - no change
		
		27 January 1993 
		 (Las Palmas)
          Spain 1-1 Mexico
          
		x - no change
		
		18 February 1993 - Copa Centenario de la Asociación del Fútbol Argentino 
		(Buenos Aires)
          Argentina 1-1 Brazil 
		x - no change
		
		28 April 1993 - 
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		 (Paris)
          France 2-1 Sweden 
		x - no change
		
		19 May 1993 - 
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		 (Stockholm)
          Sweden 1-0 Austria 
		x - no change
		
		10 June 1993 - US Cup 
		
		 (Washington)
          Brazil 3-3 Germany 
		x - no change
		
		13 June 1993 - US Cup 
		
		 (Washington)
          Brazil 1-1 England 
		x - no change
		
		19 June 1993 - US Cup 
		
		 (Detroit)
          England 1-2 Germany 
		x - no change
		
		27 June 1993 - Copa América 
		Quarter-Finals
           
		(Guayaquil)
          Argentina 1-1 Brazil
          Argentina won 6-5 on penalties. 
		x - no change
           
		(Quito)
          Mexico 4-2 Peru 
		x - no change
		
		15 August 1993 - 
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		 (Montevideo)
          Uruguay 1-1 Brazil 
		x - no change
		
		22 August 1993 - 
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		 (Stockholm)
          Sweden 1-1 France 
		x - no change
		
		19 September 1993 - 
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		 (Rio de Janeiro)
          Brazil 2-0 Uruguay 
		x - no change
		
		13 October 1993 -
          
		
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		 (Lansdowne Road, Dublin)
          Republic of Ireland 1-3 Spain 
		
          (Karlsruhe)
          Germany 5-0 Uruguay 
		x - no change
		(Spain promoted to Group 2, 
		Republic of Ireland relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Cameroon, England, Spain, Uruguay | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Belgium, France, 
				Republic of Ireland | 
				
			
		
		10 November 1993 - 
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		 (Vienna)
          Austria 1-1 Sweden 
		x - no change
		
		17 November 1993 -
          
		
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		 (Brussels)
          Belgium 0-0 Czechoslovakia 
		x - no change
          
		(Cologne)
          Germany 2-1 Brazil
		(Germany go 
		second, Brazil drop to third)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Italy | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Germany | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Argentina | 
			
			
		
		15 December 1993 (Miami)
          Argentina 2-1 Germany
		(Argentina 
		go second, Germany drop to third, Brazil drop to fourth)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Italy | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Argentina | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				 Germany | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Brazil | 
			
			
		
		23 March 1994 -
          
		(Linz)
          Austria 1-1 Hungary
          
		x - no change
          
		(Recife)
          Brazil 2-0 Argentina
          
		(Stuttgart)
          Germany 2-1 Italy
		(Germany 
		go top, Italy drop to second, Brazil go third, Argentina drop to fourth)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Germany | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Italy | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				
				 Argentina | 
			
			
		 
		20 April 1994 (Tilburg)
          Netherlands 0-1 Republic of Ireland 
		x - no change
		 
		17 May 1994 (Chorzow)
          Poland 3-4 Austria 
		x - no change
		 
		21 June 1994 - World Cup Finals Group match (Chicago)
          Germany 1-1 Spain 
		x - no change
		
		24 June 1994 - 
		 
		World Cup Finals Group match 
		 (Orlando)
          Mexico 2-1 Republic of Ireland
		(Mexico promoted to Group 
		3, Republic of Ireland relegated)
		
			
				| Group Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Belgium, France,
				
				
				Mexico | 
				
			
				| Group Four | 
				
			
				
				
				Netherlands,  
				  
				Republic of Ireland, 
				Sweden 
          	  
          (Czechoslovakia now split into 2 
				nations) | 
				
		
		 
		25 June 1994 - World Cup Finals Group match (Orlando)
          Belgium 1-0 Netherlands 
		x - no change
		10 July
		1994 - 
		Germany lost to Bulgaria in the World Cup Quarter-Final.
		17 July 1994 - WORLD CUP 
		FINAL
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Italy | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Sweden | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Bulgaria | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Spain | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				Argentina, Cameroon, England, Uruguay | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Four | 
				
			
				| 
				Belgium, France, 
				
				Mexico, Republic 
				of Ireland | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Five | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Austria, Peru, Portugal | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Six | 
				
			
				| 
				
				DPR Korea, Hungary, 
				Poland | 
				
		
		
