2002 FIFA World Cup

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2002 FIFA World Cup

2002 FIFA World Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host countries	South Korea Japan
Dates	31 May – 30 June
Teams	32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	20 (in 20 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (5th title)
Runner-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 which took place from 31 May to 30 June 2002 in South Korea and Japan. It was the first World Cup to be held in Asia, the first to be held on a continent other than Europe or the Americas, the last World Cup during which the golden goal rule was in force and the only World Cup to be jointly hosted by more than one nation as FIFA amended its statutes in 2004 to officially forbid co-hosting bids. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, winning the final against Germany 2–0. The victory meant Brazil qualified for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup for the fifth time, representing the World. 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 finals. China PR, Ecuador, Senegal and Slovenia made their first appearances at the finals with Turkey making its first appearance since 1954.

The tournament had several upsets and surprise results which included the defending champions France being eliminated in the group stage after earning a single point and second favourites Argentina also being eliminated in the group stage. Additionally, Turkey surprisingly took third place and South Korea managed to reach the semi-finals, beating Spain, Italy and Portugal en route. Another big shock came in the opening match of the tournament when underdog debutantes Senegal defeated defending champions France, going on to reach the quarter-finals only to be beaten by Turkey. However, the most potent team at the tournament, Brazil, prevailed and they became the first ever nation to win five World Cups.

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. 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 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. 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.

Qualification

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

A total of 199 teams attempted to qualify for the 2002 World Cup which 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.

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. As of 2014, this was the last time Turkey, China, Republic of Ireland and Senegal qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals.

Turkey qualified for the first time since 1954, and both Poland 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).

List of qualified teams

The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, 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 (Australia eliminated by Uruguay)

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)

Seeds

The eight seeded teams for the 2002 tournament were announced on 28 November 2001. The seeds comprised Pot A in the draw. Pot B contained the remaining 11 European sides; Pot C contained five unseeded qualifiers from CONMEBOL and AFC. Pot D contained unseeded sides from the CONCACAF region and Africa. This was the last FIFA World Cup with the defending champion in Group A. Since 2006, the Host nation has been in Group A.

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
Argentina Brazil France (1998 World Cup winner) Germany Italy Japan (co-hosts) South Korea (co-hosts) Spain	Belgium Croatia Denmark England Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Russia Slovenia Sweden Turkey	China Ecuador Paraguay Saudi Arabia Uruguay	Cameroon Costa Rica Mexico Nigeria Senegal South Africa Tunisia United States

Before the draw, it was arranged that the last three teams in Pot B would be drawn into four groups which did not already contain two European teams and one would be left without a second European team. This was ultimately Group C.

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.

Ranking criteria

If teams were level on points, they were ranked on the following criteria in order:

1. Greatest total goal difference in the three group matches
2. Greatest number of goals scored in the three group matches
3. If teams remained level after those criteria, a mini-group would be formed from those teams, who would be ranked on:
   1. Most points earned in matches against other teams in the tie
   2. Greatest goal difference in matches against other teams in the tie
   3. Greatest number of goals scored in matches against other teams in the tie
4. If teams remained level after all these criteria, FIFA would hold a 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.

Summary

First round

Group A involved the defending champions France take on Senegal, Uruguay, and Denmark. The World Cup started with a 1–0 defeat of France, playing without the injured Zinedine Zidane, by tournament newcomers Senegal in the tournament's opening match held in Seoul, South Korea. On the next day, two goals by Jon Dahl Tomasson gave the Danes a 2–1 victory over Uruguay in Ulsan. In the second Group A matches, France were held to a 0–0 draw in Busan by Uruguay after star striker Thierry Henry was sent off, while in Daegu, Denmark and Senegal drew 1–1. A 2–0 defeat by Denmark in their last group game in Incheon sealed France's elimination in the World Cup. 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 (in 1934 Uruguay refused to defend the title). Senegal drew with Uruguay to clinch their place in the second round, despite Uruguay coming back from 3–0 down to draw with Senegal 3–3 in their last group game in Suwon, the South Americans couldn't find the fourth goal that would have kept them in the Cup and thus were out of the tournament. At the end, Denmark won Group A with 7 points, followed by Senegal with 5 points. Uruguay were eliminated with 2 points and reigning Champions France with 1 point.

