Football World Cup 2002

Football World Cup 2002
2002 FIFA World Cup Korea / Japan
Number of nations	32  (of 198 applicants)
World Champion	Brazil (5th title)
venue	South Korea Japan
Opening game	May 31, 2002 ( Seoul )
Endgame	June 30, 2002 ( Yokohama )
Games	64
Gates	161  (⌀: 2.52 per game)
spectator	2,705,197  (⌀: 42,269 per game)
Top scorer	Ronaldo (8 goals)
Best player	Oliver Kahn
Best goalkeeper	Oliver Kahn
yellow cards	266  (⌀: 4.16 per game)
Yellow-red cards	6  (⌀: 0.09 per game)
Red cards	11  (⌀: 0.17 per game)
Penalty kicks	18  (⌀: 0.28 per game)

The final round of the FIFA World Cup 2002 ( English FIFA World Cup ) was the 17th playout of the most important tournament for football - national teams and was held from 31 May to 30 June 2002 for the first time in Asia and the first time in two countries instead. South Korea and Japan were surprisingly awarded the contract by FIFA after they had applied separately.

Brazil became world champion with top scorer Ronaldo (8 goals), who prevailed in the final against Germany , which with Oliver Kahn provided both the best player and the best goalkeeper of the tournament. The Turkey , in which Hakan Şükür in the match for third place against co-hosts South Korea World Cup history wrote when he was eleven seconds after kick-off the 1: 0 scored, finished third. The other co-hosts, Japan , were eliminated in the round of 16.

The last time the defending champion, France , qualified directly. The French set a negative record during the tournament because, as reigning European champions, they didn't score a single goal.

The hosts

South Korea's relations with Japan are still heavily strained from the time Korea was a province of Japan (1910-1945). Therefore, there were heated discussions in the planning phase. The main points of contention were the order of the names and the allocation of the final. It was finally agreed that the opening ceremony would take place in Seoul and the final in Yokohama and that the Korean name would be mentioned first. The official name of the tournament was therefore: 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea / Japan .

Football families from Japan and South Korea received the 2002 FIFA Fair Play Award because of “their infectious joy, their enormous euphoria, their great hospitality and, in particular, their extremely fair and friendly behavior” .

Venues

The games of the World Cup were played in ten stadiums in ten different Japanese and South Korean cities. Never before have there been so many venues at a football World Cup that consistently had the most modern stadiums and transport links.

South Korea

Busan	Daegu	Daejeon	Gwangju	Incheon	Busan Daegu Daejeon Gwangju Incheon Jeonju Seogwipo Seoul Suwon Ulsan
Busan Asia Main Stadium	Daegu World Cup Stadium	Daejeon World Cup Stadium	Gwangju World Cup Stadium	Incheon Munhak Stadium
Capacity: 56,000	Capacity: 68,000	Capacity: 40,400	Capacity: 43,000	Capacity: 52,200
3 preliminary round matches	3 preliminary round play for 3rd place	2 preliminary round games 1 round of 16	2 preliminary round games 1 quarter-finals	3 preliminary round matches
Total audience: 112,235	Total audience: 214,987	Total audience: 96,094	Total audience: 97,929	Total audience: 140,638
Cut: 37,412	Cut: 53,747	Cut: 32.031	Cut: 32,643	Cut: 46,879
Jeonju	Seogwipo	Seoul	Suwon	Ulsan
Jeonju World Cup Stadium	Jeju World Cup Stadium	Seoul World Cup Stadium	Suwon World Cup Stadium	Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium
Capacity: 42,400	Capacity: 42,300	Capacity: 70,000	Capacity: 43,200	Capacity: 43,600
2 preliminary round games 1 round of 16	2 preliminary round games 1 round of 16	2 preliminary round games (including opening game) 1 semi-final	3 preliminary round games 1 round of 16	2 preliminary round games 1 quarter-finals
Total audience: 91,380	Total audience: 92,102	Total audience: 171,422	Total audience: 148,437	Total audience: 101,336
Cut: 30,460	Cut: 30,701	Cut: 57.141	Cut: 37.109	Cut: 33,779

