Question: When did the continent on which the 2002 World Cup winner is the largest country take the form it has today?

<P0-S0> In the last million years since the Late Miocene, South America became connected with the continent of North America via the Panama Block that closed the marine Bolivar Trough, leading to the Great American Interchange, the interchange of biota from both continents. <P0-S1> The first species discovered to have made the northward migration was Pliometanastes, a fossil ground sloth species, roughly the size of a modern black bear. <P0-S2> Several migrations to the Southern Hemisphere were undertaken by tougher, North American mammal carnivores; fewer species migrated in the opposite direction from south to north. <P0-S3> The result of the intrusion of North American fauna was that hundreds of South American species became extinct in a relatively short time and that about 60% of present - day South American mammals have evolved from North American species. <P0-S4> However, some species were able to adapt and spread into North America. <P0-S5> Apart from Pliometanastes, during the Irvingtonian stage of the mammal land stages, around 1.9 Ma, species as Pampatherium, a giant armadillo, ground sloth Megatherium, giant anteater Myrmecophaga, a Neogene capybara (Hydrochoerus), Meizonyx, opossum Didelphis, and Mixotoxodon followed the route north. <P0-S6> The terror bird Titanis was the only discovered South American carnivore species who made the journey into North America. <SEP> <P1-S0> in the final, germany defeated argentina 1 -- 0 to win the tournament and secure the country's fourth world title, the first after the german reunification in 1990, when as west germany they also beat argentina in the world cup final. <P1-S1> germany became the first european team to win a world cup staged in the americas, and this result marked the first time that nations from the same continent won three consecutive tournaments (following italy in 2006 and spain in 2010). <SEP> <P2-S0> the 2022 fifa world cup is scheduled to be the 22nd edition of the fifa world cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of fifa. <P2-S1> it is scheduled to take place in qatar in 2022. this will be the first world cup held in asia since the 2002 tournament in south korea and japan. <P2-S2> this will also be the first world cup ever to be held in the middle east, and in an arab and a muslim - majority country. <P2-S3> this tournament will be the last to involve 32 teams, with an increase to 48 teams scheduled from the 2026 tournament. <SEP> <P3-S0> 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> <P4-S0> 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. <P4-S1> 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. <P4-S2> The capital is Brasília, and the most populated city is São Paulo. <P4-S3> The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states, the Federal District, and the 5,570 municipalities. <P4-S4> 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.