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2002 FIFA World Cup

2002 FIFA 월드컵 한국/일본 2002 FIFA Woldeu Keob Hanguk/Ilbon 2002 FIFAワールドカップ 韓国/日本 2002 FIFA Waarudo Kappu Kankoku/Nippon
2002 FIFA World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host countries	South Korea Japan
Dates	31 May – 30 June
Teams	32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	20 (in 20 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (5th title)
Runners-up	Germany
Third place	Turkey
Fourth place	South Korea
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(s)	Oliver Kahn
Best young player	Landon Donovan
Best goalkeeper	Oliver Kahn
Fair play award	Belgium
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The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA. It was held from 31 May to 30 June 2002 at sites in South Korea and Japan, with its final match hosted by Japan at International Stadium in Yokohama.

A field of 32 teams qualified for this World Cup, which was the first to be held in Asia, the first to be held outside of the Americas or Europe, as well as the first to be jointly-hosted by more than one nation. China, Ecuador, Senegal and Slovenia made their World Cup debuts.

The tournament had several upsets and surprise results, which included the defending champions France being eliminated in the group stage after earning a single point and second favourites Argentina also being eliminated in the group stage. South Korea managed to reach the semi-finals, beating Spain, Italy and Portugal en route. However, the most potent team at the tournament, Brazil, prevailed, winning the final against Germany 2–0, making them the first and only country to have won the World Cup five times.^[1] The victory qualified Brazil for the 2003 and subsequently 2005 FIFA Confederations Cups, its fourth and fifth Confederations Cup appearance in a row. In the third place play-off match against South Korea, Turkey won 3–2, taking third place in only their second ever FIFA World Cup.^[2]

The 2002 World Cup was also the last one to use the golden goal rule.

Host selection

South Korea and Japan were selected as hosts by FIFA on 31 May 1996. Initially, South Korea, Japan and Mexico presented three rival bids. FIFA officials brokered a united bid between the two Asian countries shortly before the decision was made, and they were chosen unanimously in preference to Mexico.^[3] This was the first World Cup to be hosted by more than one country, the second being the 2026 World Cup, which will be hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada. The general secretary of South Korea's bidding committee, Song Young-shik, stated that FIFA was interested in staging some matches in North Korea in order to aid Korean reunification, but it was ruled out.^[4]

At the time the decision was made, Japan had never qualified for a World Cup finals (although the Japanese did subsequently qualify for the 1998 competition). The only other countries to have been awarded a World Cup without previously having competed in a final tournament are Italy in 1934 and Qatar in 2022 (Uruguay hosted the first World Cup in 1930 so there was no prior tournament; they were defending Olympic champions from 1928).

The unusual choice of host proved an issue for football fans in Europe, used to watching international matches on or close to their time zone.^[5] With games taking place in the European morning, some schools and businesses chose to open late on match days or set up communal watching events before the start of work.^[6][7]

Qualification

199 teams attempted to qualify for the 2002 World Cup. The qualification process began with the preliminary draw held in Tokyo on 7 December 1999. Defending champions France and co-hosts South Korea and Japan qualified automatically and did not have to play any qualification matches. This was the final World Cup in which the defending champions qualified automatically.^[8]

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 the 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. As of 2018, this was the last time the Republic of Ireland, Turkey and China qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, as well as the last time Australia and Switzerland failed to qualify.

Turkey qualified for the first time since 1954, Poland and Portugal both qualified for the first time since 1986 and Costa Rica and Uruguay qualified for the first time since 1990. Sweden, Russia and the Republic of Ireland also returned after missing the 1998 World Cup. 1998 semi-finalists the Netherlands, three times 1990s participants Romania and Colombia and Norway, Bulgaria and Morocco, which had participated in the previous 2 finals, 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, which broke the record of most previous champions at a tournament before the record was broken again in 2014. The highest ranked team not to qualify was Colombia (ranked 4th), while the lowest ranked team that did qualify was China PR (ranked 50th).

List of qualified teams

The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings,^[9] qualified for the final tournament:

Venues

South Korea and Japan each provided 10 venues, the vast majority of them newly built for the tournament. Groups A–D played all their matches in South Korea and Groups E–H played all their matches in Japan.^[10] The stadiums in Daegu, Suwon, Yokohama and Saitama all hosted 4 matches each, while the other 16 stadiums hosted 3 matches each. Notably, no matches were played in Tokyo, making it the second (after Bonn in 1974) capital of a host country not to have a World Cup venue (although there were matches played in cities close to or part of the Tokyo metropolitan area).