Spain in Group B became one of only two teams to pick up maximum points, seeing off both Slovenia and Paraguay (In Gwangju and Jeonju respectively) 3–1 before defeating South Africa 3–2 in Daejeon. Paraguay advanced over a late goal, winning 3–1 over newcomer Slovenia in Seogwipo to tie with South Africa on goal difference (they were already tied with four points, having drawn 2–2 in their opening game against each other in Busan). As a result, Paraguay advanced to the second round on the goals scored tiebreaker, scoring six goals compared to South Africa's five.

Group C saw Brazil become the other team to win all three of their Group matches, defeating Turkey 2–1 in Ulsan, China 4–0 in Seogwipo, and Costa Rica 2–5 in Suwon. Turkey also advanced to the next round, defeating Costa Rica on goal difference after both teams drew with 4 points each (both tied 1-1 in Incheon against each other). 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 Co-Host South Korea, Poland, United States and Portugal square off against each other. South Korea and Poland started group play in Busan, where South Korea earned their first ever World Cup victory, defeating Poland 2–0. United States shocked tournament favorites Portugal the next day, defeating them 3–2 in Suwon. South Korea and United States then faced off in Daegu, where excellent goalkeeping by Brad Friedel and Lee Woon-jae resulted in a 1–1 draw. In the final group games held in Incheon (Portugal-South Korea) and Daejeon (Poland-United States), South Korea eliminated Portugal thanks to a 70th-minute goal by Park Ji-sung, finishing the game 0–1, while Poland defeated United States 3–1. As a result, South Korea won their first ever group stage and advanced for the first time with seven points, while United States followed with four points. Portugal and Poland were eliminated with three points each in third and fourth places respectively.

Group E had Germany play against Saudi Arabia, Ireland, and Cameroon. Ireland and Cameroon started group play in Niigata in a 1–1 draw, while Germany thrashed Saudi Arabia 8–0 in Sapporo. In Ibaraki, Germany held a 1–0 lead thanks to a 19th-minute goal by Miroslav Klose, only to draw 1–1 in a 90+2 minute stoppage time goal by Robbie Keane. Saudi Arabia bowed out of the tournament with a 1–0 defeat against Cameroon in Saitama, thanks to a second-half goal by Samuel Eto'o. In the final matches of Group E, Germany sent Cameroon out of the tournament, winning 0–2 in Shizuoka with goals by Marco Bode and Miroslav Klose, while Ireland defeated Saudi Arabia 3–0 in Yokohama with goals by Robbie Keane, Gary Breen, and Damien Duff. Germany advanced with seven points, and Ireland followed along with five points, while Cameroon was eliminated with four points. Saudi Arabia was eliminated without a single point or goal, having conceded 12 goals, finishing dead last in the tournament.

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

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

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

Second Round and quarter-finals

In the second round, Germany beat Paraguay 1–0 with a late goal by Oliver Neuville in Seogwipo. England defeated Denmark in Niigata 3-0, with all goals occurring in the first half of the game. Sweden and Senegal faced off in Ōita and finished 1–1 in regular time and it took a golden goal from Henri Camara in extra time to settle the game for Senegal 1–2. Spain and Ireland played in Suwon, where Spain led most of the match 1–0 until a late penalty kick scored by Robbie Keane made the match go 1–1 sending it to extra time, where Spain outlasted Ireland 3–2 in a Penalty shootout. The United States beat CONCACAF rivals Mexico 2–0 in Jeonju, thanks to the goals of Brian McBride and Landon Donovan. Brazil defeated Belgium 2–0 in Kobe, with an amazing volley by Rivaldo and a splendid counter-attack goal by Ronaldo. Turkey ended co-hosts Japan's run with a 1–0 win in Miyagi, thanks to a Ümit Davala goal in the 12th minute. The other co-hosts, South Korea, defeated Italy 2–1 in extra time in Daejeon with a goal by Ahn Jung-hwan in the 117th minute, with many controversial decisions by the referee in favor of the Asian team. South Korea's win ensured that, for the very first time in the Cup's history, teams from each of Europe, North America, South America, Africa, and Asia reached the quarter-finals of the same tournament.

