2002 FIFA World Cup

2002 FIFA World Cup

Tournament details
Host countries	South Korea Japan
Dates	May 31 – June 30
Teams	32 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)	20 (in 20 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (5th title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Turkey
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	64
Goals scored	145 (2.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ronaldo (8 goals)
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Map of competing countries and current standings

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

Participants

Africa

• Cameroon (CMR) • Squad
• Nigeria (NGA) • Squad
• Senegal (SEN) • Squad
• South Africa (RSA) • Squad
• Tunisia (TUN) • Squad

Asia

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

Europe

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

North and Central America

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

South America

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

Results

Round 1

Group A

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

Group B

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

Group C

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

Group D

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

Group E

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

Group F

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

Group G

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

Group H

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

Round 2

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Germany	1
	Paraguay	0
					Germany	1
					United States	0
	Mexico	0
	United States	2
									Germany	1
									Korea Republic	0
	Spain (penalty shootout)	1 (3)
	Ireland	1 (2)
					Spain	0 (3)
					Korea Republic (penalty shootout)	0 (5)
	Korea Republic (extra time)	2
	Italy	1
													Germany	0
													Brazil	2
	Denmark	0
	England	3
					England	1
					Brazil	2
	Brazil	2
	Belgium	0
									Brazil	1
									Turkey	0			Third place
	Sweden	1
	Senegal (extra time)	2
					Senegal	0							Korea Republic	2
					Turkey (extra time)	1							Turkey	3
	Japan	0
	Turkey	1

Matches won by penalty shootouts have the penalty shootout goals shown in brackets "()".

Final

Brazil won the championship.

References

• FIFA