2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial football world championship for men's national 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.
| 2002 FIFA 월드컵 한국/일본 (Korean) 2002 FIFA Woldeu Keop Hanguk/Ilbon 2002 FIFAワールドカップ 韓国/日本 (Japanese) 2002 FIFA Waarudo Kappu Kankoku/Nippon | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host countries | South Korea Japan |
| Dates | 31 May – 30 June 2002 |
| 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 | 2,705,198 (42,269 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Ronaldo Nazário (8 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Oliver Kahn |
| Best young player | Landon Donovan |
| Best goalkeeper | Oliver Kahn |
| Fair play award | Belgium |
← 1998 2006 → | |
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 without scoring a goal and second favourites Argentina also being eliminated in the group stage. South Korea managed to reach the semi-finals, beating Poland, Portugal, Italy and Spain en route. They became the first team from outside of the UEFA, CONMEBOL, and CONCACAF regions to reach the semi-finals of a World Cup. 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, and scored the fastest goal in the FIFA World Cup history (10.8 seconds after kick-off).[2]
The 2002 World Cup was also the last one to use the golden goal rule and the last one to use the same ball for all matches. Starting in 2006 and continuing to the present, a ball with the same technical specifics but different colors has been used in the final.
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. South Korea's entry into the race was seen by some as a response to the bid of political and sporting rival Japan.[3] FIFA leaders were split on whom to favor as host as politics within the world governing body held sway.[4] With Mexico regarded as a long shot, the battle to host the tournament came down to South Korea and Japan. The two Asian rivals went on a massive and expensive PR blitz around the world, prompting Sultan Ahmad Shah, the head of the Asian Football Confederation, to step in.[3] FIFA boss João Havelange had long backed the Japanese bid,[4] but his rival in FIFA, UEFA chief Lennart Johansson, sought to undermine Havelange's plans.[4] UEFA and the AFC viewed co-hosting between the two Asian rivals as the best option.[4] South Korea and Japan were finally faced with a choice of having no World Cup or a shared World Cup and they reluctantly chose to go along with co-hosting.[4] South Korea and Japan were chosen unanimously as co-hosts in preference to Mexico.[5] 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. This is also the first ever World Cup to be hosted in Asia, the other being the 2022 World Cup, hosted by Qatar, twenty years later. 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.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8][9]
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.[10]
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 2022, this was the last occasion on which the Republic of Ireland, Turkey and China qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, as well as the last time that 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-time participants in the 1990s Romania and Colombia, and Bulgaria, Morocco and Norway, who had participated in the previous two finals tournaments, alongside Chile, Scotland and Iran which participated in the latest edition, 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 for the finals 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,[11] qualified for the final tournament:
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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.[12] 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 first capital of a host country not to have a World Cup venue.[a]
- A cross denotes an indoor stadium.
Match officials
There was much controversy over the refereeing in the tournament.[33] 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.[34] 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.[35][36]
Squads
This was the first World Cup that featured squads of 23 players, an increase from 22 previously. Of the 23 players, three must be goalkeepers.
Draw
The FIFA Organising Committee announced the eight seeded teams on 28 November 2001. The historic tradition to seed the hosts (Japan and South Korea) and holders (France) was upheld; while the remaining five seeds were granted to the other five of the top six teams, ranked by their results in the last three FIFA World Cups (ratio 3:2:1) and their FIFA World Ranking position in the last month of the past three years (equal ratio).[37]
For the draw, the 32 teams were allocated into four pots; the eight top-seeded teams, were allocated in pot 1 and would be drawn/selected into the first position of the eight groups playing in the group stage. The remaining 24 unseeded teams, were allocated into three pots based on geographical sections, with the: 11 European teams in pot 2; two Asian teams and three South American teams in pot 3; three North American teams and five African teams in pot 4.[38]
The general principle was to draw one team from each pot into the eight groups, although with special combined procedures for pot 2 and pot 3, due to comprising more/less than eight teams - but sixteen teams in total. At the same time, the draw also needed to respect the geographical limitation, that each group could not feature more than one team from each confederation, except for the European teams where the limitation was maximum two per group. Finally, special limitations were also stipulated to evenly distribute the presence of teams from each confederation between the groups playing respectively in Korea (group A-D) and Japan (group E-H); while China for political considerations only could be drawn for one of the groups playing in Korea.[38]
| Pot 1 Top-seeded teams (DC + hosts + top 6 seeds) | Pot 2 Europe (UEFA) | Pot 3 Asia & South America (AFC & CONMEBOL) | Pot 4 Africa & North America (CAF & CONCACAF) |
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- The draw took place at Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in South Korea, and was televised live on 1 December 2001: World Cup Draw 2002 on RTÉ.
The FIFA Organising Committee decided ahead of the draw, to place the defending champions (France) in Group A; while the co-hosts South Korea and Japan were placed respectively in Group D and Group H. The procedure for the draw comprised the following six steps:[38][39]
- Pot 1 was used to draw, in alphabetic group order, the remaining five top-seeded teams for the first position of groups B, C, E, F and G; while respecting the restriction that one of the two South American seeds (Brazil and Argentina) had to play in a group played in South Korea (B/C) and the other had to play in a group played in Japan (E/F/G).