In the quarter-finals, England and Brazil squared off in Shizuoka, where Ronaldinho scored a free-kick goal over England's David Seaman early in the second half as Brazil won 2–1. The United States lost to Germany 1–0 in Ulsan by a Michael Ballack goal in the 39th minute, but controversy surrounded the game when United States demanded the referee give a penalty for a goal-line handball by Torsten Frings in the 49th minute, but the referee did not award the penalty. South Korea got another win in Gwangju in a controversial manner, beating Spain 5–3 on penalties after a 0–0 draw in which the Spaniards twice thought they had scored while onside; however, the efforts were disallowed by the referee with controversial decisions. 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 defeated Senegal 1–0 in Osaka, with a golden goal scored by İlhan Mansız in the 93rd minute.

Semi-finals, third-place match, and final

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

In the third-place match in Daegu, Turkey beat the South Koreans 3–2, their first goal coming from Hakan Şükür straight from the opening kick-off (even though South Korea kicked off) in 10.8 seconds, the fastest ever goal in World Cup history.

In the final match held in Yokohama, Japan, two goals from Ronaldo secured the World Cup for Brazil as they claimed victory over Germany. Ronaldo scored twice in the second half and, after the game, won the Golden Shoe award for the tournament's leading scorer with eight goals. This was the fifth time Brazil had won the World Cup, cementing their status as the most successful national team in the history of the competition. Brazil became the only team since Argentina in 1986 to win the trophy without needing to win a penalty 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 matches that there were a significant number of empty seats. It was gradually revealed that the World Cup Ticketing Bureau (WCTB) still had unsold tickets in its possession. After FIFA agreed to sell this inventory, JAWOC undertook sales over telephone and WCTB handled the internet sales. 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

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.

South Korea
Seoul	Daegu	Busan	Incheon	Ulsan
Seoul World Cup Stadium Capacity: 63,961 Group/Knock-out	Daegu World Cup Stadium Capacity: 68,014 Group/Knock-out/third place	Busan Asiad Stadium Capacity: 55,982 Group	Incheon Munhak Stadium Capacity: 52,179 Group	Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium Capacity: 43,550 Group/Knock-out
Suwon	Gwangju	Jeonju	Daejeon	Jeju
Suwon World Cup Stadium Capacity: 43,188 Group/Knock-out	Gwangju World Cup Stadium Capacity: 42,880 Group/Knock-out	Jeonju World Cup Stadium Capacity: 42,391 Group/Knock-out	Daejeon World Cup Stadium Capacity: 40,407 Group/Knock-out	Jeju World Cup Stadium Capacity: 42,256 Group/Knock-out
Japan
Yokohama	Saitama	Shizuoka	Osaka	Miyagi
International Stadium Yokohama Capacity: 70,000 Group/Knock-out/Final	Saitama Stadium 2002 Capacity: 63,000 Group/Knock-out	Shizuoka "Ecopa" Stadium Capacity: 50,600 Group/Knock-out	Nagai Stadium Capacity: 50,000 Group/Knock-out	Miyagi Stadium Capacity: 49,000 Group/Knock-out
Ōita	Niigata	Ibaraki	Kobe	Sapporo
Ōita Stadium Capacity: 43,000 Group/Knock-out	Niigata Stadium Capacity: 42,300 Group/Knock-out	Kashima Soccer Stadium Capacity: 42,000 Group	Kobe Wing Stadium Capacity: 42,000 Group/Knock-out	Sapporo Dome Capacity: 42,000 Group

