2002 FIFA World Cup
17th FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan
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.
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | South Korea Japan |
Dates | May 31 – June 30 |
Teams | 32 (from 5 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 20 (in 20 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 64 |
Goals scored | 145 (2.27 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (8 goals) |

Participants change
Africa change
Asia change
Europe change
- 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 change
South America change
Group stage change
Group A change
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 change
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 change
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 change
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 change
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 change
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 change
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 change
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 |
Knockout stage change
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
15 June - Seogwipo | ||||||||||||||
Germany | 1 | |||||||||||||
21 June - Ulsan | ||||||||||||||
Paraguay | 0 | |||||||||||||
Germany | 1 | |||||||||||||
17 June - Jeonju | ||||||||||||||
United States | 0 | |||||||||||||
Mexico | 0 | |||||||||||||
25 June - Seoul | ||||||||||||||
United States | 2 | |||||||||||||
Germany | 1 | |||||||||||||
16 June - Suwon | ||||||||||||||
South Korea | 0 | |||||||||||||
Spain (pen.) | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
22 June - Gwangju | ||||||||||||||
Republic of Ireland | 1 (2) | |||||||||||||
Spain | 0 (3) | |||||||||||||
18 June - Daejeon | ||||||||||||||
South Korea (pen.) | 0 (5) | |||||||||||||
South Korea (aet) | 2 | |||||||||||||
30 June - Yokohama | ||||||||||||||
Italy | 1 | |||||||||||||
Germany | 0 | |||||||||||||
15 June - Niigata | ||||||||||||||
Brazil | 2 | |||||||||||||
Denmark | 0 | |||||||||||||
21 June - Shizuoka | ||||||||||||||
England | 3 | |||||||||||||
England | 1 | |||||||||||||
17 June - Kobe | ||||||||||||||
Brazil | 2 | |||||||||||||
Brazil | 2 | |||||||||||||
26 June - Saitama | ||||||||||||||
Belgium | 0 | |||||||||||||
Brazil | 1 | |||||||||||||
16 June - Ōita | ||||||||||||||
Turkey | 0 | Third place | ||||||||||||
Sweden | 1 | |||||||||||||
22 June - Osaka | 29 June - Daegu | |||||||||||||
Senegal (aet) | 2 | |||||||||||||
Senegal | 0 | South Korea | 2 | |||||||||||
18 June - Miyagi | ||||||||||||||
Turkey (aet) | 1 | Turkey | 3 | |||||||||||
Japan | 0 | |||||||||||||
Turkey | 1 | |||||||||||||
Third place play-off change
South Korea | 2-3 | Turkey |
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Lee Eul-yong 9' Song Chong-gug 90+3' |
Hakan Ş. 1' İlhan 13', 32' |
Final change
Goalscorers change
3 goals change
2 goals change
1 goal change
- 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 change
- FIFA Archived 2017-09-18 at the Wayback Machine