2002 FIFA World Cup

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2002 FIFA World Cup
2002 FIFA 월드컵 한국/일본 2002 FIFAワールドカップ韓国/日本
2002 FIFA World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Korea Republic Japan
Dates	31 May – 30 June
Teams	32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	20 (in 20 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (5th title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Turkey
Fourth place	Korea Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	161 (2.52 per match)
Attendance	2,705,197 (42,269 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ronaldo (8 goals)
Best player	Oliver Kahn
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The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. The two countries were chosen as hosts by FIFA in May 1996; it was the first World Cup to be hosted by two countries. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0 in the final. Turkey beat Korea Republic 3–2 in the third place match.

Qualification

Countries qualified for World Cup Country failed to qualify Countries that did not enter World Cup Country not a FIFA member

A total of 199 teams attempted to qualify for the 2002 World Cup which qualification process began with the preliminary draw in 1999. Defending World Champions France and co-hosts Republic of Korea (South Korea) and Japan automatically qualified and did not have to play any qualification matches. (This was the last time that the defending champions automatically qualified).

14 places were contested by UEFA teams (Europe), five by CAF teams (Africa), four by CONMEBOL teams (South America), four by AFC teams (Asia), and three by CONCACAF teams (North and Central America and Caribbean). The remaining two places were decided by playoffs between AFC and UEFA and between CONMEBOL and OFC (Oceania). Four nations qualified for the finals for the first time: China, Ecuador, Senegal, and Slovenia.

Turkey qualified for the first time since 1954, and Portugal for the first time since 1986. 1998 semi-finalists the Netherlands failed to qualify, while South Korea set a record by appearing in a fifth successive finals tournament, the first nation from outside Europe or the Americas to achieve this feat.

All seven previous World Cup-winning nations (Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy and Uruguay) qualified, the first time so many previous champions had been present at a finals tournament (all these nations had also appeared at the 1986 tournament, but France had not yet won the competition).

Seeds

The eight seeded teams for the 2002 tournament were announced on 28 November 2001. The seeds comprised Pot A in the draw. Pot B contained the remaining 11 European sides; Pot C contained five unseeded qualifiers from CONMEBOL and AFC. Pot D contained unseeded sides from the CONCACAF region and Africa.^[1] This was the last FIFA World Cup with the defending champion in Group A. Since 2006, the Host nation has been in Group A.

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
Argentina Brazil France (1998 World Cup winner) Germany Italy Japan (co-hosts) Korea Republic (co-hosts) Spain	Belgium Croatia Denmark England Republic of Ireland Poland Portugal Russia Slovenia Sweden Turkey	China PR Ecuador Paraguay Saudi Arabia Uruguay	Cameroon Costa Rica Mexico Nigeria Senegal South Africa Tunisia United States

Before the draw, it was arranged that the last three teams in Pot B would be drawn into four groups which did not already contain two European teams and one would be left without second European team. This was ultimately Group C.

On 1 December 2001, the draw was held and the group assignments and order of fixtures were determined. Group F was considered the group of death, as it brought together Argentina, England, Nigeria and Sweden.

Summary

First round

The World Cup started with a shock 1–0 defeat of defending champions France, playing without the injured Zinedine Zidane, by tournament newcomers Senegal in the tournament's opening match held in Seoul, Korea. In their second Group A game, France were held to a goalless draw by Uruguay after star striker Thierry Henry was sent off. A 2–0 defeat by Denmark in their last group game sealed France's fate. The world champions went out of the Cup without even managing to score a goal and earned the unwanted record of the worst World Cup performance by a defending champion since 1934 (when Uruguay refused to defend the title). An impressive Denmark won the group, joined by Senegal to move on to the next round. Senegal drew with Denmark and Uruguay to clinch its place in the second round. Despite coming back from 3–0 down to draw with Senegal in their last group game, the South Americans couldn't find the fourth goal that would have kept them in the Cup and thus were out of the tournament.

Ato, Kaz and Nik, the 2002 World Cup mascots.

Spain in Group B became one of only two teams to pick up maximum points, seeing off both Paraguay and Slovenia 3–1 before beating South Africa 3–2. Paraguay needed a late goal against another newcomer, Slovenia, to tie with South Africa on goal difference (they were already tied on points) and move to the second round on the next tiebreaker, goals scored.

