Taking place quadrennially, the FIFA Men's World Cup sees 32 nations compete against each other for the prize. Miroslav Klose The remaining teams were divided into zones, based on geographical locations, as follows: A total of 10 CONMEBOL teams entered the competition. [2], This is the 2nd appearance of Russia at the FIFA World Cup. Among the runners-up, the runner-up of Group 2 was drawn randomly to advance to the UEFAAFC Intercontinental play-off. The 5th-placed team advanced to the CONMEBOL / OFC Intercontinental Play-off. Brazil became the only team since Argentina in 1986 to win the trophy without needing to win a penalty shoot-out at some stage during the knockout phase and the total number of penalty shoot-outs (2) was the lowest since the four-round knockout format was introduced in 1986. Iran defeated United Arab Emirates for the chance to become the possible third Asian qualifier, but lost to Ireland in the intercontinental play-off. Get all the details about the 2002 FIFA World Cup including the groups, awards and records. Later that night in Sapporo, Italy defeated newcomers Ecuador 20 with ease, having both goals scored by Christian Vieri. Also, two CONCACAF teams will go to the inter-confederation play-offs. Groups A, B, C and D based in South Korea. [5] This was the first World Cup to be hosted by more than one country, the second being the 2026 World Cup, which will be hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada. [42] A 20 defeat by Denmark in their last group game in Incheon sealed France's elimination from the World Cup. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. Group 2 was chosen at random before qualifying began for its runner- up to participate in the UEFA/AFC intercontinental play-off. Netherlands Group B 1. The two Asian rivals went on a massive and expensive PR blitz around the world, prompting Sultan Ahmad Shah, the head of the Asian Football Confederation, to step in. [57][58], In the third-place match in Daegu, Turkey beat the South Koreans 32, their first goal coming from Hakan kr straight from the opening kick-off (even though South Korea kicked off) in 10.8 seconds, the fastest ever goal in World Cup history.[59]. FIFA 2002 World Cup Sporting game that allows players to be a part of the FIFA 2002 World Cup 7.1 764 Votes Category Sport Program license Trial version Version 1.0 Size 27.35 MB Works under: Windows 98 SE Program available in English Program by EA Review Screenshots Comments Qualify for the World Cup or dominate domestically The official song was "Boom". However, there were a significant number of empty seats at the opening matches. FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA. The historic tradition to seed the hosts (Japan and South Korea) and holders (France) was upheld; while the remaining five seeds were granted to the other five of the top six teams, ranked by their results in the last three FIFA World Cups (ratio 3:2:1) and their FIFA World Ranking position in the last month of the past three years (equal ratio). The Confederation of African Football was allocated five qualifying berths for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Qualification start date - June 6, 2019 Qualification end date - June 13-14, 2022 Total Teams: 3 + 1. In the quarter-finals, England and Brazil squared off in Shizuoka, where Ronaldinho scored a free-kick goal over England's David Seaman early in the second half as Brazil won 21. competing for four and half places in the final tournament. Groups E, F, G and H based in Japan. The European section of the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as qualifiers for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, which is being held in South Korea and Japan, for national teams which are members of the UEFA. A total of 777 qualifying matches were played, and 2452 goals were scored (an average of 3.17 per match). Group G saw Italy, Ecuador, Croatia and Mexico play against each other. The winner of each group qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup together with winners of play-off. Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Asia. United States shocked group favorites Portugal in Suwon the next day, defeating them 32 after a Beto goal and an own goal from Jeff Agoos did not fully claw back the American lead from goals by John O'Brien and Brian McBride along with a Jorge Costa own goal. The 50 teams were divided into nine groups, five groups of six teams and four groups of five teams. The Netherlands and Romania both failed to qualify for the tournament for the first time since 1986, the former finishing third in Group 2 behind Portugal and Republic of Ireland and the latter suffering a shock loss to Slovenia in the play-offs. Drew 2 - 2 against Burkina Faso on November 16th 2021. [41] On the next day, two goals by Jon Dahl Tomasson gave the Danes a 21 victory over Uruguay in Ulsan. Together with the round of 16 match between Portugal and the Netherlands at the 2006 tournament, it holds the record for most yellow cards in a World Cup match. After completion of the Group stage, the best two teams of each group advanced to the Round of 16 in the knockout stage, in a way so all group winners started out meeting a runner-up from one of the other groups. South Korea managed to reach the semi-finals, beating Portugal, Italy and Spain en route. The winner would advance to the UEFA/AFC Intercontinental Play-off. Central American Zone: The six teams are divided into groups of three teams each. competing for a half places in the final tournament. Asia's two remaining automatic qualifying berths were taken by Saudi Arabia and China. The Selecao have featured in every World Cup to date. Argentina won their opening game in Ibaraki 10 against Nigeria thanks to a second-half goal by Gabriel Batistuta, while in Saitama England and Sweden drew 11 thanks to goals by Sol Campbell and Niclas Alexandersson. The draw was made in December 1999, and was based on average points per game achieved in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification and UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying. Spain and the Republic of Ireland played in Suwon, where Spain led most of the match 10 until a late penalty kick scored by Robbie Keane made the match go to extra time, where Spain emerged victorious in a penalty shoot-out. [2] UEFA were paired to face the AFC team by decision of the FIFA Executive Committee in October 1999.