- Pot 2 was used to draw one European team to each of the eight groups (drawing unrestricted in the alphabetic order from A to H).
- As per the FIFA rule of only allowing a maximum of two European teams in each group, the remaining three European teams from Pot 2, was subject to a second draw, to be put in either of the four groups containing a top-seeded South American team or Asian team. This was done by first drawing the European team from Pot 2, and then drawing which seeded opponent the European team should be paired with, from a special bowl with four blue balls containing the names of Brazil, Argentina, Japan and South Korea.
- Pot 3 was used to draw one team to each of the five groups with an empty third slot (drawing in alphabetical order from A to H); while respecting the geographical restrictions, that:
- None of the unseeded South American teams (Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay) from pot 3, could be drawn into a group with a seeded South American team (Brazil and Argentina).
- None of the unseeded Asian teams (Saudi Arabia and China) from pot 3, could be drawn into a group with a seeded Asian team (South Korea and Japan in Group D and H); along with the overall rule that China had to play in South Korea (meaning either group A, B or C) and that Saudi Arabia had to play in Japan (meaning either group E, F or G).
- Pot 4 was used to draw one team to each of the eight groups (drawing in the alphabetic order from A to H); while respecting the restrictions that:
- Minimum one North American team and minimum two African teams should be drawn to a group located in South Korea (Group A/B/C/D)
- Minimum one North American team and minimum two African teams should be drawn to a group located in Japan (Group E/F/G/H)
- To decide the match schedules, the exact group position number for the un-seeded teams in each group (2, 3 or 4), were also drawn immediately from eight special group bowls, after each respective team had been drawn from pot 2, 3 and 4.
Besides of drawing the teams, the event also featured American vocalist Anastacia giving a debut public performance of the official song of the World Cup: Boom.[40][41]
Draw results and group fixtures
The draw resulted in the following eight groups:[39]
| Pos | Team |
|---|---|
| B1 | Spain |
| B2 | Slovenia |
| B3 | Paraguay |
| B4 | South Africa |
| Pos | Team |
|---|---|
| C1 | Brazil |
| C2 | Turkey |
| C3 | China |
| C4 | Costa Rica |
| Pos | Team |
|---|---|
| D1 | South Korea |
| D2 | Poland |
| D3 | United States |
| D4 | Portugal |
| Pos | Team |
|---|---|
| E1 | Germany |
| E2 | Saudi Arabia |
| E3 | Republic of Ireland |
| E4 | Cameroon |
In each group, the teams played three matches, one against each of the other teams. Victories were granted 3 points, while a draw was equal to 1 point. After completion of the Group stage, the best two teams of each group advanced to the Round of 16 in the knockout stage, in a way so all group winners started out meeting a runner-up from one of the other groups. This format was identical with the tournament structure being used in 1998. A total of 64 games were played, including the final and a bronze medal game between the two semifinale losers.
Group F was considered the group of death, as it brought together Argentina, England, Nigeria and Sweden.[40]
The fixtures for the Group stage were decided based on the draw results, as follows:
| Matchday | Dates | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Matchday 1 | 31 May – 5 June 2002 | 1 v 2, 3 v 4 |
| Matchday 2 | 5–10 June 2002 | 1 v 3, 4 v 2 |
| Matchday 3 | 11–14 June 2002 | 4 v 1, 2 v 3 |
Group stage
All times are Korea Standard Time and Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Champion Runner-up | Third place Fourth place | Quarter-finals Round of 16 | Group stage |
Groups A, B, C and D based in South Korea. Groups E, F, G and 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.[42]
Group A
| Pos | Team | 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 |
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| France | 0–1 | Senegal |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Bouba Diop 30' |
Group B
| Pos | Team | 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 |
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Paraguay | 2–2 | South Africa |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Cruz 39' Arce 55' | Report | T. Mokoena 63' Fortune 90+1' (pen.) |
| South Africa | 1–0 | Slovenia |
|---|---|---|
| Nomvethe 4' | Report |
Group C
| Pos | Team | 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| China | 0–2 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Gómez 61' Wright 65' |
| Brazil | 4–0 | China |
|---|---|---|
