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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name   = FIFA World Cup
| year           = 2002
| other_titles   = {{native name|ko|2002 FIFA 월드컵 한국/일본}}<br />{{native name|ja|2002 FIFAワールドカップ 韓国/日本}}
| image          = 2002 FIFA World Cup logo.svg
| size           = 200px
| country        = South Korea
| country2       = Japan
| dates          = 31 May – 30 June
| confederations = 5
| num_teams      = 32
| venues         = 20
| cities         = 20
| champion       = Brazil
| count          = 5
| second         = Germany
| third          = Turkey
| fourth         = South Korea
| fourth-flagvar = 1997
| matches        = 64
| goals          = 161
| attendance     = {{#expr: 62561 + 33679 + 30157 + 32218 + 34050 + 25186 + 52721 + 28598 + 32239 + 33842 + 31081 + 27217 + 55256 + 48760 + 30957 + 37306 + 35854 + 43500 + 52328 + 38289 + 36194 + 24000 + 35927 + 47226 + 36472 + 36750 + 45610 + 42299 + 66108 + 60778 + 39700 + 31000 + 48100 + 33681 + 47085 + 65320 + 45777 + 44864 + 31024 + 30176 + 38524 + 43605 + 39291 + 65862 + 45213 + 46640 + 50239 + 26482 + 25176 + 40582 + 39747 + 38926 + 36380 + 40440 + 45666 + 38588 + 47436 + 37337 + 42114 + 44233 + 65256 + 61058 + 63484 + 69029}}
| top_scorer     = {{fbicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] (8 goals)
| player         = {{fbicon|GER}} [[Oliver Kahn]]
| goalkeeper     = {{fbicon|GER}} Oliver Kahn
| young_player   = {{fbicon|USA|1960}} [[Landon Donovan]]
| fair_play      = {{fb|BEL}}
| prevseason     = [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]
| nextseason     = [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]
}}

The '''2002 FIFA World Cup''', also branded as '''Korea Japan 2002''', was the 17th [[FIFA World Cup]], the quadrennial [[Association football|football]] world championship for [[List of men's national association football teams|men's national]] teams organized by [[FIFA]]. It was held from 31 May to 30 June 2002 at sites in [[South Korea]] and [[Japan]], with its [[2002 FIFA World Cup final|final]] match hosted by Japan at [[Nissan Stadium (Yokohama)|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. Four teams ([[China national football team|China]], [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]], [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]], and [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]]) made their World Cup debuts, with Senegal being the only debutant to advance from the Group Stages and make it to the quarter-finals.

The tournament had several upsets and surprise results, which included the defending champions [[France national football team|France]] being eliminated in the group stage after earning a single point without scoring a goal, and second favorites [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] also being eliminated in the group stage. [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] managed to reach the semi-finals, beating [[Poland national football team|Poland]], [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]], [[Italy national football team|Italy]] and [[Spain national football team|Spain]] en route. They became the first team from outside of the [[UEFA]], [[CONMEBOL]], and [[CONCACAF]] regions to reach the semi-finals of a World Cup. Along with South Korea, [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] made its first appearance in the semi-finals as well. However, the most potent team at the tournament, [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], prevailed, winning the final against [[Germany national football team|Germany]] 2–0, making them the first and only country to have won the World Cup five times.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brazil crowned world champions |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/matches_wallchart/germany_v_brazil/newsid_2067000/2067939.stm |date=30 June 2002 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=27 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414085237/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/matches_wallchart/germany_v_brazil/newsid_2067000/2067939.stm |archive-date=14 April 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the third-place match against [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]], [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] won 3–2, taking third place in only their second ever FIFA World Cup, and scored the [[Fastest goals in association football|fastest goal in the FIFA World Cup history]] (10.8 seconds after kick-off).<ref>{{cite news|title=Turkey finish in style |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/matches_wallchart/south_korea_v_turkey/newsid_2067000/2067940.stm |date=29 June 2002 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=27 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731015953/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/matches_wallchart/south_korea_v_turkey/newsid_2067000/2067940.stm |archive-date=31 July 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The 2002 World Cup was also the last one to use the [[golden goal]] rule and the last one to use the same ball for all matches. Starting in 2006 and continuing to the present, a ball with the same technical specifications but different colors has been used in the final.