		12 October 1994 
		 (Wembley Stadium, London)
          England 1-1 Romania 
		x - no change
		 
		21 December 1994 (Buenos Aires)
          Argentina 1-0 Romania
		(Argentina promoted to Group 
		2, Romania relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Argentina, Germany, Netherlands, Spain | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				Cameroon, England, Romania,
				Uruguay | 
				
		
		
		18 January 1995 
		 (La Coruna)
          Spain 2-2 Uruguay 
		x - no change
		 
		1 February 1995 (San Diego)
          Mexico 1-0 Uruguay
		(Mexico 
		promoted to Group 3, Uruguay relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				Cameroon, England, 
				Mexico,   Romania | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Four | 
				
			
				| 
				Belgium, France, Republic 
				of Ireland, Uruguay | 
				
		
         
		15 February 1995 (Mendoza)
          Argentina 4-1 Bulgaria
		
		(Argentina promoted to fourth, Bulgaria relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Italy | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Sweden | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Bulgaria,
				Germany, Netherlands, Spain | 
				
			
		
		29 March 1995 
		 (Wembley Stadium, London)
          England 0-0 Uruguay
          
		x - no change
		
		5 April 1995 
		 (Montevideo)
          Uruguay 1-0 Peru
          
		x - no change
		
		26 April 1995 - 
		European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		 (Lansdowne Road, Dublin)
          Republic of Ireland 1-0 Portugal 
		x - no change
		
		4 June 1995 - Umbro Cup 
		 (Villa 
		Park, Birmingham)
          Brazil 1-0 Sweden 
		x - no change
		
		11 
		June 1995 - European 
		Championship Preliminary Group match (Lansdowne 
		Road, Dublin)
          Republic of Ireland 1-3 Austria
		
		(Austria promoted to Group 
		4, Republic of Ireland relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				
				Austria, 
				Belgium, France,
				Uruguay | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Five | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Peru, Portugal, Republic 
				of Ireland | 
				
			
		 
		21 June 1995 - Schweizerischer Fussballverband 
		Centenary Tournament 
		(Zurich)
          Germany 2-0 Italy
		(Germany 
		promoted to second, Italy drop to third, Sweden drop to fourth, 
		Argentina relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Germany | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Italy | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Sweden | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Argentina, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Spain | 
				
			
		
		13 July 1995 - Copa América 
		Group match 
		(Montevideo)
          Mexico 1-1 Uruguay
          
		x - no change
		
		17 July 1995 - Copa América 
		Quarter-Final 
		(Rivera)
          Argentina 2-2 Brazil
          Brazil won 4-2 on penalties. 
		x - no change
		
		6 September 1995 - European 
		Championship Preliminary Group match (Vienna)
          Austria 3-1 Republic of Ireland 
		x - no change
		 
		11 October 1995
		- 
		European Championship Preliminary Group matches
          (Vienna)
          Austria 1-1 Portugal 
		x - no change
           (Bucharest)
          Romania 1-3 France
		(France 
		promoted to Group 3, Romania relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				Cameroon, England, France,
				
				
				Mexico | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				
				Austria, 
				Belgium, Romania, 
				Uruguay | 
				
		
		
		8 November 1995 - Copa 50imo Aniversario de 
		Clar�n
		
		
		(Buenos Aires)
          Argentina 0-1 Brazil 
		x - no change
		
		15 November 1995 - 
		European Championship Preliminary Group match 
		 (Berlin)
          Germany 3-1 Bulgaria 
		x - no change
		 
		27 March 1996 -
           
		(Brussels)
          Belgium 0-2 France 
		x - no change
           
		(Wembley Stadium, London)
          England 1-0 Bulgaria
		(England 
		promoted to Group 2, Bulgaria relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Argentina, England, Netherlands, Spain | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				Bulgaria,  Cameroon, France,
				
				
				Mexico | 
				
			
		