Match officials

Referees AFC Lu Jun (China) Toru Kamikawa (Japan) Saad Mane (Kuwait) Kim Young-joo (South Korea) Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates) CAF Coffi Codjia (Benin) Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt) Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco) Falla N'Doye (Senegal) Mourad Daami (Tunisia) CONCACAF William Mattus (Costa Rica) Carlos Batres (Guatemala) Peter Prendergast (Jamaica) Felipe Ramos (Mexico) Brian Hall (United States) CONMEBOL Ángel Sánchez (Argentina) René Ortubé (Bolivia) Carlos Simon (Brazil) Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) Byron Moreno (Ecuador) Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay) OFC Mark Shield (Australia) UEFA Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) Graham Poll (England) Gilles Veissière (France) Markus Merk (Germany) Kyros Vassaras (Greece) Pierluigi Collina (Italy) Jan Wegereef (Netherlands) Terje Hauge (Norway) Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal) Hugh Dallas (Scotland) Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) Antonio López Nieto (Spain) Anders Frisk (Sweden) Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Assistant referees AFC Komaleeswaran Sankar (India) Awni Hassaouneh (Jordan) Haidar Koleit (Lebanon) Mat Lazim Awang Hamat (Malaysia) Mohamed Saeed (Maldives) Ali Al-Traifi (Saudi Arabia) Visva Krishnan (Singapore) CAF Wagih Farag (Egypt) Dramane Dante (Mali) Taoufik Adjengui (Tunisia) Ali Tomusange (Uganda) Brighton Mudzamiri (Zimbabwe) CONCACAF Curtis Charles (Antigua and Barbuda) Héctor Vergara (Canada) Vladimir Fernández (El Salvador) Michael Ragoonath (Trinidad and Tobago) CONMEBOL Jorge Rattalino (Argentina) Jorge Oliveira (Brazil) Bomer Fierro (Ecuador) Miguel Giacomuzzi (Paraguay) OFC Paul Smith (New Zealand) Elise Doriri (Vanuatu) UEFA Egon Bereuter (Austria) Yury Dupanov (Belarus) Roland Van Nylen (Belgium) Evzen Amler (Czech Republic) Jens Larsen (Denmark) Philip Sharp (England) Frédéric Arnault (France) Heiner Müller (Germany) Ferenc Székely (Hungary) Jaap Pool (Netherlands) Maciej Wierzbowski (Poland) Carlos Matos (Portugal) Igor Šramka (Slovakia) Leif Lindberg (Sweden)

There was much controversy over the refereeing in the tournament. Questionable decisions in the Italy-South Korea match resulted in 400,000 complaints, and featured in ESPN's 10 most fabled World Cup controversies. The Spain-South Korea match 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.

Referees from both the South Korea-Italy and South Korea-Spain match later went on to face criminal charges for corruption and drug trafficking.

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.

Group stage

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

Groups A, B, C, D based in South Korea. Groups E, F, G, H based in Japan.

In the following tables:

• Pld = total games played
• W = total games won
• D = total games drawn (tied)
• L = total games lost
• GF = total goals scored (goals for)
• GA = total goals conceded (goals against)
• GD = goal difference (GF−GA)
• Pts = total points accumulated

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

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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

31 May 2002 20:30 KST (UTC+9)	France	0–1	Senegal	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 62,561 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
		Report	Bouba Diop  30'

1 June 2002 18:00 KST (UTC+9)	Uruguay	1–2	Denmark	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan Attendance: 30,157 Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
	Rodríguez  47'	Report	Tomasson  45', 83'

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6 June 2002 15:30 KST (UTC+9)	Denmark	1–1	Senegal	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu Attendance: 43,500 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
	Tomasson  16' (pen.)	Report	Diao  52'

6 June 2002 20:30 KST (UTC+9)	France	0–0	Uruguay	Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan Attendance: 38,289 Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)
		Report

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11 June 2002 15:30 KST (UTC+9)	Denmark	2–0	France	Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon Attendance: 48,100 Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
	Rommedahl  22' Tomasson  67'	Report

11 June 2002 15:30 KST (UTC+9)	Senegal	3–3	Uruguay	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon Attendance: 33,681 Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)
	Fadiga  20' (pen.) Bouba Diop  26', 38'	Report	Morales  46' Forlán  69' Recoba  88' (pen.)

