2002 FIFA World Cup Group H

Play in Group H of the 2002 FIFA World Cup completed on June 14, 2002. Japan won the group, and advanced to the second round, along with Belgium. Russia and Tunisia failed to advance.

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

All times local (UTC+9)

Japan vs Belgium

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'

JAPAN:
GK 12 Seigo Narazaki
DF 3 Naoki Matsuda
DF 4 Ryuzo Morioka (c) 71'
DF 16 Kōji Nakata
MF 5 Junichi Inamoto 54'
MF 7 Hidetoshi Nakata
MF 18 Shinji Ono 64'
MF 21 Kazuyuki Toda 31'
MF 22 Daisuke Ichikawa
FW 11 Takayuki Suzuki 68'
FW 13 Atsushi Yanagisawa
Substitutions:
MF 14 Alessandro dos Santos 64'
MF 8 Hiroaki Morishima 68'
DF 17 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto 71'
Coach:
Philippe Troussier

BELGIUM:
GK 1 Geert de Vlieger
DF 4 Eric Van Meir 82'
DF 12 Peter Van Der Heyden 21'
DF 15 Jacky Peeters
DF 16 Daniel Van Buyten
MF 6 Timmy Simons
MF 8 Bart Goor
MF 10 Johan Walem 68'
MF 11 Gert Verheyen 62' 83'
MF 18 Yves Vanderhaeghe
FW 7 Marc Wilmots (c)
Substitutions:
FW 9 Wesley Sonck 68'
FW 20 Branko Strupar 83'
Coach:
Robert Waseige

Assistant referees:
Haidar Koleit
Yuri Dupanov
Fourth official:
Graham Poll

Man of the Match:
Junichi Inamoto

Russia vs Tunisia

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

RUSSIA:
GK 1 Ruslan Nigmatullin
DF 2 Yuri Kovtun
DF 3 Yuri Nikiforov
DF 5 Andrei Solomatin
DF 7 Viktor Onopko (c)
MF 6 Igor Semshov 27' 46'
MF 8 Valery Karpin
MF 9 Yegor Titov
MF 20 Marat Izmailov 78'
FW 11 Vladimir Beschastnykh 55'
FW 19 Ruslan Pimenov
Substitutions:
MF 21 Dmitri Khokhlov 46'
FW 22 Dmitri Sychev 55'
MF 15 Dmitri Alenichev 88' 78'
Coach:
Oleg Romantsev

TUNISIA:
GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
DF 2 Khaled Badra 84'
DF 4 Mohamed Mkacher
DF 6 Hatem Trabelsi
DF 12 Raouf Bouzaiene
DF 15 Radhi Jaïdi
MF 8 Hassen Gabsi 50' 67'
MF 13 Riadh Bouazizi
MF 18 Selim Ben Achour
FW 5 Ziad Jaziri 75'
FW 11 Adel Sellimi (c) 67'
Substitutions:
MF 3 Zoubeir Baya 67'
MF 7 Imed Mhedhebi 67'
FW 20 Ali Zitouni 84'
Coach:
Ammar Souayah

Assistant referees:
Michael Ragoonath
Paul Smith
Fourth official:
Antonio López Nieto

Man of the Match:
Yuri Nikiforov

Japan vs Russia

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

JAPAN:
GK 12 Seigo Narazaki
DF 3 Naoki Matsuda
DF 16 Kōji Nakata 42'
DF 17 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c) 15'
MF 5 Junichi Inamoto 85'
MF 7 Hidetoshi Nakata
MF 18 Shinji Ono 75'
MF 20 Tomokazu Myojin
MF 21 Kazuyuki Toda
FW 11 Takayuki Suzuki 72'
FW 13 Atsushi Yanagisawa
Substitutions:
FW 10 Masashi Nakayama 90+1' 72'
DF 6 Toshihiro Hattori 75'
MF 15 Takashi Fukunishi 85'
Coach:
Philippe Troussier

RUSSIA:
GK 1 Ruslan Nigmatullin
DF 2 Yuri Kovtun
DF 3 Yuri Nikiforov
DF 5 Andrei Solomatin 38'
DF 7 Viktor Onopko (c)
MF 4 Alexey Smertin 57'
MF 6 Igor Semshov
MF 8 Valery Karpin
MF 9 Yegor Titov
MF 20 Marat Izmailov 52'
FW 19 Ruslan Pimenov 13' 46'
Substitutions:
FW 22 Dmitri Sychev 46'
MF 21 Dmitri Khokhlov 60' 52'
FW 11 Vladimir Beschastnykh 57'
Coach:
Oleg Romantsev

