Question: Who explored the mainland of the continent home to the 2002 World Cup winner?

the 2002 fifa world cup final was a football match that took place on 30 june 2002 at the international stadium in yokohama to determine the winner of the 2002 fifa world cup. the final was contested by germany and brazil. it was the first world cup meeting between the two sides. brazil won the match 2–0, winning a record fifth title. ronaldo, who became the record world cup goalscorer at the 2006 tournament, scored two of his fifteen world cup goals in the second half of the match, leading brazil to the title and winning the golden boot award. it also marked brazilian captain cafu's third consecutive appearance in a world cup final, a feat that has yet to be accomplished by any other player in the history of the tournament. both teams had won their respective groups before advancing to the knockout stage, where germany shut out all of their opponents to reach the final, while brazil only allowed a single goal from england. germany overcame united states and co-host south korea, while brazil knocked out england and turkey. <SEP> 2002 FIFA World Cup 2002 FIFA 월드컵한국 / 일본 2002 FIFA Woldeu Keob Hanguk / Ilbon 2002 FIFA ワールドカップ韓国 / 日本 2002 FIFA Waarudo Kappu Kankoku / Nihon 2002 FIFA World Cup official logo Tournament details Host countries South Korea Japan Dates 31 May -- 30 June Teams 32 (from 5 confederations) Venue (s) 20 (in 20 host cities) Final positions Champions Brazil (5th title) Runners - up Germany Third place Turkey Fourth place South Korea Tournament statistics Matches played 64 Goals scored 161 (2.52 per match) Attendance 2,705,197 (42,269 per match) Top scorer (s) Ronaldo (8 goals) Best player Oliver Kahn Best young player Landon Donovan Best goalkeeper Oliver Kahn Fair play award Belgium ← 1998 2006 → <SEP> At 8.5 million square kilometers (3.2 million square miles) and with over 208 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth - largest country by area and the sixth most populous. Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil Portuguese pronunciation: (bɾaˈziw)), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil, listen (help info)), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. The capital is Brasília, and the most populated city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states, the Federal District, and the 5,570 municipalities. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas; it is also one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world. <SEP> japan (japanese: 日本; nippon (ɲippoɴ) or nihon (ɲihoɴ); formally 日本国 nippon - koku or nihon - koku, lit. ``state of japan '') is a sovereign island country in east asia. located in the pacific ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the asian mainland and stretches from the sea of okhotsk in the north to the east china sea and china in the southwest. coordinates: 35 ° n 136 ° e ﻿ / ﻿ 35 ° n 136 ° e ﻿ / 35; 136 the kanji that make up japan's name mean`` sun origin'', and it is often called the ``land of the rising sun ''. japan is a stratovolcanic archipelago consisting of about 6,852 islands. the four largest are honshu, hokkaido, kyushu, and shikoku, which make up about ninety - seven percent of japan's land area and often are referred to as home islands. the country is divided into 47 prefectures in eight regions, with hokkaido being the northernmost prefecture and okinawa being the southernmost one. the population of 127 million is the world's tenth largest. japanese people make up 98.5% of japan's total population. about 9.1 million people live in tokyo, the capital of japan. <SEP> The continent's cultural and ethnic outlook has its origin with the interaction of indigenous peoples with European conquerors and immigrants and, more locally, with African slaves. Given a long history of colonialism, the overwhelming majority of South Americans speak Portuguese or Spanish, and societies and states commonly reflect Western traditions.