Group B

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup 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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

2 June 2002 16:30 KST (UTC+9)	Paraguay	2–2	South Africa	Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan Attendance: 25,186 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)
	Santa Cruz  39' Arce  55'	Report	T. Mokoena  63' Fortune  90+1' (pen.)

2 June 2002 20:30 KST (UTC+9)	Spain	3–1	Slovenia	Gwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangju Attendance: 28,598 Referee: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
	Raúl  44' Valerón  74' Hierro  87' (pen.)	Report	Cimirotič  82'

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7 June 2002 18:00 KST (UTC+9)	Spain	3–1	Paraguay	Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	Morientes  53', 69' Hierro  83' (pen.)	Report	Puyol  10' (o.g.)

8 June 2002 15:30 KST (UTC+9)	South Africa	1–0	Slovenia	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu Attendance: 47,226 Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)
	Nomvethe  4'	Report

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12 June 2002 20:30 KST (UTC+9)	South Africa	2–3	Spain	Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon Attendance: 31,024 Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
	McCarthy  31' Radebe  53'	Report	Raúl  4', 56' Mendieta  45+1'

12 June 2002 20:30 KST (UTC+9)	Slovenia	1–3	Paraguay	Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo Attendance: 30,176 Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)
	Ačimovič  45+1'	Report	Cuevas  65', 84' Campos  73'

Group C

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup 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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

3 June 2002 18:00 KST (UTC+9)	Brazil	2–1	Turkey	Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan Attendance: 33,842 Referee: Kim Young-joo (South Korea)
	Ronaldo  50' Rivaldo  87' (pen.)	Report	Hasan Şaş  45+2'

4 June 2002 15:30 KST (UTC+9)	China	0–2	Costa Rica	Gwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangju Attendance: 27,217 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
		Report	Gómez  61' Wright  65'

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8 June 2002 20:30 KST (UTC+9)	Brazil	4–0	China	Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo Attendance: 36,750 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
	Roberto Carlos  15' Rivaldo  32' Ronaldinho  45' (pen.) Ronaldo  55'	Report

9 June 2002 18:00 KST (UTC+9)	Costa Rica	1–1	Turkey	Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon Attendance: 42,299 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	Parks  86'	Report	Emre B.  56'

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13 June 2002 15:30 KST (UTC+9)	Costa Rica	2–5	Brazil	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon Attendance: 38,524 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	Wanchope  39' Gómez  56'	Report	Ronaldo  10', 13' Edmílson  38' Rivaldo  62' Júnior  64'

13 June 2002 15:30 KST (UTC+9)	Turkey	3–0	China	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 43,605 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
	Hasan Şaş  6' Bülent  9' Davala  85'	Report

Group D

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup 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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(H) Host

4 June 2002 20:30 KST (UTC+9)	South Korea	2–0	Poland	Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan Attendance: 48,760 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
	Hwang Sun-hong  26' Yoo Sang-chul  53'	Report

5 June 2002 18:00 KST (UTC+9)	United States	3–2	Portugal	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon Attendance: 37,306 Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
	O'Brien  4' J. Costa  29' (o.g.) McBride  36'	Report	Beto  39' Agoos  71' (o.g.)