• A cross denotes an indoor stadium.

South Korea
Daegu	Seoul	Busan		Incheon	Ulsan
Daegu World Cup Stadium Capacity: 68,014[11] Group/Third place	Seoul World Cup Stadium Capacity: 63,961[12] Group/Knock-out	Busan Asiad Stadium Capacity: 55,982[13] Group		Incheon Munhak Stadium Capacity: 52,179[14] Group	Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Capacity: 43,550[15] Group/Knock-out
Suwon	Gwangju	Jeonju		Seogwipo	Daejeon
Suwon World Cup Stadium Capacity: 43,188[16] Group/Knock-out	Gwangju World Cup Stadium Capacity: 42,880[17] Group/Knock-out	Jeonju World Cup Stadium Capacity: 42,391[18] Group/Knock-out		Jeju World Cup Stadium Capacity: 42,256[19] Group/Knock-out	Daejeon World Cup Stadium Capacity: 40,407[20] Group/Knock-out
South Korea Busan Daegu Daejeon Gwangju Incheon Jeonju Seogwipo Seoul Suwon Ulsan S. Korea			Japan Ibaraki Kobe Miyagi Niigata Ōita Osaka Saitama Sapporo Shizuoka Yokohama Japan
Japan
Yokohama	Saitama	Shizuoka		Osaka	Rifu
International Stadium Yokohama Capacity: 72,327[21] Group/Final	Saitama Stadium 2002 Capacity: 63,000[22] Group/Knock-out	Shizuoka "Ecopa" Stadium Capacity: 50,600[23] Group/Knock-out		Nagai Stadium Capacity: 50,000[24] Group/Knock-out	Miyagi Stadium Capacity: 49,000[25] Group/Knock-out
Ōita	Niigata	Kashima		Kobe	Sapporo
Ōita Stadium Capacity: 43,000[26] Group/Knock-out	Niigata Stadium Capacity: 42,300[27] Group/Knock-out	Kashima Soccer Stadium Capacity: 42,000[28] Group		Kobe Wing Stadium Capacity: 42,000[29] Group/Knock-out	Sapporo Dome Capacity: 42,000[30] Group

Match officials

List of match officials by confederation and country

Referees AFC Lu Jun (China) Toru Kamikawa (Japan) Saad Mane (Kuwait) Kim Young-joo (South Korea) Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates) CAF Coffi Codjia (Benin) Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco) Falla N'Doye (Senegal) Mourad Daami (Tunisia) CONCACAF William Mattus (Costa Rica) Carlos Batres (Guatemala) Peter Prendergast (Jamaica) Felipe Ramos (Mexico) Brian Hall (United States) CONMEBOL Ángel Sánchez (Argentina) René Ortubé (Bolivia) Carlos Simon (Brazil) Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) Byron Moreno (Ecuador) Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay) OFC Mark Shield (Australia) UEFA Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) Graham Poll (England) Gilles Veissière (France) Markus Merk (Germany) Kyros Vassaras (Greece) Pierluigi Collina (Italy) Jan Wegereef (Netherlands) Terje Hauge (Norway) Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) Hugh Dallas (Scotland) Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) Antonio López Nieto (Spain) Anders Frisk (Sweden) Urs Meier (Switzerland) Assistant referees AFC Komaleeswaran Sankar (India) Awni Hassaouneh (Jordan) Haidar Koleit (Lebanon) Mat Lazim Awang Hamat (Malaysia) Mohamed Saeed (Maldives) Ali Al-Traifi (Saudi Arabia) Visva Krishnan (Singapore) CAF Wagih Farag (Egypt) Dramane Dante (Mali) Taoufik Adjengui (Tunisia) Ali Tomusange (Uganda) Brighton Mudzamiri (Zimbabwe) CONCACAF Curtis Charles (Antigua and Barbuda) Héctor Vergara (Canada) Vladimir Fernández (El Salvador) Michael Ragoonath (Trinidad and Tobago) CONMEBOL Jorge Rattalino (Argentina) Jorge Oliveira (Brazil) Bomer Fierro (Ecuador) Miguel Giacomuzzi (Paraguay) OFC Paul Smith (New Zealand) Elise Doriri (Vanuatu) UEFA Egon Bereuter (Austria) Yury Dupanov (Belarus) Roland Van Nylen (Belgium) Evžen Amler (Czech Republic) Jens Larsen (Denmark) Philip Sharp (England) Frédéric Arnault (France) Heiner Müller (Germany) Ferenc Székely (Hungary) Jaap Pool (Netherlands) Maciej Wierzbowski (Poland) Carlos Matos (Portugal) Igor Šramka (Slovakia) Leif Lindberg (Sweden)