==Host selection==
{{Main|FIFA World Cup hosts}}

[[File:Boeing 747-4B5, Korean Air AN0241562.jpg|thumb|right|[[Korean Air]] [[Boeing 747]] adorned with 2002 World Cup livery marking South Korea as co-hosts]]
[[File:FIFA2002-10000yen.jpg|thumb|right|Japanese [[10,000 yen coin]] for the 2002 FIFA World Cup]]

South Korea and Japan were selected as hosts by FIFA on 31 May 1996. Initially, South Korea, Japan and [[Mexico]] presented three rival bids. South Korea's entry into the race was seen by some as a response to the bid of political and sporting rival Japan.<ref name="Varcoe">{{Cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2002/05/18/soccer/international-soccer/beyond-the-limits-of-normalcy/|title=Beyond the limits of normalcy|last=Varcoe|first=Fred|date=18 May 2002|work=[[The Japan Times Online]]|access-date=25 April 2019|language=en-US|issn=0447-5763|archive-date=4 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104145047/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2002/05/18/soccer/international-soccer/beyond-the-limits-of-normalcy/|url-status=live}}</ref> FIFA leaders were split on whom to favor as host as politics within the world governing body held sway.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2002/05/19/soccer/international-soccer/taming-the-bulldog/|title=Taming the 'bulldog'|last=Varcoe|first=Fred|date=19 May 2002|work=[[The Japan Times Online]]|access-date=25 April 2019|language=en-US|issn=0447-5763|archive-date=25 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425015052/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2002/05/19/soccer/international-soccer/taming-the-bulldog/|url-status=live}}</ref> With Mexico regarded as a long shot, the battle to host the tournament came down to South Korea and Japan. The two Asian rivals went on a massive and expensive PR blitz around the world, prompting Sultan [[Ahmad Shah of Pahang|Ahmad Shah]], the head of the [[Asian Football Confederation]], to step in.<ref name="Varcoe"/> FIFA boss [[João Havelange]] had long backed the Japanese bid,<ref name=":0"/> but his rival in FIFA, UEFA chief [[Lennart Johansson]], sought to undermine Havelange's plans.<ref name=":0" /> [[UEFA]] and the AFC viewed co-hosting between the two Asian rivals as the best option.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref name=":0" /> South Korea and Japan were chosen unanimously as co-hosts in preference to Mexico.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Grahame L. |date=1 June 1996 |title=A Political Football Lands in Japan and South Korea |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-06-01-sp-10647-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=22 July 2017 |archive-date=17 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417061138/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-06-01-sp-10647-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This was the first World Cup to be hosted by more than one country, the second being the [[2026 FIFA World Cup|2026 World Cup]], which will be hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada. This is also the first ever World Cup to be hosted in Asia, the other being the [[2022 FIFA World Cup|2022 World Cup]] hosted by [[Qatar]] twenty years later and the first World Cup to be held outside of Europe and the Americas. The general secretary of South Korea's bidding committee, Song Young-shik, stated that FIFA was interested in staging some matches in North Korea in order to aid [[Korean reunification]], but it was ruled out.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Grahame L. |date=5 June 1996 |title=North Korea Enters World Cup 2002 Mix |page=C4 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://latimes.newspapers.com/clip/16185329/north_korea_and_2002_fifa_world_cup/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=1 January 2018 |archive-date=2 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102073905/https://latimes.newspapers.com/clip/16185329/north_korea_and_2002_fifa_world_cup/ |url-status=live }} {{open access}}</ref> Though co-hosting the World Cup allowed Japan and South Korea to collaborate, the event did not significantly alter [[Japan–South Korea relations|relations]] between the two countries, which have historically been strained.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Cha |first=Victor |date=2002 |title=The World Cup, Sports Diplomacy, and Japan-Korea Relations |url=https://cc.pacforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/0202qjapan_korea.pdf }}</ref> Even so, the World Cup promoted a global vision of cooperation between Japan and South Korea.<ref name=":1" /> After being prevented from hosting along with South Korea, North Korea decided to host their own sports event, the Arirang Mass Games, at the same time as the World Cup. This is not unlike their course of action during the 1988 Seoul Olympics, where they decided to host the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students simultaneously.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.monash.edu/arts/languages-literatures-cultures-linguistics/korean-studies-research-hub/research/on-this-day-in-korean-history/11-5.31-the-start-of-the-2002-japan-south-korea-world-cup|title=#11 - 5.31 The Start of the 2002 Japan-South Korea World Cup|website=School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics}}</ref>