[3]. Turkey qualified for the first time since 1954, Poland and Portugal both qualified for the first time since 1986 and Costa Rica and Uruguay qualified for the first time since 1990. Claudio Reyna The 10 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. 3 IRL Republic of Ireland. The teams in Group C at the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be determined by a draw taking place on April 1 in Doha, Qatar. [53] The United States lost to Germany 10 in Ulsan by a Michael Ballack goal in the 39th minute, but controversy surrounded the game when United States demanded the referee give a penalty for a goal-line handball by Torsten Frings in the 49th minute, but the referee did not award the penalty. [4] South Korea and Japan were finally faced with a choice of having no World Cup or a shared World Cup and they reluctantly chose to go along with co-hosting. The exception is the USMNT. This page was last edited on 30 September 2022, at 04:53. The 2002 World Cup was also the last one to use the golden goal rule. FIFA World Cup Oceania Qualifying - Group One . At the same time, the draw also needed to respect the geographical limitation, that each group could not feature more than one team from each confederation, except for the European teams where the limitation was maximum two per group. Iran 3. In the final matches of Group H, Japan defeated Tunisia, winning 02 in Osaka, while Belgium survived against Russia in Shizuoka, winning 32. The AFC second round of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, which also serves as the second round of 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification, is being played from 5 September 2019 to 15 June 2021. Yoo Sang-chul, El Hadji Diouf Follow Sportskeeda to get the latest news, updates, live scores and fantasy league tips. World cup 2002 You are in old season. Finally, special limitations were also stipulated to evenly distribute the presence of teams from each confederation between the groups playing respectively in Korea (group A-D) and Japan (group E-H); while China for political considerations only could be drawn for one of the groups playing in Korea. [94] Japan spent an estimated US$5.6billion on preparations for the event, which had a US$24.8billion impact on the Japanese economy and accounted for 0.6% of their GDP in 2002. Defending champions France and co-hosts South Korea and Japan qualified automatically and did not have to play any qualification matches. First round Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification - AFC First Round Key to colours in group tables Group winners qualify for the Second round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Group 10 Second round Burundi withdrew before the draw was made while Niger chose not to participate. Collectively members of a team of "Atmosball" (a fictional football-like sport), Ato is the coach while Kaz and Nik are players. In each group, the teams played three matches, one against each of the other teams. [54][55] The hosts became the first team in the Asian Football Confederation to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup, eclipsing the record of their North Korean counterparts who reached the quarter-finals in 1966. To decide the match schedules, the exact group position number for the un-seeded teams in each group (2, 3 or 4), were also drawn immediately from eight special group bowls, after each respective team had been drawn from pot 2, 3 and 4. 2 POR Portugal. The top three teams would qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Group A: 1 SRB Serbia. Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for UEFA teams. [86], The official match ball was "Fevernova", manufactured by Adidas.[87]. 4 DJI Djibouti. The remaining team then faced an AFC team in the inter-confederation play-offs. Group B: 1 TUN Tunisia. The 2002 World Cup was also the last one to use the golden goal rule. The tournament had several upsets and surprise results, which included the defending champions France being eliminated in the group stage after earning a single point without scoring a goal and second favourites Argentina also being eliminated in the group stage. In the round of 16, Germany beat Paraguay 10 with a late goal by Oliver Neuville in Seogwipo. [36], The FIFA Organising Committee decided ahead of the draw, to place the defending champions (France) in Group A; while the co-hosts South Korea and Japan were placed respectively in Group D and Group H. The procedure for the draw comprised the following six steps:[36][37], Besides of drawing the teams, the event also featured american vocalist Anastacia giving a debut public performance of the official song of the World Cup: Boom. 4 LUX Luxembourg. UEFA and CAF have World Cup Qualifying coverage in the U.S. on ESPN and ESPN+. Group A involved the defending champions France, along with Senegal, Uruguay and Denmark. The three individual names were selected from shortlists by users on the Internet and at McDonald's outlets in the host countries. [12] The stadiums in Daegu, Suwon, Yokohama and Saitama all hosted 4 matches each, while the other 16 stadiums hosted 3 matches each. Pot 4 was used to draw one team to each of the eight groups (drawing in the alphabetic order from A to H); while respecting the restrictions that: Minimum one North American team and minimum two African teams should be drawn to a group located in Japan (Group E/F/G/H). China, Ecuador, Senegal, and Slovenia made their World Cup debuts. . In the final matches of Group G, Mexico and Italy drew 11 in ita, while Ecuador achieved their first ever World Cup victory, defeating Croatia 10 in Yokohama. The United States beat CONCACAF rivals Mexico 20 in Jeonju with Brian McBride and Landon Donovan scoring the goals. Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for UEFA teams. In the third place play-off match against South Korea, Turkey won 32, taking third place in only their second ever FIFA World Cup, and scored the fastest goal in the FIFA World Cup history (10.8 seconds after kick-off).[2]. The results against the teams in sixth place are discarded. The 5th-placed team advanced to the CONMEBOL / OFC Intercontinental Play-off. The teams played in a three-round knockout tournament. [33] The match between Spain and South Korea featured two controversially disallowed Spanish goals, which Ivn Helguera referred to as "a robbery" and led to Spanish press brandishing the officials "thieves of dreams", though FIFA dismissed the incident as human error.