Football World Cup 2002

The 2002 Football World Cup was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. It was the 17th edition of the tournament. For the first time in history it was organised by two countries, and also for the first time it was not held in Europe or the Americas.

The 2002 edition of the tournament was dedicated to the children of the world.

The tournament featured the unexpected early elimination of many of the best regarded teams, with France and Argentina not surviving the first round and Italy and Spain defeated by the Republic of Korea. Three teams reached the quarter-finals for the first time: Turkey, Senegal and Korea, with Turkey and Korea reaching the semi-finals. In the end, though, the finals saw the all-time World Cup winning country, Brazil, defeat the team with the second-best World Cup record, Germany, 2-0 for their record fifth title.

32 teams qualified and 8 groups of 4 teams were drawn in December 2001. From each group, the two top teams qualified for the second round. Teams that qualified are in italics. Qualification order was determined using the following criteria, in descending order of preference:

Points (Wins are worth 3 points, draws 1 point, losses 0 points)
Goal difference (goals for minus goals against)
Goals for
Head-to-head result (not needed in 2002)
Random draw (not needed in 2002)

Table of contents

1 Stadia

1.1 Japan
1.2 South Korea

2 Results

2.3 First round

2.3.1 Group tables
2.3.2 Group matches

2.4 Second round

2.4.3 Last 16
2.4.4 Quarter-finals
2.4.5 Semi-finals
2.4.6 Third place play-off
2.4.7 Final

2.5 Top Scorers
2.6 Highest Qualifiers

3 External link

Stadia

Each country provided 10 stadia, many of them brand new as they had been built for the tournament.

Japan

International Stadium , Yokohama - 70,000 October 1997
Saitama Stadium, Saitama - 63,000 July 2001
Stadium Epoca, Shizuoka - 50,600 March 2001
Nagai Stadium, Osaka - 50,000 May 1996
Miyagi Stadium, Miyagi - 49,000 March 2000
Stadium Big Eye, Oita - 43,000 March 2001
Stadium Big Swan, Niigata - 42,300 March 2001
Sapporo Dome, Sapporo - 42,000 May 2001
Kashima Soccer Stadium, Ibaraki - 42,000 May 2001
Wing Stadium, Kobe - 42,000 October 2001

South Korea

World Cup Stadium, Daegu - 68,014 May 2001
World Cup Stadium, Seoul - 63,961 December 2001
Asiad Main Stadium, Busan - 55,982 July 2001
Munhak Stadium, Incheon - 52,179 December 2001
Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan - 43,550 May 2001
World Cup Stadium, Suwon - 43,188 May 2001
World Cup Stadium, Gwangju - 42,880 September 2001 (renamed Guus Hiddink Stadium immediately after the 2002 World Cup)
World Cup Stadium, Jeonju - 42,391 September 2001
World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo, Jeju - 42,256 December 2001
World Cup Stadium, Daejeon - 40,407 September 2001

Results

First round

Group tables

Group A	pts	goals	Group B	pts	goals	Group C	pts	goals	Group D	pts	goals
Denmark	7	5-2	Spain	9	9-4	Brazil	9	11-3	Korea R	7	4-1
Senegal	5	5-4	Paraguay	4	6-6	Turkey	4	5-3	USA	4	5-6
Uruguay	2	4-5	S. Africa	4	5-5	C. Rica	4	5-6	Portugal	3	6-4
France	1	0-3	Slovenia	0	2-7	China PR	0	0-9	Poland	3	3-7

Group E	pts	goals	Group F	pts	goals	Group G	pts	goals	Group H	pts	goals
Germany	7	11-1	Sweden	5	4-3	Mexico	7	4-2	Japan	7	5-2
Ireland	5	5-2	England	5	2-1	Italy	4	4-3	Belgium	5	6-5
Cameroon	4	2-3	Argentina	4	2-2	Croatia	3	2-1	Russia	3	4-4
S. Arabia	0	0-12	Nigeria	1	1-3	Ecuador	3	2-4	Tunisia	1	1-5

Group matches

Half-time scores in brackets.

May 31:

Group A: France (0) 0 - 1 (1) Senegal

Has there ever been a bigger upset on the opening day of the tournament? The World and European champions are upstaged by a French-based Senegal side.

June 1:

Group E: Ireland (0) 1 - 1 (1) Cameroon

The Irish set the tone for their World Cup rollercoaster by taking a point from the much-fancied Cameroon team- without the grit of Roy Keane.

Group A: Uruguay (0) 1 - 2 (1) Denmark

Group E: Germany (4) 8 - 0 (0) Saudi Arabia

Germany puts on a master class at the expense of the hapless Saudi Arabia, scoring four goals each half. Miroslav Klose emerges as a surprise candidate for the Golden Boot.