Japan

Fukuroi	Kashima	Kobe	Niigata	Ōita	Fukuroi Kashima Kobe Niigata Ōita Osaka Rifu Saitama Sapporo Yokohama
Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa	Kashima Soccer Stadium	Kobe Wing Stadium	Niigata Stadium	Ōita Stadium
Capacity: 50,600	Capacity: 42,000	Capacity: 42,000	Capacity: 42,300	Capacity: 43,000
2 preliminary round games 1 quarter-finals	3 preliminary round matches	2 preliminary round games 1 round of 16	2 preliminary round games 1 round of 16	2 preliminary round games 1 round of 16
Total audience: 141,161	Total audience: 106,376	Total audience: 107,591	Total audience: 106,500	Total audience: 118,738
Cut: 47.054	Cut: 35,459	Cut: 35,864	Average: 35,500	Cut: 39,579
Osaka	Rifu	Saitama	Sapporo	Yokohama
Nagai Stadium	Miyagi Stadium	Saitama Stadium	Sapporo Dome	International Stadium Yokohama
Capacity: 50,000	Capacity: 49,000	Capacity: 63,000	Capacity: 42,000	Capacity: 70,000
2 preliminary round games 1 quarter-finals	2 preliminary round games 1 round of 16	3 preliminary round games 1 semi-finals	3 preliminary round matches	3 preliminary round finals
Total audience: 134,310	Total audience: 137,053	Total audience: 221,363	Total audience: 99,226	Total audience: 266,319
Cut: 44,770	Cut: 45,684	Cut: 55,341	Cut: 33.075	Cut: 66,580

qualification

→ Main article : Qualifying for the 2002 World Cup

A total of 198 nations competed for the 32 final round places. The number of participants was fixed for the individual continents. In some cases there were playoffs.

Europe provided 15 participants, of which France was directly qualified as the defending champion. There were World Cup places for the first four of the South American qualifying round, the fifth had to play two qualifying games against the winner of the Oceania group. North and Central America provided three participants. In addition to Japan and South Korea, which were directly qualified as host countries, two other places were available for Asia. Africa sent five teams into the race. The biggest surprise of the qualification was the elimination of the Netherlands, who only finished third in their group behind Portugal and Ireland. Even the more highly rated Czechs could not qualify as they failed in the play-offs of the group runners-up to Belgium. Turkey reached a final tournament for the first time since 1954. It was the first ever World Cup participation for China, Slovenia, Senegal and Ecuador.

Attendees

The following 32 national teams from the respective continental associations ultimately qualified for the final round:

15 from Europe	Belgium	Denmark	Germany	England	France
	Ireland	Italy	Croatia	Poland	Portugal
	Russia	Sweden	Slovenia	Spain	Turkey
5 from South America	Argentina	Brazil	Ecuador	Paraguay	Uruguay
3 from North and Central America	Costa Rica	Mexico	United States
5 from Africa	Cameroon	Nigeria	Senegal	South Africa	Tunisia
4 from Asia	People's Republic of China	Japan	Saudi Arabia	South Korea

World map of the participants and their placements

draw

• Pot 1: Argentina, Brazil, Germany, France (A), Italy, Japan (H), Spain, South Korea (D)
• Pot 2: Belgium, Denmark, England, Ireland, Croatia, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Turkey
• Pot 3: China, Saudi Arabia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay
• Pot 4: Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia, Costa Rica, Mexico, USA
• Groups A, B, C and D played in South Korea, groups E, F, G and H in Japan.

The two hosts South Korea (group D) and Japan (group H) as well as world champion France (group A) were set in advance.
The five remaining groups were each drawn from pot 1 as a group head. It was already determined in advance that one South American team would be in a group playing in Japan and the other in a group playing in South Korea.

Eight teams from Pot 2 were initially drawn freely among the group heads from Pot 1. The three remaining teams from Pot 2 completed Pot 3.

• A maximum of two European teams were allowed to stand in each group. Only one team from the other continents was allowed to be in the same group.
  China played in South Korea for "geographic and economic reasons". In order to maintain the Asian balance, Saudi Arabia played in Japan.

Because of these restrictions, teams from other continents were drawn from pot 3 to all group heads.
So European teams not to France, China not to South Korea, Paraguay not to Brazil etc.