| Roberto Carlos 15' Rivaldo 32' Ronaldinho 45' (pen.) Ronaldo 55' | Report |
| Costa Rica | 1–1 | Turkey |
|---|---|---|
| Parks 86' | Report | Emre B. 56' |
Group D
| Pos | Team | 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 |
| South Korea | 2–0 | Poland |
|---|---|---|
| Hwang Sun-hong 26' Yoo Sang-chul 53' | Report |
| South Korea | 1–1 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Ahn Jung-hwan 78' | Report | Mathis 24' |
| Portugal | 0–1 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Park Ji-sung 70' |
| Poland | 3–1 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Olisadebe 3' Kryszałowicz 5' Żewłakow 66' | Report | Donovan 83' |
Group E
| Pos | Team | 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 |
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| Republic of Ireland | 1–1 | Cameroon |
|---|---|---|
| Holland 52' | Report | M'Boma 39' |
| Germany | 1–1 | Republic of Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Klose 19' | Report | Robbie Keane 90+2' |
| Cameroon | 1–0 | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| Eto'o 66' | Report |
| Saudi Arabia | 0–3 | Republic of Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Robbie Keane 7' Breen 61' Duff 87' |
Group F
| Pos | Team | 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 |
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
| England | 1–1 | Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Campbell 24' | Report | Alexandersson 59' |
| Sweden | 1–1 | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| A. Svensson 59' | Report | Crespo 88' |
Group G
| Pos | Team | 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 |
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
Group H
| Pos | Team | 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 |
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 | |||||||||||||
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Venue s 20 in 20 host cities Final positionsChampions Brazil 5th title Runners up GermanyThird place TurkeyFourth place South KoreaTournament statisticsMatches played64Goals scored161 2 52 per match Attendance2 705 198 42 269 per match Top scorer s Ronaldo Nazario 8 goals Best player s Oliver KahnBest young playerLandon DonovanBest goalkeeperOliver KahnFair play award Belgium 19982006 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 without scoring a goal and second favourites Argentina also being eliminated in the group stage South Korea managed to reach the semi finals beating Poland Portugal Italy and Spain en route They became the first team from outside of the UEFA CONMEBOL and CONCACAF regions to reach the semi finals of a World Cup 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 and scored the fastest goal in the FIFA World Cup history 10 8 seconds after kick off 2 The 2002 World Cup was also the last one to use the golden goal rule and the last one to use the same ball for all matches Starting in 2006 and continuing to the present a ball with the same technical specifics but different colors has been used in the final Contents 1 Host selection 2 Qualification 2 1 List of qualified teams 3 Venues 4 Match officials 5 Squads 6 Draw 6 1 Draw results and group fixtures 7 Group stage 7 1 Group A 7 2 Group B 7 3 Group C 7 4 Group D 7 5 Group E 7 6 Group F 7 7 Group G 7 8 Group H 8 Knockout stage 8 1 Round of 16 8 2 Quarter finals 8 3 Semi finals 8 4 Third place play off 8 5 Final 9 Statistics 9 1 Goalscorers 9 2 Disciplinary statistics 9 3 Awards 9 4 All star team 9 5 Final standings 10 Marketing 10 1 Sponsorship 10 2 Ticket sales problem 11 Symbols 11 1 Mascot 11 2 Match ball 11 3 Music 12 Cultural event 13 Concerns 14 Aftermath and legacy 15 See also 16 References 17 Notes 18 External linksHost selection EditMain article FIFA World Cup hosts Korean Air Boeing 747 adorned with 2002 World Cup livery marking South Korea as co hosts Japanese 10 000 yen coin for the 2002 FIFA World Cup South Korea and Japan were selected as hosts by FIFA on 31 May 1996 Initially South Korea Japan and Mexico presented three rival bids South Korea s entry into the race was seen by some as a response to the bid of political and sporting rival Japan 3 FIFA leaders were split on whom to favor as host as politics within the world governing body held sway 4 With Mexico regarded as a long shot the battle to host the tournament came down to South Korea and Japan The two Asian rivals went on a massive and expensive PR blitz around the world prompting Sultan Ahmad Shah the head of the Asian Football Confederation to step in 3 FIFA boss Joao Havelange had long backed the Japanese bid 4 but his rival in FIFA UEFA chief Lennart Johansson sought to undermine Havelange s plans 4 UEFA and the AFC viewed co hosting between the