Wikipedian hubGroup 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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | England
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8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 19 | Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Italy
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8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 18 | Advance to second round | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| 3 | Poland
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8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 10 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Georgia
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8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 10 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 5 | Moldova
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8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 21 | −19 | 0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — |
| Georgia | 0–2 | England |
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| Report | Sheringham  15'Ferdinand 37' |
| Poland | 2–1 | Moldova |
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| Bałuszyński 4' K. Warzycha 77' (pen.) |
Report | Cleşcenco 83' (pen.) |
| England | 2–0 | Georgia |
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| Sheringham 42' Shearer 90+1' |
Report |
| Poland | 0–2 | England |
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| Report | Shearer 5' Sheringham 90' |
| Georgia | 2–0 | Moldova |
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| S. Arveladze 27' Kinkladze 51' |
Report |
| Moldova | 0–3 | Poland |
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| Report (incorrect substitutions) Report |
Juskowiak 23', 56', 60' |
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
Nick Barmby Les Ferdinand Paul Scholes Archil Arveladze Georgi Kinkladze Kakhaber Tskhadadze Roberto Baggio Pierluigi Casiraghi Roberto Di Matteo Christian Vieri Serghei Cleşcenco Alexandru Curtianu Henryk Bałuszyński Krzysztof Bukalski Marek Citko Adam Ledwoń Krzysztof Nowak Mirosław Trzeciak Krzysztof Warzycha