As a last step, the eight teams from Pot 4 were freely assigned to the eight groups without restrictions.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
France	Spain	Brazil	South Korea
Senegal	Slovenia	Turkey	Poland
Uruguay	Paraguay	People's Republic of China	United States
Denmark	South Africa	Costa Rica	Portugal
Group E	Group F.	Group G	Group H.
Germany	Argentina	Italy	Japan
Saudi Arabia	Nigeria	Ecuador	Belgium
Ireland	England	Croatia	Russia
Cameroon	Sweden	Mexico	Tunisia

For information on the individual World Cup groups and squads of the teams, click on the respective link.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Denmark	3	2	1	0	005: 200	+3	07th
2.	Senegal	3	1	2	0	005: 400	+1	05
3.	Uruguay	3	0	2	1	004: 500	−1	02
4th	France	3	0	1	2	000: 300	−3	01

May 31, 2002 at 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Seoul
France	-	Senegal	0: 1 (0: 1)
June 1, 2002, 6:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CEST) in Ulsan
Uruguay	-	Denmark	1: 2 (0: 1)
June 6, 2002, 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Daegu
Denmark	-	Senegal	1: 1 (1: 0)
June 6, 2002 at 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Busan
France	-	Uruguay	0-0
June 11, 2002 at 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Incheon
Denmark	-	France	2: 0 (1: 0)
June 11, 2002, 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Suwon
Senegal	-	Uruguay	3: 3 (3: 0)

The first surprise of the tournament was the victory of Senegal over defending champions France in the opening game. The title favorite could not score in the three preliminary round games and was the last in Group A to be eliminated from the tournament early. France's playmaker Zinédine Zidane was only able to play in the last group game against Denmark due to an injury. Uruguay also failed in the group stage, although in the last group game after a 3-0 deficit, a 3-3 draw was achieved.

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	3	0	0	009: 400	+5	09
2.	Paraguay	3	1	1	1	006: 600	± 0	04th
3.	South Africa	3	1	1	1	005: 500	± 0	04th
4th	Slovenia	3	0	0	3	002: 700	−5	00

June 2, 2002 at 4:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. CEST) in Busan
Paraguay	-	South Africa	2: 2 (1: 0)
June 2, 2002, 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Gwangju
Spain	-	Slovenia	3: 1 (1: 0)
June 7, 2002, 6:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CEST) in Jeonju
Spain	-	Paraguay	3: 1 (0: 1)
June 8, 2002, 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Daegu
South Africa	-	Slovenia	1: 0 (1: 0)
June 12, 2002 at 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Daejeon
South Africa	-	Spain	2: 3 (1: 2)
June 12, 2002, 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Seogwipo
Slovenia	-	Paraguay	1: 3 (1: 0)

Spain prevailed in this group with three wins. It succeeded in revenge against Paraguay, against which the Selección had failed four years earlier. In contrast to then, Paraguay were able to present themselves less defensively, but thanks to a 3-1 win against Slovenia, Albirroja made it to the round of 16 due to a more goal scored against South Africa. South Africa missed this by losing to Spain. South Africa's players were deliberately not informed about the intermediate result from the parallel game. Towards the end of the game, they didn't make much effort to play forward, as they probably didn't expect to have to score another goal after the Slovenians led at half-time. Slovenia was eliminated as the worst European team in the preliminary round. After a dispute between coach Srečko Katanec and midfielder Zlatko Zahovič , he was sent home early.

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Brazil	3	3	0	0	011: 300	+8	09
2.	Turkey	3	1	1	1	005: 300	+2	04th
3.	Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	005: 600	−1	04th
4th	China	3	0	0	3	000: 900	−9	00

June 3, 2002, 6:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CEST) in Ulsan
Brazil	-	Turkey	2: 1 (0: 1)
June 4, 2002, 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Gwangju
China	-	Costa Rica	0: 2 (0: 0)
June 8, 2002, 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Seogwipo
Brazil	-	China	4: 0 (3: 0)
June 9, 2002 at 6:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CEST) in Incheon
Costa Rica	-	Turkey	1: 1 (0: 0)
June 13, 2002, 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Suwon
Costa Rica	-	Brazil	2: 5 (1: 3)
June 13, 2002, 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Seoul
Turkey	-	China	3: 0 (2: 0)

Brazil seemed to have caught the most resolvable group of all title contenders, but Turkey turned out to be a difficult opponent. The Brazilian win was controversial as the referee made some dubious decisions. After a 1-1 draw against Costa Rica, the Turks were dependent on Brazilian support on the final day of the match. The team from Costa Rica, which in the meantime had come close to 2: 3 against Brazil, narrowly missed the second round of 16 after 1990. China lost all three group games.