two Asian rivals as the best option 4 South Korea and Japan were finally faced with a choice of having no World Cup or a shared World Cup and they reluctantly chose to go along with co hosting 4 South Korea and Japan were chosen unanimously as co hosts in preference to Mexico 5 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 This is also the first ever World Cup to be hosted in Asia the other being the 2022 World Cup hosted by Qatar twenty years later 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 6 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 7 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 8 9 Qualification EditMain article 2002 FIFA World Cup 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 10 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 2022 this was the last occasion on which the Republic of Ireland Turkey and China qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals as well as the last time that 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 time participants in the 1990s Romania and Colombia and Bulgaria Morocco and Norway who had participated in the previous two finals tournaments alongside Chile Scotland and Iran which participated in the latest edition 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 for the finals was Colombia ranked 4th while the lowest ranked team that did qualify was China PR ranked 50th List of qualified teams Edit The following 32 teams shown with final pre tournament rankings 11 qualified for the final tournament AFC 4 China 50 Japan 32 co hosts Saudi Arabia 34 South Korea 40 co hosts CAF 5 Cameroon 17 Nigeria 27 Senegal 42 South Africa 37 Tunisia 31 OFC 0 None qualified CONCACAF 3 Costa Rica 29 Mexico 7 United States 13 CONMEBOL 5 Argentina 3 Brazil 2 Ecuador 36 Paraguay 18 Uruguay 24 UEFA 15 Belgium 23 Croatia 21 Denmark 20 England 12 France 1 Germany 11 Italy 6 Poland 38 Portugal 5 Republic of Ireland 15 Russia 28 Slovenia 25 Spain 8 Sweden 19 Turkey 22 Countries qualified for the World Cup Country did not qualify Countries that did not enter the World Cup Country not a FIFA memberVenues EditSouth 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 12 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 first capital of a host country not to have a World Cup venue a A cross denotes an indoor stadium South KoreaDaegu Seoul Busan Incheon UlsanDaegu World Cup Stadium Seoul World Cup Stadium Busan Asiad Stadium Incheon World Cup Stadium Ulsan Munsu Football StadiumCapacity 68 014 13 b Capacity 63 961 14 c Capacity 55 982 15 d Capacity 52 179 16 e Capacity 43 550 17 f Suwon Gwangju Jeonju Seogwipo DaejeonSuwon World Cup Stadium Gwangju World Cup Stadium Jeonju World Cup Stadium Jeju World Cup Stadium Daejeon World Cup StadiumCapacity 43 188 18 g Capacity 42 880 19 h Capacity 42 391 20 i Capacity 42 256 21 j Capacity 40 407 22 k South Korea Busan Daegu Daejeon Gwangju Incheon Jeonju Seogwipo Seoul Suwon UlsanJapan Japan Kashima Kobe Miyagi Niigata Ōita Osaka Saitama Sapporo Shizuoka YokohamaS Korea JapanYokohama Saitama Shizuoka Osaka MiyagiInternational Stadium Yokohama Saitama Stadium Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA Nagai Stadium Miyagi StadiumCapacity 72 327 23 l Capacity 63 000 24 m Capacity 50 600 25 n Capacity 50 000 26 o Capacity 49 000 27 p Ōita Niigata Kashima Kobe SapporoŌita Stadium Niigata Stadium Kashima Stadium Kobe Wing Stadium Sapporo Dome Capacity 43 000 28 q Capacity 42 300 29 r Capacity 42 000 30 s Capacity 42 000 31 t Capacity 42 000 32 u Match officials EditList of match officials by confederation and countryReferees AFCLu Jun China Toru Kamikawa Japan Saad Mane Kuwait Kim Young joo South Korea Ali Bujsaim United Arab Emirates CAFCoffi Codjia Benin Gamal Al Ghandour Egypt Mohamed Guezzaz Morocco Falla N Doye Senegal Mourad Daami Tunisia CONCACAFWilliam Mattus Costa Rica Carlos Batres Guatemala Peter Prendergast Jamaica Felipe Ramos Mexico Brian Hall United States CONMEBOLAngel Sanchez Argentina Rene Ortube Bolivia Carlos Simon Brazil oscar Ruiz Colombia Byron Moreno Ecuador Ubaldo Aquino Paraguay OFCMark Shield Australia UEFAKim Milton Nielsen Denmark Graham Poll England Gilles Veissiere France Markus Merk Germany Kyros Vassaras Greece Pierluigi Collina Italy Jan Wegereef Netherlands Terje Hauge Norway Vitor Melo Pereira Portugal Hugh Dallas Scotland Ľubos Micheľ Slovakia Antonio Lopez Nieto Spain Anders Frisk Sweden Urs Meier Switzerland Assistant referees AFCKomaleeswaran Sankar India Awni Hassaouneh Jordan Haidar Koleit Lebanon Mat Lazim Awang Hamat Malaysia Mohamed Saeed Maldives Ali Al Traifi Saudi Arabia Visva Krishnan Singapore CAFWagih Farag Egypt Dramane Dante Mali Taoufik Adjengui Tunisia Ali Tomusange Uganda Brighton Mudzamiri