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2002 FIFA World Cup

The 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 17th staging of the World Cup, was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. The two countries were chosen as hosts by FIFA in May 1996. For the first time in its history, the World Cup was organized by two countries. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0 in the final.

Qualification

A total of 199 teams attempted to qualify for the 2002 World Cup which qualification process began with the preliminary draw in 1999. Defending World Champions France and co-hosts Republic of Korea (South Korea) and Japan automatically qualified and did not have to play any qualification matches. (This was the last time that the defending champions automatically qualified).

Thirteen places were contested by UEFA teams (Europe), five by CAF teams (Africa), four by CONMEBOL teams (South America), four by AFC teams (Asia), and three by CONCACAF teams (North and Central America and Caribbean). The remaining two places were decided by playoffs between AFC and UEFA and between CONMEBOL and OFC (Oceania). Four nations qualified for the finals for the first time: China, Ecuador, Senegal, and Slovenia.

All seven previous World Cup-winning nations (Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy and Uruguay) qualified, the first time so many previous champions had been present at a finals tournament.

Seeds

The eight seeded teams for the 2002 tournament were announced on 28 November 2001. The seeds comprised Pot A in the draw. Pot B contained the remaining 11 European sides ; Pot C contained five unseeded qualifiers from CONMEBOL and AFC. Pot D contained unseeded sides from the CONCACAF region and Africa.

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D

On 1 December 2001 the draw was held and the group assignments and order of fixtures were determined. Group F was considered the group of death, as it brought together Argentina, England, Nigeria and Sweden.

Summary

First round

The World Cup started with a shock 1-0 defeat of defending champions France, playing without the injured Zinedine Zidane, by tournament newcomers Senegal in the tournament's opening match held in Seoul, Korea. In their second Group A game, France were held to a goalless draw by Uruguay after star striker Thierry Henry was sent off. A 2-0 defeat by Denmark in their last group game sealed France's fate. The world champions went out of the Cup without even managing to score a goal and earned the unwanted record of the worst World Cup performance by a defending champion. An impressive Denmark won the group, joined by Senegal to move on to the next round. Senegal drew with Denmark and Uruguay to clinch its place in the second round. Despite coming back from 0-3 to tie Senegal in their last group game, the South Americans couldn't find the fourth goal that might have kept them in the Cup and thus were out of the tournament.

Spain became one of only two teams to pick up maximum points in the Group B, seeing off both Paraguay and Slovenia 3-1 before beating South Africa 3-2. Paraguay needed a late goal against another newcomer, Slovenia, to tie South Africa on goal difference (they were already tied on points) and move to the second round on the next tiebreaker, goals scored.

The other team to win all their group games was Brazil in Group C. Turkey advanced to the next round, too, beating Costa Rica on goal difference. China, coached by Bora Milutinović (the fifth national team he coached in five consecutive World Cups), failed to get a point or even score a goal.

Group D saw several surprises as the United States beat Portugal, who many had tipped to win the tournament, 3-2. Then, goalkeeping by Brad Friedel earned the Americans a 1-1 draw with South Korea. South Korea, already assured of advancing after topping Poland 2-0, beat Portugal to send the Europeans home and also give the United States a ticket into the second round, despite losing to Poland in the 3rd match.

Germany thrashed Saudi Arabia 8-0 in Group E thanks to three goals from Miroslav Klose. Ireland were playing without ex-captain Roy Keane, sent home days before the World Cup, but led by his unrelated namesake Robbie claimed second place at the expense of African champions Cameroon.

Other than France's failures, the biggest shock of the tournament came in the Group of Death, Group F as pre-tournament favorites Argentina failed to move out of the group. A loss to England 1-0 on a David Beckham penalty and a subsequent draw with Sweden kept the South Americans from advancing. The Scandinavians won the group, with England also going through. Nigeria finished last.

In Group G, Italy, Croatia, and Ecuador all beat each other once. But the Italians' draw against group winners Mexico, while the other two lost to the North Americans, gave the three-time World Cup champions second place in the group. Ecuador could still enjoy a victory on their first World Cup, beating Croatia 1-0.

Co-hosts Japan breezed through Group H, joined by Belgium. Russia and Tunisia were two of the disappointments of the tournament, in what was considered the weakest group of the tournament.