The other team to win all their group games was Brazil in Group C. Turkey advanced to the next round, too, beating Costa Rica on goal difference. China, coached by Bora Milutinović (the fifth national team he coached in five consecutive World Cups), failed to get a point or even score a goal.

Group D saw several surprises as the United States beat Portugal, whom many had tipped to win the tournament, 3–2. Then, goalkeeping by Brad Friedel earned the Americans a 1–1 draw with Korea Republic. Korea Republic (South Korea), which previously beat Poland 2–0, beat Portugal in the deciding third match to send the Europeans home and also give the United States a ticket into the second round, despite them losing to Poland in the 3rd match.

Germany thrashed Saudi Arabia 8–0 in Group E thanks to three goals from Miroslav Klose. Ireland were playing without captain Roy Keane, sent home days before the World Cup, but led by his unrelated namesake Robbie claimed second place at the expense of African champions Cameroon.

Other than France's failures, the biggest shock of the tournament came in the Group of Death, Group F as pre-tournament favourites Argentina failed to move out of the group. A loss to England 1–0 on a David Beckham penalty and a subsequent draw with Sweden kept the South Americans from advancing. The Scandinavians won the group, with England also going through. Nigeria finished last.

In Group G, Italy, Croatia, and Ecuador all beat each other once. But the Italians' draw against group winners Mexico, while the other two lost to the North Americans, gave the three-time World Cup champions second place in the group. Ecuador could still enjoy a victory on their first World Cup, beating Croatia 1–0.

Co-hosts Japan breezed through Group H, joined by Belgium. Russia and Tunisia were two of the disappointments of the tournament, in what was considered the weakest group of the tournament.

Second round and quarter-finals

In the second round, Germany beat Paraguay 1–0 on a late goal by Oliver Neuville in a tense, defence-dominated encounter while England thrashed previously-impressive Denmark 3–0. In the Spain-Ireland match, the two teams drew 1–1 and penalties gave Spain a place in the quarter-finals. Sweden and Senegal had a 1–1 match and it took a Golden goal from Henri Camara in extra time to settle the game for Senegal. The United States overcame Mexico 2–0 thanks to the goals of Brian McBride and Landon Donovan. Brazil defeated a surprising Belgium 2–0, while Turkey ended co-hosts Japan's run with a 1–0 win. The other co-hosts, South Korea, beat Italy 2–1 in sudden-death extra time. South Korea's win ensured that, for the very first time in the Cup's history, teams from each of Europe, North America, South America, Africa, and Asia reached the quarter-finals of the same tournament.

In the quarter-finals, Ronaldinho's free kick sailed over the stunned David Seaman as Brazil beat England 2–1. The United States lost to Germany 1–0 by a Michael Ballack goal in the 39th minute. The USA demanded the referee give a penalty for a goal-line hand ball by Torsten Frings in the 49th minute, but to no avail. South Korea got another win, beating Spain on penalties after a 0–0 draw in which the Spaniards twice thought they had scored; however, the efforts were disallowed by the referee. The hosts became the first team in the Asian Football Confederation to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup, eclipsing the record of their North Korean counterparts who reached the quarter-finals in 1966. Turkey continued their remarkable run, stopping Senegal's own with a 1–0 golden goal victory.

Semi-finals, third-place match, and final

The semi-finals saw two 1–0 games; first, Ballack's goal was enough for Germany to defeat South Korea. However, Ballack received a yellow card during the match, which forced him to miss the final based on accumulated yellow cards. Ronaldo scored his sixth of the competition for Brazil, who beat Turkey 1–0 in a replay of their Group C encounter. In the third-place match, Turkey beat the South Koreans 3–2 in a very spirited match for third place, their first goal coming from Hakan Şükür straight from the opening kick-off (even though South Korea kicked off) in 10.8 seconds, the fastest ever goal in World Cup history.

In the final match held in Yokohama, Japan, two goals from Ronaldo secured the World Cup for Brazil as they claimed victory over Germany. Ronaldo scored twice in the second half and, after the game, won the Golden Shoe award for the tournament's leading scorer with eight goals. This was the fifth time Brazil had won the World Cup, cementing their status as the most successful national team in the history of the competition. Brazil became the only team since Argentina in 1986 to win the trophy without needing to win a penalty shootout at some stage during the knockout phase, and the total number of penalty shootouts (2) was the lowest since the four-round knockout format was introduced in 1986. Brazil also became the first team to win every match at a World Cup Finals since 1970, and set a new record for highest aggregate goal difference (+14) for a World Cup winner. Brazil's captain Cafu, who became the first player to appear in three successive World Cup finals, accepted the trophy on behalf of the team.

