Matches of the sixth round of the qualifying tournament for the 2006 World Cup in Group 2 were won by the main rivals of the Ukrainian national team in the fight for first place. Moreover, the gap from the pursuers of the Ukrainian national team on the eve of the game with Denmark and in light of the upcoming duels with the Greeks and Georgians away and the Turks at home no longer looks so vast.

After Greece's victory over Georgia, Otto Rehhagel's team trails the Ukrainians by only three points...

In other matches of the qualifying groups on Saturday, everything went more or less without surprises; only the French failed to take three points in the game with the Swiss, playing a 0:0 draw.

Group 1

Armenia - Andorra - 2:1 Goals: Ara Hakobyan 31, Silva 56, Khachatryan 74

Czech Republic - Finland - 4:3 Goals: Baroš 7, Rosický 34, Litmanen 46, Polák 58, Riihilahti 73, Johansson 79, Lokvenc 87

Romania - Netherlands - 0:2 Goals: Cocu 2, Babel 85

Standings: 1. Netherlands - 13 points (5 games). 2. Czech Republic - 12 (5). 3. Romania - 10 (6). 4. Finland - 9 (6). 5. Macedonia - 5 (6). 6. Armenia - 4 (6). 7. Andorra - 4 (6).

Group 2

Georgia - Greece - 1:3 Goals: Asatiani 22, Kapsis 44, Vryzas 45, Yannakopoulos 53

Turkey - Albania - 2:0 Goals: Ateş 3 - from a penalty, Beqiri 5 - own goal

Denmark - Kazakhstan - 3:0 Goals: Møller 8, 47, Poulsen 33

Standings: 1. UKRAINE - 14 (6). 2. Greece - 11 (6). 3. Denmark - 9 (6). 4. Turkey - 9 (6). 5. Albania - 6 (6). 6. Georgia - 5 (5). 7. Kazakhstan - 0 (5).

Group 3

Liechtenstein - Russia - 1:2 Goals: Kerzhakov 23, Karyaka 37, T. Beck 40

Estonia - Slovakia - 1:2 Goals: Oper 58, Mintál 59, Reiter 66

Standings: 1. Portugal - 13 (5). 2. Slovakia - 13 (6). 3. Russia - 10 (5). 4. Latvia - 7. 5. Estonia - 7 (6). 6. Liechtenstein - 4 (6). 7. Luxembourg - 0 (6).

Group 4

Israel - Ireland - 1:1 Goals: Morrison 4, Sowan 90

France - Switzerland - 0:0

Standings: 1. Ireland - 9 (5). 2. France - 9 (5). 3. Israel - 9 (5). 4. Switzerland - 6 (4). 5. Cyprus - 1 (5). 6. Faroe Islands - 1 (4).

Group 5

Italy - Scotland - 2:0 Goals: Pirlo 35, 85

Standings: 1. Italy - 12 (5). 2. Norway - 7 (4). 3. Slovenia - 7 (4). 4. Belarus - 4 (3). 5. Scotland - 2 (4). 6. Moldova - 1 (4).

Group 6

Wales - Austria - 0:2 Goals: Vastić 82, Stranzl 86 England - N. Ireland - 4:0 Goals: Joe Cole 46, Owen 52, Baird 54 - own goal, Lampard 62

Poland - Azerbaijan - 8:0 Goals: Frankowski 12, 62, 66, Hajiyev 16 - own goal, Kosowski 41, Krzyształowicz 72, Saganowski 85, 89.

Standings: 1. England - 13 (5). 2. Poland - 12 (5). 3. Austria - 8 (5). 4. N. Ireland - 3 (5). 5. Wales - 2 (5). 6. Azerbaijan - 2 (5).

Group 7

Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - 4:1 Goals: Bajramović 1, Mpenza 15, 64, Daerden 44, Buffel 76

Standings: 1. Serbia and Montenegro - 10 (4). 2. Spain - 8 (4). 3. Lithuania - 8 (4). 4. Belgium - 4 (4). 5. Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2 (3). 6. San Marino - 0 (5).

Group 8

Bulgaria - Sweden - 0:3 Goals: Ljungberg 17, 90, Edman 73

Croatia - Iceland - 4:0 Goals: Kovač 39, 76, Šimunić 71, Pršo 90

Standings: 1. Sweden - 12 (5). 2. Croatia - 10 (4). 3. Bulgaria - 7 (4). 4. Hungary - 6 (4). 5. Iceland - 1 (5). 6. Malta - 1 (4).