Zimbabwe CONCACAFCurtis Charles Antigua and Barbuda Hector Vergara Canada Vladimir Fernandez El Salvador Michael Ragoonath Trinidad and Tobago CONMEBOLJorge Rattalino Argentina Jorge Oliveira Brazil Bomer Fierro Ecuador Miguel Giacomuzzi Paraguay OFCPaul Smith New Zealand Elise Doriri Vanuatu UEFAEgon Bereuter Austria Yury Dupanov Belarus Roland Van Nylen Belgium Evzen Amler Czech Republic Jens Larsen Denmark Philip Sharp England Frederic Arnault France Heiner Muller Germany Ferenc Szekely Hungary Jaap Pool Netherlands Maciej Wierzbowski Poland Carlos Matos Portugal Igor Sramka Slovakia Leif Lindberg Sweden There was much controversy over the refereeing in the tournament 33 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 34 The match between Spain and South Korea featured two controversially disallowed Spanish goals which Ivan 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 35 36 Squads EditMain article 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 three must be goalkeepers Draw EditFurther information 2002 FIFA World Cup seeding The FIFA Organising Committee announced the eight seeded teams on 28 November 2001 The historic tradition to seed the hosts Japan and South Korea and holders France was upheld while the remaining five seeds were granted to the other five of the top six teams ranked by their results in the last three FIFA World Cups ratio 3 2 1 and their FIFA World Ranking position in the last month of the past three years equal ratio 37 For the draw the 32 teams were allocated into four pots the eight top seeded teams were allocated in pot 1 and would be drawn selected into the first position of the eight groups playing in the group stage The remaining 24 unseeded teams were allocated into three pots based on geographical sections with the 11 European teams in pot 2 two Asian teams and three South American teams in pot 3 three North American teams and five African teams in pot 4 38 The general principle was to draw one team from each pot into the eight groups although with special combined procedures for pot 2 and pot 3 due to comprising more less than eight teams but sixteen teams in total At the same time the draw also needed to respect the geographical limitation that each group could not feature more than one team from each confederation except for the European teams where the limitation was maximum two per group Finally special limitations were also stipulated to evenly distribute the presence of teams from each confederation between the groups playing respectively in Korea group A D and Japan group E H while China for political considerations only could be drawn for one of the groups playing in Korea 38 Pot 1Top seeded teams DC hosts top 6 seeds Pot 2Europe UEFA Pot 3Asia amp South America AFC amp CONMEBOL Pot 4Africa amp North America CAF amp CONCACAF France 1998 winner group A1 South Korea co hosts group D1 Japan co hosts group H1 Brazil 1 Argentina 2 Italy 3 Germany 4 Spain 6 Belgium Croatia Denmark England Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Russia Slovenia Sweden Turkey China Ecuador Paraguay Saudi Arabia Uruguay Cameroon Costa Rica Mexico Nigeria Senegal South Africa Tunisia United StatesThe draw took place at Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in South Korea and was televised live on 1 December 2001 World Cup Draw 2002 on RTE The FIFA Organising Committee decided ahead of the draw to place the defending champions France in Group A while the co hosts South Korea and Japan were placed respectively in Group D and Group H The procedure for the draw comprised the following six steps 38 39 Pot 1 was used to draw in alphabetic group order the remaining five top seeded teams for the first position of groups B C E F and G while respecting the restriction that one of the two South American seeds Brazil and Argentina had to play in a group played in South Korea B C and the other had to play in a group played in Japan E F G Pot 2 was used to draw one European team to each of the eight groups drawing unrestricted in the alphabetic order from A to H As per the FIFA rule of only allowing a maximum of two European teams in each group the remaining three European teams from Pot 2 was subject to a second draw to be put in either of the four groups containing a top seeded South American team or Asian team This was done by first drawing the European team from Pot 2 and then drawing which seeded opponent the European team should be paired with from a special bowl with four blue balls containing the names of Brazil Argentina Japan and South Korea Pot 3 was used to draw one team to each of the five groups with an empty third slot drawing in alphabetical order from A to H while respecting the geographical restrictions that