Group 3 - Table, Results & Fixtures

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Sept 7 2002
Austria 2-0 Moldova
Holland 3-0 Belarus

Oct 12 2002
Belarus 0-2 Austria
Moldova 0-2 Czech Republic
Austria registered a rare away victory as Markus Schopp and Muhammet Akagunduz scored against Belarus.
Goals from Marek Jankulovski and Tomas Rosicky for the Czech Republic sank 10-man Moldova.

Oct 16 2002
Austria 0-3 Holland
Czech Republic 2-0 Belarus
Holland top group 3 after a convincing win in Austria with the goals coming from Clarence Seedorf, Philip Cocu and Roy Makaay. Austria's Martin Hiden was sent off.
Liverpool's Milan Baros was the hero for the Czechs in their two-nil win over minnows Belarus. Baros set up Karel Poborsky for the home team's first after seven minutes and scored himself on twenty-three minutes as the resurgent Czech team made it two wins out of two.

2003

Sat, March 29
Netherlands 1 v Czech Republic 1
Belarus 2 v Moldova 1
Ruud Van Nistelrooy's goal just before half-time was cancelled out by Jan Koller with an equaliser 20 minutes into the second half.

Wed, April 2
Czech Republic 4 v Austria 0
Moldova 1 v Netherlands 2

Man-mountain Jan Koller scored twice as the Czechs Republic trounced Austria 4-0 in Prague to go to of the group. Juventus midfielder Pavel Nedved opened the scoring before the first of Koller's goals made it 2-0. Austrian substitute Bozo Kovacevic was sent off for a foul in the penalty area on Liverpool striker Milan Baros early in the second half which Udinese's Marek Jankulovski converted. A Koller header in the 62nd minute wrapped up the win for the resurgent Czechs.
Holland overcame an early Vadim Boret goal to edge Moldova with a header from Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy and a long shot from Mark Von Bommel that was mishandled by Moldovan goalkeeper Evgheni Hmaruc.

Sat, June 7
Moldova 1 v Austria 0
Belarus 0 v Netherlands 2
Moldova pulled off a surprise 1-0 win over Austria with a goal on the hour from Viorel Frunza.
Second-half goals from Barcelona pair Marc Overmars and Patrick Kluivert mean Holland top the group.

Wed, June 11
Czech Republic 5 v Moldova 0
Austria 5 v Belarus 0
Austria had five different scorers as they blitzed Belarus. Rene Aufhauser gave the home side a first half lead and Mario Haas, Roland Kirchler, Roman Wallner and Harald Cerny added second half goals.
The Czechs bounced Moldova five-zip with goals from Vladimir Smicer, a Jan Koller penalty with Jiri Stajner and a late brace from Vratislav Lokvenc adding to Moldova's woes as the Czechs go top.

Sat, Sept 6
Netherlands 3 v Austria 1
Belarus 1 v Czech Republic 3

Wed, Sept 10
Czech Republic 3 v Netherlands 1
Moldova 2 v Belarus 1
Koller from the spot, Poborsky and Baros in the last minute scored for the Czechs after Edgar Davids was dismissed early in the first half. Van der Vaart replied for the Dutch.

Sat, Oct 11
Austria 2 v Czech Republic 3
Koller's last minute winner.
Netherlands 5 v Moldova 0

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