		24 April 1996 
		 (Rotterdam)
          Netherlands 0-1 Germany 
		x - no change
		
		9 June 1996 - 
		European Championship 
		Finals Group match 
		 (Elland Road, Leeds)
          Bulgaria 1-1 Spain
          
		x - no change
		
		10 June 1996 - 
		European Championship 
		Finals Group match 
		 (St. James' Park, Newcastle)
          France 1-0 Romania
          
		x - no change
		
		13 June 1996 - 
		European Championship 
		Finals Group match 
		 (St. James' Park, Newcastle)
          Bulgaria 1-0 Romania 
		x - no change
		
		15 June 1996 - 
		European Championship 
		 Finals Group match 
		 
		(Elland 
		Road, Leeds)
          France 1-1 Spain
          
		x - no change
		
		19 June 1996 - 
		European Championship 
		Finals Group match 
		 (Old Trafford, Manchester)
          Germany 0-0 Italy 
		x - no change
		
		22 June 1996 - 
		European Championship 
		Quarter-Final 
		(Anfield, Liverpool)
          France 0-0 Netherlands 
		AET
          France won 5-4 on penalties.
          
		x - no change
		
		26 June 1996 - 
		European Championship 
		Semi-Final 
		(Wembley 
		Stadium, London)
          England 1-1 Germany 
		AET
          Germany won 6-5 on penalties.
          
		x - no change
		
		31 August 1996 
		 (Amsterdam)
          Netherlands 2-2 Brazil 
		x - no change
		
		15 December 1996 - 
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		 (Montevideo)
          Uruguay 2-0 Peru 
		x - no change
		
		12 February 1997 - 
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		 (Wembley Stadium, London)
          England 0-1 Italy 
		x - no change
		 
		26 February 1997 (Paris)
          France 2-1 Netherlands
		(France 
		promoted to Group 2, Netherlands relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Argentina, England, France, Spain | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				Bulgaria,  Cameroon, 
				
				Mexico,
				Netherlands | 
				
			
		
		29 March 1997 
		 (Wembley 
		Stadium, London)
          England 2-0 Mexico 
		x - no change
		
		2 April 1997 
		 (Paris)
          France 1-0 Sweden
		(France 
		promoted to fourth, Sweden relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Germany | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Italy | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 France | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Argentina, England, Spain, 
				Sweden | 
				
			
		
		30 April 1997 - 
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		 (Bucharest)
          Romania 1-0 Republic of Ireland 
		x - no change
		
		3 June 1997 - 
		 
		Tournoi de France 
		 (Lyon)
          Brazil 1-1 France 
		x - no change
		
		4 June 1997 - 
		 
		Tournoi de France 
		 (Nantes)
          England 2-0 Italy
		(England 
		promoted to third, Italy drop to fourth, France relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Germany | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 England | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Italy | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Argentina, France, Spain, 
				Sweden | 
				
			
		
		7 June 1997 - 
		 
		Tournoi de France 
		 (Montpellier)
          England 1-0 France 
		x - no change
		
		8 June 1997 - 
		 
		Tournoi de France 
		 (Lyon)
          Brazil 3-3 Italy 
		x - no change
		
		10 June 1997 - 
		 
		Tournoi de France 
		 (Paris)
          Brazil 1-0 England 
		x - no change
		
		11 June 1997 - 
		 
		Tournoi de France 
		 (Paris)
          France 2-2 Italy 
		x - no change
		
		12 June 1997 - Copa América 
		Group match 
		(Sucre)
          Peru 1-0 Uruguay
		
		(Peru promoted to Group 
		4, Uruguay relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Four | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Austria,  
				Belgium, 
				 
				
				Peru,  
				Romania | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Five | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Portugal, Republic 
				of Ireland, Uruguay | 
				
			
		
		28 June 1997 - Copa América 
		Third Place match 
		(Oruro)
          Mexico 1-0 Peru
          
		x - no change
		
		6 September 1997 - 
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		 (Rotterdam)
          Netherlands 3-1 Belgium 
		x - no change
		
		10 September 1997 - 
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match 
		 (Lima)
          Peru 2-1 Uruguay 
		x - no change
		
		11 October 1997 - 
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Group matches
          
		 (Rome)
          Italy 0-0 England 
		x - no change
          
		 (Lansdowne Road, Dublin)
          Republic of Ireland 1-1 Romania 
		x - no change
		
		29 October 1997 - 
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Play-Off first leg 
		 (Lansdowne Road, Dublin)
          Republic of Ireland 1-1 Belgium 
		x - no change
		
		15 November 1997 - 
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Play-Off second leg 
		 (Brussels)
          Belgium 2-1 Republic of Ireland 
		x - no change
          Belgium win 3-2 on aggregate.
		