None of the unseeded South American teams Ecuador Paraguay Uruguay from pot 3 could be drawn into a group with a seeded South American team Brazil and Argentina None of the unseeded Asian teams Saudi Arabia and China from pot 3 could be drawn into a group with a seeded Asian team South Korea and Japan in Group D and H along with the overall rule that China had to play in South Korea meaning either group A B or C and that Saudi Arabia had to play in Japan meaning either group E F or G Pot 4 was used to draw one team to each of the eight groups drawing in the alphabetic order from A to H while respecting the restrictions that Minimum one North American team and minimum two African teams should be drawn to a group located in South Korea Group A B C D Minimum one North American team and minimum two African teams should be drawn to a group located in Japan Group E F G H To decide the match schedules the exact group position number for the un seeded teams in each group 2 3 or 4 were also drawn immediately from eight special group bowls after each respective team had been drawn from pot 2 3 and 4 Besides of drawing the teams the event also featured American vocalist Anastacia giving a debut public performance of the official song of the World Cup Boom 40 41 Draw results and group fixtures Edit The draw resulted in the following eight groups 39 Group A Korea Pos TeamA1 FranceA2 SenegalA3 UruguayA4 DenmarkGroup B Korea Pos TeamB1 SpainB2 SloveniaB3 ParaguayB4 South AfricaGroup C Korea Pos TeamC1 BrazilC2 TurkeyC3 ChinaC4 Costa RicaGroup D Korea Pos TeamD1 South KoreaD2 PolandD3 United StatesD4 Portugal Group E Japan Pos TeamE1 GermanyE2 Saudi ArabiaE3 Republic of IrelandE4 CameroonGroup F Japan Pos TeamF1 ArgentinaF2 NigeriaF3 EnglandF4 SwedenGroup G Japan Pos TeamG1 ItalyG2 EcuadorG3 CroatiaG4 MexicoGroup H Japan Pos TeamH1 JapanH2 BelgiumH3 RussiaH4 TunisiaIn each group the teams played three matches one against each of the other teams Victories were granted 3 points while a draw was equal to 1 point After completion of the Group stage the best two teams of each group advanced to the Round of 16 in the knockout stage in a way so all group winners started out meeting a runner up from one of the other groups This format was identical with the tournament structure being used in 1998 A total of 64 games were played including the final and a bronze medal game between the two semifinale losers Group F was considered the group of death as it brought together Argentina England Nigeria and Sweden 40 The fixtures for the Group stage were decided based on the draw results as follows Group stage schedule Matchday Dates MatchesMatchday 1 31 May 5 June 2002 1 v 2 3 v 4Matchday 2 5 10 June 2002 1 v 3 4 v 2Matchday 3 11 14 June 2002 4 v 1 2 v 3Group stage EditAll times are Korea Standard Time and Japan Standard Time UTC 9 Champion Runner up Third place Fourth place Quarter finals Round of 16 Group stage Groups A B C and D based in South Korea Groups E F G and 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 accumulatedThe 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 lotsIn 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 42 Group A Edit Main article 2002 FIFA World Cup Group A Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Denmark 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 7 Advance to knockout stage2 Senegal 3 1 2 0 5 4 1 53 Uruguay 3 0 2 1 4 5 1 24 France 3 0 1 2 0 3 3 1Source FIFARules for classification Tie breaking criteria 31 May 200220 30 KST UTC 9 France 0 1 SenegalReport Bouba Diop 30 Seoul World Cup Stadium SeoulAttendance 62 561Referee Ali Bujsaim United Arab Emirates 1 June 200218 00 KST UTC 9 Uruguay 1 2 DenmarkRodriguez 47 Report Tomasson 45 83 Munsu Cup Stadium UlsanAttendance 30 157Referee Saad Mane Kuwait 6 June 200215 30 KST UTC 9 Denmark 1 1 SenegalTomasson 16 pen Report Diao 52 Daegu World Cup Stadium DaeguAttendance 43 500Referee Carlos Batres Guatemala 6 June 200220 30 KST UTC 9 France 0 0 UruguayReportBusan Asiad Main Stadium BusanAttendance 38 289Referee Felipe Ramos Mexico 11 June 200215 30 KST UTC 9 Denmark 2 0 FranceRommedahl 22 Tomasson 67 ReportIncheon Munhak Stadium IncheonAttendance 48 100Referee Vitor Melo Pereira Portugal 11 June 200215 30 KST UTC 9 Senegal 3 3 UruguayFadiga 20 pen Bouba Diop 26 38 Report Morales 46 Forlan 69 Recoba 88 pen Suwon World Cup Stadium SuwonAttendance 33 681Referee Jan Wegereef Netherlands Group B Edit Main article 2002 FIFA World Cup Group B Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Spain 3 3 0 0 9 4 5 9 Advance to knockout stage2 Paraguay 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 43 South Africa 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 44 Slovenia 3 0 0 3 2 7 5 0Source