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	South Korea	3	2	1	0	004: 100	+3	07th
2.	United States	3	1	1	1	005: 600	−1	04th
3.	Portugal	3	1	0	2	006: 400	+2	03
4th	Poland	3	1	0	2	003: 700	−4	03

June 4, 2002 at 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Busan
South Korea	-	Poland	2: 0 (1: 0)
June 5, 2002, 6:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CEST) in Suwon
United States	-	Portugal	3: 2 (3: 1)
June 10, 2002, 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Daegu
South Korea	-	United States	1: 1 (0: 1)
June 10, 2002, 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Jeonju
Portugal	-	Poland	4: 0 (1: 0)
June 14, 2002 at 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Incheon
Portugal	-	South Korea	0: 1 (0: 0)
June 14, 2002 at 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Daejeon
Poland	-	United States	3: 1 (2: 0)

Portugal failed after two defeats in the preliminary round. In the last group game against South Korea, after two field assignments, only nine Portuguese were left on the field. Poland only performed well in the last game against the USA. The two favorite European teams were eliminated, and co-hosts South Korea made it into a World Cup round of 16 for the first time.

Group E

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	2	1	0	011: 100	+10	07th
2.	Ireland	3	1	2	0	005: 200	+3	05
3.	Cameroon	3	1	1	1	002: 300	−1	04th
4th	Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	000:120	−12	00

June 1, 2002 at 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Niigata
Ireland	-	Cameroon	1: 1 (0: 1)
June 1, 2002 at 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Sapporo
Germany	-	Saudi Arabia	8: 0 (4: 0)
June 5, 2002, 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Kashima
Germany	-	Ireland	1: 1 (1: 0)
June 6, 2002, 6:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CEST) in Saitama
Cameroon	-	Saudi Arabia	1: 0 (0: 0)
June 11, 2002 at 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Shizuoka
Cameroon	-	Germany	0: 2 (0: 0)
June 11, 2002 at 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Yokohama
Saudi Arabia	-	Ireland	0: 3 (0: 1)

The German team clearly defeated Saudi Arabia 8-0, but got the equalizer to make it 1-1 in the second minute of stoppage time in the following game against Ireland. So the team could Rudi Voeller ensure a place in the next round until the final group game when they outnumbered agierend 2 Cameroon: 0 defeated. The Irish had surprised in qualifying when they did not lose a group game despite opponents like Portugal and the Netherlands . With a 1-1 draw against Germany and a 3-0 win against Saudi Arabia, and despite the suspension of midfielder Roy Keane , Ireland finished second ahead of the stronger African champions Cameroon and reached the round of 16. Saudi Arabia were clearly the weakest side in the group.

With a total of 16 yellow cards, including one yellow-red card for each team, the Germans' last game against the selection from Cameroon set a negative record, which was set four years later in the Portugal-Netherlands round of 16 .

Group F.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Sweden	3	1	2	0	004: 300	+1	05
2.	England	3	1	2	0	002: 100	+1	05
3.	Argentina	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
4th	Nigeria	3	0	1	2	001: 300	−2	01

June 2, 2002, 2:30 p.m. (7:30 a.m. CEST) in Saitama
England	-	Sweden	1: 1 (1: 0)
June 2, 2002, 6:30 p.m. (11:30 a.m. CEST) in Kashima
Argentina	-	Nigeria	1: 0 (0: 0)
June 7, 2002, 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Kobe
Sweden	-	Nigeria	2: 1 (1: 1)
June 7, 2002 at 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Sapporo
Argentina	-	England	0: 1 (0: 1)
June 12, 2002, 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Miyagi
Sweden	-	Argentina	1: 1 (0: 0)
June 12, 2002 at 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Osaka
Nigeria	-	England	0-0

Title favorites Argentina were eliminated in the preliminary round because they lost the prestige duel against England and did not achieve a necessary victory against Sweden. David Beckham , much scolded after being sent off from the 1998 World Cup , scored the winning goal against Argentina with a penalty. With a 0-0 win against Nigeria, England made it to the round of 16. Sweden was previously seen by most experts as an outsider of the group, but ultimately won the group, while Nigeria were eliminated in the preliminary round this time.