Second round and quarter-finals

In the second round, Germany beat Paraguay 1-0 on a late goal by Oliver Neuville in a tense, defense-dominated encounter while England thrashed previously-impressive Denmark 3-0. In the Spain-Ireland match, the two teams drew 1-1 and penalties gave Spain a place in the quarterfinals. Sweden and Senegal had a 1-1 match and it took a Golden goal from Henri Camara in extra time to settle the game. The United States won over Mexico 2-0 behind the goals of Brian McBride and Landon Donovan. Brazil defeated a surprising Belgium 2-0, while Turkey ended co-hosts Japan's run with a 1-0 win. The other co-hosts, South Korea, beat Italy on a golden goal, 2-1. South Korea's win ensured that, for the very first time in the Cup's history, teams from each of Europe, North America, South America, Africa, and Asia reached the quarter-finals.

In the quarter-finals, Ronaldinho's free kick sailed over the stunned David Seaman as Brazil beat England 2-1. The United States lost to Germany 1-0 by a Michael Ballack goal. They demanded the referee give a penalty for a goal-line hand ball by Torsten Frings, but to no avail. South Korea got another win, beating Spain on penalties after a 0-0 draw, becoming the first Asian team to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup, eclipsing the record of their North Korean counterparts when they reached the quarter-finals in 1966. There was much controversy over South Korea's second round and quarter-final victories being the results of match fixing scandals. However complaints were dismissed and the victories stood. Turkey continued their remarkable run, stopping Senegal's own with a 1-0 golden goal victory.

Semi-finals, third-place match, and final

The semi-finals saw two 1-0 games; first, Ballack's goal was enough for Germany to top South Korea. However, Ballack received a yellow card during the match, which forced him to miss the final based on accumulated yellow cards. Ronaldo scored his sixth of the competition for Brazil, who beat Turkey 1-0 in a replay of their Group C encounter. In the third-place match, Turkey beat the South Koreans 3-2 in a very spirited match for third place, their first goal coming from Hakan Şükür straight from the opening kickoff (even though South Korea kicked off) in 10.8 seconds, the fastest ever goal in World Cup history.

In the final match held in Yokohama, Japan, two goals from Ronaldo secured the World Cup for Brazil as they claimed victory over Germany. Ronaldo scored twice in the second half and, after the game, won the Golden Boot award for the tournament's leading scorer with eight goals. This was the fifth time Brazil had won the World Cup, cementing their status as the most successful national team in the history of the competition. Brazil's captain Cafu, who became the first player to appear in three successive World Cup finals, accepted the trophy on behalf of the team.

Venues

South Korea and Japan each provided ten stadia, the vast majority of them newly built for the tournament.

South Korea

City	Stadium	Capacity	Opened
Daegu	Daegu Blue-Arc Stadium	68,014	May 2001
Seoul	Seoul Sang-am Stadium	64,677	March 2001
Busan	Busan Asiad Main Stadium	55,983	July 2001
Incheon	Incheon Munhak Stadium	52,179	December 2001
Ulsan	Big Crown Stadium	43,550	28 Apr 2001
Suwon	Suwon Bigbird Stadium	43,188	May 2001
Gwangju	Guus Hiddink Stadium	42,880	September 2001
Jeonju	Jeonju Castle	42,391	September 2001
Seogwipo	Jeju World Cup Stadium	42,256	December 2001
Daejeon	Purple Arena	40,407	September 2001

Japan

City	Stadium	Capacity	Opened
Yokohama	International Stadium	70,000	October 1997
Saitama	Saitama Stadium 2002	63,000	July 2001
Fukuroi	Shizuoka 'ECOPA' Stadium	50,600	March 2001
Osaka	Nagai Stadium	50,000	May 1996
Rifu	Miyagi Stadium	49,000	March 2000
Ōita	Ōita Stadium	43,000	March 2001
Niigata	Niigata Stadium	42,300	March 2001
Kashima	Kashima Stadium	42,000	May 2001
Kobe	Kobe Wing Stadium	42,000	October 2001
Sapporo	Sapporo Dome	42,000	May 2001

Match officials

Africa

Asia

Europe

North, Central America and Caribbean

Oceania

Mark Shield

South America

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2002 FIFA World Cup squads. This was the first World Cup that featured squads of 23 players, an increase from 22 previously. Of the 23 players, 3 must be goalkeepers.