Ticket sales problem

The original domestic ticket allocation had fully sold out and the organising committee completed sales of tickets returned from the international allocation by the end of April. However, it was obvious at the opening two matches in Japan that there was a significant number of empty seats,^[2] and it was gradually revealed that the WCTB, World Cup Ticketing Bureau, still had unsold tickets in its possession. After FIFA agreed to sell this inventory, JAWOC undertook sales over telephone and WCTB handled the internet sales.^[3] For the second round Japan vs. Turkey match in Miyagi in particular, although it was reported by both parties that all tickets had been sold, some 700 seats remained empty.

Venues

A map showing the locations of the venues used at the 2002 FIFA World Cup

South Korea and Japan each provided ten stadia, the vast majority of them newly built for the tournament.

South Korea

Seoul	Daegu	Busan	Incheon	Ulsan
Seoul World Cup Stadium Capacity: 68,476	Daegu World Cup Stadium Capacity: 66,422	Busan Asiad Stadium Capacity: 55,983	Incheon Munhak Stadium Capacity: 52,179	Munsu Cup Stadium Capacity: 43,550

Suwon	Gwangju	Jeonju	Daejeon	Seogwipo
Suwon World Cup Stadium Capacity: 43,288	Gwangju World Cup Stadium Capacity: 44,118	Jeonju World Cup Stadium Capacity: 42,477	Daejeon World Cup Stadium Capacity: 40,535	Jeju World Cup Stadium Capacity: 42,256

Japan

Yokohama	Saitama	Shizuoka	Osaka	Miyagi
International Stadium Yokohama Capacity: 72,327	Saitama Stadium 2002 Capacity: 63,700	Shizuoka "Ecopa" Stadium Capacity: 50,889	Nagai Stadium Capacity: 50,000	Miyagi Stadium Capacity: 49,133

Ōita	Niigata	Ibaraki	Kobe	Sapporo
Ōita Stadium Capacity: 43,000	Niigata Stadium Capacity: 42,300	Kashima Stadium Capacity: 42,000	Kobe Wing Stadium Capacity: 42,000	Sapporo Dome Capacity: 53,845

Referees

Africa

Gamal Al-Ghandour
Coffi Codjia
Mourad Daami
Mohamed Guezzaz
Falla N'Doye

Asia

Ali Bujsaim
Toru Kamikawa
Kim Young-Joo
Lu Jun
Saad Mane

Europe

Pierluigi Collina
Hugh Dallas
Anders Frisk
Terje Hauge
Antonio López Nieto
Urs Meier
Vítor Melo Pereira
Markus Merk
Ľuboš Micheľ
Kim Milton Nielsen
Graham Poll
Kyros Vassaras
Gilles Veissière
Jan Wegereef

North, Central America and Caribbean

Carlos Batres
Brian Hall
William Mattus
Peter Prendergast
Felipe Ramos

Oceania

Mark Shield

South America

Ubaldo Aquino
Byron Moreno
René Ortubé
Óscar Ruiz
Ángel Sánchez
Carlos Simon

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2002 FIFA World Cup squads. This was the first World Cup that featured squads of 23 players, an increase from 22 previously. Of the 23 players, 3 must be goalkeepers.

Results

All kick-off times local (UTC+9)

Group stage

Champion Runner-up

Third place Fourth place

Quarter-finals Round of 16

Group stage

Groups A, B, C, D based in South Korea. Groups E, F, G, H based in Japan.

