2002 FIFA World Cup

The 2002 FIFA World Cup was a football sporting event that was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30, 2002. 32 teams took part from many countries. Brazil won the trophy after beating Germany in the final by a score of 2-0. 69,029 people were at the finals at International Stadium, Yokohama.

2002 FIFA World Cup

Tournament details
Host countries	South Korea Japan
Dates	May 31 – June 30
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	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	145 (2.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ronaldo (8 goals)
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Map of competing countries and current standings

Africa

• Senegal (SEN) • Squad
• South Africa (RSA) • Squad
• Tunisia (TUN) • Squad

Asia

• China PR (CHN) • Squad
• Japan (JPN) • Squad
• South Korea (KOR) • Squad
• Saudi Arabia (KSA) • Squad

Europe

• Belgium (BEL) • Squad
• Croatia (CRO) • Squad
• Denmark (DEN) • Squad
• England (ENG) • Squad
• France (FRA) • Squad
• Germany (GER) • Squad
• Italy (ITA) • Squad
• Poland (POL) • Squad
• Portugal (POR) • Squad
• Republic of Ireland (IRL) • Squad
• Russia (RUS) • Squad
• Slovenia (SVN) • Squad
• Spain (ESP) • Squad
• Sweden (SWE) • Squad
• Turkey (TUR) • Squad

North and Central America

• Costa Rica (CRC) • Squad
• Mexico (MEX) • Squad
• United States (USA) • Squad

South America

• Argentina (ARG) • Squad
• Brazil (BRA) • Squad
• Ecuador (ECU) • Squad
• Paraguay (PAR) • Squad
• Uruguay (URU) • Squad

Group A

Pos	Team	DEN	SEN	URU	FRA	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Denmark	-	1-1	2-1	2-0	3	2	1	0	5	2	7	Round 2
2	Senegal	1-1	-	3-3	1-0	3	1	2	0	5	4	5	Round 2
3	Uruguay	1-2	3-3	-	0-0	3	0	2	1	4	5	2
4	France	0-2	0-1	0-0	-	3	0	1	2	0	3	1

Group B

Pos	Team	ESP	PAR	RSA	SVN	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Spain	-	3-1	3-2	3-1	3	3	0	0	9	4	9	Round 2
2	Paraguay	1-3	-	2-2	3-1	3	1	1	1	6	6	4	Round 2
3	South Africa	2-3	2-2	-	1-0	3	1	1	1	5	5	4
4	Slovenia	1-3	1-3	0-1	-	3	0	0	3	2	7	0

Group C

Pos	Team	BRA	TUR	CRC	CHN	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Brazil	-	2-1	5-2	4-0	3	3	0	0	11	3	9	Round 2
2	Turkey	1-2	-	1-1	3-0	3	1	1	1	5	3	4	Round 2
3	Costa Rica	2-5	1-1	-	2-0	3	1	1	1	5	6	4
4	China PR	0-4	0-3	0-2	-	3	0	0	3	0	9	0

Group D

Pos	Team	KOR	USA	POR	POL	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	South Korea	-	1-1	1-0	2-0	3	2	1	0	4	1	7	Round 2
2	United States	1-1	-	3-2	1-3	3	1	1	1	5	6	4	Round 2
3	Portugal	0-1	2-3	-	4-0	3	1	0	2	6	4	3
4	Poland	0-2	3-1	0-4	-	3	1	0	2	3	7	3

Group E

Pos	Team	GER	IRL	CMR	KSA	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Germany	-	1-1	2-0	8-0	3	2	1	0	11	1	7	Round 2
2	Republic of Ireland	1-1	-	1-1	3-0	3	1	2	0	5	2	5	Round 2
3	Cameroon	0-2	1-1	-	1-0	3	1	1	1	2	3	4
4	Saudi Arabia	0-8	0-3	0-1	-	3	0	0	3	0	12	0

Group F

Pos	Team	SWE	ENG	ARG	NGA	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Sweden	-	1-1	1-1	2-1	3	1	2	0	4	3	5	Round 2
2	England	1-1	-	1-0	0-0	3	1	2	0	2	1	5	Round 2
3	Argentina	1-1	0-1	-	1-0	3	1	1	1	2	2	4
4	Nigeria	1-2	0-0	0-1	-	3	0	1	2	1	3	1

Group G

Pos	Team	MEX	ITA	CRO	ECU	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Mexico	-	1-1	1-0	2-1	3	2	1	0	4	2	7	Round 2
2	Italy	1-1	-	1-2	2-0	3	1	1	1	4	3	4	Round 2
3	Croatia	0-1	2-1	-	0-1	3	1	0	2	2	3	3
4	Ecuador	1-2	0-2	1-0	-	3	1	0	2	2	4	3

Group H

Pos	Team	JPN	BEL	RUS	TUN	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Note
1	Japan	-	2-2	1-0	2-0	3	2	1	0	5	2	7	Round 2
2	Belgium	2-2	-	3-2	1-1	3	1	2	0	6	5	5	Round 2
3	Russia	0-1	2-3	-	2-0	3	1	0	2	4	4	3
4	Tunisia	0-2	1-1	0-2	-	3	0	1	2	1	5	1

Knockout stage

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

Korea Republic

0

Spain (pen.)

1 (3)

22 June - Gwangju

Ireland

1 (2)

Spain

0 (3)

18 June - Daejeon

Korea Republic (pen.)

0 (5)

Korea Republic (aet)

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 (aet)

2

Senegal

0

Korea Republic

2

18 June - Miyagi

Turkey (aet)

1

Turkey

3

Japan

0

Turkey

1

Third place play-off

29 June 2002 20:00	South Korea	2-3	Turkey	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu
	Lee Eul-yong  9' Song Chong-gug  90+3'		Hakan Ş.  1' İlhan  13', 32'

Final

30 June 2002 20:00	Germany	0-2	Brazil	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
			Ronaldo  67', 79'

3 goals

• Miroslav Klose

2 goals

• John Dahl Tomasson

1 goal

• Papa Bouba Diop
• Patrick M'Boma
• Matt Holland
• Darío Rodríguez
• Michael Ballack
• Carsten Jancker
• Thomas Linke
• Oliver Bierhoff
• Bernd Schneider
• Gabriel Batistuta
• Roque Santa Cruz
• Francisco Arce
• Teboho Mokoena
• Quinton Fortune
• Sol Campbell
• Niclas Alexandersson
• Raúl
• Juan Carlos Valerón
• Fernando Hierro
• Sebastjan Cimirotič

2002 FIFA World Cup Media

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  Korean Air Boeing 747 adorned with 2002 World Cup livery marking South Korea as co-hosts

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  Japanese 10,000 yen coin for the 2002 FIFA World Cup

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  Estadio de Daegu

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  김다니엘,『하루쯤 축구여행』, 북카라반(2016)

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  Busan Asiad Main Stadium

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  Incheon Munhak Stadium

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  AFC Champion Legue 2012 Final

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  Right side of Suwon World Cup Stadium. (Taken during the match between Suwon and Seoul)

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  Gwangju, South Korea

References

• FIFA Archived 2017-09-18 at the Wayback Machine