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ArchiveFIFA World Cup 2002

2002 World Cup

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Global leaders

Top 3 across all groups

Full tables
  • Brazil flag

    Brazil

    Grp C

    3 played · 3 wins · GD +8

    9

    points

  • 2Spain flag

    Spain

    Grp B

    3 played · 3 wins · GD +5

    9

    points

  • 3

Tables

Group standings

8 groups

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A

Group stage

4 nations

Top 2 → R32
  • 1Denmark flag

    Denmark

    Q
    P3W2D1

Results

Latest scores

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Final

Germany flagGermany
0–2
Brazil flagBrazil

2002-06-30 · 20:00 · International Stadium

Third place

South Korea flagSouth Korea
2–3
Turkey flagTurkey

2002-06-29 · 20:00 · Daegu World Cup Stadium

17th edition

South Korea · Japan

May 31, 2002 – Jun 30, 2002

Brazil flag

Champion

Brazil

Teams

32

Matches

64

Squads

2002 nations

32 teams

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Brazil flag

Brazil

Grp C

Germany flag

Germany

Grp E

Turkey flag

Turkey

Grp C

South Korea flag

South Korea

Grp D

Spain flag

Knockout

2002 bracket

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Round of 16

Jeju World Cup Stadium · Seogwipo

Germany flagGermany
Paraguay flagParaguay

1–0

Big Swan Stadium · Niigata

Denmark flagDenmark
England flagEngland

0–3

Big Eye Stadium · Ōita

Sweden flag

Full schedule

All 2002 matches

64 games

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Group A

France flagFrance
0–1
Senegal flagSenegal

2002-05-31 · 20:30 · Seoul World Cup Stadium

Group A

Uruguay flagUruguay
1–2
Denmark flagDenmark

2002-06-01 · 18:00 · Munsu Cup Stadium

Venues

2002 stadiums

20 venues

Seoul World Cup Stadium

Seoul, South Korea

66.7K capacity · 29m elevation

Busan Asiad Stadium

Busan, South Korea

53.8K capacity · 25m elevation

Daegu World Cup Stadium

Daegu, South Korea

66.4K capacity · 82m elevation

Incheon Munhak Stadium

Incheon, South Korea

50.3K capacity · 38m elevation

Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium

Ulsan, South Korea

43.5K capacity · 8m elevation

Suwon World Cup Stadium

Suwon, South Korea

43.3K capacity · 68m elevation

Gwangju World Cup Stadium

Gwangju, South Korea

42.9K capacity · 48m elevation

All time

World Cup winners

Brazil flagBrazil
5 titles
Italy flagItaly
4 titles
West Germany flagWest Germany
3 titles
Argentina flagArgentina
3 titles
Uruguay flagUruguay
2 titles
France flag

On this day

July 17 in World Cup history

Yugoslavia flagYugoslavia
4-0
Bolivia flagBolivia

1930 · group 2 · Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo · 96y ago

United States flagUnited States
3-0
Paraguay flagParaguay

1930 · group 4 · Estadio Parque Central, Montevideo · 96y ago

Brazil flagBrazil
0-0
Italy flagItaly

1994 · Final · Rose Bowl, Pasadena · 32y ago

Tournaments
24
Matches
1.2K
Stadiums
206
Archive
1930–2026
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Germany flag

