# 2002 FIFA World Cup Group H

Group H of the 2002 FIFA World Cup took place from 4 June 2002 to 14 June 2002. Japan won the group and advanced to the round of 16 (for the first time ever), along with Belgium. Russia and Tunisia failed to advance.

## Standings

| 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | |
* Japan advanced to play Turkey (runner-up of Group C) in the round of 16.
* Belgium advanced to play Brazil (winner of Group C) in the round of 16.

## Matches

All times are local (UTC+9)

### Japan vs Belgium

| Japan | Belgium |
| GK | 12 | Seigo Narazaki |
| CB | 3 | Naoki Matsuda |
| CB | 4 | Ryuzo Morioka (c) | | 71' |
| CB | 16 | Kōji Nakata |
| CM | 21 | Kazuyuki Toda | 31' |
| CM | 5 | Junichi Inamoto | 54' |
| RW | 22 | Daisuke Ichikawa |
| AM | 7 | Hidetoshi Nakata |
| LW | 18 | Shinji Ono | | 64' |
| CF | 13 | Atsushi Yanagisawa |
| CF | 11 | Takayuki Suzuki | | 68' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 14 | Alex | | 64' |
| MF | 8 | Hiroaki Morishima | | 68' |
| DF | 17 | Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | | 71' |
| Manager: ||
| Philippe Troussier ||
| GK | 1 | Geert De Vlieger |
| RB | 15 | Jacky Peeters |
| CB | 16 | Daniel Van Buyten |
| CB | 4 | Eric Van Meir | 82' |
| LB | 12 | Peter Van Der Heyden | 21' |
| DM | 18 | Yves Vanderhaeghe |
| RM | 10 | Johan Walem | | 68' |
| CM | 6 | Timmy Simons |
| LM | 8 | Bart Goor |
| CF | 7 | Marc Wilmots (c) |
| CF | 11 | Gert Verheyen | 62' | 83' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Wesley Sonck | | 68' |
| FW | 20 | Branko Strupar | | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Robert Waseige ||
* Man of the Match:
* Junichi Inamoto (Japan)
* Assistant referees:
* Haidar Koleit (Lebanon)
* Yury Dupanov (Belarus)
* Fourth official:
* Graham Poll (England)

### Russia vs Tunisia

| Russia | Tunisia |
| GK | 1 | Ruslan Nigmatullin |
| RB | 5 | Andrei Solomatin |
| CB | 3 | Yuri Nikiforov |
| CB | 7 | Viktor Onopko (c) |
| LB | 2 | Yuri Kovtun |
| RM | 8 | Valery Karpin |
| CM | 9 | Yegor Titov |
| CM | 20 | Marat Izmailov | | 78' |
| LM | 6 | Igor Semshov | 27' | 46' |
| CF | 19 | Ruslan Pimenov |
| CF | 11 | Vladimir Beschastnykh | | 55' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 21 | Dmitri Khokhlov | | 46' |
| FW | 22 | Dmitri Sychev | | 55' |
| MF | 15 | Dmitri Alenichev | 88' | 78' |
| Manager: ||
| Oleg Romantsev ||
| GK | 1 | Ali Boumnijel |
| RB | 6 | Hatem Trabelsi |
| CB | 15 | Radhi Jaïdi |
| CB | 4 | Mohamed Mkacher |
| LB | 12 | Raouf Bouzaiene |
| RM | 8 | Hassen Gabsi | 50' | 67' |
| CM | 13 | Riadh Bouazizi |
| CM | 18 | Selim Ben Achour |
| LM | 2 | Khaled Badra | | 84' |
| CF | 5 | Ziad Jaziri | 75' |
| CF | 11 | Adel Sellimi (c) | | 67' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 3 | Zoubeir Baya | | 67' |
| MF | 7 | Imed Mhedhebi | | 67' |
| FW | 20 | Ali Zitouni | | 84' |
| Manager: ||
| Ammar Souayah ||
* Man of the Match:
* Yuri Nikiforov (Russia)
* Assistant referees:
* Michael Ragoonath (Trinidad and Tobago)
* Paul Smith (New Zealand)
* Fourth official:
* Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