In the following tables:

Pld = total games played
W = total games won
D = total games drawn (tied)
L = total games lost
GF = total goals scored (goals for)
GA = total goals conceded (goals against)
GD = goal difference (GF−GA)
Pts = total points accumulated

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advance to the Round of 16

Group A

Defending champions France were eliminated from Group A without scoring a goal after defeats to Denmark and debutants Senegal, who both progressed at the expense of two-time champions Uruguay.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Senegal	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Uruguay	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
France	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

31 May 2002 20:30	France	0 – 1	Senegal	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 62,561 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
		(Report)	Bouba Diop 30'

1 June 2002 18:00	Uruguay	1 – 2	Denmark	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan Attendance: 30,157 Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
	Rodríguez 47'	(Report)	Tomasson 45', 83'

6 June 2002 15:30	Denmark	1 – 1	Senegal	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu Attendance: 43,500 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
	Tomasson 16' (pen.)	(Report)	Diao 52'

6 June 2002 20:30	France	0 – 0	Uruguay	Asiad Main Stadium, Busan Attendance: 38,289 Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)
		(Report)

11 June 2002 15:30	Denmark	2 – 0	France	Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon Attendance: 48,100 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
	Rommedahl 22' Tomasson 67'	(Report)

11 June 2002 15:30	Senegal	3 – 3	Uruguay	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon Attendance: 33,681 Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)
	Fadiga 20' (pen.) Bouba Diop 26' 38'	(Report)	Morales 46' Forlán 69' Recoba 88' (pen.)

Group B

Spain won all three games to progress to the Round of 16, while Slovenia were eliminated with no points. Nelson Cuevas' second goal against Slovenia was enough to send Paraguay through by virtue of having scored more goals than South Africa.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	3	0	0	9	4	+5	9
Paraguay	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
South Africa	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Slovenia	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

2 June 2002 16:30	Paraguay	2 – 2	South Africa	Asiad Main Stadium, Busan Attendance: 25,186 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
	Santa Cruz 39' Arce 55'	(Report)	T. Mokoena 63' Fortune 90+1' (pen.)

2 June 2002 20:30	Spain	3 – 1	Slovenia	Gwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangju Attendance: 28,598 Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
	Raúl 44' Valerón 74' Hierro 87' (pen.)	(Report)	Cimirotič 82'

7 June 2002 18:00	Spain	3 – 1	Paraguay	Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	Morientes 53', 69' Hierro 83' (pen.)	(Report)	Puyol 10' (o.g.)

8 June 2002 15:30	South Africa	1 – 0	Slovenia	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu Attendance: 47,226 Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)
	Nomvethe 4'	(Report)

12 June 2002 20:30	South Africa	2 – 3	Spain	Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon Attendance: 31,024 Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
	McCarthy 31' Radebe 53'	(Report)	Raúl 4', 56' Mendieta 45+1'

12 June 2002 20:30	Slovenia	1 – 3	Paraguay	Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo Attendance: 30,176 Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)
	Ačimovič 45+1'	(Report)	Cuevas 65', 84' Campos 73'

Group C

Brazil won all three games to progress, whilst China PR were eliminated without a goal or a point. Costa Rica's leaky defence led to them being eliminated on goal difference, allowing Turkey to claim the runner-up spot.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	11	3	+8	9
Turkey	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
China PR	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

3 June 2002 18:00	Brazil	2 – 1	Turkey	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan Attendance: 33,842 Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)
	Ronaldo 50' Rivaldo 87' (pen.)	(Report)	Hasan 45+2'

4 June 2002 15:30	China PR	0 – 2	Costa Rica	Gwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangju Attendance: 27,217 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
		(Report)	Gómez 61' Wright 65'

8 June 2002 20:30	Brazil	4 – 0	China PR	Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo Attendance: 36,750 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
	Roberto Carlos 15' Rivaldo 32' Ronaldinho 45' (pen.) Ronaldo 55'	(Report)

9 June 2002 18:00	Costa Rica	1 – 1	Turkey	Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon Attendance: 42,299 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	Parks 86'	(Report)	Emre B. 56'

13 June 2002 15:30	Costa Rica	2 – 5	Brazil	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon Attendance: 38,524 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	Wanchope 39' Gómez 56'	(Report)	Ronaldo 10', 13' Edmílson 38' Rivaldo 62' Júnior 64'

13 June 2002 15:30	Turkey	3 – 0	China PR	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 43,605 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
	Hasan 6' Bülent 9' Ümit D. 85'	(Report)

Group D

The USA's shock 3-2 win over Portugal, together with a draw against South Korea was enough to send them through. Portugal were eliminated with one win and two losses, including one against South Korea. Poland were also eliminated, despite beating the USA in their final game.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Korea Republic	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
United States	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
Portugal	3	1	0	2	6	4	+2	3
Poland	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3

4 June 2002 20:30	Korea Republic	2 – 0	Poland	Asiad Main Stadium, Busan Attendance: 48,760 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
	Hwang Sun-Hong 26' Yoo Sang-Chul 53'	(Report)

5 June 2002 18:00	United States	3 – 2	Portugal	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon Attendance: 37,306 Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
	O'Brien 4' J. Costa 29' (o.g.) McBride 36'	(Report)	Beto 39' Agoos 71' (o.g.)