Group G

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mexico	3	2	1	0	004: 200	+2	07th
2.	Italy	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	04th
3.	Croatia	3	1	0	2	002: 300	−1	03
4th	Ecuador	3	1	0	2	002: 400	−2	03

June 3, 2002 at 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Niigata
Croatia	-	Mexico	0: 1 (0: 0)
June 3, 2002 at 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Sapporo
Italy	-	Ecuador	2: 0 (2: 0)
June 8, 2002, 6:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CEST) in Kashima
Italy	-	Croatia	1: 2 (0: 0)
June 9, 2002, 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Miyagi
Mexico	-	Ecuador	2: 1 (1: 1)
June 13, 2002, 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Oita
Mexico	-	Italy	1: 1 (1: 0)
June 13, 2002 at 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Yokohama
Ecuador	-	Croatia	1: 0 (0: 0)

Italy qualified for the finals as second in the group. The Italians struggled with some of the referee's decisions. Mexico was the positive surprise of Group G and became group winners. The then reigning World Cup third Croatia showed a good answer to the defeat against Mexico with the victory over Italy, but the defeat in the last group game against World Cup debutant Ecuador eliminated the Croats in the preliminary round.

Group H.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Japan	3	2	1	0	005: 200	+3	07th
2.	Belgium	3	1	2	0	006: 500	+1	05
3.	Russia	3	1	0	2	004: 400	± 0	03
4th	Tunisia	3	0	1	2	001: 500	−4	01

June 4, 2002 at 6:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CEST) in Saitama
Japan	-	Belgium	2: 2 (0: 0)
June 5, 2002, 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Kobe
Russia	-	Tunisia	2: 0 (0: 0)
June 9, 2002 at 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Yokohama
Japan	-	Russia	1: 0 (0: 0)
June 10, 2002, 6:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CEST) in Oita
Tunisia	-	Belgium	1: 1 (1: 1)
June 14, 2002, 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Osaka
Tunisia	-	Japan	0: 2 (0: 0)
June 14, 2002, 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Shizuoka
Belgium	-	Russia	3: 2 (1: 0)

Russia lost to Japan and Belgium and so eliminated together with Tunisia in the preliminary round. Belgium and Japan qualified for the next round, and so it remained (until 2010) that no World Cup hosts had failed in the first round.

Final round

	Round of 16				Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	E1: Germany	1
	B2: Paraguay	0
					Germany	1
					United States	0
	G1: Mexico	0
	D2: USA	2
									Germany	1
									South Korea	0
	B1: Spain	21 (3) 2
	E2: Ireland	1 (2)
					Spain	0 (3)
					South Korea	20 (5) 2
	D1: South Korea	12 1
	G2: Italy	1
													Germany	0
													Brazil	2
	A1: Denmark	0
	Q2: England	3
					England	1
					Brazil	2
	C1: Brazil	2
	H2: Belgium	0
									Brazil	1
									Turkey	0			3rd place match
	F1: Sweden	1
	A2: Senegal	12 1
					Senegal	0							South Korea	2
					Turkey	11 1							Turkey	3
	H1: Japan	0
	C2: Turkey	1

¹ win after golden goal
² win on penalties

Round of 16

June 15, 2002, 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Seogwipo
Germany	-	Paraguay	1: 0 (0: 0)
June 15, 2002 at 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Niigata
Denmark	-	England	0: 3 (0: 3)
June 16, 2002, 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Oita
Sweden	-	Senegal	1: 2 n.GG. (1: 1, 1: 1)
June 16, 2002, 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Suwon
Spain	-	Ireland	1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0), 3: 2 in E.
June 17, 2002, 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Jeonju
Mexico	-	United States	0: 2 (0: 1)
June 17, 2002, 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Kobe
Brazil	-	Belgium	2: 0 (0: 0)
June 18, 2002, 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Miyagi
Japan	-	Turkey	0: 1 (0: 1)
June 18, 2002 at 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Daejeon
South Korea	-	Italy	2: 1 n.GG. (1: 1, 0: 1)

England won against Denmark, Germany narrowly against Paraguay. The Spaniards led 1-0 against Ireland until shortly before the end, before the Irish were able to equalize with a penalty kick. After a goalless extension, the Irish missed three consecutive penalties in the final penalty shoot-out, and Spain won. The Swedes were eliminated by a golden goal against Senegal , while Turkey prevailed against Japan with an early goal. Brazil won against Belgium. The referee's decision not to recognize a hit by Marc Wilmots was controversial . The decisive second Brazilian goal came in the closing stages. The USA prevailed against their slightly favored neighbor Mexico.