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10 June 2002 15:30 KST (UTC+9)	South Korea	1–1	United States	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu Attendance: 60,778 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
	Ahn Jung-hwan  78'	Report	Mathis  24'

10 June 2002 20:30 KST (UTC+9)	Portugal	4–0	Poland	Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
	Pauleta  14', 65', 77' Rui Costa  88'	Report

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14 June 2002 20:30 KST (UTC+9)	Portugal	0–1	South Korea	Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon Attendance: 50,239 Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)
		Report	Park Ji-sung  70'

14 June 2002 20:30 KST (UTC+9)	Poland	3–1	United States	Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon Attendance: 26,482 Referee: Lu Jun (China)
	Olisadebe  3' Kryszałowicz  5' Żewłakow  66'	Report	Donovan  83'

Group E

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup 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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

1 June 2002 15:30 JST (UTC+9)	Republic of Ireland	1–1	Cameroon	Niigata Stadium, Niigata Attendance: 33,679 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
	Holland  52'	Report	M'Boma  39'

1 June 2002 20:30 JST (UTC+9)	Germany	8–0	Saudi Arabia	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo Attendance: 32,218 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
	Klose  20', 25', 70' Ballack  40' Jancker  45+1' Linke  73' Bierhoff  84' Schneider  90+1'	Report

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5 June 2002 20:30 JST (UTC+9)	Germany	1–1	Republic of Ireland	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Ibaraki Attendance: 35,854 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Klose  19'	Report	Robbie Keane  90+2'

6 June 2002 18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Cameroon	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Saitama Stadium, Saitama Attendance: 52,328 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	Eto'o  66'	Report

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11 June 2002 20:30 JST (UTC+9)	Cameroon	0–2	Germany	Ecopa Stadium, Shizuoka Attendance: 47,085 Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)
		Report	Bode  50' Klose  79'

11 June 2002 20:30 JST (UTC+9)	Saudi Arabia	0–3	Republic of Ireland	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 65,320 Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
		Report	Robbie Keane  7' Breen  61' Duff  87'

Group F

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup 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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

2 June 2002 14:30 JST (UTC+9)	Argentina	1–0	Nigeria	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Ibaraki Attendance: 34,050 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
	Batistuta  63'	Report

2 June 2002 18:30 JST (UTC+9)	England	1–1	Sweden	Saitama Stadium, Saitama Attendance: 52,721 Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
	Campbell  24'	Report	Alexandersson  59'

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7 June 2002 15:30 JST (UTC+9)	Sweden	2–1	Nigeria	Wing Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 36,194 Referee: René Ortubé (Bolivia)
	Larsson  35', 63' (pen.)	Report	Aghahowa  27'

7 June 2002 20:30 JST (UTC+9)	Argentina	0–1	England	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo Attendance: 35,927 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
		Report	Beckham  44' (pen.)

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12 June 2002 15:30 JST (UTC+9)	Sweden	1–1	Argentina	Miyagi Stadium, Miyagi Attendance: 45,777 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
	A. Svensson  59'	Report	Crespo  88'

12 June 2002 15:30 JST (UTC+9)	Nigeria	0–0	England	Nagai Stadium, Osaka Attendance: 44,864 Referee: Brian Hall (United States)
		Report

Group G

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup 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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

3 June 2002 15:30 JST (UTC+9)	Croatia	0–1	Mexico	Niigata Big Swan Stadium, Niigata Attendance: 32,239 Referee: Lu Jun (China)
		Report	Blanco  60' (pen.)

3 June 2002 20:30 JST (UTC+9)	Italy	2–0	Ecuador	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo Attendance: 31,081 Referee: Brian Hall (United States)
	Vieri  7', 27'	Report

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8 June 2002 18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Italy	1–2	Croatia	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Ibaraki Attendance: 36,472 Referee: Graham Poll (England)
	Vieri  55'	Report	Olić  73' Rapaić  76'

9 June 2002 15:30 JST (UTC+9)	Mexico	2–1	Ecuador	Miyagi Stadium, Miyagi Attendance: 45,610 Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
	Borgetti  28' Torrado  57'	Report	Delgado  5'

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13 June 2002 20:30 JST (UTC+9)	Mexico	1–1	Italy	Ōita Big Eye Stadium, Ōita Attendance: 39,291 Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
	Borgetti  34'	Report	Del Piero  85'

13 June 2002 20:30 JST (UTC+9)	Ecuador	1–0	Croatia	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 65,862 Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)
	Méndez  48'	Report

Group H

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup 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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(H) Host

