Soccer World Cup 2002 / Brazil

The Brazilian national football team at the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea :

qualification

In the South American Confederation, the qualification was played in a single large group, in which the first four qualified directly and the fifth had to play two playoffs against the winner of the Oceania group.

Brazil struggled to make it into the top five. Most of the away games were lost. There were clear defeats against Chile (0: 3) and Bolivia (1: 3). In the end you just managed to get third place.

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

Colombia	-	Brazil	0-0
Brazil	-	Ecuador	3: 2
Peru	-	Brazil	0: 1
Brazil	-	Uruguay	1: 1
Paraguay	-	Brazil	2: 1
Brazil	-	Argentina	3: 1
Chile	-	Brazil	3-0
Brazil	-	Bolivia	5-0
Venezuela	-	Brazil	0: 6
Brazil	-	Colombia	1-0
Ecuador	-	Brazil	1-0
Brazil	-	Peru	1: 1
Uruguay	-	Brazil	1-0
Brazil	-	Paraguay	2-0
Argentina	-	Brazil	2: 1
Brazil	-	Chile	2-0
Bolivia	-	Brazil	3: 1
Brazil	-	Venezuela	3: 1

Brazilian contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Marcos	Palmeiras São Paulo	08/04/1973	7th	0	0	0
12	Dida	Corinthians São Paulo	07.10.1973	0	0	0	0
22nd	Rogério Ceni	Sao Paulo FC	01/22/1973	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Cafu	AS Roma	06/07/1970	7th	0	1	0
3	Lúcio	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	05/08/1978	7th	0	0	0
4th	Roque Júnior	AC Milan	08/31/1976	6th	0	2	0
5	Edmílson	Olympique Lyon	07/10/1976	6th	1	0	0
6th	Roberto Carlos	real Madrid	04/10/1973	6th	1	1	0
13	Juliano Belletti	Sao Paulo FC	06/20/1976	1	0	0	0
14th	Ânderson Polga	Gremio Porto Alegre	02/09/1979	2	0	0	0
16	Junior	AC Parma	06/20/1973	1	1	0	0
midfield player
7th	Ricardinho	Corinthians São Paulo	05/23/1976	3	0	0	0
8th	Gilberto Silva	Atlético Mineiro	07.10.1976	7th	0	1	0
10	Rivaldo	FC Barcelona	04/19/1972	7th	5	0	0
15th	Kléberson	Athletico Paranaense	06/19/1979	5	0	0	0
17th	Denílson	Betis Seville	08/24/1977	5	0	1	0
18th	Vampeta	Corinthians São Paulo	March 13, 1974	1	0	0	0
19th	Juninho Paulista	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	02/22/1973	5	0	0	0
23	Kaká	Sao Paulo FC	04/22/1982	1	0	0	0
striker
9	Ronaldo	Inter Milan	09/22/1976	7th	8th	0	0
11	Ronaldinho	Paris Saint-Germain	03/21/1980	5	2	1	1
20th	Edílson	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte	09/17/1971	4th	0	0	0
21st	Luizão	Gremio Porto Alegre	11/14/1975	2	0	0	0
Trainer
	Luiz Felipe Scolari		11/09/1948

Remarks:

• Ricardinho was called up for captain Emerson , who stood in goal during a training match the day before the Brazilians' first game and dislocated his shoulder.
• The originally scheduled Djalminha was not taken into account as he headed his coach Javier Irureta at Deportivo La Coruña five days before the nomination .

Preliminary round

Brazil were high favorites in a group that otherwise consisted of newbies and outsiders. With three wins and an impressive goal difference of 11: 3, they took first place undisputed. Only the game against Turkey could only be won by an unjustified penalty. The unsportsmanlike highlight of this group was an ugly acting performance by Rivaldo, whom Hakan Ünsal had shot in the leg outside of the field. Rivaldo rolled over on the floor, contorted with pain, and indicated that he had been hit in the head. The Turk received the red card , Rivaldo got away with a fine of 8,000 euros for this unsporting behavior.

encounter	Result
Brazil - Turkey	2: 1
Brazil - China	4-0
Costa Rica - Brazil	2: 5

Finals

In the round of 16 they prevailed against Belgium with a lot of effort and a little luck. Then came the game against co-favorites England, which stood on the knife edge for a long time but was won in the end. The outstanding player was Ronaldinho, who prepared the 1-1 with a solo run and scored the 2-1 with a remarkable free kick himself. In the semi-finals they met Turkey again. The game was decided by a goal by Ronaldo. Brazil was in the final. Opponent there was Germany, with which the two teams with the most World Cup games met for the first time at a World Cup.

In pouring rain, both teams competed on June 30, 2002 in Yokohama for the final of the 2002 World Cup. Germany had more possession of the ball (56%: 44%) and more corners (13: 3), but the Brazilians played the bigger chances, but could not overcome the German defense for a long time. Only a mistake by Oliver Kahn , who could not hold a ball that was not too sharp, made it possible for Ronaldo to make it 1-0. Ronaldo also scored the goal to make it 2-0 and Brazil was world champion and had won the title at least once on every continent on which the World Cup finals had taken place up to then.

encounter	Result
Brazil - Belgium	2-0
England - Brazil	1: 2
Brazil - Turkey	1-0
Brazil - Germany	2-0

Others

• Besides Germany, Brazil is the only national team that has made it to the final three times in a row (Germany 1982, 1986, 1990; Brazil 1994, 1998, 2002) and Cafu was the first player to appear in three World Cup finals.
• With Ronaldo, Brazil provided the World Cup top scorer for the fourth time.
• Brazil, like the second and third placed teams, was the first team to play in seven cities.
• Brazil was the only team to date to win the world championship with seven wins.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Germany - Brazil 0: 2 (0: 0)

Web links

• fifa.com: Brazil's 2002 title win in numbers