		10 March 1998 
		 (Buenos 
		Aires)
          Argentina 2-0 Bulgaria 
		x - no change
		
		25 March 1998 
		 (Stuttgart)
          Germany 1-2 Brazil 
		x - no change
		
		15 April 1998 
		 (Los 
		Angeles)
          Mexico 1-0 Peru
          
		x - no change
		
		 
		29 April 1998 
		 (Rio de Janeiro)
          Brazil 0-1 Argentina
		(Argentina 
		promoted to top, Brazil drop to second, Germany drop to third, England 
		drop to fourth, Italy relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Brazil | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Germany | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 England | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				France, Italy, Spain, 
				Sweden | 
				
			
		
		11 June 1998 
		 - World 
		Cup Finals Group match (Toulouse)
          Austria 1-1 Cameroon 
		x - no change
		
		13 June 1998 
		 - World 
		Cup Finals Group match (Paris)
          Belgium 0-0 Netherlands 
		x - no change
		
		17 June 1998 
		 - World 
		Cup Finals Group match (Montpellier)
          Cameroon 0-3 Italy 
		x - no change
		
		20 June 1998 
		 - World 
		Cup Finals Group match (Bordeaux)
          Belgium 2-2 Mexico 
		x - no change
		
		24 June 1998 
		 - World 
		Cup Finals Group match (Lens)
          Bulgaria 1-6 Spain 
		x - no change
		4 July
		1998 - 
		Argentina lost to the Netherlands in the World Cup Quarter-Final, 
		after beating England on penalties.
		12 July 1998 - WORLD CUP 
		FINAL
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 France | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Brazil | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Croatia | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Netherlands | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Argentina, Denmark, Germany, Italy | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				England,  
				Spain, 
				Sweden | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Four | 
				
			
				| 
				Bulgaria, Cameroon, 
				
				Mexico | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Five | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Austria,  
				Belgium, 
				 
				
				Peru,  
				Romania | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Six | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Portugal, Republic 
				of Ireland, Uruguay | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Seven | 
				
			
				| 
				
				DPR Korea, Hungary, 
				Poland | 
				
		
		
		6 September 1998 - European 
		Championship Preliminary Group match (Budapest)
          Hungary 1-3 Portugal 
		x - no change
		
		10 October 1998 - European 
		Championship Preliminary Group matches
          
		(Wembley Stadium, London)
          England 0-0 Bulgaria 
		x - no change
          
		(Oporto)
          Portugal 0-1 Romania 
		x - no change
		
		14 October 1998 - European 
		Championship Preliminary Group match (Burgas)
          Bulgaria 0-1 Sweden 
		x - no change
		
		18 November 1998 -
          
		 (Gelsenkirchen)
          Germany 1-1 Netherlands 
		x - no change
          
		 (Salerno)
          Italy 2-2 Spain 
		x - no change
		
		 
		10 February 1999 
		 (Split)
          Croatia 0-1 Denmark
		(Denmark 
		promoted to third, Croatia 
		drop to fourth, Netherlands relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 France | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Brazil | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Denmark | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Croatia | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Argentina, Germany, Italy, Netherlands | 
				
			
		
		 
		27 March 1999
		-
          
		European 
		Championship Preliminary Group match (Copenhagen)
          Denmark 1-2 Italy
          
		 (Brussels)
          Belgium 0-1 Bulgaria 
		x - no change
		(Italy 
		promoted to third, Denmark 
		drop to fourth, Croatia relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 France | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Brazil | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Italy | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Denmark | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Argentina, Croatia, Germany, Netherlands | 
				
			
		
		28 April 1999 
		 (Zagreb)
          Croatia 0-0 Italy 
		x - no change
		 
		5 May 1999 (Seville)
          Spain 3-1 Croatia
		(Spain 
		promoted to Group 2, Croatia relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Argentina, Germany, Netherlands, 
				Spain | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				Croatia,  
				England, 
				Sweden | 
				