Italy were eliminated by a golden goal against South Korea; the Italians, often classified as superior in the field, could not use their scoring chances. Some of the decisions made by the referee Byron Moreno are still controversial to this day: he recognized Italy's goal from Damiano Tommasi and sent Francesco Totti off the field. In November 2002, Moreno was banned from FIFA. In 2008, Moreno admitted the wrong decisions in an interview, but made the line judge jointly responsible.

Quarter finals

June 21, 2002, 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Shizuoka
England	-	Brazil	1: 2 (1: 1)
June 21, 2002, 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Ulsan
Germany	-	United States	1: 0 (1: 0)
June 22, 2002, 3:30 p.m. (8:30 a.m. CEST) in Gwangju
Spain	-	South Korea	0: 0 a.d., 3: 5 i. E.
June 22, 2002 at 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Osaka
Senegal	-	Turkey	0: 1 n.GG.

In contrast to the previous finals, FIFA designed the game plan in such a way that the panels were separated from each other by the draw. Since England only finished second behind Sweden in the preliminary round, they had to face Brazil in the quarter-finals. The English first took the lead when Michael Owen took advantage of Lúcio's mistake . Just before half-time, Rivaldo equalized. The winning goal for Brazil came after a free-kick from the half-field, which Ronaldinho put in behind David Seaman, who was a little too far in front of the goal . A few minutes later, the goalscorer was sent off for foul play. The English did not equalize in the remaining 35 minutes.

Germany narrowly prevailed against the stronger Americans. Oliver Kahn thwarted several chances. Before half-time, Michael Ballack scored the decisive goal with a header from a free-kick cross. The dominant American player on the pitch was Claudio Reyna . To honor Fritz Walter , who died on June 17, the German national team played with a mourning ribbon . South Korea prevailed against the Spaniards who competed without Raúl . The referee denied recognition of two goals from the Spaniards, which in retrospect was considered a wrong decision. The decision was not made until the penalty shoot-out, in which the Koreans converted all five penalties. Turkey defeated Senegal with a golden goal, which they achieved after a few minutes in extra time.

Semifinals

June 25, 2002 at 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Seoul
Germany	-	South Korea	1: 0 (0: 0)
June 26, 2002, 8:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CEST) in Saitama
Brazil	-	Turkey	1: 0 (0: 0)

The favorites Germany and Brazil met the outsiders Turkey and South Korea. Michael Ballack stopped a South Korean after a mistake by Carsten Ramelow with a foul and was cautioned with a yellow card. As a result, he was suspended for the next game, as this was his second yellow card in the final round. Ballack overcame the Korean goalkeeper in the 75th minute and shot Germany into the final. Brazil defeated Turkey, which they had already met in the preliminary round, 1-0 - without the suspended Ronaldinho. Ronaldo scored the goal in the 49th minute. The fact that two teams from the same preliminary group met each other before the final was due to the fact that the World Cup was held in two countries and the conventional crossover, as is usual at World Cups, was dispensed with.

3rd place match

June 29, 2002 at 8:00 p.m. (1:00 p.m. CEST) in Daegu
South Korea	-	Turkey	2: 3 (1: 3)

The third place match was played by hosts South Korea and Turkey . In a game with many goals, the Turks won 3-2. The goals for South Korea were scored by Lee Eul-yong (9th min.) And Song Chong-gug (93rd min.). For Turkey, Hakan Şükür (1st min.) And İlhan Mansız (13th and 32nd min.) Scored twice . Hakan Şükür's goal to make it 1-0 after eleven seconds was the fastest goal in World Cup history.

final

Germany		Brazil		Lineup
	final June 30, 2002 at 1:00 p.m. CEST in Yokohama ( International Stadium Yokohama ) Result: 0: 2 (0: 0) Spectators: 69,029 Referee: Pierluigi Collina ( Italy )   Match report
	Oliver Kahn - Thomas Linke , Carsten Ramelow , Christoph Metzelder - Torsten Frings , Jens Jeremies (77th Gerald Asamoah ), Dietmar Hamann , Marco Bode (84th Christian Ziege ) - Bernd Schneider - Oliver Neuville , Miroslav Klose (74th Oliver Bierhoff ) Trainer: Rudi Völler	Marcos - Lúcio , Edmílson , Roque Júnior - Cafu , Gilberto Silva , Kléberson , Roberto Carlos - Ronaldinho (85th Juninho Paulista ), Rivaldo - Ronaldo (90th Denílson ) Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari
		0: 1 Ronaldo (67.) 0: 2 Ronaldo (79.)
	Klose (9.)	Roque Junior (6.)

