against San Marino in their first two matches, winning 5–0 away and 6–0 at home; however, this was followed by back-to-back defeats to the Netherlands (3–1 at home and 7–1 away), before their only other point of the campaign: a goalless draw at home to Turkey. In their last three games, Wales lost 2–1 at home to Belgium, 6–4 away to Turkey and 3–2 away to Belgium, leaving them in fourth place out of the five teams. South Korea/Japan 2002 The 2002 FIFA World Cup featured two host nations for the first time in the tournament's history, with South Korea and Japan welcoming the 30 other nations who reached the finals. In addition to defending champions France, UEFA was allocated 13 guaranteed spots at the tournament, with another potentially going to the winner of a play-off against a team from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The 50 UEFA nations were again seeded into five pots and drawn into nine groups (five of six teams and four of five); the group winners would qualify automatically and eight of the runners-up would go into the UEFA play-offs, while the runner-up from a group drawn randomly before the main draw (Group 2) would go into the AFC play-off. Wales were again seeded in Pot 4 and drawn into Group 5 along with Norway, Ukraine, Poland, Belarus and Armenia. After an opening 2–1 defeat away to Belarus, Wales then recorded six draws in their next seven matches, the other result being a 2–1 defeat at home to Poland. They then lost their penultimate match 3–2 away to Norway, leaving them one last chance to avoid a second winless World Cup qualifying campaign since 1970. In their final fixture, Wales beat Belarus 1–0 at the Millennium Stadium, ending a run of 13 matches without a win and preventing Belarus from reaching the play-offs. Germany 2006 Qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup saw 51 UEFA nations compete for 13 places at the finals, in addition to host nation Germany. The teams were seeded into seven pots and drawn into eight groups (three of seven teams, five of six), with the winners of each group and the two best runners-up qualifying automatically for the tournament, and the remaining runners-up contesting a play-off for the last three spots. Wales were seeded in Pot D and drawn into Group 6 along with England, Poland, Austria, Northern Ireland and