			
		
		5 June 1999 
		 (Salvador)
          Brazil 2-2 Netherlands 
		x - no change
		
		8 June 1999 
		 (Goiania)
          Brazil 3-1 Netherlands 
		x - no change
		
		9 June 1999 - European 
		Championship Preliminary Group match (Sofia)
          Bulgaria 1-1 England 
		x - no change
		
		16 June 1999 - Korea Cup 
		(Seoul)
          Croatia 2-1 Mexico 
		x - no change
		
		10 July 1999 - Copa América 
		Quarter-Final 
		(Asuncion)
          Mexico 3-3 Peru
          Mexico won 4-2 on penalties.
          
		x - no change
		
		11 July 1999 - Copa América 
		Quarter-Final 
		(Cuidad del Este)
          Argentina 1-2 Brazil 
		x - no change
		
		24 July 1999 - Confederations Cup Group 
		match 
		(Guadalajara)
          Brazil 4-0 Germany 
		x - no change
		
		18 August 1999 
		 (Copenhagen)
          Denmark 0-0 Netherlands 
		x - no change
		
		 
		4 September 1999 
		 -
          
		European 
		Championship Preliminary Group match (Stockholm)
          Sweden 1-0 Bulgaria
          
		x - no change
          
		 Copa Zero Hora first leg (Buenos Aires)
          Argentina 2-0 Brazil
		(Argentina 
		promoted to second, Brazil drop to third, Italy drop to fourth, Denmark relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 France | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Argentina | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Italy | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, 
				Spain | 
				
			
		
		 
		7 September 1999 
		 - Copa Zero Hora second leg (Porto Alegre)
          Brazil 4-2 Argentina
		(Brazil 
		go second, Argentina drop to third)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 France | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Brazil | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Italy | 
			
			
		
		 
		8 September 1999 
		 - 
		
		European Championship Preliminary Group matches
          
		(Naples)
          Italy 2-3 Denmark
          
		(Bucharest)
          Romania 1-1 Portugal 
		x - no change
		(Denmark 
		promoted to fourth, Italy relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 France | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Brazil | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Denmark | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Germany, Italy, Netherlands, 
				Spain | 
				
			
		
		9 October 1999 -
          
		European 
		Championship Preliminary Group match (Lisbon)
          Portugal 3-0 Hungary
          
		x - no change
           (Amsterdam)
          Netherlands 2-2 Brazil 
		x - no change
		
		13 November 1999 
		 (Vigo)
          Spain 0-0 Brazil
          
		x - no change
		
		17 November 1999 
		 (Seville)
          Spain 0-2 Argentina
          
		x - no change
		
		17 February 2000 
		 (Maldonado)
          Uruguay 2-0 Hungary 
		x - no change
		
		23 February 2000 -
           (Charleroi)
          Belgium 1-1 Portugal 
		x - no change
           (Split)
          Croatia 0-0 Spain 
		x - no change
          
		 (Palermo)
          Italy 1-0 Sweden
          
		x - no change
		
		29 March 2000 
		 (Zagreb)
          Croatia 1-1 Germany 
		x - no change
		
		3 June 2000 
		 (Gothenburg)
          Sweden 1-1 Spain
          
		x - no change
		
		11 June 2000 - 
		European Championship 
		Finals Group match 
		 (Bruges)
          Denmark 0-3 France 
		x - no change
		
		16 June 2000 - 
		European Championship 
		Finals Group match 
		 (Rotterdam)
          Denmark 0-3 Netherlands
		(Netherlands 
		promoted to fourth, Denmark relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 France | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Brazil | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Netherlands | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Denmark, Germany, Italy, Spain | 
				
			
		
		17 June 2000 - 
		European Championship 
		Finals Group matches
          
		 (Charleroi)
          England 1-0 Germany
          
		 (Arnhem)
          Portugal 1-0 Romania
		(England 
		promoted to Group 2, Germany relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Denmark,  
				England, Italy, 
				Spain | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				Croatia, Germany, Sweden | 
				
			
		(Portugal 
		promoted to Group 5, Romania relegated)
		
			
				| Group Five | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Austria,  
				Belgium, 
				 