Germany

Grp E

3 played · 2 wins · GD +10

7

points

L0
GD+3

7

pts

  • 2Senegal flag

    Senegal

    Q
    P3W1D2L0GD+1

    5

    pts

  • 3Uruguay flag

    Uruguay

    P3W0D2L1GD-1

    2

    pts

  • 4France flag

    France

    P3W0D1L2GD-3

    1

    pts

    • B

    Group stage

    4 nations

    Top 2 → R32
    • 1Spain flag

      Spain

      Q
      P3W3D0L0GD+5

      9

      pts

    • 2Paraguay flag

      Paraguay

      Q
      P3W1D1L1GD0

      4

      pts

    • 3South Africa flag

      South Africa

      P3W1D1L1GD0

      4

      pts

    • 4Slovenia flag

      Slovenia

      P3W0D0L3GD-5

      0

      pts

    Semi-final

    Brazil flagBrazil
    2–1
    Turkey flagTurkey

    2002-06-26 · 20:30 · Saitama Stadium

    Semi-final

    Germany flagGermany
    1–0
    South Korea flagSouth Korea

    2002-06-25 · 20:30 · Seoul World Cup Stadium

    Quarter-final

    Senegal flagSenegal
    0–1
    Turkey flagTurkey

    2002-06-22 · 20:30 · Nagai Stadium

    Quarter-final

    Spain flagSpain
    0–0
    South Korea flagSouth Korea

    2002-06-22 · 15:30 · Gwangju World Cup Stadium

    Goals

    161

    Attendance

    2.7M

    Germany flag

    Runner-up

    Germany

    Turkey flag

    Third place

    Turkey

    Top scorer

    Ronaldo (8)

    Best player

    Oliver Kahn

    Spain

    Grp B

    England flag

    England

    Grp F

    Senegal flag

    Senegal

    Grp A

    United States flag

    United States

    Grp D

    Japan flag

    Japan

    Grp H

    Mexico flag

    Mexico

    Grp G

    Republic of Ireland flag

    Republic of Ireland

    Grp E

    Sweden flag

    Sweden

    Grp F

    Belgium flag

    Belgium

    Grp H

    Italy flag

    Italy

    Grp G

    Paraguay flag

    Paraguay

    Grp B

    Denmark flag

    Denmark

    Grp A

    Sweden
    Senegal flagSenegal

    1–2

    Suwon World Cup Stadium · Suwon

    Spain flagSpain
    Republic of Ireland flagRepublic of Ireland

    1–1

    Quarter-finals

    Stadium Ecopa · Fukuroi

    England flagEngland
    Brazil flagBrazil

    1–2

    Munsu Cup Stadium · Ulsan

    Germany flagGermany
    United States flagUnited States

    1–0

    Gwangju World Cup Stadium · Gwangju

    Spain flagSpain
    South Korea flagSouth Korea

    0–0

    Nagai Stadium · Osaka

    Senegal flagSenegal
    Turkey flagTurkey

    0–1

    Group E

    Republic of Ireland flagRepublic of Ireland
    1–1
    Cameroon flagCameroon

    2002-06-01 · 15:30 · Niigata Stadium

    Group E

    Germany flagGermany
    8–0
    Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia

    2002-06-01 · 20:30 · Sapporo Dome

    Jeonju World Cup Stadium

    Jeonju, South Korea

    42.5K capacity · 13m elevation

    Jeju World Cup Stadium

    Seogwipo, South Korea

    35.7K capacity · 72m elevation

    Daejeon World Cup Stadium

    Daejeon, South Korea

    40.5K capacity · 61m elevation

    International Stadium Yokohama

    Yokohama, Japan

    72.3K capacity · 38m elevation

    Saitama Stadium 2002

    Saitama, Japan

    63.7K capacity · 11m elevation

    Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA

    Fukuroi, Japan

    50.9K capacity · 50m elevation

    Yanmar Stadium Nagai

    Osaka, Japan

    47.0K capacity · 13m elevation

    Miyagi Stadium

    Rifu, Japan

    49.0K capacity · 56m elevation

    Niigata Stadium (Big Swan)

    Niigata, Japan

    42.3K capacity · 1m elevation

    Ōita Stadium (Big Eye)

    Ōita, Japan

    40.0K capacity · 108m elevation

    Kashima Soccer Stadium

    Kashima, Japan

    40.7K capacity · 51m elevation

    Noevir Stadium Kobe

    Kobe, Japan

    30.1K capacity · -1m elevation

    Sapporo Dome

    Sapporo, Japan

    41.5K capacity · 101m elevation

    France
    2 titles
    England flagEngland
    1 title
    Spain flagSpain
    1 title
    Germany flagGermany
    1 title