### Japan vs Russia

| Japan | Russia |
| GK | 12 | Seigo Narazaki |
| CB | 3 | Naoki Matsuda |
| CB | 17 | Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c) | 15' |
| CB | 16 | Kōji Nakata | 42' |
| RM | 20 | Tomokazu Myojin |
| CM | 21 | Kazuyuki Toda |
| CM | 7 | Hidetoshi Nakata |
| CM | 5 | Junichi Inamoto | | 85' |
| LM | 18 | Shinji Ono | | 75' |
| CF | 11 | Takayuki Suzuki | | 72' |
| CF | 13 | Atsushi Yanagisawa |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 10 | Masashi Nakayama | 90+1' | 72' |
| DF | 6 | Toshihiro Hattori | | 75' |
| MF | 15 | Takashi Fukunishi | | 85' |
| Manager: ||
| Philippe Troussier ||
| GK | 1 | Ruslan Nigmatullin |
| RB | 5 | Andrei Solomatin | 38' |
| CB | 3 | Yuri Nikiforov |
| CB | 7 | Viktor Onopko (c) |
| LB | 2 | Yuri Kovtun |
| RM | 8 | Valery Karpin |
| CM | 4 | Alexey Smertin | | 57' |
| CM | 9 | Yegor Titov |
| CM | 20 | Marat Izmailov | | 52' |
| LM | 6 | Igor Semshov |
| CF | 19 | Ruslan Pimenov | 13' | 46' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 22 | Dmitri Sychev | | 46' |
| MF | 21 | Dmitri Khokhlov | 60' | 52' |
| FW | 11 | Vladimir Beschastnykh | | 57' |
| Manager: ||
| Oleg Romantsev ||
* Man of the Match:
* Junichi Inamoto (Japan)
* Assistant referees:
* Heiner Müller (Germany)
* Evzen Amler (Czech Republic)
* Fourth official:
* Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

### Tunisia vs Belgium

| Tunisia | Belgium |
| GK | 1 | Ali Boumnijel |
| RB | 6 | Hatem Trabelsi | 68' |
| CB | 15 | Radhi Jaïdi |
| CB | 2 | Khaled Badra (c) |
| LB | 12 | Raouf Bouzaiene |
| RM | 8 | Hassen Gabsi | 22' | 67' |
| CM | 10 | Kaies Ghodhbane | 43' |
| CM | 18 | Selim Ben Achour |
| CM | 13 | Riadh Bouazizi |
| LM | 21 | Mourad Melki | 69' | 88' |
| CF | 5 | Ziad Jaziri | | 77' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Adel Sellimi | | 67' |
| FW | 20 | Ali Zitouni | | 77' |
| MF | 3 | Zoubeir Baya | | 88' |
| Manager: ||
| Ammar Souayah ||
| GK | 1 | Geert De Vlieger |
| RB | 2 | Éric Deflandre |
| CB | 3 | Glen De Boeck |
| CB | 16 | Daniel Van Buyten | 40' |
| LB | 12 | Peter Van Der Heyden |
| RM | 11 | Gert Verheyen | | 46' |
| CM | 18 | Yves Vanderhaeghe |
| CM | 6 | Timmy Simons | | 74' |
| LM | 8 | Bart Goor |
| CF | 7 | Marc Wilmots (c) |
| CF | 20 | Branko Strupar | | 46' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Wesley Sonck | | 46' |
| MF | 14 | Sven Vermant | | 46' |
| FW | 22 | Mbo Mpenza | | 74' |
| Manager: ||
| Robert Waseige ||
* Man of the Match:
* Raouf Bouzaiene (Tunisia)
* Assistant referees:
* Paul Smith (New Zealand)
* Komaleeswaran Sankar (India)
* Fourth official:
* Gilles Veissière (France)

