2002 FIFA World Cup
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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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 | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 64 |
Goals scored | 145 (2.27 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (8 goals) |

The 2002 FIFA World Cup was a football sporting event that was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30, 2002. 32 teams took part from many countries. Brazil won the trophy after beating Germany in the final by a score of 2-0. 69,029 people were at the finals at International Stadium, Yokohama.
Participants
[change | change source]Africa
[change | change source]Asia
[change | change source]Europe
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]South America
[change | change source]Argentina (ARG) • Squad
Brazil (BRA) • Squad
Ecuador (ECU) • Squad
Paraguay (PAR) • Squad
Uruguay (URU) • Squad
Group stage
[change | change source]Group A
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]Pos | Team | KOR | USA | POR | POL | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
1 | South Korea | - | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | Round 2 |
2 | United States | 1-1 | - | 3-2 | 1-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | Round 2 |
3 | Portugal | 0-1 | 2-3 | - | 4-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | |
4 | Poland | 0-2 | 3-1 | 0-4 | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
Group E
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]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
[change | change source]Pos | Team | JPN | BEL | RUS | TUN | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Note |
1 | Japan | - | 2-2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | Round 2 |
2 | Belgium | 2-2 | - | 3-2 | 1-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | Round 2 |
3 | Russia | 0-1 | 2-3 | - | 2-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
4 | Tunisia | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Knockout stage
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21 June - Ulsan | ||||||||||||||
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17 June - Jeonju | ||||||||||||||
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25 June - Seoul | ||||||||||||||
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16 June - Suwon | ||||||||||||||
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22 June - Gwangju | ||||||||||||||
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18 June - Daejeon | ||||||||||||||
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30 June - Yokohama | ||||||||||||||
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15 June - Niigata | ||||||||||||||
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21 June - Shizuoka | ||||||||||||||
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17 June - Kobe | ||||||||||||||
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26 June - Saitama | ||||||||||||||
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16 June - Ōita | ||||||||||||||
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0 | Third place | ||||||||||||
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22 June - Osaka | 29 June - Daegu | |||||||||||||
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18 June - Miyagi | ||||||||||||||
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Goalscorers
[change | change source]3 goals
[change | change source]2 goals
[change | change source]1 goal
[change | change source]Papa Bouba Diop
Patrick M'Boma
Matt Holland
Darío Rodríguez
Michael Ballack
Carsten Jancker
Thomas Linke
Oliver Bierhoff
Bernd Schneider
Gabriel Batistuta
Roque Santa Cruz
Francisco Arce
Teboho Mokoena
Quinton Fortune
Sol Campbell
Niclas Alexandersson
Raúl
Juan Carlos Valerón
Fernando Hierro
Sebastjan Cimirotič
References
[change | change source]- FIFA Archived 2017-09-18 at the Wayback Machine