June 2:

Group F: Argentina (0) 1 - 0 (0) Nigeria

Group B: Paraguay (1) 2 - 1 (0) South Africa

Group F: England (1) 1 - 1 (0) Sweden

A superb first half, followed by a dreadful second, means England get off to a rocky start.

Groub B: Spain (1) 3 - 1 (0) Slovenia

June 3:

Group G: Croatia (0) 0 - 1 (0) Mexico

Blanco (M) 60'

Group C: Brazil (0) 2 - 1 (1) Turkey

An early goal from Hasan Sas puts the frighteners into the Brazilians, until Rivaldo taints the game with a shocking example of gamesmanship by fiegning a head injury when the ball is kicked at him, getting the Turkish player (???) sent off.

Group G: Italy (2) 2 - 0 (0) Ecuador

Vieri (I) 7', 27'

June 4:

Group C: China (0) 0 - 2 (0) Costa Rica

Group H: Japan (0) 2 - 2 (0) Belgium

Arsenal's forgotten man, Junichi Inamoto, emerges as the hero with a late equaliser against a solid Belgian side.

Group D: South Korea (1) 2 - 0 (0) Poland

June 5:

Group H: Russia (0) 2 - 0 (0) Tunisia

Group D: USA (3) 3 - 2 (1) Portugal

O'Brian (U) 4', Jorge Costa (U,OG) 29', McBride (U) 36', Beto (P) 39', Agoos (P,OG) 71'

USA upsets Portugal in a high-paced game.

Group E: Germany (1) 1 - 1 (0) Ireland

Ireland scores in extra time at the end of the match to achieve this stunning tie.

June 6:

Group A: France (0) 0 - 0 (0) Uruguay

After a questionable red card reduces their team to 10 men, demoralized France plays to a scoreless tie with aggressive Uruguay.

Group E: Cameroon (0) 1 - 0 (0) Saudi Arabia

Group A: Denmark (1) 1 - 1 (0) Senegal

June 7:

Group F: Sweden (1) 2 - 1 (1) Nigeria

Group B: Spain (0) 3 - 1 (1) Paraguay

Group F: Argentina (0) 0 - 1 (1) England

England lay past ghosts to rest with a Beckham penalty that leaves Argentina in need of a win in the last game.

June 8:

Group B: South Africa (1) 1 - 0 (0) Slovenia

Group G: Italy (0) 1 - 2 (0) Croatia

Vieri (I) 55', Olic (C) 73', Rapaic (C) 76'

With two goals disallowed Italy lose the match.

Group C: Brazil (3) 4 - 0 (0) China

June 9:

Group G: Mexico (1) 2 - 1 (1) Ecuador

Delgado (E) 5', Borgetti (M) 28', Torrado (M) 57'

Group C: Costa Rica (0) 1 - 1 (0) Turkey

Group H: Japan (0) 1 - 0 (0) Russia

June 10:

Group D: South Korea (0) 1 - 1 (1) USA

Mathis (U) 24', Ahn (K) 78'

USA withstand an impressive assault by South Korea on their home turf behind the extraordinary goalkeeping of Brad Friedel.

Group H: Tunisia (1) 1 - 1 (1) Belgium

Group D: Portugal (1) 4 - 0 (0) Poland

June 11:

Group A: Denmark (1) 2 - 0 (0) France

Rommedahl (D) 22', Tomasson (D) 67'

Even with the return of Zinedine Zidane, France are unable to score even one goal and crash out of the tournament.

Group A: Senegal (3) 3 - 3 (0) Uruguay

Fadiga (S) 20', Diop (S) 26', Diop (S) 38', Morales (U) 46', Forlan (U) 69', Recoba (U)88'

A thrilling 3-3 draw puts Senegal into the playoffs

Group E: Cameroon (0) 0 - 2 (0) Germany

Bode (G) 50', Klose (G) 79'

Germany beat Cameroon with strength and skill.

Group E: Saudi Arabia (0) 0 - 3 (1) Ireland

Keane (I) 7', Breen (I) 61', Duff (I) 87'

Ireland scores more than one goal for the first time in the World Cup.

June 12:

Group B: South Africa (1) 2 - 3 (2) Spain

Raul (Sp) 4', McCarthy (SA) 30', Mendieta (Sp) 44', Redebe (SA) 42', Raul (Sp) 56'

Group B: Slovenia (1) 1 - 3 (0) Paraguay

Acimovic (Sl) 45'+1', Cuevas (P) 66', Campos (P) 74', Cuevas (P) 84'

Group F: Sweden (0) 1 - 1 (0) Argentina

A. Svensson (S) 58', Crespo (A) 88'

Group F: Nigeria (0) 0 - 0 (0) England

A dire game that gets England into the next round.

