FIFA World Cup Korea & Japan 2002 (2)

Group E

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup Group E

Saudi Arabia were eliminated as the worst team in tournament, after three defeats and no goals scored, including an 8-0 loss to Germany. Germany qualified, knocking out Cameroon in the process. Robbie Keane was one of only two players to score against Germany in the whole World Cup (the other being Ronaldo of Brazil in the final), scoring in additional time to help claim second place in the group.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7
Republic of Ireland	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5
Cameroon	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

1 June 2002 15:30	Republic of Ireland	1 – 1	Cameroon	Niigata Stadium, Niigata Attendance: 33,679 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
	Holland  52'	(Report)	Mboma  39'

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1 June 2002 20:30	Germany	8 – 0	Saudi Arabia	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo Attendance: 32,218 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
	Klose  20', 25', 69' Ballack  40' Jancker  45+1' Linke  73' Bierhoff  84' Schneider  90+1'	(Report)

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5 June 2002 20:30	Germany	1 – 1	Republic of Ireland	Kashima Stadium, Ibaraki Attendance: 35,854 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Klose  19'	(Report)	Robbie Keane  90+2'

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6 June 2002 18:00	Cameroon	1 – 0	Saudi Arabia	Saitama Stadium, Saitama Attendance: 52,328 Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
	Eto'o  66'	(Report)

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11 June 2002 20:30	Cameroon	0 – 2	Germany	Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka Attendance: 47,085 Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)
		(Report)	Bode  50' Klose  79'

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11 June 2002 20:30	Saudi Arabia	0 – 3	Republic of Ireland	International Stadium Yokohama,Yokohama Attendance: 65,320 Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
		(Report)	Robbie Keane  7' Breen  61' Duff  87'

[edit]Group F

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup Group F

Like favourites France, second favourites Argentina were eliminated following a 1-1 draw to Sweden in their third game. They needed a victory following their second game loss to England to secure a second round 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.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
England	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Argentina	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Nigeria	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

2 June 2002 14:30	Argentina	1 – 0	Nigeria	Kashima Stadium, Ibaraki Attendance: 34,050 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
	Batistuta  63'	(Report)

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2 June 2002 18:30	England	1 – 1	Sweden	Saitama Stadium, Saitama Attendance: 52,721 Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
	Campbell  24'	(Report)	Alexandersson  59'

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7 June 2002 15:30	Sweden	2 – 1	Nigeria	Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 36,194 Referee: René Ortube (Bolivia)
	Larsson  35', 63' (pen.)	(Report)	Aghahowa  27'

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7 June 2002 20:30	Argentina	0 – 1	England	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo Attendance: 35,927 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
		(Report)	Beckham  44' (pen.)

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12 June 2002 15:30	Sweden	1 – 1	Argentina	Miyagi Stadium, Miyagi Attendance: 45,777 Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
	A. Svensson  59'	(Report)	Crespo  88'

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12 June 2002 15:30	Nigeria	0 – 0	England	Nagai Stadium, Osaka Attendance: 44,864 Referee: Brian Hall (United States)
		(Report)

[edit]Group G

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup Group G

Mexico qualified after two wins in their first two games. Italy also progressed thanks to Ecuador's win over Croatia in Yokohama, and would have qualifed even had Alessandro Del Piero not scored the 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.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Italy	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Croatia	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
Ecuador	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3

3 June 2002 15:30	Croatia	0 – 1	Mexico	Niigata Stadium, Niigata Attendance: 32,239 Referee: Lu Jun (China)
		(Report)	Blanco  60' (pen.)

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3 June 2002 20:30	Italy	2 – 0	Ecuador	Sapporo Dome, Sapporo Attendance: 31,081 Referee: Brian Hall (United States)
	Vieri  7', 27'	(Report)

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8 June 2002 18:00	Italy	1 – 2	Croatia	Kashima Stadium, Ibaraki Attendance: 36,472 Referee: Graham Poll (England)
	Vieri  55'	(Report)	Olić  73' Rapaić  76'

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9 June 2002 15:30	Mexico	2 – 1	Ecuador	Miyagi Stadium, Miyagi Attendance: 45,610 Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
	Borgetti  28' Torrado  57'	(Report)	Delgado  5'

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13 June 2002 20:30	Mexico	1 – 1	Italy	Ōita Stadium, Ōita Attendance: 39,291 Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
	Borgetti  34'	(Report)	Del Piero  85'

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13 June 2002 20:30	Ecuador	1 – 0	Croatia	International Stadium Yokohama,Yokohama Attendance: 65,862 Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)
	Méndez  48'	(Report)

[edit]Group H

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup Group H

Hosts Japan topped the group with two wins and a draw. Belgium also qualified after a see-saw match with the Russians, while Tunisia was also eliminated after picking up just one point.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Belgium	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5
Russia	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
Tunisia	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

