The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA. It was held from 31 May to 30 June 2002 at sites in South Korea and Japan, with its final match hosted by Japan at International Stadium in Yokohama.
A field of 32 teams qualified for this World Cup, which was the first to be held in Asia, the first to be held outside of the Americas or Europe, as well as the first to be jointly-hosted by more than one nation. China, Ecuador, Senegal, and Slovenia made their World Cup debuts.
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 and second favourites Argentina also being eliminated in the group stage. South Korea controversially managed to reach the semi-finals, beating Portugal, Italy and Spain en route, thus becoming the first and only team from outside Europe and the Americas to reach the last four of a World Cup. However, the most potent team at the tournament, Brazil, prevailed, winning the final against Germany 2–0, making them the first and only country to have won the World Cup five times. The victory qualified Brazil for the 2003 and subsequently 2005 FIFA Confederations Cups, its fourth and fifth Confederations Cup appearance in a row. In the third place play-off match against South Korea, Turkey won 3–2, 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).
The 2002 World Cup was also the last one to use the golden goal rule.
GROUP A May 31 Seoul France v Senegal 0-1 Jun 01 Ulsan Uruguay v Denmark 1-2 Jun 06 Busan France v Uruguay 0-0 Jun 06 Daegu Denmark v Senegal 1-1 Jun 11 Incheon Denmark v France 2-0 Jun 11 Suwon Senegal v Uruguay 3-3 P W D L Gls Pts DENMARK 3 2 1 0 5-2 7 SENEGAL 3 1 2 0 5-4 5 Uruguay 3 0 2 1 4-5 2 France 3 0 1 2 0-3 1 GROUP B Jun 02 Busan Paraguay v South Africa 2-2 Jun 02 Gwangju Spain v Slovenia 3-1 Jun 07 Jeonju Spain v Paraguay 3-1 Jun 08 Daegu South Africa v Slovenia 1-0 Jun 12 Daejeon South Africa v Spain 2-3 Jun 12 Seogwipo Slovenia v Paraguay 1-3 P W D L Gls Pts SPAIN 3 3 0 0 9-4 9 PARAGUAY 3 1 1 1 6-6 4 South Africa 3 1 1 1 5-5 4 Slovenia 3 0 0 3 2-7 0 GROUP C Jun 03 Ulsan Brazil v Turkey 2-1 Jun 04 Gwangju China v Costa Rica 0-2 Jun 08 Seogwipo Brazil v China 4-0 Jun 09 Incheon Costa Rica v Turkey 1-1 Jun 13 Suwon Costa Rica v Brazil 2-5 Jun 13 Seoul Turkey v China 3-0 P W D L Gls Pts BRAZIL 3 3 0 0 11-3 9 TURKEY 3 1 1 1 5-3 4 Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 5-6 4 China 3 0 0 3 0-9 0 GROUP D Jun 04 Busan South Korea v Poland 2-0 Jun 05 Suwon USA v Portugal 3-2 Jun 10 Daegu South Korea v USA 1-1 Jun 10 Jeonju Portugal v Poland 4-0 Jun 14 Incheon Portugal v South Korea 0-1 Jun 14 Daejeon Poland v USA 3-1 P W D L Gls Pts SOUTH KOREA 3 2 1 0 4-1 7 USA 3 1 1 1 5-6 4 Portugal 3 1 0 2 6-4 3 Poland 3 1 0 2 3-7 3 GROUP E Jun 01 Niigata R.of Ireland v Cameroon 1-1 Jun 01 Sapporo Germany v Saudi Arabia 8-0 Jun 05 Ibaraki Germany v R.of Ireland 1-1 Jun 06 Saitama Cameroon v Saudi Arabia 1-0 Jun 11 Shizuoka Cameroon v Germany 0-2 Jun 11 Yokohama Saudi Arabia v R.of Ireland 0-3 P W D L Gls Pts GERMANY 3 2 1 0 11- 1 7 REP. OF IRELAND 3 1 2 0 5- 2 5 Cameroon 3 1 1 1 2- 3 4 Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 0-12 0 GROUP F Jun 02 Saitama England v Sweden 1-1 Jun 02 Ibaraki Argentina v Nigeria 1-0 Jun 07 Kobe Sweden v Nigeria 2-1 Jun 07 Sapporo Argentina v England 0-1 Jun 12 Miyagi Sweden v Argentina 1-1 Jun 12 Osaka Nigeria v England 0-0 P W D L Gls Pts SWEDEN 3 1 2 0 4-3 5 ENGLAND 3 1 2 0 2-1 5 Argentina 3 1 1 1 2-2 4 Nigeria 3 0 1 2 1-3 1 GROUP G Jun 03 Niigata Croatia v Mexico 0-1 Jun 03 Sapporo Italy v Ecuador 2-0 Jun 08 Ibaraki Italy v Croatia 1-2 Jun 09 Miyagi Mexico v Ecuador 2-1 Jun 13 Oita Mexico v Italy 1-1 Jun 13 Yokohama Ecuador v Croatia 1-0 P W D L Gls Pts MEXICO 3 2 1 0 4-2 7 ITALY 3 1 1 1 4-3 4 Croatia 3 1 0 2 2-3 3 Ecuador 3 1 0 2 2-4 3 GROUP H Jun 04 Saitama Japan v Belgium 2-2 Jun 05 Kobe Russia v Tunisia 2-0 Jun 09 Yokohama Japan v Russia 1-0 Jun 10 Oita Tunisia v Belgium 1-1 Jun 14 Osaka Tunisia v Japan 0-2 Jun 14 Shizuoka Belgium v Russia 3-2 P W D L Gls Pts JAPAN 3 2 1 0 5-2 7 BELGIUM 3 1 2 0 6-5 5 Russia 3 1 0 2 4-4 3 Tunisia 3 0 1 2 1-5 1 SECOND ROUND Jun 15 Seogwipo Germany v Paraguay 1-0 Jun 15 Niigata Denmark v England 0-3 Jun 16 Oita Sweden v Senegal GG 1-2 Jun 16 Suwon Spain v Ireland (3-2)1-1 Jun 17 Jeonju Mexico v USA 0-2 Jun 17 Kobe Brazil v Belgium 2-0 Jun 18 Miyagi Japan v Turkey 0-1 Jun 18 Daejeon South Korea v Italy GG 2-1 QUARTERFINALS Jun 21 Shizuoka England v Brazil 1-2 Jun 21 Ulsan Germany v USA 1-0 Jun 22 Gwangju Spain v S.Korea (3-5)0-0 Jun 22 Osaka Senegal v Turkey GG 0-1 SEMIFINALS Jun 25 Seoul Germany v South Korea 1-0 Jun 26 Saitama Brazil v Turkey 1-0 3rd/4th PLACE PLAY-OFF Jun 29 Daegu South Korea v Turkey 2-3 WORLD CUP FINAL Jun 30 Yokohama Germany v Brazil 0-2