FIFA World Cup 2002 Champions, matches, fact and achievements

FIFA World Cup 2002 was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial football world championship for men’s national teams organized by FIFA. It was held from May 31 to June 30 at various locations in South Korea and Japan, with the final match taking place at the International Stadium in Yokohama, Japan. During the opening ceremony, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung officially declared the championship open.

Champions	Runners- Up	Third Place	Fourth Place
Brazil (5th title)	Germany	Turkey	South Korea

Golden Ball Winner	Golden Boot Winner	FIFA Fair Play Trophy
Oliver Kahn	Ronaldo	Belgium

Best young player: Landon Donovan
Yashin Award (Best goalkeeper): Oliver Kahn
Most Entertaining Team: South Korea

FIFA World Cup 2002 Group stage
Group A

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. Qualified	Denmark	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
2. Qualified	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

Group B

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. Qualified	Spain	3	3	0	0	9	4	+5	9
2. Qualified	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

Group C

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. Qualified	Brazil	3	3	0	0	11	3	+8	9
2. Qualified	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

Group D

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. Qualified	South Korea (Host)	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
2. Qualified	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

Group E

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. Qualified	Germany	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7
2. Qualified	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

Group F

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. Qualified	Sweden	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
2. Qualified	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

Group G

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. Qualified	Mexico	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
2. Qualified	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

Group H

Position	Team	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	GF	GA	GD	Points
1. Qualified	Japan (Host)	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
2. Qualified	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

FIFA World Cup 2002 Round of 16

Date	Team 1	Result	Team 2
15 June 2002	Germany	1–0	Paraguay
15 June 2002	Denmark	0–3	England
16 June 2002	Sweden	1–2 (a.e.t)	Senegal
16 June 2002	Spain	1–1 (a.e.t.) 3–2 (Penalties)	Republic of Ireland
17 June 2002	Mexico	0–2	United States
17 June 2002	Brazil	2–0	Belgium
18 June 2002	Japan	0–1	Turkey
18 June 2002	South Korea	2–1 (a.e.t)	Italy

FIFA World Cup 2002 Quarter finals

Date	Team 1	Result	Team 2
21 June 2002	England	1–2	Brazil
21 June 2002	Germany	1–0	United States
22 June 2002	Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.) 3–5 (penalties)	South Korea
22 June 2002	Senegal	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Turkey

Semi finals
25 June 2002 20:30, Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

Germany	1 – 0	South Korea
Michael Ballack 75′

26 June 2002 20:30, Saitama Stadium, Saitama

Brazil	1 – 0	Turkey
Ronaldo 49′

Third place play-off
29 June 2002 20:00, Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu

South Korea	2 – 3	Turkey
Lee Eul-yong 9′ Song Chong-gug 90+3′		Şükür 1′ İlhan 13′, 32′

FIFA World Cup 2002 final match
30 June 2002 20:00, International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Germany	0 – 2	Brazil
		Ronaldo 67′, 79′

Top goal scorers

Rank	Player Name	Country	Goals
1	Ronaldo	Brazil	8
2	Rivaldo	Brazil	5
3	Miroslav Klose	Germany	5
4	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Denmark	4
5	Christian Vieri	Italy	4
6	Marc Wilmots	Belgium	3
7	Michael Ballack	Germany	3
8	Robbie Keane	Republic of Ireland	3
9	Pauleta	Portugal	3
10	Fernando Morientes	Spain	3
11	Raúl	Spain	3
12	Papa Bouba Diop	Senegal	3
13	Henrik Larsson	Sweden	3
14	İlhan Mansız	Turkey	3

Most assist provider list

Rank	Player Name	Country	Assist
1	Michael Ballack	Germany	4
2	Ronaldinho	Brazil	3
3	David Beckham	England	3
4	Bernd Schneider	Germany	3
5	Christian Ziege	Germany	3
6	Francisco De Pedro	Spain	3
7	Hasan Sas	Turkey	3

Note: Oliver Kahn is the only goalkeeper to have won the Golden Ball in FIFA World Cup history.