June 13:

Group C: Costa Rica (1) 2 - 5 (3) Brazil

Ronaldo (B) 10' 13', Edmilson (B) 38', Wanchope (C) 39', Gomes (C) 56', Rivaldo (B) 62', Junior (B) 64'

Group C: Turkey (2) 3 - 0 (0) China

Sas (T) 6', Korkmaz (T) 9', Davala (T) 85'

Group G: Mexico (1) 1 - 1 (0) Italy

Borgetti (M) 34' , Del Piero (I) 85'

Just one regular score nullified, this time, and Italy draws.

Group G: Ecuador (0) 1 - 0 (0) Croatia

Mendez (E) 48'

June 14:

Group D: Portugal (0) 0 - 1 (0) Korea

Group D: Poland (2) 3 - 1 (0) USA

Group H: Tunisia (0) 0 - 2 (0) Japan

Morishima (J) 48', Nakata (J) 75'

Group H: Belgium (1) 3 - 2 (0) Russia

Walem (B) 7', Beschastnykh (R) 52', Sonck (B) 78', Wilmots (B) 82', Sychev (R) 88'

Second round

Last 16

June 15:

1 - Germany (0) 1 - 0 (0) Paraguay

2 - Denmark (0) 0 - 3 (0) England

A comprehensive win for England over a nervous-looking Danish side.

June 16:

3 - Sweden (1) 1 - 2 (1) Senegal (Senegal win 2-1 AET)

4 - Spain (1) 1 - 1 (0) Ireland (Spain win 3-2 on penalties)

With some of the most ineffective penalty taking ever seen, Ireland do themselves little justice as they lose to Spain.

June 17:

5 - Mexico (0) 0 - 1 (2) USA

McBride 8', Donovan 65'

6 - Brazil (0) 2 - 0 (0) Belgium

Rivaldo 67', Ronaldo 88'

Belgium are a little unlucky as their veteran striker exposes the Brazilian defensive weaknesses.

June 18:

7 - Japan (0) 0 - 1 (1) Turkey

Davala 12'

8 - Korea R. (0) 1 - 1 (1) Italy (Italy win 2-1 AET)

Christian Vieri 18', Seol Ki-Hyeon 88', Ahn Jung-Hwan 116'

Continuing the trend of shocks, a dubious series of linesman decisions send the Azzuri home early, while the Koreans go marching on.

Quarter-finals

June 21:

9 - England (1) 1 - 2 (1) Brazil

Owen 23', Rivaldo 47'+, Ronaldinho 50'

A fluke goal/moment of genius from Ronaldinho is too much for a tiring England side.

10 - Germany (1) 1 - 0 (0) USA

Ballack 38'

USA are unlucky to be knocked out as controversial refereeing denies them a certain penalty.

June 22:

11 - Spain (0) 0 - 0 (0) Korea R. (Korea win 5-3 on penalties)

12 - Senegal (0) 0 - 0 (0) Turkey (Turkey win 1-0 AET)

Mansiz 94'

Semi-finals

June 25:

13 - Germany (0) 1 - 0 (0) Korea R.

Ballack 74'

Michael Ballack's booking rules him out of the final, but his goal puts Germany through.

June 26:

14 - Brazil (0) 1 - 0 (0) Turkey

Ronaldo 49'

Ronaldo's toepoke is enough to get the Brazilians within touching distance of their fifth world title.

Third place play-off

June 29:

Korea R. (1) 2 - 3 (3) Turkey

Sukur 1', Lee 9', Mansiz 13',32', Song 93'+

Final

June 30:

Germany (0) 0 - 2 (0) Brazil

Ronaldo (B) 67', 79'

The legend that is Ronaldo finally comes good in a World Cup final, scoring two and humbling the mighty Oliver Kahn in the German goal. Germany surprise a few people by taking the game to Brazil in the first half and creating some good scoring chances; in the end, however, almost everyone outside of Deutschland celebrates a victory for the beautiful game.

Top Scorers

8 goals

RONALDO (BRA)

5 goals

Miroslav KLOSE (GER)
RIVALDO (BRA)

4 goals

Jon Dahl TOMASSON (DEN)
Christian VIERI (ITA)

3 goals

Marc WILMOTS (BEL)
PAULETA (POR)
Papa Bouba DIOP (SEN)
Ilhan MANSIZ (TUR)
Robbie KEANE (IRE)
Michael BALLACK (GER)
Fernando MORIENTES (SPA)
RAUL Gonzales Blanco (SPA)
Henrik LARSSON (SWE)

Highest Qualifiers

9 points

Brazil
Spain

7 points

Denmark
Germany
Japan
Mexico

External link

Official Site of The 2002 FIFA World Cup™ (English version): http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/

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