The 2002 FIFA World Cup European qualification play-offs were a set of home-and-away play-offs to decide the final four places granted to national football teams from European nations (more precisely, UEFA members) for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
The play-offs were decided by the standard FIFA method of aggregate score, with away goals and, if necessary, extra time with the possibility of a penalty shootout at the end of the second leg.
The draw for the play-offs was held on 31 August 2001 at FIFA's headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.
[2] UEFA were paired to face the AFC team by decision of the FIFA Executive Committee in October 1999.
Belgium won 2–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.