Assistant referees:
Heiner Müller
Evzen Amler
Fourth official:
Ubaldo Aquino

Man of the Match:
Junichi Inamoto

Tunisia vs Belgium

10 June 2002
18:00
 Tunisia  1 – 1  Belgium Ōita Big Eye Stadium, Ōita
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Bouzaiene  17' Report Wilmots  13'

TUNISIA:
GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
DF 2 Khaled Badra (c)
DF 6 Hatem Trabelsi 68'
DF 12 Raouf Bouzaiene
DF 15 Radhi Jaïdi
MF 8 Hassen Gabsi 22' 67'
MF 10 Kaies Ghodhbane 43'
MF 13 Riadh Bouazizi
MF 18 Selim Ben Achour
MF 21 Mourad Melki 69' 88'
FW 5 Ziad Jaziri 77'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Adel Sellimi 67'
FW 20 Ali Zitouni 77'
MF 3 Zoubeir Baya 88'
Coach:
Ammar Souayah

BELGIUM:
GK 1 Geert De Vlieger
DF 2 Eric Deflandre
DF 3 Glen De Boeck
DF 12 Peter Van Der Heyden
DF 16 Daniel Van Buyten 40'
MF 6 Timmy Simons 74'
MF 8 Bart Goor
MF 11 Gert Verheyen 46'
MF 18 Yves Vanderhaeghe
FW 7 Marc Wilmots (c)
FW 20 Branko Strupar 46'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Wesley Sonck 46'
MF 14 Sven Vermant 46'
FW 22 Mbo Mpenza 74'
Coach:
Robert Waseige

Assistant referees:
Paul Smith
Komaleeswaran Sankar
Fourth official:
Gilles Veissière

Man of the Match:
Raouf Bouzaiene

Tunisia vs Japan

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

TUNISIA:
GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
DF 2 Khaled Badra (c) 81'
DF 6 Hatem Trabelsi
DF 12 Raouf Bouzaiene 78'
DF 15 Radhi Jaïdi
DF 23 José Clayton 61'
MF 10 Kaies Ghodhbane
MF 13 Riadh Bouazizi 21'
MF 18 Selim Ben Achour
MF 21 Mourad Melki 46'
FW 5 Ziad Jaziri
Substitutions:
MF 3 Zoubeir Baya 46'
MF 7 Imed Mhedhebi 61'
FW 20 Ali Zitouni 78'
Coach:
Ammar Souayah

JAPAN:
GK 12 Seigo Narazaki
DF 3 Naoki Matsuda
DF 16 Kōji Nakata
DF 17 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c)
MF 5 Junichi Inamoto 46'
MF 7 Hidetoshi Nakata 84'
MF 18 Shinji Ono
MF 20 Tomokazu Myojin
MF 21 Kazuyuki Toda
FW 11 Takayuki Suzuki
FW 13 Atsushi Yanagisawa 46'
Substitutions:
MF 8 Hiroaki Morishima 46'
MF 22 Daisuke Ichikawa 46'
MF 19 Mitsuo Ogasawara 84'
Coach:
Philippe Troussier

Assistant referees:
Frédéric Arnault
Haidar Koleit
Fourth official:
René Ortube

Man of the Match:
Hidetoshi Nakata

Belgium vs Russia

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

BELGIUM:
GK 1 Geert De Vlieger
DF 3 Glen De Boeck 90+2'
DF 5 Nico Van Kerckhoven
DF 15 Jacky Peeters
DF 16 Daniel Van Buyten
MF 8 Bart Goor
MF 10 Johan Walem
MF 11 Gert Verheyen 78'
MF 18 Yves Vanderhaeghe 39'
FW 7 Marc Wilmots (c)
FW 22 Mbo Mpenza 70'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Wesley Sonck 70'
MF 6 Timmy Simons 78'
DF 4 Eric Van Meir 90+2'
Coach:
Robert Waseige

RUSSIA:
GK 1 Ruslan Nigmatullin
DF 2 Yuri Kovtun
DF 3 Yuri Nikiforov 43'
DF 5 Andrei Solomatin 12'
DF 7 Viktor Onopko (c)
MF 4 Alexey Smertin 14' 34'
MF 8 Valery Karpin 82'
MF 9 Yegor Titov
MF 15 Dmitri Alenichev 64'
MF 21 Dmitri Khokhlov
FW 11 Vladimir Beschastnykh
Substitutions:
FW 22 Dmitri Sychev 34'
DF 18 Dmitri Sennikov 84' 43'
FW 16 Aleksandr Kerzhakov 82'
Coach:
Oleg Romantsev

Assistant referees:
Philip Sharp
Komaleeswaran Sankar
Fourth official:
Pierluigi Collina

Man of the Match:
Marc Wilmots

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