In the final of the 2002 World Cup, the most successful teams in World Cup history to date, Germany and Brazil , faced each other for the first time at a World Cup. The referee was Pierluigi Collina .

Brazil won the final 2-0. The German team showed a good performance and was able to play at eye level for a long time with the usual strong Brazilians even without the suspended Ballack. After changing sides, Oliver Neuville even managed the first exclamation mark of the second half with a shot from the post from 30 meters (49th min.). In the end, however, the outstanding Brazilian individual masters decided the game: Ronaldo scored the 1-0 in the 67th minute after a mistake by Oliver Kahn, who was unable to hold a shot by Rivaldo due to a capsule tear in the ring finger of his right hand, and made it in the 79th minute Minute with the 2-0 also for the final score. This enabled Brazil to win a title in Asia and thus on every continent that had hosted world championships up to then. They had previously won in Europe (1958), South America (1962), and Central and North America (1970 and 1994).

Honors of the finalists

The German national team was voted Team of the Year in Germany , Michael Ballack was voted Footballer of the Year in Germany and Ronaldo was voted Europe's Footballer of the Year and FIFA World Footballer of the Year . Oliver Kahn was voted the best goalkeeper and, as the first goalkeeper ever, the best player of the tournament.

Best goal scorers

rank player Gates 1  Ronaldo 8th 2  Miroslav Klose 5  Rivaldo 5 4th  Jon Dahl Tomasson 4th  Christian Vieri 4th 6th  Michael Ballack 3  Papa Bouba Diop 3  Robbie Keane 3  Henrik Larsson 3  İlhan Mansız 3  Fernando Morientes 3  Pauleta 3  Raúl 3  Marc Wilmots 3

rank player Gates 15th  Jared Borgetti 2  Henri Camara 2  Rónald Gómez 2  Nelson Cuevas 2  Ümit Davala 2  Landon Donovan 2  Fernando Hierro 2  Jun'ichi Inamoto 2  Ahn Jung-hwan 2  Brian McBride 2  Michael Owen 2  Ronaldinho 2  Hasan Şaş 2

In addition, there were 79 players with a hit. There were also three own goals.

The top scorer of the entire competition was also the Brazilian Ronaldo with his eight goals in the final.

All-Star Team

FIFA chose 16 players to make an all-star team. Six of them took part in the final (four Brazilian and two German players, plus Michael Ballack, who was suspended in the final).

goalkeeper	Defense	midfield	striker
Oliver Kahn Rüştü Reçber	Roberto Carlos Sol Campbell Fernando Hierro Hong Myung-bo Alpay Özalan	Michael Ballack Rivaldo Ronaldinho Claudio Reyna Yoo Sang-chul	Ronaldo Miroslav Klose El Hadji Diouf Hasan Şaş

referee

→ Main article : List of referee missions at the 2002 World Cup

Looking back on the 2002 World Cup, some unsatisfactory referee decisions were criticized. Supporters of the national teams of Italy and Spain in particular felt themselves to be victims of referee manipulation, since they believe Italy had been denied five regular goals in three consecutive games and thus South Korea's advance into the semifinals was favored by wrong decisions by the referees.

background

criticism

After Germany's victory in the semi-finals against South Korea, several Spanish and Italian newspapers congratulated the German team. According to this argument, the participation of South Korea in the semifinals and the game for third place (in Daegu) could be marketed more profitably by the organizers.

The FIFA World Cup has been held with 32 teams since 1998. The eight group winners and runners-up always qualify for the round of 16, although two teams from the same group can only meet again in the final. In 2002, however, the aim was to prevent the two organizers (Japan and South Korea) from clashing too early, so that two teams from the same group (Brazil and Turkey) played against each other again in the semi-finals.

It was complained that no impulses for the development of football in the future came out during a bad sporting World Cup. This is usually associated with the early elimination of many favorites, such as France or Argentina . This elimination was in turn attributed to the heavy national and international burden of the many top international players.

Similar to four years later in Germany, the hosts were able to prove themselves to be extremely enthusiastic and friendly, so that the World Cup contributed to the improvement of the national image and the national positive identity.