4 June 2002 18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Japan	2–2	Belgium	Saitama Stadium, Saitama Attendance: 55,256 Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)
	Suzuki  59' Inamoto  67'	Report	Wilmots  57' Van Der Heyden  75'

5 June 2002 15:30 JST (UTC+9)	Russia	2–0	Tunisia	Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 30,957 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
	Titov  59' Karpin  64' (pen.)	Report

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9 June 2002 20:30 JST (UTC+9)	Japan	1–0	Russia	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama Attendance: 66,108 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Inamoto  51'	Report

10 June 2002 18:00 JST (UTC+9)	Tunisia	1–1	Belgium	Ōita Big Eye Stadium, Ōita Attendance: 39,700 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	Bouzaiene  17'	Report	Wilmots  13'

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14 June 2002 15:30 JST (UTC+9)	Tunisia	0–2	Japan	Nagai Stadium, Osaka Attendance: 45,213 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
		Report	Morishima  48' H. Nakata  75'

14 June 2002 15:30 JST (UTC+9)	Belgium	3–2	Russia	Shizuoka Ecopa Stadium, Fukuroi, Shizuoka Attendance: 46,640 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Walem  7' Sonck  78' Wilmots  82'	Report	Beschastnykh  52' Sychev  88'

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 (p)

1 (3)

22 June – Gwangju

Republic of Ireland

1 (2)

Spain

0 (3)

18 June – Daejeon

South Korea (p)

0 (5)

South Korea (a.s.d.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.s.d.e.t.)

2

Senegal

0

South Korea

2

18 June – Miyagi

Turkey (a.s.d.e.t.)

1

Turkey

3

Japan

0

Turkey

1

Round of 16

15 June 2002 15:30	Germany	1–0	Paraguay	Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju Attendance: 25,176 Referee: Carlos 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	Ōita 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	Keane  90' (pen.)
		Penalties
	Hierro Baraja Juanfran Valerón Mendieta	3–2	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: Vítor 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

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 (born 1980) 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

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 2002, Saitama Attendance: 61,058 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Ronaldo  49'	Report

Third place play-off

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

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

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

8 goals

• Ronaldo

5 goals

• Rivaldo
• Miroslav Klose

4 goals

• Jon Dahl Tomasson
• Christian Vieri

3 goals

• Michael Ballack
• Marc Wilmots
• Pauleta
• Robbie Keane
• Papa Bouba Diop
• Fernando Morientes
• Raúl
• Henrik Larsson
• İlhan Mansız

2 goals

• Ronaldinho
• Rónald Gómez
• Michael Owen
• Junichi Inamoto
• Jared Borgetti
• Nelson Cuevas
• Henri Camara
• Ahn Jung-hwan
• Fernando Hierro
• Ümit Davala
• Hasan Şaş
• Landon Donovan
• Brian McBride

1 goal

• Gabriel Batistuta
• Hernán Crespo
• Wesley Sonck
• Peter Van Der Heyden
• Johan Walem
• Edmílson
• Júnior
• Roberto Carlos
• Samuel Eto'o
• Patrick M'Boma
• Winston Parks
• Paulo Wanchope
• Mauricio Wright
• Ivica Olić
• Milan Rapaić
• Dennis Rommedahl
• Agustín Delgado
• Édison Méndez
• David Beckham
• Sol Campbell
• Rio Ferdinand
• Emile Heskey
• Oliver Bierhoff
• Marco Bode
• Carsten Jancker
• Thomas Linke
• Oliver Neuville
• Bernd Schneider
• Alessandro Del Piero
• Hiroaki Morishima
• Hidetoshi Nakata
• Takayuki Suzuki
• Cuauhtémoc Blanco
• Gerardo Torrado
• Julius Aghahowa
• Francisco Arce
• Jorge Campos
• Roque Santa Cruz
• Paweł Kryszałowicz
• Emmanuel Olisadebe
• Marcin Żewłakow
• Beto
• Rui Costa
• Gary Breen
• Damien Duff
• Matt Holland
• Vladimir Beschastnykh
• Valeri Karpin
• Dmitri Sychev
• Yegor Titov
• Salif Diao
• Khalilou Fadiga
• Milenko Ačimovič
• Sebastjan Cimirotič
• Quinton Fortune
• Benni McCarthy
• Teboho Mokoena
• Siyabonga Nomvethe
• Lucas Radebe
• Hwang Sun-hong
• Lee Eul-yong
• Park Ji-sung
• Seol Ki-hyeon
• Song Chong-gug
• Yoo Sang-chul
• Gaizka Mendieta
• Juan Carlos Valerón
• Niclas Alexandersson
• Anders Svensson
• Raouf Bouzaiene
• Emre Belözoğlu
• Bülent Korkmaz
• Hakan Şükür
• Clint Mathis
• John O'Brien
• Diego Forlán
• Richard Morales
• Álvaro Recoba
• Darío Rodríguez