There was much controversy over the refereeing in the tournament. Questionable decisions in the match between Italy and South Korea resulted in 400,000 complaints, and featured in ESPN's 10 most fabled World Cup controversies.^[31] The match between Spain and South Korea featured two controversially disallowed Spanish goals, which Iván Helguera referred to as "a robbery" and led to Spanish press brandishing the officials "thieves of dreams", though FIFA dismissed the incident as human error.^[32]

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.

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.^[33] 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)  South Korea (co-hosts)  Spain	Belgium  Croatia  Denmark  England  Poland  Portugal  Republic of Ireland  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 a second European team. This was ultimately Group C. No group could contain more than two European teams, no unseeded South American team could be drawn with Brazil or Argentina and no unseeded Asian team could be drawn with South Korea or Japan.

France, as holders were automatically placed in Group A, South Korea were placed in Group D and Japan were placed in Group H. One of the two South American seeds (Brazil and Argentina) had to play in a group played in South Korea and the other had to play in a group played in Japan. In Pot C, China had to play in South Korea (either group A, B or C) which meant that the other Asian team in Pot C (Saudi Arabia) had to play in Japan (either group E, F or G). In Pot D, two or three African teams and one or two CONCACAF teams had to play in either South Korea or Japan.

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.

Results

Group stage

All times are Korea Standard Time and Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

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

The teams in the group play were ranked upon

• Points


• Greatest total goal difference in the three group matches


• Greatest number of goals scored in the three group matches


• Most points earned in matches against other teams in the tie


• Greatest goal difference in matches against other teams in the tie


• Greatest number of goals scored in matches against other teams in the tie


• Drawing of lots

In the original version of the rules for the final tournament, the ranking criteria were in a different order, with head-to-head results taking precedence over total goal difference. The rules were changed to the above in advance of the tournament, but older versions were still available on the FIFA and UEFA websites, causing some confusion among those trying to identify the correct criteria.^[34]

Group A

Group A involved the defending champions France, along with Senegal, Uruguay and Denmark. The World Cup started with a 1–0 defeat of France, playing without the injured Zinedine Zidane, by tournament newcomers Senegal in the tournament's opening match held in Seoul, South Korea.^[35] On the next day, two goals by Jon Dahl Tomasson gave the Danes a 2–1 victory over Uruguay in Ulsan.

In the second set of Group A matches, France were held to a 0–0 draw in Busan by Uruguay after star striker Thierry Henry was sent off, while in Daegu, Denmark and Senegal drew 1–1.^[36]

A 2–0 defeat by Denmark in their last group game in Incheon sealed France's elimination from the World Cup.^[37]

France went out of the Cup without even managing to score a goal and earned the unwanted record of the worst World Cup performance by World Cup holders (in 1934 Uruguay refused to defend the title).^[38]

Senegal drew with Uruguay to clinch their place in the second round, despite Uruguay coming back from 3–0 down to draw 3–3, in their last group game in Suwon. The South Americans couldn't find the fourth goal that would have kept them in the Cup and thus were out of the tournament.^[39] At the end, Denmark won Group A with 7 points, followed by Senegal with 5 points. Uruguay were eliminated with 2 points and holders France with 1 point.