Results

First round

Groups A, B, C, D based in South Korea. Groups E, F, G, H based in Japan.

All kick-off times local (UTC+9)

Group A

Defending champions France were eliminated from Group A without scoring a goal after defeats to Denmark and debutants Senegal, who both progressed at the expense of two-time champions Uruguay.

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
3	0	2	1	4	5	-1	2
3	0	1	2	0	3	-3	1

Group B

Spain won all three games to progress to the Round of 16, while Slovenia were eliminated with no points. Nelson Cuevas' goal against Slovenia was enough to send Paraguay through by virtue of having scored more goals than South Africa.

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	3	0	0	9	4	+5	9
3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	0	0	3	2	7	-5	0

Group C

Brazil won all three games to progress, whilst China PR were eliminated without a goal or a point. Costa Rica's leaky defence led to them being eliminated on goal difference, allowing Turkey to claim the runner-up spot.

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	3	0	0	11	3	+8	9
3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
3	1	1	1	5	6	-1	4
3	0	0	3	0	9	-9	0

Group D

The USA's shock 3-2 win over Portugal, together with a draw against South Korea was enough to send them through. Portugal was eliminated with one win and two losses, including one against South Korea. Poland were also eliminated, despite beating the USA in their final game.

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
3	1	1	1	5	6	-1	4
3	1	0	2	6	4	+2	3
3	1	0	2	3	7	-4	3

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Group E

Saudi Arabia was eliminated as the worst team in tournament, after 3 defeats and no goals scored, including an 8-0 loss to Germany. Germany qualified, knocking out Cameroon in the process. A Robbie Keane equaliser against Germany was enough to send the Republic of Ireland through.

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7
3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5
3	1	1	1	2	3	-1	4
3	0	0	3	0	12	-12	0

Group F

Like favourites France, second favourites Argentina were eliminated following a 1-1 tie to Sweden in their third game. They needed a victory following their second game loss to England to secure a playoff berth. Sweden topped the group, having scored more goals than England, while Nigeria had already been eliminated before drawing with England in their final match.

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	0	1	2	1	3	-2	1

Group G

Mexico qualified after two wins in their first two games. Italy also progressed due to Alessandro Del Piero's equaliser against the Mexicans in the group's final match. This left Croatia and World Cup debutants Ecuador, who picked up their maiden World Cup win against the Croats, as the two teams that did not advance.

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
3	1	0	2	2	3	-1	3
3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3

Group H

Hosts Japan topped the group with two wins and a draw; Junichi Inamoto of Arsenal scored the goal which effectively eliminated Russia in the teams' second game. Belgium also qualified after a see-saw match with the Russians, while Tunisia was also eliminated after picking up just one point.

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5
3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
3	0	1	2	1	5	-4	1

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Germany eliminated Paraguay through an 88th-minute winner from Oliver Neuville. England breezed past the Danes with a 3–0 win, while Henri Camara scored the golden goal that put Senegal through to the quarter-finals at Sweden's expense. Spain eliminated Ireland on penalties after a tense match, in which Robbie Keane levelled the scores with a penalty, just as Spain looked like they would be going through in normal time. In the North American derby, the USA defeated Mexico 2-0 to set up a quarter-final tie with Germany. Brazil defeated Belgium 2-0 (after the referee had controversially disallowed a goal for Belgium when the score was still 0-0) and Turkey ended the journey of hosts Japan. In an echo of North Korea's victory over Italy in 1966, South Korea defeated the Azzurri, with a golden goal from Perugia's Ahn Jung-Hwan. After the game, Ahn was told by Perugia's president, Luciano Gaucci, that he would never play for the club again, only for Gaucci to have a change of heart the following day.

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, Brazil's Ronaldinho caught out England goalkeeper David Seaman with a lobbed free kick from 42 yards to send the Seleção into the semis. Oliver Kahn kept Germany in front of the USA with a string of saves in a first half dominated by the Americans, save for the winning goal, scored by Michael Ballack in the 39th minute. Meanwhile, Spain were unable to win a second consecutive penalty shoot-out, losing to South Korea, and Turkey ended the dream of Africa's sole quarter-final representative, Senegal, with an İlhan Mansız golden goal.