At the time the decision was made, Japan had never qualified for a World Cup final (although the Japanese did subsequently qualify for the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998 competition]]). The only other countries to have been awarded a World Cup without previously having competed in a final tournament are Italy in [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]] and Qatar in 2022 (Uruguay hosted the first World Cup in [[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]] so there was no prior tournament; they were defending Olympic champions from [[1928 Summer Olympics|1928]]).

==Qualification==
{{Main|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification}}

199 teams attempted to qualify for the 2002 World Cup. The qualification process began with the preliminary draw held in Tokyo on 7 December 1999. Defending [[1998 FIFA World Cup Final|champions]] [[France national football team|France]] and co-hosts [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] and [[Japan national football team|Japan]] qualified automatically and did not have to play any qualification matches. This was the final World Cup in which the defending champions qualified automatically.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/nov/30/worldcupfootball2002.sport1|title=Fifa forces World Cup winners to qualify|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=30 November 2001|access-date=6 March 2018|archive-date=6 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306082713/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/nov/30/worldcupfootball2002.sport1|url-status=live}}</ref>

14 places were contested by [[UEFA]] teams (Europe), five by [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]] teams (Africa), four by [[CONMEBOL]] teams (South America), four by [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] teams (Asia) and three by [[CONCACAF]] teams (North and Central America and the Caribbean). The remaining two places were decided by playoffs between AFC and UEFA and between CONMEBOL and [[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]] (Oceania). Four nations qualified for the finals for the first time: [[China national football team|China]], [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]], [[Senegal national football team|Senegal]] and [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]]. As of 2022, this was the last occasion on which the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]] and [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, and the only time that China have qualified, as well as the last time that [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]] and [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]] failed to qualify.

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. Sweden, Russia and the Republic of Ireland also returned after missing the 1998 World Cup. 1998 semi-finalists the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]], three-time participants in the 1990s [[Romania national football team|Romania]] and [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]], and [[Bulgaria national football team|Bulgaria]], [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]] and [[Norway national football team|Norway]], who had participated in the previous two finals tournaments, alongside [[Austria national football team|Austria]], [[Chile national football team|Chile]], [[Iran national football team|Iran]], [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaica]], [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] and [[Serbia and Montenegro national football team|Yugoslavia]] which participated in the latest edition, failed to qualify. South Korea set a record by appearing in a fifth successive finals tournament, the first nation from outside Europe or the Americas to achieve this feat.

All seven previous World Cup-winning nations ([[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], [[England national football team|England]], [[France national football team|France]], [[Germany national football team|Germany]], [[Italy national football team|Italy]], and [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]]) qualified, which broke the record of most previous champions at a tournament before the record was broken again in 2014. The highest ranked team not to qualify for the 2002 finals was Colombia (ranked 4th), while the lowest ranked team that did qualify was China PR (ranked 50th).