4 June 2002 18:00	Japan	2 – 2	Belgium	Saitama Stadium, Saitama Attendance: 55,256 Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)
	Suzuki  59' Inamoto  67'	(Report)	Wilmots  57' Van Der Heyden  75'

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5 June 2002 15:30	Russia	2 – 0	Tunisia	Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 30,957 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
	Titov  59' Karpin  64' (pen.)	(Report)

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9 June 2002 20:30	Japan	1 – 0	Russia	International Stadium Yokohama,Yokohama Attendance: 66,108 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
	Inamoto  51'	(Report)

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10 June 2002 18:00	Tunisia	1 – 1	Belgium	Ōita Stadium, Ōita Attendance: 39,700 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	Bouzaiene  17'	(Report)	Wilmots  13'

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14 June 2002 15:30	Tunisia	0 – 2	Japan	Nagai Stadium, Osaka Attendance: 45,213 Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
		(Report)	Morishima  48' H. Nakata  75'

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14 June 2002 15:30	Belgium	3 – 2	Russia	Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka Attendance: 46,640 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Walem  7' Sonck  78' Wilmots  82'	(Report)	Beschastnykh  52' Sychev  88'

[edit]Knockout stage

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

For the second round, quarter-finals, and semi-finals, the qualifiers from Groups A, C, F, and H played their games in Japan while the qualifiers from Groups B, D, E, and G played their games in South Korea. Daegu, South Korea, hosted the third-place match whileYokohama, Japan, hosted the final.

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 (a.e.t.)

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 (a.e.t.)

2

Senegal

0

South Korea

2

18 June – Miyagi

Turkey (a.e.t.)

1

Turkey

3

Japan

0

Turkey

1

[edit]Round of 16

Germany eliminated Paraguay through an 88th-minute winner from Oliver Neuville. England breezed past the Danes with a 3–0 win, whileHenri 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 defeatedBelgium 2–0 and Turkey ended the journey of hosts Japan. In an echo of North Korea's victory over Italy in 1966, Korea Republic defeated theAzzurri, 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.^{[citation needed]}

15 June 2002 15:30	Germany	1 – 0	Paraguay	Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo Attendance: 25,176 Referee: Carlos Alberto Batres(Guatemala)
	Neuville  88'	(Report)

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15 June 2002 20:30	Denmark	0 – 3	England	Niigata Stadium, Niigata Attendance: 40,582 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
		(Report)	Ferdinand  5' Owen  22' Heskey  44'

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16 June 2002 15:30	Sweden	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Senegal	Oita Stadium, Ōita Attendance: 39,747 Referee: Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)
	Larsson  11'	(Report)	H. Camara  37'  104'

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16 June 2002 20:30	Spain	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Republic of Ireland	Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon Attendance: 38,926 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
	Morientes  8'	(Report)	Robbie Keane  90' (pen.)
		Penalties
	Hierro  Baraja  Juanfran  Valerón  Mendieta	3 – 2	Robbie Keane  Holland  Connolly  Kilbane  Finnan

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17 June 2002 15:30	Mexico	0 – 2	United States	Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju Attendance: 36,380 Referee: Vitor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
		(Report)	McBride  8' Donovan  65'

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17 June 2002 20:30	Brazil	2 – 0	Belgium	Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe Attendance: 40,440 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
	Rivaldo  67' Ronaldo  87'	(Report)

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18 June 2002 15:30	Japan	0 – 1	Turkey	Miyagi Stadium, Miyagi Attendance: 45,666 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
		(Report)	Ümit D.  12'

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18 June 2002 20:30	South Korea	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Italy	Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon Attendance: 38,588 Referee: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)
	Seol Ki-Hyeon  88' Ahn Jung-Hwan  117'	(Report)	Vieri  18'

[edit]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 Brazil 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, after having disallowed two goals during normal playing time and therefore lost to Korea Republic, and Turkey ended the dream of Africa's sole quarter-final representative, Senegal, with an İlhan Mansız golden goal.

21 June 2002 15:30	England	1 – 2	Brazil	Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka Attendance: 47,436 Referee: Felipe Ramos (Mexico)
	Owen  23'	(Report)	Rivaldo  45+2' Ronaldinho  50'

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21 June 2002 20:30	Germany	1 – 0	United States	Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan Attendance: 37,337 Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
	Ballack  39'	(Report)

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22 June 2002 15:30	Spain	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea	Gwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangju Attendance: 42,114 Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
		(Report)
		Penalties
	Hierro  Baraja  Xavi  Joaquín	3 – 5	Hwang Sun-Hong  Park Ji-Sung  Seol Ki-Hyeon  Ahn Jung-Hwan  Hong Myung-Bo

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22 June 2002 20:30	Senegal	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Turkey	Nagai Stadium, Osaka Attendance: 44,233 Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)
		(Report)	İlhan  94'

[edit]Semi-finals

Brazil defeated Turkey, thanks to a single goal from the tournament's top scorer, Ronaldo. 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 Korea Republic to the third place play-off.