				
				Peru, 
				
				
				Portugal | 
				
			
				| Group Six | 
				
			
				| 
				Republic 
				of Ireland, 
				 Romania, Uruguay | 
				
			
		
		19 June 2000 - 
		European Championship 
		Finals Group match 
		 (Eindhoven)
          Italy 2-1 Sweden
          
		x - no change
		
		21 June 2000 - 
		European Championship 
		Finals Group match 
		 (Amsterdam)
          France 2-3 Netherlands
		(Netherlands 
		go top, France drop to second, Brazil drop to third, Argentina drop to 
		fourth)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Netherlands | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         France | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Denmark, England, Italy, Spain | 
				
			
		
		25 June 2000 - European 
		Championship Quarter-Final (Bruges)
          France 2-1 Spain 
		x - no change
		
		29 June 2000 - European 
		Championship Semi-Final (Amsterdam)
          Italy 0-0 Netherlands  
		AET
          Italy won 3-1 on penalties.
          
		x - no change
		
		2 July 2000 - European 
		Championship Final (Rotterdam)
          France 2-1 Italy 
		 
		IET 
		x - no change
		
		26 July 2000 - 
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Group matches
          
		 (Sao Paulo)
          Brazil 3-1 Argentina
          
		x - no change
          
		 (Montevideo)
          Uruguay 0-0 Peru 
		x - no change
		
		16 August 
		2000 -
          
		 (Sofia)
          Bulgaria 1-3 Belgium
           
		(Hanover)
          Germany 4-1 Spain
           
		(Bucharest)
          Romania 1-1 Poland 
		x - no change
		(Germany 
		promoted to Group 2, Spain relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Denmark,  
				England, 
				Germany, Italy | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				Croatia, Spain, Sweden | 
				
			
		(Belgium 
		promoted to Group 4, Bulgaria relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Four | 
				
			
				| 
				Belgium, Cameroon, 
				
				Mexico | 
				
			
				| Group Five | 
				
			
				| 
				
				
				Austria,  
				Bulgaria,  
				
				
				Peru, 
				
				
				Portugal | 
				
			
		
		2 September 2000 
		-
          
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match (Brussels)
          Belgium 0-0 Croatia
          
		x - no change
          
		 (Paris)
          France 1-1 England 
		x - no change
		
		7 October 2000 
		- 
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match (Lisbon)
          Portugal 1-1 Republic of Ireland 
		x - no change
		 
		24 January 2001 (Morelia)
          Mexico 0-2 Bulgaria
		(Bulgaria 
		promoted to Group 4, Mexico relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Four | 
				
			
				| 
				Belgium, Bulgaria, 
				Cameroon | 
				
			
				| Group Five | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Austria, 
				 
				
				Mexico, Peru, 
				
				
				Portugal | 
				
			
		
		27 February 2001 
		 (Paris)
          France 1-0 Germany
          
		x - no change
		
		28 February 2001 -
          
		 (Villa Park, Birmingham)
          England 3-0 Spain
          
		x - no change
          
		 (Rome)
          Italy 1-2 Argentina
          
		x - no change
		 
		2 June 2001 - 
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Group matches 
          
		 
		(Lansdowne Road, Dublin)
          Republic of Ireland 1-1 Portugal 
		x - no change
          
		 (Bucharest)
          Romania 2-0 Hungary
          
		x - no change
		
		7 June 2001 - Confederations Cup Semi-Final 
		(Suwon)
          Brazil 1-2 France 
		x - no change
		
		25 July 2001 - Copa América 
		Semi-Final 
		(Pereira)
          Mexico 2-1 Uruguay 
		x - no change
		
		15 August 2001 -
          
		 (White 
		Hart Lane, London)
          England 0-2 Netherlands 
		x - no change
          
		 (Nantes)
          France 1-0 Denmark
          
		x - no change
		
		 
		4 September 2001 
		 - World Cup Preliminary Group match (Lima)
          Peru 0-2 Uruguay
		(Uruguay 
		promoted to Group 5, Peru relegated)
		
			
				| Group Five | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Austria, 
				 
				
				Mexico, Portugal, Uruguay | 
				
			
				| Group Six | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Peru, Republic 
				of Ireland, 
				 Romania | 
				
			
		
		 
		5 September 2001 
		 - World Cup Preliminary Group matches
          
		 (Buenos Aires)
          Argentina 2-1 Brazil
          
		 (Budapest)
          Hungary 0-2 Romania
          
		x - no change
		(Argentina 
		go third, Brazil 
		drop to fourth)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Netherlands | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         France | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Brazil | 
			
			
		
		The Netherlands failed to qualify for the World Cup after losing to 
		both Portugal (the group winners) and the Republic of Ireland.
		