===List of qualified teams===
The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings,<ref>{{cite web|title=FIFA/Coca Cola World Ranking (15 May 2002)|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=97/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026211858/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/rank=97/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 October 2015|work=FIFA.com|publisher=FIFA|access-date=12 September 2013|date=15 May 2002}}</ref> qualified for the final tournament:
{{Col-begin}}
{{col-4}}
;[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|AFC]] (4)
* {{nowrap|{{fb|CHN}} (50)}} (debut)
* {{nowrap|{{fb|JPN}} (32) (co-hosts)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|KSA}} (34)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|KOR|1997}} (40) (co-hosts)}}
;[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|CAF]] (5)
* {{nowrap|{{fb|CMR}} (17)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|NGA}} (27)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|SEN}} (42)}} (debut)
* {{nowrap|{{fb|RSA}} (37)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|TUN}} (31)}}
;[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)|OFC]] (0)
* ''None qualified''
{{col-4}}
;[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|CONCACAF]] (3)
* {{nowrap|{{fb|CRC}} (29)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|MEX}} (7)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|USA|1960}} (13)}}
;[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|CONMEBOL]] (5)
* {{nowrap|{{fb|ARG|1861}} (3)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|BRA}} (2)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|ECU|1900}} (36)}} (debut)
* {{nowrap|{{fb|PAR|1990}} (18)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|URU}} (24)}}
{{col-4}}
;[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|UEFA]] (15)
* {{nowrap|{{fb|BEL}} (23)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|CRO}} (21)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|DEN}} (20)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|ENG}} (12)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|FRA|1974}} (1)}} (holders)
* {{nowrap|{{fb|GER}} (11)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|ITA|1946}} (6)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|POL}} (38)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|POR}} (5)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|IRL}} (15)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|RUS}} (28)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|SVN}} (25)}} (debut)
* {{nowrap|{{fb|ESP}} (8)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|SWE}} (19)}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|TUR}} (22)}}
{{col-4}}
[[File:2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.png|thumb|upright=1.5|{{legend|#000cff|Countries qualified for the World Cup}} {{legend|#ffb400|Country did not qualify}} {{legend|black|Countries that did not enter the World Cup}} {{legend|#ababab|Country not a FIFA member}}]]
{{col-end}}

==Venues==
South Korea and Japan each provided 10 venues, the vast majority of them newly built for the tournament. Groups A–D played all their matches in South Korea and Groups E–H played all their matches in Japan.<ref>{{cite web |title=2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan – Report and Statistics |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/41/fwc_korea_japan_2002_a_part1_265.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711052315/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/41/fwc_korea_japan_2002_a_part1_265.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 July 2009 |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |year=2002 |access-date=25 October 2013 |pages=108–9 }}</ref> The stadiums in Daegu, Suwon, Yokohama and Saitama all hosted 4 matches each, while the other 16 stadiums hosted 3 matches each. Notably, no matches were played in [[Tokyo]], making it the second capital of a host country not to have a World Cup venue after [[Bonn]] of [[West Germany]] in [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], but the cities of Saitama and Yokohama which are part of the [[Greater Tokyo Area]] did host matches.{{efn|Some say Bonn, which did not host a match for the 1974 World Cup, was only the de facto [[seat of government]] of host West Germany or was temporary capital but ''not'' its official ''de jure'' capital, which was [[Berlin]]. However, Bonn was the official capital of West Germany, the host country. Matches played in Berlin, the traditional capital of a unified Germany, were played in West Berlin, which was part of West Germany at the time.}}