25 June 2002 20:30	Germany	1 – 0	South Korea	Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul Attendance: 65,256 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
	Ballack  75'	(Report)

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26 June 2002 20:30	Brazil	1 – 0	Turkey	Saitama Stadium, Saitama Attendance: 61,058 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
	Ronaldo  49'	(Report)

[edit]Third place match

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

29 June 2002 20:00	South Korea	2 – 3	Turkey	Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu Attendance: 63,483 Referee: Saad Mane (Kuwait)
	Lee Eul-Yong  9' Song Chong-Gug  90+3'	(Report)	Hakan Ş.  1' İlhan  13', 32'

[edit]Final

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup 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 a record 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 Brazilians 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.

30 June 2002 20:00	Germany	0 – 2	Brazil	International Stadium Yokohama,Yokohama Attendance: 69,029 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
		(Report)	Ronaldo  67', 79'

[edit]Statistics

[edit]Goalscorers

8 goals

•  Ronaldo

5 goals

•  Rivaldo
•  Miroslav Klose

4 goals

•  Jon Dahl Tomasson
•  Christian Vieri
•  Marc Wilmots

3 goals

Michael Ballack  Robbie Keane

Pauleta  Papa Bouba Diop  Fernando Morientes

Raúl  Henrik Larsson  İlhan Mansız

2 goals

Ronaldinho  Rónald Gómez  Michael Owen  Junichi Inamoto  Jared Borgetti

Nelson Cuevas  Henri Camara  Ahn Jung-Hwan  Fernando Hierro

Ümit Davala  Hasan Şaş  Brian McBride  Landon Donovan

1 goal

Gabriel Batistuta  Hernán Crespo  Wesley Sonck  Peter Van Der Heyden  Johan Walem  Edmílson  Júnior  Roberto Carlos  Samuel Eto'o  Patrick Mboma  Winston Parks  Paulo Wanchope  Mauricio Wright  Ivica Olić  Milan Rapaić  Dennis Rommedahl  Agustín Delgado  Edison Méndez  David Beckham  Sol Campbell  Rio Ferdinand  Emile Heskey  Oliver Bierhoff  Marco Bode  Carsten Jancker  Thomas Linke  Oliver Neuville

Bernd Schneider  Gary Breen  Damien Duff  Matt Holland  Alessandro Del Piero  Hiroaki Morishima  Hidetoshi Nakata  Takayuki Suzuki  Hwang Sun-Hong  Lee Eul-Yong  Park Ji-Sung  Seol Ki-Hyeon  Song Chong-Gug  Yoo Sang-Chul  Cuauhtémoc Blanco  Gerardo Torrado  Julius Aghahowa  Francisco Arce  Jorge Campos  Roque Santa Cruz  Paweł Kryszałowicz  Emmanuel Olisadebe  Marcin Żewłakow  Beto  Rui Costa  Vladimir Beschastnykh

Valery Karpin  Dmitri Sychev  Egor Titov  Salif Diao  Khalilou Fadiga  Milenko Ačimovič  Sebastjan Cimirotič  Quinton Fortune  Benni McCarthy  Teboho Mokoena  Siyabonga Nomvethe  Lucas Radebe  Gaizka Mendieta  Juan Carlos Valerón  Niclas Alexandersson  Anders Svensson  Raouf Bouzaiene  Emre Belözoğlu  Bülent Korkmaz  Hakan Şükür  Clint Mathis  John O'Brien  Diego Forlán  Richard Morales  Álvaro Recoba  Darío Rodríguez

Own goals

•  Jorge Costa (for USA)
•  Carles Puyol (for Paraguay)
•  Jeff Agoos (for Portugal)

[edit]Awards

Golden Boot Winner	Golden Ball Winner	Yashin Award	Best Young Player	FIFA Fair Play Trophy	Most Entertaining Team
Ronaldo	Oliver Kahn1	Oliver Kahn	Landon Donovan	Belgium	South Korea

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

[edit]All-star team

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Oliver Kahn  Rüştü Reçber  Jiang Jin	Sol Campbell  Fernando Hierro  Hong Myung-Bo  Alpay Özalan  Bulent Korkmaz  Roberto Carlos  Aliou Cisse	Michael Ballack  Claudio Reyna  Joaquin  Rivaldo  Bouba Diop  Yoo Sang-Chul  Nakata	El Hadji Diouf  Miroslav Klose  Ronaldo  Hasan Şaş  Marc Wilmots  Ahn Jung-Hwan