2002 FIFA World Cup

The 2002 Football World Cup is being held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. It is the 17th edition of the tournament. For the first time in history it is being organised by two countries, and also for the first time it is not being held in Europe or the Americas.

32 teams qualified and 8 groups of 4 teams were drawn in December 2001. From each group, the two top teams qualified for the second round. Teams that qualified are in italics. Qualification order is determined using the following criteria, in descending order of preference:

1. Points (Wins are worth 3 points, ties 1 point, losses 0 points)
2. Goal differential (goals for, subtract goals against)
3. Goals for
4. Head-to-head results (not needed in 2002)
5. Random draw (not needed in 2002)

A feature of the 2002 tornament was the unexpected early elimination of many of the best regarded teams, with France and Argentina not surviving the first round and Italy and Spain defeated by the Republic of Korea. Three teams reached the quarter-finals for the first time: Turkey, Senegal and Korea, with Turkey and Korea even reaching the semi-finals.

Group A	pts	goals	Group B	pts	goals	Group C	pts	goals	Group D	pts	goals
France	1	0-3	Spain	9	9-4	Brazil	9	11-3	Korea R.	7	4-1
Senegal	5	5-4	Slovenia	0	2-7	Turkey	4	5-3	Poland	3	3-7
Uruguay	2	4-5	Paraguay	4	6-6	China PR	0	0-9	USA	4	5-6
Denmark	7	5-2	S. Africa	4	5-5	C. Rica	4	5-6	Portugal	3	6-4
Group E	pts	goals	Group F	pts	goals	Group G	pts	goals	Group H	pts	goals
Germany	7	11-1	Argentina	4	2-2	Italy	4	4-3	Japan	7	5-2
S. Arabia	0	0-12	Nigeria	1	1-3	Ecuador	3	2-4	Belgium	5	6-5
Ireland	5	5-2	England	5	2-1	Croatia	3	2-1	Russia	3	4-4
Cameroon	4	2-3	Sweden	5	4-3	Mexico	7	4-2	Tunisia	1	1-5

Results - Group Stage:

Group: Team A - Team B Goals A:Goals B (Halftime Goals A:Halftime Goals B)

May 31:

Group A: France - Senegal 0:1 (0:1)

June 1:

Group E: Ireland - Cameroon 1:1 (0:1)

Group A: Uruguay - Denmark 1:2 (0:1)

Group E: Germany - Saudi Arabia 8:0 (4:0)

Germany puts on a master class at the expense of the hapless Saudi Arabia, scoring four goals each period.

June 2:

Group F: Argentina - Nigeria 1:0 (0:0)

Group B: Paraguay - South Africa 2:2 (1:0)

Group F: England - Sweden 1:1 (1:0)

Groub B: Spain - Slovenia 3:1 (1:0)

June 3:

Group G: Croatia - Mexico 0:1 (0:0)

Group C: Brazil - Turkey 2:1 (0:1)

Group G: Italy - Ecuador 2:0 (2:0)

June 4:

Group C: China - Costa Rica 0:2 (0:0)

Group H: Japan - Belgium 2:2 (0:0)

Group D: South Korea - Poland 2:0 (1:0)

June 5:

Group H: Russia - Tunisia 2:0 (0:0)

Group D: USA - Portugal 3:2 (3:1)

USA upsets Portugal in a high-paced game.

Group E: Germany - Ireland 1:1 (1:0)

Ireland scores in additional time at the end of the match to achieve this stunning tie.

June 6:

Group A: France - Uruguay 0:0 (0:0)

After a questionable red card reduces their team to 10 men, demoralized France plays to a scoreless tie with aggressive Uruguay.

Group E: Cameroon - Saudi Arabia 1:0 (0:0)

Group A: Denmark - Senegal 1:1 (1:0)

June 7:

Group F: Sweden - Nigeria 2:1 (1:1)

Group B: Spain - Paraguay 3:1 (0:1)

Group F: Argentina - England 0:1 (0:1)

June 8:

Group B: South Africa - Slovenia 1:0 (1:0)

Group G: Italy - Croatia 1:2 (0:0)

With two goals disallowed Italy loses the match

Group C: Brazil - China 4:0 (3:0)

June 9:

Group G: Mexico - Ecuador 2:1 (1:1)

Group C: Costa Rica - Turkey 1:1 (0:0)

Group H: Japan - Russia 1:0 (0:0)

June 10:

Group D: South Korea - USA 1:1 (0:1)

USA withstands an impressive assault by South Korea on its home turf behind the extraordinary goalkeeping of Brad Friedel

Group H: Tunisia - Belgium 1:1 (1:1)

Group D: Portugal - Poland 4:0 (1:0)

June 11:

Group A: Denmark - France 2:0 (1:0)

Rommedahl (D) 22', Tomasson (D) 67'

Even with the return of Zidane, France is unable to score even one goal.