Semi-finals

Brazil defeated Turkey, thanks to a single goal from the tournament's top scorer, Ronaldo, and despite picking up a booking that would rule him out of the final, Michael Ballack scored the goal that sent Germany to the final and consigned South Korea to the third place play-off.

Third place match

Turkey won third place after an entertaining 3-2 victory over hosts South Korea, in a match that included the fastest ever World Cup goal, scored by Parma striker and Turkey veteran Hakan Şükür after just 11 seconds.

Final

Two goals from Ronaldo in the final were enough to see Brazil crowned world champions for the fifth time and Germany made runners-up for the fourth time. The first goal occurred when Germany goalkeeper, Oliver Kahn, failed to deal with a long-range shot from Rivaldo, spilling the ball directly into Ronaldo's path. The two worked together again on the second goal when Rivaldo stepped over a square ball from Kléberson, allowing Ronaldo to side-foot it home from the edge of the box.

Awards

Golden Shoe Winner	Golden Ball Winner	Yashin Award	FIFA Fair Play Trophy	Most Entertaining Team
Ronaldo	Oliver Kahn¹	Oliver Kahn

¹Oliver Kahn remains the only goalkeeper to have won the Golden Ball in FIFA World Cup history.

All-star team

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Oliver Kahn Rüştü Reçber	Roberto Carlos Sol Campbell Fernando Hierro Hong Myung-Bo Alpay Özalan	Rivaldo Ronaldinho Michael Ballack Yoo Sang-Chul Claudio Reyna	Ronaldo Miroslav Klose El Hadji Diouf Hasan Şaş

Goalscorers

8 goals

1 goal

References

External links

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2002 FIFA World Cup

The 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 17th staging of the World Cup, was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. The two countries were chosen as hosts by FIFA in May 1996. For the first time in its history, the World Cup was organized by two countries. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0 in the final.

Qualification

A total of 199 teams attempted to qualify for the 2002 World Cup which qualification process began with the preliminary draw in 1999. Defending World Champions France and co-hosts Republic of Korea (South Korea) and Japan automatically qualified and did not have to play any qualification matches. (This was the last time that the defending champions automatically qualified).

Thirteen places were contested by UEFA teams (Europe), five by CAF teams (Africa), four by CONMEBOL teams (South America), four by AFC teams (Asia), and three by CONCACAF teams (North and Central America and Caribbean). The remaining two places were decided by playoffs between AFC and UEFA and between CONMEBOL and OFC (Oceania). Four nations qualified for the finals for the first time: China, Ecuador, Senegal, and Slovenia.

All seven previous World Cup-winning nations (Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy and Uruguay) qualified, the first time so many previous champions had been present at a finals tournament.

Seeds

The eight seeded teams for the 2002 tournament were announced on 28 November 2001. The seeds comprised Pot A in the draw. Pot B contained the remaining 11 European sides ; Pot C contained five unseeded qualifiers from CONMEBOL and AFC. Pot D contained unseeded sides from the CONCACAF region and Africa.

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D

On 1 December 2001 the draw was held and the group assignments and order of fixtures were determined. Group F was considered the group of death, as it brought together Argentina, England, Nigeria and Sweden.

Summary

First round

The World Cup started with a shock 1-0 defeat of defending champions France, playing without the injured Zinedine Zidane, by tournament newcomers Senegal in the tournament's opening match held in Seoul, Korea. In their second Group A game, France were held to a goalless draw by Uruguay after star striker Thierry Henry was sent off. A 2-0 defeat by Denmark in their last group game sealed France's fate. The world champions went out of the Cup without even managing to score a goal and earned the unwanted record of the worst World Cup performance by a defending champion. An impressive Denmark won the group, joined by Senegal to move on to the next round. Senegal drew with Denmark and Uruguay to clinch its place in the second round. Despite coming back from 0-3 to tie Senegal in their last group game, the South Americans couldn't find the fourth goal that might have kept them in the Cup and thus were out of the tournament.