10 June 2002 15:30	Korea Republic	1 – 1	United States	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu Attendance: 60,778 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
	Ahn Jung-Hwan 78'	(Report)	Mathis 24'

10 June 2002 20:30	Portugal	4 – 0	Poland	Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
	Pauleta 14', 65', 77' R. Costa 88'	(Report)

14 June 2002 20:30	Portugal	0 – 1	Korea Republic	Munhak Stadium, Incheon Attendance: 50,239 Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)
		(Report)	Park Ji-Sung 70'

14 June 2002 20:30	Poland	3 – 1	United States	Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon Attendance: 26,482 Referee: Lu Jun (China)
	Olisadebe 3' Kryszałowicz 5' Marcin Żewłakow 66'	(Report)	Donovan 83'

Group E

Saudi Arabia were eliminated as the worst team in tournament, after three defeats and no goals scored, including an 8-0 loss to Germany. Germany qualified, knocking out Cameroon in the process. Robbie Keane was one of only two players to score against Germany in the whole World Cup (the other being Ronaldo of Brazil in the final), scoring in additional time to help claim second place in the group.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7
Republic of Ireland	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5
Cameroon	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

1 June 2002 15:30	Republic of Ireland	1 – 1	Cameroon	Niigata Stadium, Niigata Attendance: 33,679 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
	Holland 52'	(Report)	Mboma 39'

1 June 2002 20:30	Germany	8 – 0	Saudi Arabia	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo Attendance: 32,218 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
	Klose 20', 25', 69' Ballack 40' Jancker 45+1' Linke 73' Bierhoff 84' Schneider 90+1'	(Report)

5 June 2002 20:30	Germany	1 – 1	Republic of Ireland	Kashima Stadium, Ibaraki Attendance: 35,854 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Klose 19'	(Report)	Robbie Keane 90+2'

6 June 2002 18:00	Cameroon	1 – 0	Saudi Arabia	Saitama Stadium, Saitama Attendance: 52,328 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	Eto'o 66'	(Report)

11 June 2002 20:30	Cameroon	0 – 2	Germany	Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka Attendance: 47,085 Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)
		(Report)	Bode 50' Klose 79'

11 June 2002 20:30	Saudi Arabia	0 – 3	Republic of Ireland	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 65,320 Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
		(Report)	Robbie Keane 7' Breen 61' Duff 87'

Group F

Like favourites France, second favourites Argentina were eliminated following a 1-1 draw to Sweden in their third game. They needed a victory following their second game loss to England to secure a second round berth. Sweden topped the group, having scored more goals than England, while Nigeria had already been eliminated before drawing with England in their final match.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
England	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Argentina	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Nigeria	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

2 June 2002 14:30	Argentina	1 – 0	Nigeria	Kashima Stadium, Ibaraki Attendance: 34,050 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
	Batistuta 63'	(Report)

2 June 2002 18:30	England	1 – 1	Sweden	Saitama Stadium, Saitama Attendance: 52,721 Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
	Campbell 24'	(Report)	Alexandersson 59'

7 June 2002 15:30	Sweden	2 – 1	Nigeria	Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 36,194 Referee: René Ortube (Bolivia)
	Larsson 35', 63' (pen.)	(Report)	Aghahowa 27'

7 June 2002 20:30	Argentina	0 – 1	England	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo Attendance: 35,927 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
		(Report)	Beckham 44' (pen.)

12 June 2002 15:30	Sweden	1 – 1	Argentina	Miyagi Stadium, Miyagi Attendance: 45,777 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
	A. Svensson 59'	(Report)	Crespo 88'

12 June 2002 15:30	Nigeria	0 – 0	England	Nagai Stadium, Osaka Attendance: 44,864 Referee: Brian Hall (United States)
		(Report)

Group G

Mexico qualified after two wins in their first two games. Italy also progressed thanks to Ecuador's win over Croatia in Yokohama, and would have qualifed even had Alessandro Del Piero not scored the equaliser against the Mexicans in the group's final match. This left Croatia and World Cup debutants Ecuador who picked up their maiden World Cup win against the Croats, as the two teams that did not advance.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Italy	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Croatia	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
Ecuador	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3

3 June 2002 15:30	Croatia	0 – 1	Mexico	Niigata Stadium, Niigata Attendance: 32,239 Referee: Lu Jun (China)
		(Report)	Blanco 60' (pen.)