FIFARules for classification Tie breaking criteria 2 June 200216 30 KST UTC 9 Paraguay 2 2 South AfricaSanta Cruz 39 Arce 55 Report T Mokoena 63 Fortune 90 1 pen Busan Asiad Main Stadium BusanAttendance 25 186Referee Ľubos Micheľ Slovakia 2 June 200220 30 KST UTC 9 Spain 3 1 SloveniaRaul 44 Valeron 74 Hierro 87 pen Report Cimirotic 82 Gwangju World Cup Stadium GwangjuAttendance 28 598Referee Mohamed Guezzaz Morocco 7 June 200218 00 KST UTC 9 Spain 3 1 ParaguayMorientes 53 69 Hierro 83 pen Report Puyol 10 o g Jeonju World Cup Stadium JeonjuAttendance 24 000Referee Gamal Al Ghandour Egypt 8 June 200215 30 KST UTC 9 South Africa 1 0 SloveniaNomvethe 4 ReportDaegu World Cup Stadium DaeguAttendance 47 226Referee Angel Sanchez Argentina 12 June 200220 30 KST UTC 9 South Africa 2 3 SpainMcCarthy 31 Radebe 53 Report Raul 4 56 Mendieta 45 1 Daejeon World Cup Stadium DaejeonAttendance 31 024Referee Saad Mane Kuwait 12 June 200220 30 KST UTC 9 Slovenia 1 3 ParaguayAcimovic 45 1 Report Cuevas 65 84 Campos 73 Jeju World Cup Stadium SeogwipoAttendance 30 176Referee Felipe Ramos Mexico Group C Edit Main article 2002 FIFA World Cup Group C Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Brazil 3 3 0 0 11 3 8 9 Advance to knockout stage2 Turkey 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 43 Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 5 6 1 44 China 3 0 0 3 0 9 9 0Source FIFARules for classification Tie breaking criteria 3 June 200218 00 KST UTC 9 Brazil 2 1 TurkeyRonaldo 50 Rivaldo 87 pen Report Hasan Sas 45 2 Munsu Football Stadium UlsanAttendance 33 842Referee Kim Young joo South Korea 4 June 200215 30 KST UTC 9 China 0 2 Costa RicaReport Gomez 61 Wright 65 Gwangju World Cup Stadium GwangjuAttendance 27 217Referee Kyros Vassaras Greece 8 June 200220 30 KST UTC 9 Brazil 4 0 ChinaRoberto Carlos 15 Rivaldo 32 Ronaldinho 45 pen Ronaldo 55 ReportJeju World Cup Stadium SeogwipoAttendance 36 750Referee Anders Frisk Sweden 9 June 200218 00 KST UTC 9 Costa Rica 1 1 TurkeyParks 86 Report Emre B 56 Incheon Munhak Stadium IncheonAttendance 42 299Referee Coffi Codjia Benin 13 June 200215 30 KST UTC 9 Costa Rica 2 5 BrazilWanchope 39 Gomez 56 Report Ronaldo 10 13 Edmilson 38 Rivaldo 62 Junior 64 Suwon World Cup Stadium SuwonAttendance 38 524Referee Gamal Al Ghandour Egypt 13 June 200215 30 KST UTC 9 Turkey 3 0 ChinaHasan Sas 6 Bulent 9 Davala 85 ReportSeoul World Cup Stadium SeoulAttendance 43 605Referee oscar Ruiz Colombia Group D Edit Main article 2002 FIFA World Cup Group D Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 South Korea H 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 7 Advance to knockout stage2 United States 3 1 1 1 5 6 1 43 Portugal 3 1 0 2 6 4 2 34 Poland 3 1 0 2 3 7 4 3Source FIFARules for classification Tie breaking criteria H Host 4 June 200220 30 KST UTC 9 South Korea 2 0 PolandHwang Sun hong 26 Yoo Sang chul 53 ReportBusan Asiad Main Stadium BusanAttendance 48 760Referee oscar Ruiz Colombia 5 June 200218 00 KST UTC 9 United States 3 2 PortugalO Brien 4 J Costa 29 o g McBride 36 Report Beto 39 Agoos 71 o g Suwon World Cup Stadium SuwonAttendance 37 306Referee Byron Moreno Ecuador 10 June 200215 30 KST UTC 9 South Korea 1 1 United StatesAhn Jung hwan 78 Report Mathis 24 Daegu World Cup Stadium DaeguAttendance 60 778Referee Urs Meier Switzerland 10 June 200220 30 KST UTC 9 Portugal 4 0 PolandPauleta 14 65 77 Rui Costa 88 ReportJeonju World Cup Stadium JeonjuAttendance 31 000Referee Hugh Dallas Scotland 14 June 200220 30 KST UTC 9 Portugal 0 1 South KoreaReport Park Ji sung 70 Incheon Munhak Stadium IncheonAttendance 50 239Referee Angel Sanchez Argentina 14 June 200220 30 KST UTC 9 Poland 3 1 United StatesOlisadebe 3 Kryszalowicz 5 Zewlakow 66 Report Donovan 83 Daejeon World Cup Stadium DaejeonAttendance 26 482Referee Lu Jun China Group E Edit Main article 2002 FIFA World Cup Group E Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Germany 3 2 1 0 11 1 10 7 Advance to knockout stage2 Republic of Ireland 3 1 2 0 5 2 3 53 Cameroon 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 44 Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 0 12 12 0Source FIFARules for classification Tie breaking criteria 1 June 200215 30 JST UTC 9 Republic of Ireland 1 1 CameroonHolland 52 Report M Boma 39 Niigata Stadium NiigataAttendance 33 679Referee Toru Kamikawa Japan 1 June 200220 30 JST UTC 9 Germany 8 0 Saudi ArabiaKlose 20 25 70 Ballack 40 Jancker 45 1 Linke 73 Bierhoff 84 Schneider 90 1 ReportSapporo Dome SapporoAttendance 32 218Referee Ubaldo Aquino Paraguay 5 June 200220 30 JST UTC 9 Germany 1 1 Republic of IrelandKlose 19 Report Robbie Keane 90 2 Kashima Soccer Stadium IbarakiAttendance 35 854Referee Kim Milton Nielsen Denmark 6 June 200218 00 JST