*''A dagger ({{dagger}}) denotes an indoor stadium.''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=6|{{flagicon|KOR|1997}} South Korea
|-
! [[Daegu]]
! [[Seoul]]
!colspan="2"| [[Busan]]
! [[Incheon]]
! [[Ulsan]]
|-
| [[Daegu Stadium|Daegu World Cup Stadium]]
| [[Seoul World Cup Stadium]]
|colspan="2"| [[Busan Asiad Stadium]]
| [[Incheon Munhak Stadium|Incheon World Cup Stadium]]
| [[Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium]]
|-
|Capacity: '''68,014'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/daegu.html|title=Daegu World Cup Stadium|work=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020803090648/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/daegu.html|archive-date=3 August 2002|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>{{efn|The average attendance was 53,747}}
|Capacity: '''63,961'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/seoul.html|title=Seoul World Cup Stadium|work=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020810180357/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/seoul.html|archive-date=10 August 2002|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>{{efn|The average attendance was 57,141}}
| colspan="2" |Capacity: '''55,982'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/busan.html|title=Busan Asiad Main Stadium|work=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020803085603/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/busan.html|archive-date=3 August 2002|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>{{efn|The average attendance was 37,412}}
|Capacity: '''52,179'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/incheon.html|title=Incehon Munhak Stadium|work=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020810164715/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/incheon.html|archive-date=10 August 2002|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>{{efn|The average attendance was 46,879}}
|Capacity: '''43,550'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/ulsan.html|title=Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium|work=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020610041848/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/ulsan.html|archive-date=10 June 2002|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>{{efn|The average attendance was 33,779}}
|-
|[[File:Daegu.Stadium.original.2167.jpg|alt=|frameless|200x200px]]
|[[File:서울월드컵경기장.jpg|alt=|frameless|200x200px]]
| colspan="2" |[[File:BusanAsiadStadium.jpg|alt=|frameless|200x200px]]
|[[File:Munhak Stadium Corner.jpg|alt=|frameless|200x200px]]
|[[File:Munsu 20121110 204310 5.jpg|alt=|frameless|200x200px]]
|-
! [[Suwon]]
! [[Gwangju]]
!colspan="2"| [[Jeonju]]
! [[Seogwipo]]
! [[Daejeon]]
|-
| [[Suwon World Cup Stadium]]
| [[Gwangju World Cup Stadium]]
|colspan="2"| [[Jeonju World Cup Stadium]]
| [[Jeju World Cup Stadium]]
| [[Daejeon World Cup Stadium]]
|-
|Capacity: '''43,188'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/suwon.html|title=Suwon World Cup Stadium|work=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020810181945/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/suwon.html|archive-date=10 August 2002|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>{{efn|The average attendance was 37,109}}
|Capacity: '''42,880'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/gwangju.html|title=Gwangju World Cup Stadium|work=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020810163100/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/gwangju.html|archive-date=10 August 2002|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>{{efn|The average attendance was 32,643}}
| colspan="2" |Capacity: '''42,391'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/jeonju.html|title=Jeonju World Cup Stadium|work=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020810170229/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/jeonju.html|archive-date=10 August 2002|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>{{efn|The average attendance was 30,460}}
|Capacity: '''42,256'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/seogwipo.html|title=Jeju World Cup Stadium|work=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020810175729/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/seogwipo.html|archive-date=10 August 2002|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>{{efn|The average attendance was 30,701}}
|Capacity: '''40,407'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/daejeon.html|title=Daejeon World Cup Stadium|work=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021212032725/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/daejeon.html|archive-date=12 December 2002|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>{{efn|The average attendance was 32,031}}
|-
|[[File:20121003 Suwon vs Seoul.jpg|alt=|frameless|200x200px]]
|[[File:2002년 한·일 월드컵-대한민국·스페인 8강 경기-경기장 전경.jpg|alt=|frameless|200x200px]]
| colspan="2" |[[File:Jeonju World Cup Stadium at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.jpg|alt=|frameless|200x200px]]
|[[File:Jeju World Cup Stadium, Jeju Island.jpg|alt=|frameless|200x200px]]
|[[File:Daejeon World Cup Stadium.JPG|alt=|frameless|200x200px]]
|-
!colspan="3"|
South Korea
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!colspan="3"|
Japan
{{location map+|Japan|float=center|width=418|caption=|places=
{{location map~|Japan|lat=35.985192|long=140.644813|label=[[Kashima, Ibaraki|Kashima]]|position=top}}
{{location map~|Japan|lat=34.709720|long=135.195511|position=left|label=[[Kobe]]}}
{{location map~|Japan|lat=38.334917|long=140.953458|label=[[Rifu, Miyagi|Miyagi]]}}
{{location map~|Japan|lat=37.943305|long=139.036413|position=top|label=[[Niigata, Niigata|Niigata]]}}
{{location map~|Japan|lat=33.204240|long=131.602406|label=[[Ōita, Ōita|Ōita]]}}