Mascot, song, hymn and cue ball

The mascots of the 2002 World Cup were three computer-animated fantasy characters : "Ato" (coach), "Kaz" and "Nik" (player). The official song of the World Cup was Boom by Anastacia , the official instrumental anthem was Anthem by Vangelis . The official match ball of the World Cup was called "Fevernova".

Reporting on television

For the first time in decades, the World Cup was only partially shown live on free-to-air television in Germany. The pay-TV channel Premiere secured the first broadcast rights for all 64 games. The private broadcaster Sat.1 was the first to show evening summaries of the games shown exclusively on pay TV, but no live games themselves.

The license agreement with the public television stations ARD and ZDF initially provided for the transmission of 24 live games, including all the German national team's matches. One live game was shown per day, which could be decided freely. This was the case during the preliminary round as well as in four of the eight round of 16, where one of the two matches that took place on one day was broadcast. ARD also secured the rights to a second quarter-final match, so that instead of the originally negotiated two, three out of four quarter-finals were shown and only the England-Brazil match was broadcast exclusively by Premiere. In addition, the two semi-finals (ARD and ZDF) as well as the game for third place (ARD) and the final (ZDF) were shown free to air.

Since the ARD had also secured the broadcasting rights for a second quarter-final and the game for third place during the tournament, it broadcast a total of 14 games live with an average of 8.21 million viewers and a market share of 63.7 percent. ZDF showed 12 games live, including the final with 26.52 million viewers and a market share of 88.2 percent, and thus averaged 10.58 million and a market share of 67.0 percent.

Wolf-Dieter Poschmann moderated the ZDF in the "ZDF WM Studio" in Berlin. At every live encounter, the broadcaster was also represented by presenter René Hiepen in a presenter studio in the stadium. The moderator was assisted by the new expert Jürgen Klinsmann. Reporters for the live games on ZDF were Johannes B. Kerner and Béla Réthy. Wilfried Mohren and Heribert Fassbender commented on the encounters on ARD. The programs were moderated by Gerhard Delling, who was supported by expert Günter Netzer. Michael Antwerpes was on site for the broadcaster in the stadium.

Remarkable

• In the game between Cameroon and Germany, the Spanish referee Antonio Jesus gave Lopez Nieto a total of 14 yellow cards and two more yellow-red cards .
• Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen had a world champion in Lucio, four runner-ups with Michael Ballack, Oliver Neuville, Carsten Ramelow and Bernd Schneider and Yildiray Bastürk a third-place winner in their squad.

literature

• Wolf-Dieter Poschmann: Soccer World Cup 2002 . Sportverlag, July 2002, ISBN 3-328-00950-7 .
• Sven Simon: Soccer World Cup 2002 South Korea / Japan . Copress-Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-7679-0514-0 .
• Süddeutsche Zeitung WM library: 2002 Japan / South Korea . 2005, ISBN 3-86615-152-7 .

Web links

Commons : Soccer World Cup 2002  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official FIFA website for the 2002 World Cup
• Phoenix.de: Reception at the Römer: Soccer Vice World Champion Germany (Video)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FIFA Fairplay Prize , page 9 (PDF file; 266 kB), accessed on November 10, 2013.
2. ↑ Cheers in Italy: Fifa snatches the pipe from the scandal referee. In: Spiegel Online . November 8, 2002, accessed July 5, 2014 .  
3. ^ Christian Witt: Festival of false whistles. In: Focus . June 24, 2002, accessed July 5, 2014 .  
4. ↑ International press reviews: "The invincible Germanic soul". In: Spiegel Online . June 26, 2002, accessed July 5, 2014 .  
5. ^ Arnd Krüger : Sport and Identity in Germany since Reunification. Philip Dine & Seán Crosson (Eds.): Sport, representation and evolving identities in Europe. P. Lang, Bern 2010, pp. 289-316
6. ↑ John Horne, Wolfram Manzenreiter (Ed.): Japan, Korea and the 2002 World Cup. Routledge, London 2013.
7. ↑ World Cup 2002: Football reports only in the evening. In: faz.net. FAZ , June 24, 2001, accessed on March 13, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Football World Cup 2002: A television highlight from the viewer's point of view. In: media perspectives. media perspectives, July 2002, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; accessed on March 12, 2015 . 
9. ^ Football World Cup 2002: ZDF program. In: media press portal. Press portal, May 2002, accessed on May 6, 2019 .