2002 FIFA World Cup

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.

### Africa

Nigeria 🇳🇬
- Senegal (SEN) • Squad
- South Africa (RSA) • Squad
- Tunisia (TUN) • Squad

### Asia

- China PR (CHN) • Squad
- Japan (JPN) • Squad
- South Korea (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

### 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|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

|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||

### 3 goals

- Miroslav Klose

### 2 goals

- John Dahl Tomasson

### 1 goal

- 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

- FIFA

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## Infobox (international football competition)

- **year**: 2002
- **dates**: May 31 – June 30
- **country**: South Korea
- **country2**: Japan
- **num teams**: 32
- **confederations**: 5
- **venues**: 20
- **cities**: 20
- **champion other**: Brazil national football team, Brazil
- **count**: 5
- **second other**: Germany national football team, Germany
- **third other**: Turkey national football team, Turkey
- **fourth other**: Korea Republic national football team, South Korea
- **matches**: 64
- **goals**: 145
- **top scorer**: Ronaldo
(8 goals)
- **prevseason**: 1998 FIFA World Cup, 1998
- **nextseason**: 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2006