{{location map~|Japan|lat=34.713746|long=135.502165|label=[[Osaka]]|position=top}}
{{location map~|Japan|lat=35.889479|long=139.645482|position=left|label=[[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]]}}
{{location map~|Japan|lat=43.088408|long=141.354376|label=[[Sapporo]]}}
{{location map~|Japan|lat=34.996803|long=138.383084|position=bottom|label=[[Shizuoka, Shizuoka|Shizuoka]]}}
{{location map~|Japan|lat=35.463103|long=139.638026|label=[[Yokohama]]}}
{{location map~|Japan|lat=36.5|long=128.5|marksize = 0|label=<span style="color:#666666;font-size:17px">S. Korea</span>}}
}}
|-
!colspan=6|{{flagicon|JPN}} Japan
|-
! [[Yokohama]]
! [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]]
!colspan="2"| [[Fukuroi, Shizuoka|Shizuoka]]
! [[Osaka]]
! [[Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi]]
|-
| [[International Stadium Yokohama]]
| [[Saitama Stadium 2002|Saitama Stadium]]
|colspan="2"| [[Shizuoka Stadium|Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA]]
| [[Nagai Stadium]]
| [[Miyagi Stadium]]
|-
|Capacity: '''72,327'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/yokohama.html|title=International Stadium Yokohama|work=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020810185636/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/yokohama.html|archive-date=10 August 2002|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>{{efn|The average attendance was 66,580}}
|Capacity: '''63,000'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/saitama.html|title=Saitama Stadium 2002|work=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020604191940/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/saitama.html|archive-date=4 June 2002|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>{{efn|The average attendance was 56,073}}
| colspan="2" |Capacity: '''50,600'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/shizuoka.html|title=Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa|work=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020810181102/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/shizuoka.html|archive-date=10 August 2002|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>{{efn|The average attendance was 47,054}}
|Capacity: '''50,000'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/osaka.html|title=Nagai Stadium|work=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020810173423/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/osaka.html|archive-date=10 August 2002|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>{{efn|The average attendance was 44,770}}
|Capacity: '''49,000'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/miyagi.html|title=Miyagi Stadium|work=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020810170847/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/miyagi.html|archive-date=10 August 2002|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>{{efn|The average attendance was 45,684}}
|-
|[[File:020609JPN-RUS.jpg|alt=|frameless|200x200px]]
|[[File:Saitama Stadium Panorama.jpg|alt=|frameless|200x200px]]
| colspan="2" |[[File:Ecopa030304.jpg|alt=|frameless|200x200px]]
|[[File:30th Osaka Women's Marathon 20110130-001.jpg|alt=|frameless|200x200px]]
|[[File:MiyagiStadiumTrackField.jpg|alt=|frameless|200x200px]]
|-
! [[Ōita, Ōita|Ōita]]
! [[Niigata, Niigata|Niigata]]
!colspan="2"| [[Kashima, Ibaraki|Kashima]]
! [[Kobe]]
! [[Sapporo]]
|-
| [[Showa Denko Dome Oita|Ōita Stadium]]{{dagger}}
| [[Denka Big Swan Stadium|Niigata Stadium]]
|colspan="2"| [[Kashima Soccer Stadium|Kashima Stadium]]
| [[Kobe Wing Stadium]]
| [[Sapporo Dome]]{{dagger}}
|-
|Capacity: '''43,000'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/oita.html|title=Oita Stadium Big Eye|work=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020610040045/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/oita.html|archive-date=10 June 2002|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>{{efn|The average attendance was 39,579}}
|Capacity: '''42,300'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/niigata.html|title=Niigata Stadium Big Swan|work=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020810210731/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/niigata.html|archive-date=10 August 2002|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>{{efn|The average attendance was 35,500}}
| colspan="2" |Capacity: '''42,000'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/ibaraki.html|title=Ibaraki Kashima Stadium|work=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020810163714/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/ibaraki.html|archive-date=10 August 2002|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>{{efn|The average attendance was 35,459}}
|Capacity: '''42,000'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/kobe.html|title=Kobe Wing Stadium|work=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020409125751/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/kobe.html|archive-date=9 April 2002|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>{{efn|The average attendance was 35,864}}
|Capacity: '''42,000'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/sapporo.html|title=Sapporo Dome|work=FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020802040856/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/da/v/sapporo.html|archive-date=2 August 2002|access-date=19 July 2014}}</ref>{{efn|The average attendance was 33,075}}
|-
|[[File:Ōita Stadium at the 2002 FIFA World Cup 1.jpg|alt=|frameless|200x200px]]
|[[File:Bigswan080628.JPG|alt=|frameless|200x200px]]
| colspan="2" |[[File:Kashima Stadium 3.JPG|alt=|frameless|200x200px]]
|[[File:神戸ウイングスタジアム-20020617.jpg|alt=|frameless|200x200px]]
|[[File:Sapporo Dome 001.jpeg|alt=|frameless|200x200px]]
|}