Own goals

• Jorge Costa (against the United States)
• Carles Puyol (against Paraguay)
• Jeff Agoos (against Portugal)

Source: FIFA

Assists

Michael Ballack won the assists table with four assists.

4 assists

• Michael Ballack

3 assists

• David Beckham
• Bernd Schneider
• Christian Ziege
• Javier de Pedro

2 assists

• Eric Van Meir
• Júnior
• Kléberson
• Ronaldinho
• Steven Bryce
• Jesper Grønkjær
• Francesco Totti
• Henri Camara
• Lee Eul-yong
• Hasan Şaş

1 assist

• Juan Sebastián Verón
• Branko Strupar
• Johan Walem
• Cafu
• Edmílson
• Rivaldo
• Samuel Eto'o
• Geremi
• Rónald Gómez
• Mauricio Wright
• Robert Jarni
• Niko Kovač
• Martin Jørgensen
• Stig Tøfting
• Ulises de la Cruz
• Agustín Delgado
• Nicky Butt
• Torsten Frings
• Miroslav Klose
• Cristiano Doni
• Vincenzo Montella
• Daisuke Ichikawa
• Shinji Ono
• Atsushi Yanagisawa
• Cuauhtémoc Blanco
• Ramón Morales
• Joseph Yobo
• Francisco Arce
• Denis Caniza
• Marek Koźmiński
• Jacek Krzynówek
• Capucho
• Luís Figo
• João Pinto
• Matt Holland
• Gary Kelly
• Niall Quinn
• Steve Staunton
• Aleksandr Kerzhakov
• Khalilou Fadiga
• Milenko Ačimovič
• Quinton Fortune
• Siyabonga Nomvethe
• Lee Young-pyo
• Joaquín
• Carles Puyol
• Anders Svensson
• Yıldıray Baştürk
• Ümit Davala
• İlhan Mansız
• Ergün Penbe
• Hakan Şükür
• Eddie Lewis
• Clint Mathis
• John O'Brien
• Tony Sanneh
• Josh Wolff
• Pablo García

Source: FIFA

Awards

Golden Boot	Golden Ball	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

Final standings

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

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

Sponsorship

The sponsors of the 2002 FIFA World Cup are divided into two categories: FIFA World Cup Sponsors and Japan and Korea Supporters.

FIFA World Cup sponsors	Japan Supporters	Korea Supporters
Avaya Adidas Budweiser Coca-Cola Fuji Xerox Fujifilm Hyundai-Kia Gillette JVC MasterCard McDonalds Philips Toshiba Yahoo!	Asahi Shimbun Nippon Life Insurance Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Nissin Foods Nomura Securities Tokyo Denryoku Tokyo Marine and Fire Insurance	Hyundai Marine and Fire Insurance KCC Corporation Kookmin Bank Korea Telecom Korean Air Lotte Hotel

Cultural event

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

External links

• 2002 FIFA World Cup Official Website (archived)
• 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan ™, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)
• RSSSF Archive of finals
• RSSSF Archive of qualifying rounds