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Senegal	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
3	Uruguay	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
4	France	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

31 May 2002
France	0–1	Senegal	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
1 June 2002
Uruguay	1–2	Denmark	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan
6 June 2002
Denmark	1–1	Senegal	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu
France	0–0	Uruguay	Asiad Main Stadium, Busan
11 June 2002
Denmark	2–0	France	Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon
Senegal	3–3	Uruguay	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon

Group B

Spain in Group B became one of only two teams to pick up maximum points, seeing off both Slovenia and Paraguay (In Gwangju and Jeonju respectively) 3–1 before defeating South Africa 3–2 in Daejeon.^[40]

Paraguay advanced over a late goal, winning 3–1 over newcomer Slovenia in Seogwipo to tie with South Africa on goal difference (they were already tied with four points, having drawn 2–2 in their opening game against each other in Busan). As a result, Paraguay advanced to the second round on the goals scored tiebreaker, scoring six goals compared to South Africa's five.^[41]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	9	4	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Paraguay	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
3	South Africa	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Slovenia	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

2 June 2002
Paraguay	2–2	South Africa	Asiad Main Stadium, Busan
Spain	3–1	Slovenia	Gwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangju
7 June 2002
Spain	3–1	Paraguay	Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju
8 June 2002
South Africa	1–0	Slovenia	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu
12 June 2002
South Africa	2–3	Spain	Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon
Slovenia	1–3	Paraguay	Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo

Group C

Group C saw Brazil become the other team to win all three of their Group matches, defeating Turkey 2–1 in Ulsan, China 4–0 in Seogwipo and Costa Rica 5–2 in Suwon.^[42][43]
Turkey also advanced to the next round, defeating Costa Rica on goal difference after both teams were tied with 4 points each.^[44] 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.^[45]

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	11	3	+8	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Turkey	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
3	Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
4	China PR	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

3 June 2002
Brazil	2–1	Turkey	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan
4 June 2002
China PR	0–2	Costa Rica	Gwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangju
8 June 2002
Brazil	4–0	China PR	Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo
9 June 2002
Costa Rica	1–1	Turkey	Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon
13 June 2002
Costa Rica	2–5	Brazil	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon
Turkey	3–0	China PR	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

Group D

Group D saw co-host South Korea, Poland, United States and Portugal square off against each other. South Korea and Poland started group play in Busan, where South Korea earned their first ever World Cup victory, defeating Poland 2–0. United States shocked group favorites Portugal the next day, defeating them 3–2 in Suwon. South Korea and United States then faced off in Daegu, where excellent goalkeeping by Brad Friedel and Lee Woon-jae resulted in a 1–1 draw, while a hat-trick by Pauleta gave the Portuguese a comfortable 4–0 win against Poland in Jeonju. In the final group games held in Incheon (Portugal-South Korea) and Daejeon (Poland-United States), South Korea eliminated Portugal thanks to a 70th-minute goal by Park Ji-sung, finishing the game 1–0, while Poland defeated United States 3–1. As a result, South Korea won their first ever group stage and advanced for the first time with seven points, while United States followed with four points. Portugal and Poland were eliminated with three points each in third and fourth places respectively.

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea (H)	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	United States	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
3	Portugal	3	1	0	2	6	4	+2	3
4	Poland	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3

4 June 2002
South Korea	2–0	Poland	Asiad Main Stadium, Busan
5 June 2002
United States	3–2	Portugal	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon
10 June 2002
South Korea	1–1	United States	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu
Portugal	4–0	Poland	Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju
14 June 2002
Portugal	0–1	South Korea	Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon
Poland	3–1	United States	Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon

Group E

Group E saw Germany play against Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Ireland and Cameroon. Ireland and Cameroon started group play in Niigata in a 1–1 draw, while Germany thrashed Saudi Arabia 8–0 in Sapporo. In Ibaraki, Germany held a 1–0 lead over the Republic of Ireland thanks to a 19th-minute goal by Miroslav Klose, only to draw 1–1 due to a sensational 92nd-minute equaliser by Robbie Keane. Saudi Arabia bowed out of the tournament with a 1–0 defeat against Cameroon in Saitama, thanks to a second-half goal by Samuel Eto'o. In the final matches of Group E, Germany sent Cameroon out of the tournament, winning 0–2 in Shizuoka with goals by Marco Bode and Miroslav Klose, while Ireland defeated Saudi Arabia 3–0 in Yokohama with goals by Robbie Keane, Gary Breen and Damien Duff. Germany advanced with seven points and Ireland followed along with five points, while Cameroon was eliminated with four points. Saudi Arabia was eliminated without a single point or goal, having conceded 12 goals, finishing dead last in the tournament.