Spain became one of only two teams to pick up maximum points in the Group B, seeing off both Paraguay and Slovenia 3-1 before beating South Africa 3-2. Paraguay needed a late goal against another newcomer, Slovenia, to tie South Africa on goal difference (they were already tied on points) and move to the second round on the next tiebreaker, goals scored.

The other team to win all their group games was Brazil in Group C. Turkey advanced to the next round, too, beating Costa Rica on goal difference. China, coached by Bora Milutinović (the fifth national team he coached in five consecutive World Cups), failed to get a point or even score a goal.

Group D saw several surprises as the United States beat Portugal, who many had tipped to win the tournament, 3-2. Then, goalkeeping by Brad Friedel earned the Americans a 1-1 draw with South Korea. South Korea, already assured of advancing after topping Poland 2-0, beat Portugal to send the Europeans home and also give the United States a ticket into the second round, despite losing to Poland in the 3rd match.

Germany thrashed Saudi Arabia 8-0 in Group E thanks to three goals from Miroslav Klose. Ireland were playing without ex-captain Roy Keane, sent home days before the World Cup, but led by his unrelated namesake Robbie claimed second place at the expense of African champions Cameroon.

Other than France's failures, the biggest shock of the tournament came in the Group of Death, Group F as pre-tournament favorites Argentina failed to move out of the group. A loss to England 1-0 on a David Beckham penalty and a subsequent draw with Sweden kept the South Americans from advancing. The Scandinavians won the group, with England also going through. Nigeria finished last.

In Group G, Italy, Croatia, and Ecuador all beat each other once. But the Italians' draw against group winners Mexico, while the other two lost to the North Americans, gave the three-time World Cup champions second place in the group. Ecuador could still enjoy a victory on their first World Cup, beating Croatia 1-0.

Co-hosts Japan breezed through Group H, joined by Belgium. Russia and Tunisia were two of the disappointments of the tournament, in what was considered the weakest group of the tournament.

Second round and quarter-finals

In the second round, Germany beat Paraguay 1-0 on a late goal by Oliver Neuville in a tense, defense-dominated encounter while England thrashed previously-impressive Denmark 3-0. In the Spain-Ireland match, the two teams drew 1-1 and penalties gave Spain a place in the quarterfinals. Sweden and Senegal had a 1-1 match and it took a Golden goal from Henri Camara in extra time to settle the game. The United States won over Mexico 2-0 behind the goals of Brian McBride and Landon Donovan. Brazil defeated a surprising Belgium 2-0, while Turkey ended co-hosts Japan's run with a 1-0 win. The other co-hosts, South Korea, beat Italy on a golden goal, 2-1. South Korea's win ensured that, for the very first time in the Cup's history, teams from each of Europe, North America, South America, Africa, and Asia reached the quarter-finals.

In the quarter-finals, Ronaldinho's free kick sailed over the stunned David Seaman as Brazil beat England 2-1. The United States lost to Germany 1-0 by a Michael Ballack goal. They demanded the referee give a penalty for a goal-line hand ball by Torsten Frings, but to no avail. South Korea got another win, beating Spain on penalties after a 0-0 draw, becoming the first Asian team to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup, eclipsing the record of their North Korean counterparts when they reached the quarter-finals in 1966. There was much controversy over South Korea's second round and quarter-final victories being the results of match fixing scandals. However complaints were dismissed and the victories stood. Turkey continued their remarkable run, stopping Senegal's own with a 1-0 golden goal victory.

Semi-finals, third-place match, and final

The semi-finals saw two 1-0 games; first, Ballack's goal was enough for Germany to top South Korea. However, Ballack received a yellow card during the match, which forced him to miss the final based on accumulated yellow cards. Ronaldo scored his sixth of the competition for Brazil, who beat Turkey 1-0 in a replay of their Group C encounter. In the third-place match, Turkey beat the South Koreans 3-2 in a very spirited match for third place, their first goal coming from Hakan Şükür straight from the opening kickoff (even though South Korea kicked off) in 10.8 seconds, the fastest ever goal in World Cup history.