3 June 2002 20:30	Italy	2 – 0	Ecuador	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo Attendance: 31,081 Referee: Brian Hall (United States)
	Vieri 7', 27'	(Report)

8 June 2002 18:00	Italy	1 – 2	Croatia	Kashima Stadium, Ibaraki Attendance: 36,472 Referee: Graham Poll (England)
	Vieri 55'	(Report)	Olić 73' Rapaić 76'

9 June 2002 15:30	Mexico	2 – 1	Ecuador	Miyagi Stadium, Miyagi Attendance: 45,610 Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
	Borgetti 28' Torrado 57'	(Report)	Delgado 5'

13 June 2002 20:30	Mexico	1 – 1	Italy	Ōita Stadium, Ōita Attendance: 39,291 Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
	Borgetti 34'	(Report)	Del Piero 85'

13 June 2002 20:30	Ecuador	1 – 0	Croatia	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 65,862 Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)
	Méndez 48'	(Report)

Group H

Hosts Japan topped the group with two wins and a draw. Belgium also qualified after a see-saw match with the Russians, while Tunisia was also eliminated after picking up just one point.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Belgium	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5
Russia	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
Tunisia	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

4 June 2002 18:00	Japan	2 – 2	Belgium	Saitama Stadium, Saitama Attendance: 55,256 Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)
	Suzuki 59' Inamoto 67'	(Report)	Wilmots 57' Van Der Heyden 75'

5 June 2002 15:30	Russia	2 – 0	Tunisia	Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 30,957 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
	Titov 59' Karpin 64' (pen.)	(Report)

9 June 2002 20:30	Japan	1 – 0	Russia	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 66,108 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Inamoto 51'	(Report)

10 June 2002 18:00	Tunisia	1 – 1	Belgium	Ōita Stadium, Ōita Attendance: 39,700 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	Bouzaiene 17'	(Report)	Wilmots 13'

14 June 2002 15:30	Tunisia	0 – 2	Japan	Nagai Stadium, Osaka Attendance: 45,213 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
		(Report)	Morishima 48' H. Nakata 75'

14 June 2002 15:30	Belgium	3 – 2	Russia	Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka Attendance: 46,640 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Walem 7' Sonck 78' Wilmots 82'	(Report)	Beschastnykh 52' Sychev 88'

Knockout stage

For the second round, quarter-finals, and semi-finals, the qualifiers from Groups A, C, F, and H played their games in Japan while the qualifiers from Groups B, D, E, and G played their games in South Korea. Daegu, South Korea, hosted the third-place match while Yokohama, Japan, hosted the final.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

15 June – Seogwipo

Germany

21 June – Ulsan

Paraguay

Germany

17 June – Jeonju

United States

Mexico

25 June – Seoul

United States

Germany

16 June – Suwon

Korea Republic

Spain (pen.)

1 (3)

22 June – Gwangju

Republic of Ireland

1 (2)

Spain

0 (3)

18 June – Daejeon

Korea Republic (pen.)

0 (5)

Korea Republic (a.e.t.)

30 June – Yokohama

Italy

Germany

15 June – Niigata

Brazil

Denmark

21 June – Shizuoka

England

England

17 June – Kobe

Brazil

26 June – Saitama

Belgium

Brazil

16 June – Ōita

Turkey

Third place

Sweden

22 June – Osaka

29 June – Daegu

Senegal (a.e.t.)

Senegal

Korea Republic

18 June – Miyagi

Turkey (a.e.t.)

Turkey

Japan

Turkey

Round of 16

Germany eliminated Paraguay through an 88th-minute winner from Oliver Neuville. England breezed past the Danes with a 3–0 win, while Henri Camara scored the golden goal that put Senegal through to the quarter-finals at Sweden's expense. Spain eliminated Ireland on penalties after a tense match, in which Robbie Keane levelled the scores with a penalty, just as Spain looked like they would be going through in normal time. In the North American derby, the USA defeated Mexico 2–0 to set up a quarter-final tie with Germany. Brazil defeated Belgium 2–0 and Turkey ended the journey of hosts Japan. In an echo of North Korea's victory over Italy in 1966, Korea Republic defeated the Azzurri, with a golden goal from Perugia's Ahn Jung-Hwan. After the game, Ahn was told by Perugia's president, Luciano Gaucci, that he would never play for the club again, only for Gaucci to have a change of heart the following day.