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Republic of Ireland	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5
3	Cameroon	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

1 June 2002
Republic of Ireland	1–1	Cameroon	Niigata Stadium, Niigata
Germany	8–0	Saudi Arabia	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
5 June 2002
Germany	1–1	Republic of Ireland	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Ibaraki
6 June 2002
Cameroon	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
11 June 2002
Cameroon	0–2	Germany	Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka
Saudi Arabia	0–3	Republic of Ireland	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Group F

Group F was nicknamed the "group of death", featuring Argentina, Nigeria, England and Sweden. Argentina won their opening game in Ibaraki 1–0 against Nigeria thanks to a second-half goal by Gabriel Batistuta, while in Saitama England and Sweden drew 1–1 thanks to goals by Sol Campbell and Niclas Alexandersson. Sweden and Nigeria faced off in Kobe, where two goals by Henrik Larsson eliminated Nigeria 2–1. Meanwhile, in Sapporo, England won 1–0 over Argentina, thanks to a David Beckham penalty kick. In the final matches of Group F, England and Nigeria drew 0–0 in Osaka, while Sweden and Argentina drew 1–1 in Miyagi. Sweden and England advanced from Group F, first and second respectively with five points each, at the expense of Argentina's four points, while Nigeria finished last with one point.

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	England	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	Argentina	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

2 June 2002
Argentina	1–0	Nigeria	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Ibaraki
England	1–1	Sweden	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
7 June 2002
Sweden	2–1	Nigeria	Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe
Argentina	0–1	England	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
12 June 2002
Sweden	1–1	Argentina	Miyagi Stadium, Miyagi
Nigeria	0–0	England	Nagai Stadium, Osaka

Group G

Group G saw Italy, Ecuador, Croatia and Mexico play against each other. Niigata saw the start of the group games, with Mexico winning 1–0 over Croatia, thanks to a penalty converted by Cuauhtémoc Blanco. Later that night in Sapporo, Italy defeated newcomers Ecuador 2–0 with ease, having both goals scored by Christian Vieri. Italy and Croatia faced off a few days later in Ibaraki, where Croatia pulled a 2–1 upset victory over Italy. The next day in Miyagi saw Mexico earn a vital victory over Ecuador 2–1. In the final matches of Group G, Mexico and Italy drew 1–1 in Ōita, while Ecuador achieved their first ever World Cup victory 1–0 over Croatia in Yokohama. Mexico won Group G with seven points, while Italy survived with four points. Croatia and Ecuador were eliminated with three points in third and fourth places respectively, with the former failing to repeat its surprise performance from 1998 despite their victory against Italy.

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Italy	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
3	Croatia	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	Ecuador	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3

3 June 2002
Croatia	0–1	Mexico	Niigata Stadium, Niigata
Italy	2–0	Ecuador	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo
8 June 2002
Italy	1–2	Croatia	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Ibaraki
9 June 2002
Mexico	2–1	Ecuador	Miyagi Stadium, Miyagi
13 June 2002
Mexico	1–1	Italy	Ōita Stadium, Ōita
Ecuador	1–0	Croatia	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Group H

Group H saw co-hosts Japan square off against Belgium, Russia and Tunisia. Japan earned their first World Cup points in a spectacular 2–2 draw against Belgium in Saitama, while Russia defeated Tunisia in Kobe, 2–0. Japan would get their first ever World Cup victory a few days later in Yokohama, defeating Russia 1–0, thanks to a second-half goal by Junichi Inamoto, while Belgium and Tunisia drew 1–1 in Ōita. In the final matches of Group H, Japan defeated Tunisia with ease, winning 0–2 in Osaka, while Belgium survived against Russia in Shizuoka, winning 3–2. Japan won Group H with seven points, while Belgium advanced with five points. Russia was eliminated with three points and Tunisia was eliminated with one point.

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Belgium	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5
3	Russia	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	Tunisia	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

4 June 2002
Japan	2–2	Belgium	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
5 June 2002
Russia	2–0	Tunisia	Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe
9 June 2002
Japan	1–0	Russia	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
10 June 2002
Tunisia	1–1	Belgium	Ōita Stadium, Ōita
14 June 2002
Tunisia	0–2	Japan	Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Belgium	3–2	Russia	Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka

