The Polish national football team at the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea :
qualification
Poland had remarkably little difficulty in asserting itself in the fairly homogeneous Group 5. The only defeat came in the penultimate game, when the qualification for the finals was already certain.
Ukraine
-
Poland
1: 3 (1: 2)
Poland
-
Belarus
3: 1 (1: 1)
Poland
-
Wales
0: 0 (0: 0)
Norway
-
Poland
2: 3 (0: 2)
Poland
-
Armenia
4: 0 (2: 0)
Wales
-
Poland
1: 2 (1: 1)
Armenia
-
Poland
1: 1 (1: 1)
Poland
-
Norway
3: 0 (1: 0)
Belarus
-
Poland
4: 1 (1: 0)
Poland
-
Ukraine
1: 1 (1: 0)
Polish contingent
Preliminary round
report
After winning the qualification convincingly, expectations were high, but the first game against co-hosts South Korea was lost 2-0. The Poles showed a disappointing performance against the enthusiastic and strong-running Asians. In the second game against Portugal there was an even more pronounced 4-0 defeat. The Portuguese, who had surprisingly lost the first game against the USA, literally played the once again disappointing Eastern Europeans against the wall. Poland were eliminated early after two games. In the last game, which had become meaningless, you could finally play freely and beat the USA 3-1.
statistics
rank
country
Games
S.
U
N
Gates
Diff.
Pts.
1
Korea South South Korea
3
2
1
0
4: 1
3
7th
2
United States United States
3
1
1
1
5: 6
−1
4th
3
Portugal Portugal
3
1
0
2
6: 4
2
3
4th
Poland Poland
3
1
0
2
3: 7
−4
3
June 4, 2002, 8:30 p.m. local time, Busan
Poland
-
South Korea
0: 2 (0: 1)
Referee: Ruiz (Colombia)
Poland: Dudek - Hajto, J. Bak (51st Klos), Waldoch, Michal Zewlakow - Kozminski, Kaluzny (65th Marcin Zewlakow), Swierczewski, Krzynowek - Zurawski (46th Kryszalowicz), Olisadebe
South Korea: WJ Lee - JC Choi, Hong, TY Kim - NI Kim - Song, Yoo (61st CS Lee), EY Lee - Park - Hwang (50th Ahn), Seol (90th Cha)
Goals: 0: 1 Hwang (26th), 0: 2 Yoo (53rd)
Yellow cards: Krzynowek, Hajto, Swierczewski - Cha, Park
Spectators: 48,760
June 10, 2002, 8:30 p.m. local time, Jeonju
Poland
-
Portugal
0: 4 (0: 1)
Referee: Dallas (Scotland)
Poland: Dudek - Hajto, Waldoch, Michal Zewlakow (71st Rzasa) - Krzynowek, Swierczewski, Kaluzny (16th A. Bak), Kozminski - Zurawski (56th Marcin Zewlakow), Olisadebe, Kryszalowicz
Portugal: Baia - Frechaut (63rd Beto), Couto, J. Costa, Jorge - Petit, Bento - Figo, Conceicao (69th Capucho) - Pinto (60th R. Costa), Pauleta
Goals: 0: 1 Pauleta (14th), 0: 2 Pauleta (65th), 0: 3 Pauleta (77th), 0: 4 R. Costa (88th)
Yellow cards: Swierczewski, A. Bak - Frechaut, J. Costa, Jorge
Spectators: 31,000
June 14, 2002, 8:30 p.m. local time, Daejeon
Poland
-
United States
3: 1 (2: 0)
Referee: Lu (China)
Poland: Majdan - Klos (89th Waldoch), Zielinski, Glowacki, Kozminski - Murawski, Krzynowek, Kucharski (65th Marcin Zewlakow) - Zurawski, Olisadebe (85th Sibik), Kryszalowicz
USA: Friedel - Sanneh, Pope, Agoos (36th Beasley), Hejduk - Stewart (68th Jones), O'Brien, Reyna - Donovan - Mathis, McBride (58th Moore)
Goals: 1-0 Olisadebe (3rd), 2-0 Kryszalowicz (5th), 3-0 Marcin Zewlakow (66th), 3-1 Donovan (83rd)
Yellow cards: Majdan, Kozminski, Kucharski, Olisadebe - Hejduk
Special incident: Zurawski misses a penalty (77th), Friedel saves
Spectators: 26,482
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