Football World Cup 2002 / Paraguay

This article covers the Paraguayan national team at the 2002 World Cup .

qualification

For a long time Paraguay was second in the South America group behind Argentina. When the qualification for the final round of the World Cup was already secured, the last games were lost and they finished fourth, level on points with Brazil.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Argentina	42:15	43
2	Ecuador	23:20	31
3	Brazil	31:17	30th
4th	Paraguay	29:23	30th
5	Uruguay	19:13	27
6th	Colombia	20:15	27
7th	Bolivia	21:33	18th
8th	Peru	14:25	16
9	Venezuela	18:44	16
10	Chile	15:27	12

Peru	-	Paraguay		2-0
Paraguay	-	Uruguay		1-0
Paraguay	-	Ecuador		3: 1
Chile	-	Paraguay		3: 1
Paraguay	-	Brazil		2: 1
Bolivia	-	Paraguay		0-0
Argentina	-	Paraguay		1: 1
Paraguay	-	Venezuela		3-0
Colombia	-	Paraguay		0: 2
Paraguay	-	Peru		5: 1
Uruguay	-	Paraguay		0: 1
Ecuador	-	Paraguay		2: 1
Paraguay	-	Chile		1-0
Brazil	-	Paraguay		2-0
Paraguay	-	Bolivia		5: 1
Paraguay	-	Argentina		2: 2
Venezuela	-	Paraguay		2: 1
Paraguay	-	Colombia		0: 4

Paraguayan contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	José Luis Chilavert	Racing Strasbourg	07/27/1965	3	0	0	0	0
12	Justo Villar	Club Libertad	06/30/1977	1	0	0	0	0
22nd	Ricardo Tavarelli	Club Olimpia	08/02/1970	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Francisco Arce	SE Palmeiras	04/02/1971	4th	1	1	0	0
3	Pedro Sarabia	CA River Plate	07/05/1975	0	0	0	0	0
4th	Carlos Gamarra	AEK Athens	02/17/1971	4th	0	0	0	0
5	Celso Ayala	CA River Plate	08/20/1970	4th	0	0	0	0
18th	Julio César Cáceres	Club Olimpia	05.10.1979	4th	0	1	0	0
19th	Daniel Sanabria	Club Libertad	02/08/1977	0	0	0	0	0
21st	Denis Caniza	Santos Laguna	08/29/1974	4th	0	1	0	0
midfield player
6th	Estanislao Struway	Club Libertad	06/25/1968	3	0	0	0	0
8th	Guido Alvarenga	UANL Tigres	08/24/1970	2	0	0	0	0
10	Roberto Acuña	Real Zaragoza	03/25/1972	4th	0	1	0	1
13	Carlos Paredes	FC Porto	07/16/1976	2	0	0	1	0
14th	Diego Gavilan	UAG Tecos	03/01/1980	3	0	1	0	0
15th	Carlos Bonet	Club Libertad	10/02/1977	1	0	0	0	0
16	Gustavo Morinigo	Club Libertad	01/23/1977	1	0	0	0	0
17th	Juan Carlos Franco	Club Olimpia	04/17/1973	2	0	0	0	0
striker
7th	Richart Báez	Club Olimpia	07/31/1973	0	0	0	0	0
9	Roque Santa Cruz	FC Bayern Munich	08/16/1981	4th	1	1	0	0
11	Jorge Campos	CD Universidad Católica	08/11/1970	4th	1	0	0	0
20th	José Saturnino Cardozo	Deportivo Toluca	March 19, 1971	3	0	1	0	0
23	Nelson Cuevas	CA River Plate	01/10/1980	2	2	0	0	0
Trainer
	Cesare Maldini		02/05/1932

Games of the Paraguayan team

Preliminary round

Spain was the undisputed favorite of Group B. Paraguay, South Africa and Slovenia battled for second place. In the first game Paraguay led against South Africa 2-0, but had to accept the equalizer in stoppage time. As expected, the second game was lost to Spain.

In the decisive third game, Slovenia, already eliminated, was defeated 3-1 with two goals in the closing stages. South Africa lost 3-2 to Spain at the same time. Paraguay and South Africa were tied on points and also had the same goal difference. But since the South Americans had scored one more goal, they reached the next round.

Paraguay	-	South Africa		2: 2
Spain	-	Paraguay		3: 1
Slovenia	-	Paraguay		1: 3

Round of 16

Paraguay met Germany in the round of 16. In a game with few highlights, the favorite prevailed with a goal in the 88th minute. In stoppage time Paraguay lost a player by being sent off.

Germany

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Paraguay

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