15 June 2002 15:30	Germany	1 – 0	Paraguay	Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo Attendance: 25,176 Referee: Carlos Alberto Batres (Guatemala)
	Neuville 88'	(Report)

15 June 2002 20:30	Denmark	0 – 3	England	Niigata Stadium, Niigata Attendance: 40,582 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
		(Report)	Ferdinand 5' Owen 22' Heskey 44'

16 June 2002 15:30	Sweden	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Senegal	Oita Stadium, Ōita Attendance: 39,747 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
	Larsson 11'	(Report)	H. Camara 37' 104'

16 June 2002 20:30	Spain	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Republic of Ireland	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon Attendance: 38,926 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
	Morientes 8'	(Report)	Robbie Keane 90' (pen.)
		Penalties
	Hierro Baraja Juanfran Valerón Mendieta	3 – 2	Robbie Keane Holland Connolly Kilbane Finnan

17 June 2002 15:30	Mexico	0 – 2	United States	Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju Attendance: 36,380 Referee: Vitor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
		(Report)	McBride 8' Donovan 65'

17 June 2002 20:30	Brazil	2 – 0	Belgium	Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 40,440 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
	Rivaldo 67' Ronaldo 87'	(Report)

18 June 2002 15:30	Japan	0 – 1	Turkey	Miyagi Stadium, Miyagi Attendance: 45,666 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
		(Report)	Ümit D. 12'

18 June 2002 20:30	Korea Republic	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Italy	Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon Attendance: 38,588 Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
	Seol Ki-Hyeon 88' Ahn Jung-Hwan 117'	(Report)	Vieri 18'

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, Brazil's Ronaldinho caught out England goalkeeper David Seaman with a lobbed free kick from 42 yards to send Brazil into the semis. Oliver Kahn kept Germany in front of the USA with a string of saves in a first half dominated by the Americans, save for the winning goal, scored by Michael Ballack in the 39th minute. Meanwhile, Spain were unable to win a second consecutive penalty shoot-out, after having disallowed two goals during normal playing time and therefore lost to Korea Republic, and Turkey ended the dream of Africa's sole quarter-final representative, Senegal, with an İlhan Mansız golden goal.

21 June 2002 15:30	England	1 – 2	Brazil	Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka Attendance: 47,436 Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)
	Owen 23'	(Report)	Rivaldo 45+2' Ronaldinho 50'

21 June 2002 20:30	Germany	1 – 0	United States	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan Attendance: 37,337 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
	Ballack 39'	(Report)

22 June 2002 15:30	Spain	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Korea Republic	Gwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangju Attendance: 42,114 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
		(Report)
		Penalties
	Hierro Baraja Xavi Joaquín	3 – 5	Hwang Sun-Hong Park Ji-Sung Seol Ki-Hyeon Ahn Jung-Hwan Hong Myung-Bo

22 June 2002 20:30	Senegal	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Turkey	Nagai Stadium, Osaka Attendance: 44,233 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
		(Report)	İlhan 94'

Semi-finals

Brazil defeated Turkey, thanks to a single goal from the tournament's top scorer, Ronaldo. Despite picking up a booking that would rule him out of the final, Michael Ballack scored the goal that sent Germany to the final and consigned Korea Republic to the third place play-off.

25 June 2002 20:30	Germany	1 – 0	Korea Republic	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 65,256 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
	Ballack 75'	(Report)

26 June 2002 20:30	Brazil	1 – 0	Turkey	Saitama Stadium, Saitama Attendance: 61,058 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Ronaldo 49'	(Report)

Third place match

Turkey won third place after an entertaining 3–2 victory over hosts Korea Republic, in a match that included the fastest ever World Cup goal, scored by Parma striker and Turkey veteran Hakan Şükür after just 11 seconds.