FIFA World Cup 2002 all star team

Goalkeeper	Defender	Midfielder	Forward
Oliver Kahn	Sol Campbell	Michael Ballack	El Hadji Diouf
Rüştü Reçber	Fernando Hierro	Claudio Reyna	Miroslav Klose
	Hong Myung-bo	Rivaldo	Ronaldo
	Alpay Özalan	Ronaldinho	Hasan Şaş
	Roberto Carlos	Yoo Sang-chul

FIFA World Cup 2002 Summary
A field of 32 teams qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, marking the first time the tournament was held in Asia, the first outside of the Americas or Europe, and the first to be jointly hosted by two nations. China, Ecuador, Senegal, and Slovenia made their World Cup debuts, with Senegal advancing to the quarterfinals as the only debutant to make it past the group stage.
The tournament featured several surprising outcomes, including defending champions France being eliminated in the group stage without scoring a goal and earning only one point, and second favorites Argentina also exiting in the group stage. South Korea achieved an impressive run to the semi-finals, defeating Poland, Portugal, Italy, and Spain along the way. They became the first team from outside UEFA, CONMEBOL, and CONCACAF regions, and one of the first Asian teams (along with Turkey in this World Cup), to reach the semi-finals.
Brazil emerged victorious, winning the final against Germany 2–0, securing their fifth World Cup title, a record. This victory qualified Brazil for the 2003 and 2005 FIFA Confederations Cups. Turkey claimed third place by defeating South Korea 3–2 in the third-place play-off, and they also scored the fastest goal in World Cup history, just 10.8 seconds after kick-off.
The 2002 World Cup was the last to feature the golden goal rule and the last to use the same ball for all matches. Since 2006, a ball with the same technical specifications but different colors has been used in the final.

FIFA World Cup 2002 Venues
South Korea and Japan each provided 10 venues, the vast majority of them newly built for the tournament.

Stadium	Capacity	City (South Korea)
Daegu World Cup Stadium	68,014	Daegu
Seoul World Cup Stadium	63,961	Seoul
Busan Asiad Stadium	55,982	Busan
Incheon World Cup Stadium	52,179	Incheon
Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium	43,550	Ulsan
Suwon World Cup Stadium	43,188	Suwon
Gwangju World Cup Stadium	42,880	Gwangju
Jeonju World Cup Stadium	42,391	Jeonju
Jeju World Cup Stadium	42,256	Seogwipo
Daejeon World Cup Stadium	40,407	Daejeon

Stadium	Capacity	City (Japan)
International Stadium Yokohama	72,327	Yokohama
Saitama Stadium	63,000	Saitama
Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA	50,600	Shizuoka
Nagai Stadium	50,000	Osaka
Miyagi Stadium	49,000	Miyagi
Ōita Stadium	43,000	Ōita
Niigata Stadium	42,300	Niigata
Kashima Stadium	42,000	Kashima
Kobe Wing Stadium	42,000	Kobe
Sapporo Dome	42,000	Sapporo

Qualification
A total of 199 teams attempted to qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, with the qualification process starting with a preliminary draw in Tokyo on December 7, 1999. Defending champions France, along with co-hosts South Korea and Japan, qualified automatically without participating in the qualification matches. This tournament was the last in which the defending champions received automatic qualification.
The allocation of places was as follows: 14 spots for UEFA (Europe), five for CAF (Africa), four for CONMEBOL (South America), four for AFC (Asia), and three for CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean). The remaining two spots were determined by playoffs between AFC and UEFA, and between CONMEBOL and OFC (Oceania). Four nations made their World Cup debuts: China, Ecuador, Senegal, and Slovenia. As of 2022, this remains the last time the Republic of Ireland and Turkey have qualified for the World Cup, and the only time for China. It was also the last time Australia and Switzerland failed to qualify.
Turkey qualified for the first time since 1954, Poland and Portugal for the first time since 1986, and Costa Rica and Uruguay for the first time since 1990. Sweden, Russia, and the Republic of Ireland returned after missing the 1998 World Cup. Notable absences included the Netherlands, Romania, Colombia, Bulgaria, Morocco, Norway, Austria, Chile, Iran, Jamaica, Scotland, and Yugoslavia. South Korea set a record by qualifying for a fifth consecutive finals tournament, becoming the first nation from outside Europe or the Americas to achieve this.
All seven previous World Cup-winning nations (Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, and Uruguay) qualified, setting a record for the most previous champions at a tournament, which was broken again in 2014. The highest-ranked team that did not qualify was Colombia (ranked 4th), while the lowest-ranked team that did qualify was China PR (ranked 50th).