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 and quarter-finals

In the second round, Germany beat Paraguay 1–0 with a late goal by Oliver Neuville in Seogwipo. England defeated Denmark in Niigata 3–0, with all goals occurring in the first half of the game. Sweden and Senegal faced off in Ōita and finished 1–1 in regular time and it took a golden goal from Henri Camara in extra time to settle the game for Senegal 2–1. Spain and Ireland played in Suwon, where Spain led most of the match 1–0 until a late penalty kick scored by Robbie Keane made the match go 1–1 sending it to extra time, where Spain outlasted Ireland 3–2 in a penalty shoot-out. The United States beat CONCACAF rivals Mexico 2–0 in Jeonju, thanks to the goals of Brian McBride and Landon Donovan. Brazil defeated Belgium 2–0 in Kobe, with an amazing volley by Rivaldo and a splendid counter-attack goal by Ronaldo. Turkey ended co-hosts Japan's run with a 1–0 win in Miyagi, thanks to a Ümit Davala goal in the 12th minute. The other co-hosts, South Korea, defeated Italy 2–1 in extra time in Daejeon with a goal by Ahn Jung-hwan in the 117th minute, after a match filled with many controversial referring decisions.^[46] 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, England and Brazil squared off in Shizuoka, where Ronaldinho scored a free-kick goal over England's David Seaman early in the second half as Brazil won 2–1. The United States lost to Germany 1–0 in Ulsan by a Michael Ballack goal in the 39th minute, but controversy surrounded the game when United States demanded the referee give a penalty for a goal-line handball by Torsten Frings in the 49th minute, but the referee did not award the penalty. South Korea got another win in Gwangju in a controversial manner, beating Spain 5–3 on penalties after a 0–0 draw in which the Spaniards twice thought they had scored while onside; however, the efforts were disallowed by the referee with controversial decisions.^[47][48] 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. They also became the first World Cup semi-final team not from UEFA or CONMEBOL since the United States did it in 1930. Turkey defeated Senegal 1–0 in Osaka, with a golden goal scored by İlhan Mansız in the 93rd minute.

Semi-finals, third-place match and final

The semi-finals saw two 1–0 games; The first semi-final, held in Seoul saw a Michael Ballack goal good enough for Germany to defeat South Korea. However, Ballack had already received a yellow card during the match before, which forced him to miss the final based on accumulated yellow cards.^[49] The next day in Saitama saw Ronaldo score a goal early in the second half, scoring his sixth of the competition for Brazil, who beat Turkey in a replay of their Group C encounter.^[50][51]

In the third-place match in Daegu, Turkey beat the South Koreans 3–2, 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 shoot-out at some stage during the knockout phase and the total number of penalty shoot-outs (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.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

15 June – Seogwipo

Germany

1

21 June – Ulsan

Paraguay

0

Germany

1

17 June – Jeonju

United States

0

Mexico

0

25 June – Seoul

United States

2

Germany

1

16 June – Suwon

South Korea

0

Spain (pen.)

1 (3)

22 June – Gwangju

Republic of Ireland

1 (2)

Spain

0 (3)

18 June – Daejeon

South Korea (pen.)

0 (5)

South Korea (asdet)

2

30 June – Yokohama

Italy

1

Germany

0

15 June – Niigata

Brazil

2

Denmark

0

21 June – Shizuoka

England

3

England

1

17 June – Kobe

Brazil

2

Brazil

2

26 June – Saitama

Belgium

0

Brazil

1

16 June – Ōita

Turkey

0

Third place

Sweden

1

22 June – Osaka

29 June – Daegu

Senegal (asdet)

2

Senegal

0

South Korea

2

18 June – Miyagi

Turkey (asdet)

1

Turkey

3

Japan

0

Turkey

1

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Ronaldo won the Golden Shoe after scoring eight goals. In total, 161 goals were scored by 109 players, with three of them credited as own goals. Two of those own goals were in the same match, marking the first time in FIFA World Cup history that own goals had been scored by both teams in the same match.