### Tunisia vs Japan

| Tunisia | Japan |
| GK | 1 | Ali Boumnijel |
| RB | 6 | Hatem Trabelsi |
| CB | 15 | Radhi Jaïdi |
| CB | 2 | Khaled Badra (c) | 81' |
| LB | 12 | Raouf Bouzaiene | | 78' |
| RM | 21 | Mourad Melki | | 46' |
| CM | 10 | Kaies Ghodhbane |
| CM | 18 | Selim Ben Achour |
| CM | 13 | Riadh Bouazizi | 21' |
| LM | 23 | José Clayton | | 61' |
| CF | 5 | Ziad Jaziri |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 3 | Zoubeir Baya | | 46' |
| MF | 7 | Imed Mhedhebi | | 61' |
| FW | 20 | Ali Zitouni | | 78' |
| Manager: ||
| Ammar Souayah ||
| GK | 12 | Seigo Narazaki |
| CB | 3 | Naoki Matsuda |
| CB | 17 | Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c) |
| CB | 16 | Kōji Nakata |
| RM | 20 | Tomokazu Myojin |
| CM | 21 | Kazuyuki Toda |
| CM | 7 | Hidetoshi Nakata | 84' |
| CM | 5 | Junichi Inamoto | 46' |
| LM | 18 | Shinji Ono |
| CF | 13 | Atsushi Yanagisawa | 46' |
| CF | 11 | Takayuki Suzuki |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Hiroaki Morishima | 46' |
| MF | 22 | Daisuke Ichikawa | 46' |
| MF | 19 | Mitsuo Ogasawara | 84' |
| Manager: ||
| Philippe Troussier ||
* Man of the Match:
* Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan)
* Assistant referees:
* Frédéric Arnault (France)
* Haidar Koleit (Lebanon)
* Fourth official:
* René Ortubé (Bolivia)

### Belgium vs Russia

| Belgium | Russia |
| GK | 1 | Geert De Vlieger |
| RB | 15 | Jacky Peeters |
| CB | 3 | Glen De Boeck | | 90+2' |
| CB | 16 | Daniel Van Buyten |
| LB | 5 | Nico Van Kerckhoven |
| RM | 11 | Gert Verheyen | | 78' |
| CM | 18 | Yves Vanderhaeghe | 39' |
| CM | 10 | Johan Walem |
| LM | 8 | Bart Goor |
| CF | 7 | Marc Wilmots (c) |
| CF | 22 | Mbo Mpenza | | 70' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Wesley Sonck | | 70' |
| MF | 6 | Timmy Simons | | 78' |
| DF | 4 | Eric Van Meir | | 90+2' |
| Manager: ||
| Robert Waseige ||
| GK | 1 | Ruslan Nigmatullin |
| RB | 5 | Andrei Solomatin | 12' |
| CB | 3 | Yuri Nikiforov | | 43' |
| CB | 7 | Viktor Onopko (c) |
| LB | 2 | Yuri Kovtun |
| DM | 21 | Dmitri Khokhlov |
| RM | 8 | Valery Karpin | | 82' |
| CM | 4 | Alexey Smertin | 14' | 34' |
| CM | 9 | Yegor Titov |
| LM | 15 | Dmitri Alenichev | 64' |
| CF | 11 | Vladimir Beschastnykh |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 22 | Dmitri Sychev | | 34' |
| DF | 18 | Dmitri Sennikov | 84' | 43' |
| FW | 16 | Aleksandr Kerzhakov | | 82' |
| Manager: ||
| Oleg Romantsev ||
* Man of the Match:
* Marc Wilmots (Belgium)
* Assistant referees:
* Philip Sharp (England)
* Komaleeswaran Sankar (India)
* Fourth official:
* Pierluigi Collina (Italy)