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 countries	South Korea Japan
Dates	31 May – 30 June (31 days)
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	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. 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 South Korea 3–2 in the third place match.

Host selection

Main article: FIFA World Cup hosts

Korea and Japan were selected as hosts by FIFA on 31 May 1996. Initially, Korea, Japan, and Mexico presented three rival bids. However, the two Asian countries agreed to unite their bids shortly before the decision was made, and they were chosen unanimously in preference to Mexico. This was the first (and so far the only) World cup to be hosted by two countries.

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 Finals tournament are Uruguay in 1930, Italy in 1934 and Qatar in 2022.

Qualification

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

  Countries qualified for the World Cup

  Country failed to qualify

  Countries that did not enter the 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

Further information: 2002 FIFA World Cup seeding

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. 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 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 were 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 South Korea. 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, 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. 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.

Korea

Seoul	Daegu	Busan	Incheon	Ulsan
Seoul World Cup Stadium Capacity: 66,806	Daegu World Cup Stadium Capacity: 66,422	Busan Asiad Stadium Capacity: 55,983	Incheon Munhak Stadium Capacity: 52,179	Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Capacity: 43,550
Suwon	Gwangju	Jeonju	Daejeon	Seogwipo
Suwon World Cup Stadium Capacity: 43,959	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 Soccer 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

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup 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
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

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup 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
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

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup Group C

Brazil won all three games to progress, whilst China PR were eliminated without a goal or a point. Costa Rica's leaky defense 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
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

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup Group D

The USA's shock 3-2 win over Portugal, together with a draw against South Korea was enough to send them through, even though they lost 1-3 against Poland. 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
South Korea	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
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

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup 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
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, Saitama
11 June 2002
Cameroon	0 – 2	Germany	Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka
Saudi Arabia	0 – 3	Republic of Ireland	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Group F

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup 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
Argentina	1 – 0	Nigeria	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Ibaraki
England	1 – 1	Sweden	Saitama Stadium, 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

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup 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
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	Oita Stadium, Oita
Ecuador	1 – 0	Croatia	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Group H

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup 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
Japan	2 – 2	Belgium	Saitama Stadium, 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	Oita Stadium, Oita
14 June 2002
Tunisia	0 – 2	Japan	Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Belgium	3 – 2	Russia	Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka

Knockout stage

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup 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

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 (a.e.t.)

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 (a.e.t.)

2

Senegal

0

South Korea

2

18 June – Miyagi

Turkey (a.e.t.)

1

Turkey

3

Japan

0

Turkey

1

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, South Korea 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)

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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'

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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'

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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

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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'

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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)

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

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18 June 2002 20:30	South Korea	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^{citation needed} and therefore lost to South Korea, 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'

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

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22 June 2002 15:30	Spain	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea	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

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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 South Korea to the third place play-off.

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

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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 South Korea, 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	South Korea	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

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup Final

The 2002 final was the first World Cup meeting between the tournament's two most consistently successful teams: Brazil and Germany. Two goals from Ronaldo 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

• Rivaldo
• Miroslav Klose

4 goals

• Jon Dahl Tomasson
• Christian Vieri
• Marc Wilmots

3 goals

• Michael Ballack
• Robbie Keane

• 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 M'Boma
• 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	South Korea

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	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

See also

• Adidas Fevernova - match ball
• The Official Album of the 2002 FIFA World Cup
• The Doraemons movies: The Doraemons: Goal! Goal! Goal!! (2002 FIFA World Cup movies)

External links

• 2002 FIFA World Cup at FIFA.com
• RSSSF Archive of finals
• Planet World Cup - Korea/Japan 2002
• RSSSF Archive of qualifying rounds
• 2002 FIFA World Cup BBC Coverage
• Official Website Archived