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Uruguay won the series 3–1 on aggregate
- In the first leg, Australia beat Uruguay 1–0 in Melbourne while Uruguay took revenge in the second leg, easily defeating Australia 3–0 in Montevideo. Uruguay won the series 3–1 on aggregate, therefore qualifying for the World Cup held in Korea and Japan.
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The battling Uruguayans led by captain Varela turned the game and won 2-1 shocking both the home crowd and the footballing world. Uruguay were champions again. The World Cup was held in Switzerland four years later and this time Uruguay came to defend the title and came close to succeeding.
Qualification process. The 32 spots available in the 2002 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows: Europe ( UEFA ): 14.5 places, 1 of them went to automatic qualifier France, while the other 13.5 places were contested by 50 teams.