UTC 9 Cameroon 1 0 Saudi ArabiaEto o 66 ReportSaitama Stadium SaitamaAttendance 52 328Referee Terje Hauge Norway 11 June 200220 30 JST UTC 9 Cameroon 0 2 GermanyReport Bode 50 Klose 79 Ecopa Stadium ShizuokaAttendance 47 085Referee Antonio Lopez Nieto Spain 11 June 200220 30 JST UTC 9 Saudi Arabia 0 3 Republic of IrelandReport Robbie Keane 7 Breen 61 Duff 87 International Stadium Yokohama YokohamaAttendance 65 320Referee Falla N Doye Senegal Group F Edit Main article 2002 FIFA World Cup Group F Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Sweden 3 1 2 0 4 3 1 5 Advance to knockout stage2 England 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 53 Argentina 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 44 Nigeria 3 0 1 2 1 3 2 1Source FIFARules for classification Tie breaking criteria 2 June 200214 30 JST UTC 9 Argentina 1 0 NigeriaBatistuta 63 ReportKashima Soccer Stadium IbarakiAttendance 34 050Referee Gilles Veissiere France 2 June 200218 30 JST UTC 9 England 1 1 SwedenCampbell 24 Report Alexandersson 59 Saitama Stadium SaitamaAttendance 52 721Referee Carlos Simon Brazil 7 June 200215 30 JST UTC 9 Sweden 2 1 NigeriaLarsson 35 63 pen Report Aghahowa 27 Wing Stadium KobeAttendance 36 194Referee Rene Ortube Bolivia 7 June 200220 30 JST UTC 9 Argentina 0 1 EnglandReport Beckham 44 pen Sapporo Dome SapporoAttendance 35 927Referee Pierluigi Collina Italy 12 June 200215 30 JST UTC 9 Sweden 1 1 ArgentinaA Svensson 59 Report Crespo 88 Miyagi Stadium MiyagiAttendance 45 777Referee Ali Bujsaim United Arab Emirates 12 June 200215 30 JST UTC 9 Nigeria 0 0 EnglandReportNagai Stadium OsakaAttendance 44 864Referee Brian Hall United States Group G Edit Main article 2002 FIFA World Cup Group G Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Mexico 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 7 Advance to knockout stage2 Italy 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 43 Croatia 3 1 0 2 2 3 1 34 Ecuador 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 3Source FIFARules for classification Tie breaking criteria 3 June 200215 30 JST UTC 9 Croatia 0 1 MexicoReport Blanco 60 pen Niigata Big Swan Stadium NiigataAttendance 32 239Referee Lu Jun China 3 June 200220 30 JST UTC 9 Italy 2 0 EcuadorVieri 7 27 ReportSapporo Dome SapporoAttendance 31 081Referee Brian Hall United States 8 June 200218 00 JST UTC 9 Italy 1 2 CroatiaVieri 55 Report Olic 73 Rapaic 76 Kashima Soccer Stadium IbarakiAttendance 36 472Referee Graham Poll England 9 June 200215 30 JST UTC 9 Mexico 2 1 EcuadorBorgetti 28 Torrado 57 Report Delgado 5 Miyagi Stadium MiyagiAttendance 45 610Referee Mourad Daami Tunisia 13 June 200220 30 JST UTC 9 Mexico 1 1 ItalyBorgetti 34 Report Del Piero 85 Ōita Big Eye Stadium ŌitaAttendance 39 291Referee Carlos Simon Brazil 13 June 200220 30 JST UTC 9 Ecuador 1 0 CroatiaMendez 48 ReportInternational Stadium Yokohama YokohamaAttendance 65 862Referee William Mattus Costa Rica Group H Edit Main article 2002 FIFA World Cup Group H Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Japan H 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 7 Advance to knockout stage2 Belgium 3 1 2 0 6 5 1 53 Russia 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 34 Tunisia 3 0 1 2 1 5 4 1Source FIFARules for classification Tie breaking criteria H Host 4 June 200218 00 JST UTC 9 Japan 2 2 BelgiumSuzuki 59 Inamoto 67 Report Wilmots 57 Van Der Heyden 75 Saitama Stadium SaitamaAttendance 55 256Referee William Mattus Costa Rica 5 June 200215 30 JST UTC 9 Russia 2 0 TunisiaTitov 59 Karpin 64 pen ReportKobe Wing Stadium KobeAttendance 30 957Referee Peter Prendergast Jamaica 9 June 200220 30 JST UTC 9 Japan 1 0 RussiaInamoto 51 ReportInternational Stadium Yokohama YokohamaAttendance 66 108Referee Markus Merk Germany 10 June 200218 00 JST UTC 9 Tunisia 1 1 BelgiumBouzaiene 17 Report Wilmots 13 Ōita Big Eye Stadium ŌitaAttendance 39 700Referee Mark Shield Australia 14 June 200215 30 JST UTC 9 Tunisia 0 2 JapanReport Morishima 48 H Nakata 75 Nagai Stadium OsakaAttendance 45 213Referee Gilles Veissiere France 14 June 200215 30 JST UTC 9 Belgium 3 2 RussiaWalem 7 Sonck 78 Wilmots 82 Report Beschastnykh 52 Sychev 88 Shizuoka Ecopa Stadium Fukuroi ShizuokaAttendance 46 640Referee Kim Milton Nielsen Denmark Knockout stage EditMain article 2002 FIFA World Cup knockout stage South Koreans watching their country playing in a knock out game on the big screens in Seoul Plaza 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 16Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal 15 June Seogwipo Germany1 21 June Ulsan Paraguay0 Germany1 17 June Jeonju United States0 Mexico0 25 June Seoul United States2 span, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. | ||||||||||||||