In the final match held in Yokohama, Japan, two goals from Ronaldo secured the World Cup for Brazil as they claimed victory over Germany. Ronaldo scored twice in the second half and, after the game, won the Golden Boot award for the tournament's leading scorer with eight goals. This was the fifth time Brazil had won the World Cup, cementing their status as the most successful national team in the history of the competition. Brazil's captain Cafu, who became the first player to appear in three successive World Cup finals, accepted the trophy on behalf of the team.

Venues

South Korea and Japan each provided ten stadia, the vast majority of them newly built for the tournament.

South Korea

City	Stadium	Capacity	Opened
Daegu	Daegu Blue-Arc Stadium	68,014	May 2001
Seoul	Seoul Sang-am Stadium	64,677	March 2001
Busan	Busan Asiad Main Stadium	55,983	July 2001
Incheon	Incheon Munhak Stadium	52,179	December 2001
Ulsan	Big Crown Stadium	43,550	28 Apr 2001
Suwon	Suwon Bigbird Stadium	43,188	May 2001
Gwangju	Guus Hiddink Stadium	42,880	September 2001
Jeonju	Jeonju Castle	42,391	September 2001
Seogwipo	Jeju World Cup Stadium	42,256	December 2001
Daejeon	Purple Arena	40,407	September 2001

Japan

City	Stadium	Capacity	Opened
Yokohama	International Stadium	70,000	October 1997
Saitama	Saitama Stadium 2002	63,000	July 2001
Fukuroi	Shizuoka 'ECOPA' Stadium	50,600	March 2001
Osaka	Nagai Stadium	50,000	May 1996
Rifu	Miyagi Stadium	49,000	March 2000
Ōita	Ōita Stadium	43,000	March 2001
Niigata	Niigata Stadium	42,300	March 2001
Kashima	Kashima Stadium	42,000	May 2001
Kobe	Kobe Wing Stadium	42,000	October 2001
Sapporo	Sapporo Dome	42,000	May 2001

Match officials

Africa

Asia

Europe

North, Central America and Caribbean

Oceania

Mark Shield

South America

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2002 FIFA World Cup squads. This was the first World Cup that featured squads of 23 players, an increase from 22 previously. Of the 23 players, 3 must be goalkeepers.

Results

First round

Groups A, B, C, D based in South Korea. Groups E, F, G, H based in Japan.

All kick-off times local (UTC+9)

Group A

Defending champions France were eliminated from Group A without scoring a goal after defeats to Denmark and debutants Senegal, who both progressed at the expense of two-time champions Uruguay.

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
3	0	2	1	4	5	-1	2
3	0	1	2	0	3	-3	1

Group B

Spain won all three games to progress to the Round of 16, while Slovenia were eliminated with no points. Nelson Cuevas' goal against Slovenia was enough to send Paraguay through by virtue of having scored more goals than South Africa.

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	3	0	0	9	4	+5	9
3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	0	0	3	2	7	-5	0

Group C

Brazil won all three games to progress, whilst China PR were eliminated without a goal or a point. Costa Rica's leaky defence led to them being eliminated on goal difference, allowing Turkey to claim the runner-up spot.

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	3	0	0	11	3	+8	9
3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
3	1	1	1	5	6	-1	4
3	0	0	3	0	9	-9	0

Group D

The USA's shock 3-2 win over Portugal, together with a draw against South Korea was enough to send them through. Portugal was eliminated with one win and two losses, including one against South Korea. Poland were also eliminated, despite beating the USA in their final game.

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
3	1	1	1	5	6	-1	4
3	1	0	2	6	4	+2	3
3	1	0	2	3	7	-4	3

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Group E

Saudi Arabia was eliminated as the worst team in tournament, after 3 defeats and no goals scored, including an 8-0 loss to Germany. Germany qualified, knocking out Cameroon in the process. A Robbie Keane equaliser against Germany was enough to send the Republic of Ireland through.

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7
3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5
3	1	1	1	2	3	-1	4
3	0	0	3	0	12	-12	0

Group F

Like favourites France, second favourites Argentina were eliminated following a 1-1 tie to Sweden in their third game. They needed a victory following their second game loss to England to secure a playoff berth. Sweden topped the group, having scored more goals than England, while Nigeria had already been eliminated before drawing with England in their final match.