List of goalscorers by number of goals and by country

8 goals Ronaldo 5 goals Rivaldo Miroslav Klose 4 goals Jon Dahl Tomasson Christian Vieri 3 goals Michael Ballack Marc Wilmots Pauleta Robbie Keane 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 Landon Donovan Brian McBride 1 goal Gabriel Batistuta Hernán Crespo Wesley Sonck Peter Van Der Heyden Johan Walem Edmílson Júnior Roberto Carlos Samuel Eto'o Patrick M'Boma Winston Parks Paulo Wanchope Mauricio Wright Ivica Olić Milan Rapaić Dennis Rommedahl Agustín Delgado Édison Méndez David Beckham Sol Campbell Rio Ferdinand Emile Heskey Oliver Bierhoff Marco Bode Carsten Jancker Thomas Linke Oliver Neuville Bernd Schneider Alessandro Del Piero Hiroaki Morishima Hidetoshi Nakata Takayuki Suzuki Cuauhtémoc Blanco Gerardo Torrado Julius Aghahowa Francisco Arce Jorge Campos Roque Santa Cruz Paweł Kryszałowicz Emmanuel Olisadebe Marcin Żewłakow Beto Rui Costa Gary Breen Damien Duff Matt Holland Vladimir Beschastnykh Valeri Karpin Dmitri Sychev Yegor Titov Salif Diao Khalilou Fadiga Milenko Ačimovič Sebastjan Cimirotič Quinton Fortune Benni McCarthy Teboho Mokoena Siyabonga Nomvethe Lucas Radebe Hwang Sun-hong Lee Eul-yong Park Ji-sung Seol Ki-hyeon Song Chong-gug Yoo Sang-chul 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 (against the United States) Carles Puyol (against Paraguay) Jeff Agoos (against Portugal) Source: FIFA[52]

Disciplinary statistics

• Total number of yellow cards: 272
  


• Average yellow cards per match: 4.25
  


• Total number of red cards: 17
  


• Average red cards per match: 0.27
  


• First yellow card of the tournament:
  Emmanuel Petit for France against Senegal
  


• First red card of the tournament:
  Boris Živković for Croatia against Mexico
  


• Fastest yellow card from kick off: 2 minutes
  Henri Camara for Senegal against Uruguay, Jesús Arellano for Mexico against Italy
  


• Fastest yellow card after coming on as a substitute: 3 minutes
  Alberto García Aspe for Mexico against United States - MS (introduced in the 78th minute)
  


• Latest yellow card in a match without extra time: 90+4 minutes
  Pape Thiaw for Senegal against Sweden
  


• Latest yellow card in a match with extra time: 115 minutes
  Choi Jin-cheul for South Korea against Italy
  


• Fastest dismissal from kick off: 22nd minute
  Carlos Paredes for Paraguay against Slovenia
  


• Fastest dismissal of a substitute: 12 minutes
  Shao Jiayi for China against Turkey (introduced in the 46th minute)
  


• Latest dismissal in a match without extra time: 90+4 minutes
  Hakan Ünsal for Turkey against Brazil
  


• Latest dismissal in a match with extra time: 103 minutes
  Francesco Totti for Italy against South Korea
  


• Shortest time difference between two yellow cards given to the same player: 3 minutes
  Carsten Ramelow for Germany against Cameroon (booked in the 37th minute and again in the 40th minute)
  


• Most yellow cards (team): 19
  Turkey
  


• Most red cards (team): 2
  Paraguay, Portugal, Turkey
  


• Fewest yellow cards (team): 2
  Nigeria
  


• Most yellow cards (player): 3
  Michael Ballack, Emre Belözoğlu, Beto, Tugay Kerimoğlu, Francesco Totti
  


• Most red cards (player): 1
  Roberto Acuña, Beto, Claudio Caniggia, Nastja Čeh, Salif Diao, Thierry Henry, Rafael Márquez, Alpay Özalan, Carlos Paredes, João Pinto, Carsten Ramelow, Ronaldinho, Shao Jiayi, Patrick Suffo, Francesco Totti, Hakan Ünsal, Boris Živković
  


• Most yellow cards (match): 16
  Cameroon vs Germany
  


• Most red cards (match): 2
  Brazil vs Turkey, Cameroon vs Germany, Slovenia vs Paraguay, Portugal vs South Korea
  


• Fewest yellow cards (match): 0
  Croatia vs Mexico, Germany vs Republic of Ireland, Nigeria vs England
  


• Most cards in one match: 16 yellow cards and 2 red cards
  Cameroon vs Germany
  

Awards

Golden Boot[53]	Golden Ball[53]	Yashin Award[53]	Best Young Player[53]	FIFA Fair Play Trophy[53]	Most Entertaining Team[53]
Ronaldo	Oliver Kahn1	Oliver Kahn	Landon Donovan	Belgium	South Korea