Group A: Senegal - Uruguay 3:3 (3:0)

Fadiga (S) 20', Diop (S) 26', Diop (S) 38', Morales (U) 46', Forlan (U) 69', Recoba (U)88'

Group E: Cameroon - Germany 0:2 (0:0)

Bode (G) 50', Klose (G) 79'

Germany beats Cameroon with strength and skill.

Group E: Saudi Arabia - Ireland 0:3 (0:1)

Keane (I) 7', Breen (I) 61', Duff (I) 87'

Ireland scores more than one goal for the first time in the World Cup.

June 12:

Group B: South Africa - Spain 2:3 (1:2)

Raul (Sp) 4', McCarthy (SA) 30', Mendieta (Sp) 44', Redebe (SA) 42', Raul (Sp) 56'

Group B: Slovenia - Paraguay 1:3 (1:0)

Acimovic (Sl) 45'+1', Cuevas (P) 66', Campos (P) 74', Cuevas (P) 84'

Group F: Sweden - Argentina 1:1 (0:0)

A. Svensson (S) 58', Crespo (A) 88'

Group F: Nigeria - England 0:0 (0:0)

June 13:

Group C: Costa Rica - Brazil 2:5 (1:3)

Ronaldo (B) 10' 13', Edmilson (B) 38', Wanchope (C) 39', Gomes (C) 56', Rivaldo (B) 62', Junior (B) 64'

Group C: Turkey - China 3:0 (2:0)

Sas (T) 6', Korkmaz (T) 9', Davala (T) 85'

Group G: Mexico - Italy 1:1 (1:0)

Borgetti (M) 34' , Del Piero (I) 85'

Just one regular score nullified, this time, and Italy draws

Group G: Ecuador - Croatia 1:0 (0:0)

Mendez (E) 48'

June 14:

Group D: Portugal - Korea 0:1 (0:0)

Group D: Poland - USA 3:1 (2:0)

Group H: Tunisia - Japan 0:2 (0:0)

Morishima (J) 48', Nakata (J) 75'

Group H: Belgium - Russia 3:2 (1:0)

Walem (B) 7', Beschastnykh (R) 52', Sonck (B) 78', Wilmots (B) 82', Sychev (R) 88'

Results Stage 2

Round of 16

June 15:

1 - Germany - Paraguay 1:0 (0:0)

2 - Denmark - England 0:3 (0:3)

June 16:

3 - Sweden - Senegal 1:2 (golden goal) (1:1, 1:1)

4 - Spain - Ireland 3:2 (penalties AET) (1:1, 1:0)

June 17:

5 - Mexico - USA 0:2 (0:1)

McBride 8', Donovan 65'

6 - Brazil - Belgium 2:0 (0:0)

Rivaldo 67', Ronaldo 88'

June 18:

7 - Japan - Turkey 0:1 (0:1)

Davala 12'

8 - Korea R. - Italy 2:1 (golden goal) (1:1, 0:1)

Christian Vieri 18', Seol Ki-Hyeon 88', Ahn Jung-Hwan 116'

Quarter-finals

June 21:

9 - England - Brazil 1:2 (1:1)

Owen 23', Rivaldo 47'+, Ronaldinho 50'

10 - Germany - USA 1:0 (1:0)

Ballack 38'

June 22:

11 - Spain - Korea R. 3:5 (penalties AET) (0:0, 0:0)

12 - Senegal - Turkey 0:1 (golden goal) (0:0, 0:0)

Manziz 94'

Semi-finals

June 25:

13 - Germany - Korea R. 1:0 (0:0)

Ballack 74'

June 26:

14 - Brazil - Turkey 1:0 (0:0)

Ronaldo 49'

Third place

June 29:

Korea R. - Turkey

2 - 3

Final

June 30:

Germany 0 - Brazil 2

Ronaldo 67, 79'

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Top Scorers

8 goals

• RONALDO (BRA)

5 goals

• Miroslav KLOSE (GER)
• RIVALDO (BRA)

4 goals

• Jon Dahl TOMASSON (DEN)

3 goals

• Papa Bouba DIOP (SEN)
• Robbie KEANE (IRE)
• Henrik LARSSON (SWE)
• Fernando MORIENTES (SPA)
• PAULETA (POR)
• RAUL (SPA)
• Christian VIERI (ITA)
• Marc WILMOTS (BEL)

Highest Qualifiers

9 points

• Brazil
• Spain

7 points

• Denmark
• Germany
• Japan
• Mexico

External links:

• Official Site of The 2002 FIFA World Cup™ (English version): http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/