29 June 2002 20:00	Korea Republic	2 – 3	Turkey	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu Attendance: 63,483 Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
	Lee Eul-Yong 9' Song Chong-Gug 90+3'	(Report)	Hakan Ş. 1' İlhan 13', 32'

Final

Two goals from Ronaldo in the final were enough to see Brazil crowned world champions for the fifth time and Germany made runners-up for a record fourth time. The first goal occurred when Germany goalkeeper, Oliver Kahn, failed to deal with a long-range shot from Rivaldo, spilling the ball directly into Ronaldo's path. The two Brazilians worked together again on the second goal when Rivaldo stepped over a square ball from Kléberson, allowing Ronaldo to side-foot it home from the edge of the box.

30 June 2002 20:00	Germany	0 – 2	Brazil	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 69,029 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
		(Report)	Ronaldo 67', 79'

Statistics

Goalscorers

8 goals

Ronaldo

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

Pauleta
Papa Bouba Diop
Fernando Morientes

Raúl
Henrik Larsson
İlhan Mansız

2 goals

Ronaldinho
Rónald Gómez
Michael Owen
Junichi Inamoto
Jared Borgetti

Nelson Cuevas
Henri Camara
Ahn Jung-Hwan
Fernando Hierro

Ümit Davala
Hasan Şaş
Brian McBride
Landon Donovan

1 goal

Gabriel Batistuta
Hernán Crespo
Wesley Sonck
Peter Van Der Heyden
Johan Walem
Edmílson
Júnior
Roberto Carlos
Samuel Eto'o
Patrick Mboma
Winston Parks
Paulo Wanchope
Mauricio Wright
Ivica Olić
Milan Rapaić
Dennis Rommedahl
Agustín Delgado
Edison Méndez
David Beckham
Sol Campbell
Rio Ferdinand
Emile Heskey
Oliver Bierhoff
Marco Bode
Carsten Jancker
Thomas Linke
Oliver Neuville

Bernd Schneider
Gary Breen
Damien Duff
Matt Holland
Alessandro Del Piero
Hiroaki Morishima
Hidetoshi Nakata
Takayuki Suzuki
Hwang Sun-Hong
Lee Eul-Yong
Park Ji-Sung
Seol Ki-Hyeon
Song Chong-Gug
Yoo Sang-Chul
Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Gerardo Torrado
Julius Aghahowa
Francisco Arce
Jorge Campos
Roque Santa Cruz
Paweł Kryszałowicz
Emmanuel Olisadebe
Marcin Żewłakow
Beto
Rui Costa
Vladimir Beschastnykh

Valery Karpin
Dmitri Sychev
Egor Titov
Salif Diao
Khalilou Fadiga
Milenko Ačimovič
Sebastjan Cimirotič
Quinton Fortune
Benni McCarthy
Teboho Mokoena
Siyabonga Nomvethe
Lucas Radebe
Gaizka Mendieta
Juan Carlos Valerón
Niclas Alexandersson
Anders Svensson
Raouf Bouzaiene
Emre Belözoğlu
Bülent Korkmaz
Hakan Şükür
Clint Mathis
John O'Brien
Diego Forlán
Richard Morales
Álvaro Recoba
Darío Rodríguez

Own goals

Jorge Costa (for USA)
Carles Puyol (for Paraguay)
Jeff Agoos (for Portugal)

Awards

Golden Boot Winner	Golden Ball Winner	Yashin Award	Best Young Player	FIFA Fair Play Trophy	Most Entertaining Team
Ronaldo	Oliver Kahn¹	Oliver Kahn	Landon Donovan	Belgium	Korea Republic

¹Oliver Kahn is the only goalkeeper to have won the Golden Ball in FIFA World Cup history.

All-star team

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Oliver Kahn Rüştü Reçber	Roberto Carlos Sol Campbell Fernando Hierro Hong Myung-Bo Alpay Özalan	Rivaldo Ronaldinho Michael Ballack Yoo Sang-Chul Claudio Reyna	Ronaldo Miroslav Klose El Hadji Diouf

References

↑ How the draw works
↑ June 2002-tickets.htm Ticket mix-up yields empty seats and anger, USA Today, 6 June 2002
↑ Football News - Empty Seats, Peace and Passion, World Cup Soccer and Global Football Information - Soccerphile

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Contents

Qualification

Seeds

Summary

First round

Second round and quarter-finals

Semi-finals, third-place match, and final

Ticket sales problem

Venues

South Korea

Japan

Referees

Squads

Results

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Awards

All-star team

References

See also

External links