XVII WORLD CUP

(SOUTH KOREA & JAPAN 2002)

(From 31-05-2002 to 30-06-2002)

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WC Mascots (Ato,Kaz,Nik)

 

COMPETITION SYSTEM

· 198 national teams enter a Qualifying Stage (hosts South Korea and Japan, together with title holder France, are exempt from this round), divided in 14 geographic groups. The group winners, together with a variable number of best ranked teams, qualify for the Final Stage in South Korea and Japan (the nine European runners-up and the third qualified team in the Asian Group play a knock-out round in order to earn five more berths in the Final Stage).

· The 32 teams qualified for the Final Stage are divided in 8 groups of 4 teams each playing a round robin. In case that two or more teams finish level on points, their position is decided by general goal difference.

· The group winners and runners-up advance to an 1/8 Final knock-out round, played as an X-pairing. The winners move to quarterfinals and further semifinals, and the two surviving teams at the end of these knock-out rounds qualify for the final.

 

 

::::: QUALIFYING STAGE :::::

 

 

GROUP STAGE

(Seeded teams are indicated in blue)

 

GROUP A (SOUTH KOREA)

 

GROUP B (SOUTH KOREA)

Competition Day 1 (31-05-2002)

Competition Day 1 (2-06-2002)

Seoul

France - Senegal

0-1

Busan

Paraguay - South Africa

2-2

Ulsan

Uruguay - Denmark

1-2 (x)

Gwangju

Spain - Slovenia

3-1

Competition Day 2 (6-06-2002)

Competition Day 2 (7-06-2002)

Daegu

Denmark - Senegal

1-1

Jeonju

Spain - Paraguay

3-1

Busan

France - Uruguay

0-0

Daegu

South Africa - Slovenia

1-0 (y)

Competition Day 3 (11-06-2002)

Competition Day 3 (12-06-2002)

Incheon

Denmark - France

2-0

Daejeon

South Africa - Spain

2-3

Suwon

Senegal - Uruguay

3-3

Seogwipo

Slovenia - Paraguay

1-3

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Denmark

3

2

1

0

5

2

7

2. Senegal

3

1

2

0

5

4

5

3. Uruguay

3

0

2

1

4

5

2

4. France

3

0

1

2

0

3

1

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Spain

3

3

0

0

9

4

9

2. Paraguay

3

1

1

1

6

6

4

3. South Africa

3

1

1

1

5

5

4

4. Slovenia

3

0

0

3

2

7

0

(x) Game played on 1-06-2002.     (y) Game played on 8-06-2002.

 

GROUP C (SOUTH KOREA)

 

GROUP D (SOUTH KOREA)

Competition Day 1 (3-06-2002)

Competition Day 1 (4-06-2002)

Ulsan

Brazil - Turkey

2-1

Busan

South Korea - Poland

2-0

Gwangju

China - Costa Rica

0-2 (x)

Suwon

USA - Portugal

3-2 (z)

Competition Day 2 (8-06-2002)

Competition Day 2 (10-06-2002)

Seogwipo

Brazil - China

4-0

Daegu

South Korea - USA

1-1

Incheon

Costa Rica - Turkey

1-1 (y)

Jeonju

Portugal - Poland

4-0

Competition Day 3 (13-06-2002)

Competition Day 3 (14-06-2002)

Suwon

Costa Rica - Brazil

2-5

Daejeon

Poland - USA

3-1

Seoul

Turkey - China

3-0

Incheon

Portugal - South Korea

0-1

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Brazil

3

3

0

0

11

3

9

2. Turkey

3

1

1

1

5

3

4

3. Costa Rica

3

1

1

1

5

6

4

4. China

3

0

0

3

0

9

0

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. South Korea

3

2

1

0

4

1

7

2. USA

3

1

1

1

5

6

4

3. Portugal

3

1

0

2

6

4

3

4. Poland

3

1

0

2

3

7

3

(x) Game played on 4-06-2002.     (y) Game played on 9-06-2002.     (z) Game played on 5-06-2002.

 

GROUP E (JAPAN)

 

GROUP F (JAPAN)

Competition Day 1 (1-06-2002)

Competition Day 1 (2-06-2002)

Niigata

Ireland - Cameroon

1-1

Ibaraki

Argentina - Nigeria

1-0

Sapporo

Germany - Saudi Arabia

8-0

Saitama

England - Sweden

1-1

Competition Day 2 (5-06-2002)

Competition Day 2 (7-06-2002)

Ibaraki

Germany - Ireland

1-1

Kobe

Sweden - Nigeria

2-1

Saitama

Cameroon - Saudi Arabia

1-0 (x)

Sapporo

Argentina - England

0-1

Competition Day 3 (11-06-2002)

Competition Day 3 (12-06-2002)

Shizuoka

Cameroon - Germany

0-2

Miyagi

Sweden - Argentina

1-1

Yokohama

Saudi Arabia - Ireland

0-3

Osaka

Nigeria - England

0-0

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Germany

3

2

1

0

11

1

7

2. Ireland

3

1

2

0

5

2

5

3. Cameroon

3

1

1

1

2

3

4

4. Saudi Arabia

3

0

0

3

0

12

0

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Sweden

3

1

2

0

4

3

5

2. England

3

1

2

0

2

1

5

3. Argentina

3

1

1

1

2

2

4

4. Nigeria

3

0

1

2

1

3

1

(x) Game played on 6-06-2002.