		6 October 2001 
		- 
		 
		World Cup Preliminary Group match (Zagreb)
          Croatia 1-0 Belgium
          
		x - no change
		
		10 November 2001 -
          
		 (Copenhagen)
          Denmark 1-1 Netherlands
          
		x - no change
          
		 (Old Trafford, Manchester)
          England 1-1 Sweden 
		x - no change
		
		13 February 2002 -
          
		 (Rijeka)
          Croatia 0-0 Bulgaria 
		x - no change
          
		 (Amsterdam)
          Netherlands 1-1 England 
		x - no change
		
		17 April 2002 -
          
		 (Vienna)
          Austria 0-0 Cameroon 
		x - no change
          
		 (East 
		Rutherford)
          Bulgaria 0-1 Mexico
          
		 (Stuttgart)
          Germany 0-1 Argentina 
		x - no change
          
		 (Bydgoszcz)
          Poland 1-2 Romania
          
		x - no change
		(Mexico 
		promoted to Group 4, Bulgaria relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Four | 
				
			
				| 
				Belgium, Cameroon, 
				
				Mexico | 
				
			
				| Group Five | 
				
			
				| 
				
				
				
				Austria, 
				 Bulgaria, 
				 
				
				
				Portugal, Uruguay | 
				
			
		 
		2 June 2002 
		- 
		 
		World Cup Finals Group match (Saitama)
          England 1-1 Sweden 
		x - no change
		 
		3 June 2002 
		- 
		 
		World Cup Finals Group match (Niigata)
          Croatia 0-1 Mexico
		(Mexico 
		promoted to Group 3, Croatia relegated)
		
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Mexico, Spain, Sweden | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Four | 
				
			
				| 
				Belgium, Cameroon, 
				Croatia | 
				
		
		
		7 June 2002 - World Cup 
		Finals Group match 
		 (Sapporo)
          Argentina 0-1 England
		(England 
		promoted to third, Argentina drop to 
		fourth, Brazil relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Netherlands | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         France | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 England | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				
				 Argentina | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Brazil, Denmark, 
				Germany, Italy | 
				
			
		
		11 June 2002 - World Cup 
		Finals Group match 
		 (Incheon)
          Denmark 2-0 France
		(Denmark 
		promoted to second, France drop to third, England drop to 
		fourth, Argentina relegated)
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Netherlands | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Denmark | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 France | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				
				 England | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Italy | 
				
			
		 
		12 June 2002 
		- 
		 
		World Cup Finals Group match (Miyagi)
          Argentina 1-1 Sweden 
		x - no change
		 
		13 June 2002 
		- 
		 
		World Cup Finals Group match (Oita)
          Italy 1-1 Mexico 
		x - no change
		30 June 2002 - WORLD CUP 
		FINAL
		
			
				| Group One | 
				
			
				| 1 | 
				
				 Brazil | 
			
			
				| 
        2 | 
				
         Germany | 
			
			
				| 3 | 
				
				 Turkey | 
			
			
				| 4 | 
				 Korea 
				Republic | 
			
			
				| Group 
				Two | 
				
			
				| 
				
				England, 
				Senegal, Spain, United States | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Three | 
				
			
				| 
				Denmark, France, Netherlands | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Four | 
				
			
				| 
				Argentina, Italy, 
				 
				
				Mexico, Sweden | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Five | 
				
			
				| 
				Belgium, 
				 Cameroon, 
				Croatia | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Six | 
				
			
				| 
				
				
				
				Austria, 
				 Bulgaria, 
				 
				
				
				Portugal, Uruguay | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Seven | 
				
			
				| 
				
				Peru, Republic 
				of Ireland, 
				 Romania | 
				
			
				| Group 
				Eight | 
				
			
				| 
				
				DPR Korea, Hungary, 
				Poland |