¹Oliver Kahn is the only goalkeeper to have won the Golden Ball in FIFA World Cup history.^[54]

All-star team

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Oliver Kahn Rüştü Reçber	Sol Campbell Fernando Hierro Hong Myung-bo Alpay Özalan Roberto Carlos	Michael Ballack Claudio Reyna Rivaldo Ronaldinho Yoo Sang-chul	El Hadji Diouf Miroslav Klose Ronaldo Hasan Şaş
Source: USA Today, 29 June 2002

Final standings

After the tournament, FIFA published a ranking of all teams that competed in the 2002 World Cup finals based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition.^[55]

R	Team	G	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts.
1	Brazil	C	7	7	0	0	18	4	+14	21
2	Germany	E	7	5	1	1	14	3	+11	16
3	Turkey	C	7	4	1	2	10	6	+4	13
4	South Korea	D	7	3	2	2	8	6	+2	11
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Spain	B	5	3	2	0	10	5	+5	11
6	England	F	5	2	2	1	6	3	+3	8
7	Senegal	A	5	2	2	1	7	6	+1	8
8	United States	D	5	2	1	2	7	7	0	7
Eliminated in the round of 16
9	Japan	H	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7
10	Denmark	A	4	2	1	1	5	5	0	7
11	Mexico	G	4	2	1	1	4	4	0	7
12	Republic of Ireland	E	4	1	3	0	6	3	+3	6
13	Sweden	F	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
14	Belgium	H	4	1	2	1	6	7	−1	5
15	Italy	G	4	1	1	2	5	5	0	4
16	Paraguay	B	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	4
Eliminated in the group stage
17	South Africa	B	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
18	Argentina	F	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
19	Costa Rica	C	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
20	Cameroon	E	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
21	Portugal	D	3	1	0	2	6	4	+2	3
22	Russia	H	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
23	Croatia	G	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
24	Ecuador	G	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
25	Poland	D	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
26	Uruguay	A	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
27	Nigeria	F	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
28	France	A	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1
29	Tunisia	H	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1
30	Slovenia	B	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0
31	China PR	C	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0
32	Saudi Arabia	E	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

Sponsorship

The sponsors of the 2002 FIFA World Cup are divided into two categories: FIFA World Cup Sponsors and Japan and South Korea Supporters.^[56][57]

List of sponsors for the tournament
FIFA World Cup sponsors	Japan sponsors	South Korea sponsors
Adidas[58] Avaya[59][60] Budweiser[61] Coca-Cola[62] Fuji Xerox[63] Fujifilm[64] Gillette Hyundai[65] JVC MasterCard McDonald's[66][67] Philips[68] Toshiba[69][70] Yahoo![71][72]	Asahi Shimbun Nippon Life Insurance Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Nissin Foods Nomura Securities NTT DoCoMo Tokyo Electric Power Company Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance	Hyundai Marine and Fire Insurance KCC Corporation Kookmin Bank Korea Telecom[73] Korean Air KTF Lotte Hotel

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 matches that there were a significant number of empty seats.^[74] It was gradually revealed that the World Cup Ticketing Bureau (WCTB) 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.^[75] 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.

Controversies

The tournament was criticized for many poor and questionable refereeing decisions. South Korea in particular faced scrutiny and allegations of corruption due to the favorable decisions they received in their controversial victories over Italy in the Round of 16 and over Spain in the Quarterfinals.^[76][46][48]

Cultural event

The official FIFA cultural event of the 2002 World Cup was a flag festival called Poetry of the Winds.^[77] Held in Nanjicheon Park, an area of the World Cup Park close to the stadium,^[78][79]Poetry of the Winds was exhibited from 29 May to 25 June in order to wish success upon the World Cup and promote a festive atmosphere. During the flag art festival, hand-painted flags from global artists were displayed as a greeting to international guests in a manner that was designed to promote harmony (2002 Flag Art Festival Executive Committee).^[77]

See also

• 
  Adidas Fevernova – match ball


• The Official Album of the 2002 FIFA World Cup


• 
  The Doraemons movies: Goal! Goal! Goal!! (2002 FIFA World Cup movies)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to FIFA World Cup 2002.

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  2002 FIFA World Cup Official Website (archived)


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  2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan ™, FIFA.com


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  FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)
  


• RSSSF Archive of finals


• RSSSF Archive of qualifying rounds