[34]. A team from North or Central America would play against a team from the Caribbean, and the winners would advance to the semi-finals. 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan Final Tournament Standing 1 Winner Brazil 2 Runner-up Germany 3 Third place Turkey 4 Fourth place Korea Republic TOURNAMENT AWARDS adidas Golden Ball Oliver KAHN. Saudi Arabia bowed out of the tournament with a 10 defeat against Cameroon at Saitama Stadium 2002, thanks to a second-half goal by Samuel Eto'o. The most prestigious tournament in the world. FIFA has called on teams at the World Cup in Qatar to "focus on football" and stop "handing out moral lessons" in a message that received a sharp rebuke from Amnesty International.. more 04.11.2022 12:48 (Company Round-Up)", "Yahoo! Update!!! The first legs were played on 10 and 20 November 2001, and the second legs were played on 15 and 25 November 2001. [1] The nine group runners-up were placed into one pot, with eight teams drawn into four pairings (with the first team drawn hosting the first leg). Initially, South Korea, Japan and Mexico presented three rival bids. The European section acted as qualifiers for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, for national teams which are members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Group A: 1 ALG Algeria. 73 relations. Roberto Carlos, Michael Ballack Daegu, South Korea, hosted the third-place match while Yokohama, Japan, hosted the final. Germany advanced with seven points and Ireland followed along with five points, while Cameroon was eliminated with four points. The qualification process began with the preliminary draw held in Tokyo on 7 December 1999. This was the first and, to date, only time that Brazil lost more than 2 matches and has not finished as leader (1st) of their qualifying group, during a FIFA World Cup qualification. 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC First Round, 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification AFC Second Round, 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFAAFC play-off), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2002_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(AFC)&oldid=1116963535, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 19 October 2022, at 07:04. [4] UEFA and the AFC viewed co-hosting between the two Asian rivals as the best option. The Confederation of African Football was allocated five qualifying berths for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. At the Kashima Soccer Stadium in Ibaraki, Germany held a 10 lead over the Republic of Ireland thanks to a 19th-minute goal by Miroslav Klose, only to draw 11 due to a sensational 92nd-minute equaliser by Robbie Keane. Papua New Guinea chose not to participate. FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA Schedule. South Korea and Poland started group play in Busan, where South Korea earned their first ever World Cup victory, defeating Poland 20. A total of 64 games were played, including the final and a bronze medal game between the two semifinale losers. AFC and the majority of CONCACAF qualifying are on Paramount+. Ronaldo won the Golden Shoe after scoring eight goals. 2 BKA Burkina Faso. Each confederation the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe) was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the . Referee: Antonio Marrufo Mendoza (Mexico), Referee: Youssouf Al-Aqili (Saudi Arabia), 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL), Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFCCONMEBOL play-off), 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL), 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL), 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL), 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2002_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(CONMEBOL)&oldid=1113174164, Short description with empty Wikidata description, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Main article: 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) On 31 August 2022, during a visit to Guatemala, FIFA President Gianni Infantino confirmed six CONCACAF teams will qualify for the World Cup, including Canada, Mexico and the United States as hosts. A total of 10 CONMEBOL teams entered the competition. A total of 10 teams entered the competition. The winner of each group qualified directly, the runner-up advanced to play-off (either UEFA playoff or UEFA-AFC playoff). Hasan a, After the tournament, FIFA published a ranking of all teams that competed in the 2002 World Cup finals based on progress in the competition, overall results and quality of the opposition. Fernando Hierro Mexico, USA, Jamaica and Costa Rica, the four highest-ranked teams according to FIFA, received byes and advanced to the semi-finals, while Canada advanced to the play-offs . Australia's 310 win over American Samoa established a World Cup record for the highest margin of victory in a qualifying match. The semi-finals saw 1-0 games; the first semi-final, played in Seoul, saw Michael Ballack's goal suffice for Germany to eliminate South Korea. [84] It was gradually revealed that the World Cup Ticketing Bureau (WCTB) still had unsold tickets in its possession. Portugal and Poland were eliminated with three points each in third and fourth places respectively. Qatar 2. [52] South Korea's win ensured that, for the very first time in the Cup's history, teams from five continents Europe, North America, South America, Africa and Asia reached the quarter-finals of the same tournament. None of the unseeded Asian teams (Saudi Arabia and China) from pot 3, could be drawn into a group with a seeded Asian team (South Korea and Japan in Group D and H); along with the overall rule that China had to play in South Korea (meaning either group A, B or C) and that Saudi Arabia had to play in Japan (meaning either group E, F or G). Questionable decisions in the match between Italy and South Korea resulted in 400,000 complaints, and featured in ESPN's 10 most fabled World Cup controversies. South Korea and Japan were selected as hosts by FIFA on 31 May 1996.
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