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	0	1	2	1	3	-2	1

Group G

Mexico qualified after two wins in their first two games. Italy also progressed due to Alessandro Del Piero's equaliser against the Mexicans in the group's final match. This left Croatia and World Cup debutants Ecuador, who picked up their maiden World Cup win against the Croats, as the two teams that did not advance.

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
3	1	0	2	2	3	-1	3
3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3

Group H

Hosts Japan topped the group with two wins and a draw; Junichi Inamoto of Arsenal scored the goal which effectively eliminated Russia in the teams' second game. Belgium also qualified after a see-saw match with the Russians, while Tunisia was also eliminated after picking up just one point.

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5
3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
3	0	1	2	1	5	-4	1

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Germany eliminated Paraguay through an 88th-minute winner from Oliver Neuville. England breezed past the Danes with a 3–0 win, while Henri Camara scored the golden goal that put Senegal through to the quarter-finals at Sweden's expense. Spain eliminated Ireland on penalties after a tense match, in which Robbie Keane levelled the scores with a penalty, just as Spain looked like they would be going through in normal time. In the North American derby, the USA defeated Mexico 2-0 to set up a quarter-final tie with Germany. Brazil defeated Belgium 2-0 (after the referee had controversially disallowed a goal for Belgium when the score was still 0-0) and Turkey ended the journey of hosts Japan. In an echo of North Korea's victory over Italy in 1966, South Korea defeated the Azzurri, with a golden goal from Perugia's Ahn Jung-Hwan. After the game, Ahn was told by Perugia's president, Luciano Gaucci, that he would never play for the club again, only for Gaucci to have a change of heart the following day.

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, Brazil's Ronaldinho caught out England goalkeeper David Seaman with a lobbed free kick from 42 yards to send the Seleção into the semis. Oliver Kahn kept Germany in front of the USA with a string of saves in a first half dominated by the Americans, save for the winning goal, scored by Michael Ballack in the 39th minute. Meanwhile, Spain were unable to win a second consecutive penalty shoot-out, losing to South Korea, and Turkey ended the dream of Africa's sole quarter-final representative, Senegal, with an İlhan Mansız golden goal.

Semi-finals

Brazil defeated Turkey, thanks to a single goal from the tournament's top scorer, Ronaldo, and despite picking up a booking that would rule him out of the final, Michael Ballack scored the goal that sent Germany to the final and consigned South Korea to the third place play-off.

Third place match

Turkey won third place after an entertaining 3-2 victory over hosts South Korea, in a match that included the fastest ever World Cup goal, scored by Parma striker and Turkey veteran Hakan Şükür after just 11 seconds.

Final

Two goals from Ronaldo in the final were enough to see Brazil crowned world champions for the fifth time and Germany made runners-up for the fourth time. The first goal occurred when Germany goalkeeper, Oliver Kahn, failed to deal with a long-range shot from Rivaldo, spilling the ball directly into Ronaldo's path. The two worked together again on the second goal when Rivaldo stepped over a square ball from Kléberson, allowing Ronaldo to side-foot it home from the edge of the box.

Awards

Golden Shoe Winner	Golden Ball Winner	Yashin Award	FIFA Fair Play Trophy	Most Entertaining Team
Ronaldo	Oliver Kahn¹	Oliver Kahn

¹Oliver Kahn remains the only goalkeeper to have won the Golden Ball in FIFA World Cup history.

All-star team

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Oliver Kahn Rüştü Reçber	Roberto Carlos Sol Campbell Fernando Hierro Hong Myung-Bo Alpay Özalan	Rivaldo Ronaldinho Michael Ballack Yoo Sang-Chul Claudio Reyna	Ronaldo Miroslav Klose El Hadji Diouf Hasan Şaş

Goalscorers

8 goals

1 goal

References

External links

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Qualification

Seeds

Summary

First round

Second round and quarter-finals

Semi-finals, third-place match, and final

Venues

South Korea

Japan

Match officials

Squads

Results

First round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Awards

All-star team

Goalscorers

See also

References

External links

Qualification

Seeds

Summary

First round

Second round and quarter-finals

Semi-finals, third-place match, and final

Venues

South Korea

Japan

Match officials

Squads

Results

First round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Awards

All-star team

Goalscorers

See also

References

External links