 

GROUP G (JAPAN)

 

GROUP H (JAPAN)

Competition Day 1 (3-06-2002)

Competition Day 1 (4-06-2002)

Niigata

Croatia - Mexico

0-1

Saitama

Japan - Belgium

2-2

Sapporo

Italy - Ecuador

2-0

Kobe

Russia - Tunisia

2-0 (y)

Competition Day 2 (8-06-2002)

Competition Day 2 (9-06-2002)

Ibaraki

Italy - Croatia

1-2

Yokohama

Japan - Russia

1-0

Miyagi

Mexico - Ecuador

2-1 (x)

Oita

Tunisia - Belgium

1-1 (z)

Competition Day 3 (13-06-2002)

Competition Day 3 (14-06-2002)

Yokohama

Ecuador - Croatia

1-0

Shizuoka

Belgium - Russia

3-2

Oita

Mexico - Italy

1-1

Osaka

Tunisia - Japan

0-2

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Mexico

3

2

1

0

4

2

7

2. Italy

3

1

1

1

4

3

4

3. Croatia

3

1

0

2

2

3

3

4. Ecuador

3

1

0

2

2

4

3

FINAL STANDING

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pt

1. Japan

3

2

1

0

5

2

7

2. Belgium

3

1

2

0

6

5

5

3. Russia

3

1

0

2

4

4

3

4. Tunisia

3

0

1

2

1

5

1

(x) Game played on 9-06-2002.     (y) Game played on 5-06-2002.     (z) Game played on 10-06-2002.

 

 

1/8 FINALS

(15-06-2002)

E1-B2 (1): Germany - Paraguay

1-0

Seogwipo

A1-F2 (2): Denmark - England

0-3

Niigata

F1-A2 (3): Sweden - Senegal

1-2 (a.e.t.) (x)

Oita

B1-E2 (4): Spain - Ireland

1-1 (pk:3-2) (x)

Suwon

G1-D2 (5): Mexico - USA

0-2 (y)

Jeonju

C1-H2 (6): Brazil - Belgium

2-0 (y)

Kobe

H1-C2 (7): Japan - Turkey

0-1 (z)

Miyagi

D1-G2 (8): South Korea - Italy

2-1 (a.e.t.) (z)

Daejeon

(x) Games played on 16-06-2002.

(y) Games played on 17-06-2002.

(z) Games played on 18-06-2002.

 

 

1/4 FINALS

(21-06-2002)

2-6 (A): England - Brazil

1-2

Shizuoka

1-5 (B): Germany - USA

1-0

Ulsan

4-8 (C): Spain - South Korea

0-0 (pk:3-5) (x)

Gwangju

3-7 (D): Senegal - Turkey

0-1 (a.e.t.) (x)

Osaka

(x) Games played on 22-06-2002.

 

 

1/2 FINALS

(25-06-2002)

B-C: Germany - South Korea

1-0

Seoul

A-D: Brazil - Turkey

1-0 (x)

Saitama

(x) Game played on 26-06-2002.

 

 

PLACES 3 & 4

(29-06-2002)

Turkey - South Korea

3-2

Daegu

 

 

 

FINAL

STADIUM: Kokusai Sogo Kyogijo — International Stadium (Yokohama)

DATE: 30-06-2002 (20:00 h)

ATTENDANCE: 69.029

REFEREE: Pierluigi Collina (ITA)

GOALS: 1-0 (Ronaldo 67’); 2-0 (Ronaldo 79’)

BOOKED: Roque Júnior (6’) / Klose (9’)

Brasil
Brazil BRA - Germany GER
2-0 (0-0)
Deutschland

Brazil (coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari)

Marcos Roberto Silveira

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Lucimar da Silva “Lúcio”

Edmílson José Gomes

José Vítor Roque Júnior

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Marcos Moraes “Cafu” (c)

Gilberto Silva

José Kléberson Pereira

Rivaldo Vítor Borba

Roberto Carlos da Silva

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Ronaldinho Gaúcho (Juninho Paulista 85’)

Ronaldo Nazário (Denílson de Oliveira 90’)

Germany (coach: Rudi Völler)

Oliver Kahn (c)

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Thomas Linke

Carsten Ramelow

Christoph Metzelder

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Torsten Frings

Bernd Schneider

Dietmar Hamann

Jens Jeremies (Gerald Asamoah 77’)

Marco Bode (Christian Ziege 84’)

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Oliver Neuville

Miroslav Klose (Oliver Bierhoff 74’)

 

 

FINAL STANDING

1.

Brazil BRA

2.

Germany GER

3.

Turkey TUR

4.

South Korea SKR

5.

Spain SPA

6.

England ENG

7.

Senegal SEN

8.

USA USA

9.

Japan JAP

10.

Denmark DEN

11.

Mexico MEX

12.

Ireland IRL

13.

Sweden SWE

14.

Belgium BEL

15.

Italy ITA

16.

Paraguay PAR

17.

South Africa SAF

18.

Argentina ARG

19.

Costa Rica CRC

20.

Cameroon CAM

21.

Portugal POR

22.

Russia RUS

23.

Croatia CRO

24.

Ecuador ECU

25.

Poland POL

26.

Uruguay URU

27.

Nigeria NIG

28.

France FRA

29.

Tunisia TUN

30.

Slovenia SVN

31.

China CHN

32.

Saudi Arabia KSA

 

 

CHAMPIONSHIP SQUAD

Oliver Kahn (GER)

Sol Campbell (ENG)

Fernando Hierro (SPA)

Hong Myung-bo (SKR)

Roberto Carlos da Silva (BRA)

Michael Ballack (GER)

Claudio Reyna (USA)

Ronaldo de Assis “Ronaldinho Gaúcho” (BRA)

Rivaldo Vítor Borba (BRA)

Ronaldo Nazário (BRA)

El-Hadji Diouf (SEN)

 

 

TOP SCORER: Ronaldo Nazário (BRA) - 8 goals

 

BEST PLAYER: Oliver Kahn (GER)

   

 

 

 

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