Following are the collated results and standings of World Cup European qualifying group matches played on Saturday:

Group one
Yugoslavia bt Luxembourg, 6-2
Russia bt Switzerland, 4-0
Slovenia bt Faroe Islands, 3-0
1. Russia 10 7 2 1 18 5 23
2. Slovenia 10 5 5 0 17 9 20
3. Yugoslavia 10 5 4 1 22 8 19
4. Switzerland 10 4 2 4 18 12 14
5. Faroe Islands 10 2 1 7 6 23 7
6. Luxembourg 10 0 0 10 4 28 0

Group two
Netherlands bt Andorra, 4-0
Portugal bt Estonia, 5-0
Ireland bt Cyprus, 4-0
1. Portugal 10 7 3 0 33 7 24
2. Ireland 10 7 3 0 23 5 24
3. Netherlands 10 6 2 2 30 9 20
4. Estonia 10 2 2 6 10 26 8
5. Cyprus 10 2 2 6 13 31 8
6. Andorra 10 0 0 10 5 36 0

Group three
Czech Republic bt Bulgaria, 6-0
Denmark bt Iceland, 6-0
Malta lost to Northern Ireland, 0-1
1. Denmark 10 6 4 0 22 6 22
2. Czech Republic 10 6 2 2 20 8 20
3. Bulgaria 10 5 2 3 14 15 17
4. Iceland 10 4 1 5 14 20 13
5. Northern Ireland 10 3 2 5 11 12 11
6. Malta 10 0 1 9 4 24 1

Group four
Moldova lost to Turkey, 0-3
Sunday, October 7
Macedonia vs Slovakia (1700) Skopje
Sweden vs Azerbaijan (1400) Stockholm
1. Sweden 9 7 2 0 17 3 23
2. Turkey 10 6 3 1 18 8 21
3. Slovakia 9 4 2 3 11 9 14
4. Macedonia 9 1 4 4 11 13 7
5. Moldova 10 1 3 6 6 20 6
6. Azerbaijan 9 1 2 6 4 14 5

Group five
Wales bt Belarus, 1-0
Armenia lost to Norway, 1-4
Poland tied Ukraine, 1-1
1. Poland 10 6 3 1 21 11 21
2. Ukraine 10 4 5 1 13 8 17
3. Belarus 10 4 3 3 12 11 15
4. Norway 10 2 4 4 12 14 10
5. Wales 10 1 6 3 10 12 9
6. Armenia 10 0 5 5 7 19 5

Group six
Croatia bt Belgium, 1-0
Scotland bt Latvia, 2-1
1. Croatia 8 5 3 0 15 2 18
2. Belgium 8 5 2 1 25 6 17
3. Scotland 8 4 3 1 12 6 15
4. Latvia 8 1 1 6 5 16 4
5. San Marino 8 0 1 7 3 30 1

Group seven
Sunday, October 7
Bosnia vs Liechtenstein (1815) Zenica
Israel vs Austria -- postponed
1. Spain 8 6 2 0 21 4 20
2. Austria 7 4 2 1 9 7 14
3. Israel 7 3 2 2 10 6 11
4. Bosnia 7 1 2 4 7 12 5
5. Liechtenstein 7 0 0 7 0 18 0

Group eight
Italy bt Hungary, 1-0
Romania tied Georgia, 1-1
1. Italy 8 6 2 0 16 3 20
2. Romania 8 5 1 2 10 7 16
3. Georgia 8 3 1 4 12 12 10
4. Hungary 8 2 2 4 14 13 8
5. Lithuania 8 0 2 6 3 20 2

Group nine
Germany tied Finland, 0-0
England tied Greece, 2-2
1. England 8 5 2 1 16 6 17
2. Germany 8 5 2 1 14 10 17
3. Finland 8 3 3 2 12 7 12
4. Greece 8 2 1 5 7 17 7
5. Albania 8 1 0 7 5 14 3

Playoff draw:
Belgium vs Czech Republic
Ukraine vs Germany
Austria or Israel vs Turkey
Slovenia vs Romania
First legs to be played November 10-11, second legs to be played November 14

Europe/Asia
Ireland vs 3rd placed AFC
First leg to be played November 10, second leg to be played November 15.

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