==Match officials==
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="70%"
|-
! List of match officials by confederation and country
|-
|
{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-2}}
;Referees
;[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
*[[Lu Jun (referee)|Lu Jun]] ([[Chinese Football Association|China]])
*[[Toru Kamikawa]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
*[[Saad Mane]] ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]])
*Kim Young-joo ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]])
*[[Ali Bujsaim]] ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]])

;[[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]
*[[Coffi Codjia]] ([[Benin Football Federation|Benin]])
*[[Gamal Al-Ghandour]] ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
*[[Mohamed Guezzaz]] ([[Royal Moroccan Football Federation|Morocco]])
*[[Falla N'Doye]] ([[Senegalese Football Federation|Senegal]])
*[[Mourad Daami]] ([[Tunisian Football Federation|Tunisia]])

;[[CONCACAF]]
*[[William Mattus]] ([[Costa Rican Football Federation|Costa Rica]])
*[[Carlos Batres]] ([[National Football Federation of Guatemala|Guatemala]])
*[[Peter Prendergast (referee)|Peter Prendergast]] ([[Jamaica Football Federation|Jamaica]])
*[[Felipe Ramos]] ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
*[[Brian Hall (referee)|Brian Hall]] ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]])

;[[CONMEBOL]]
*[[Ángel Sánchez (referee)|Ángel Sánchez]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])
*[[René Ortubé]] ([[Bolivian Football Federation|Bolivia]])
*[[Carlos Eugênio Simon|Carlos Simon]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
*[[Óscar Ruiz (referee)|Óscar Ruiz]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]])
*[[Byron Moreno]] ([[Ecuadorian Football Federation|Ecuador]])
*[[Ubaldo Aquino]] ([[Paraguayan Football Association|Paraguay]])

;[[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]]
*[[Mark Shield]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])

;[[UEFA]]
*[[Kim Milton Nielsen]] ([[Danish Football Union|Denmark]])
*[[Graham Poll]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
*[[Gilles Veissière]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
*[[Markus Merk]] ([[German Football Association|Germany]])
*[[Kyros Vassaras]] ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]])
*[[Pierluigi Collina]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
*[[Jan Wegereef]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
*[[Terje Hauge]] ([[Football Association of Norway|Norway]])
*[[Vítor Melo Pereira]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])
*[[Hugh Dallas]] ([[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]])
*[[Ľuboš Micheľ]] ([[Slovak Football Association|Slovakia]])
*[[Antonio Jesús López Nieto|Antonio López Nieto]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
*[[Anders Frisk]] ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]])
*[[Urs Meier]] ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]])

{{col-2}}
;Assistant referees
;[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
*Komaleeswaran Sankar ([[All India Football Federation|India]])
*Awni Hassaouneh ([[Jordan Football Association|Jordan]])
*Haidar Koleit ([[Lebanon Football Association|Lebanon]])
*Mat Lazim Awang Hamat ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]])
*Mohamed Saeed ([[Football Association of Maldives|Maldives]])
*Ali Al-Traifi ([[Saudi Arabian Football Federation|Saudi Arabia]])
*Visva Krishnan ([[Football Association of Singapore|Singapore]])

;[[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]
*Wagih Farag ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
*Dramane Dante ([[Malian Football Federation|Mali]])
*Taoufik Adjengui ([[Tunisian Football Federation|Tunisia]])
*Ali Tomusange ([[Federation of Uganda Football Associations|Uganda]])
*Brighton Mudzamiri ([[Zimbabwe Football Association|Zimbabwe]])

;[[CONCACAF]]
*Curtis Charles ([[Antigua and Barbuda Football Association|Antigua and Barbuda]])
*Héctor Vergara ([[Canadian Soccer Association|Canada]])
*Vladimir Fernández ([[Salvadoran Football Association|El Salvador]])
*Michael Ragoonath ([[Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation|Trinidad and Tobago]])

;[[CONMEBOL]]
*Jorge Rattalino ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])
*Jorge Oliveira ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
*Bomer Fierro ([[Ecuadorian Football Federation|Ecuador]])
*Miguel Giacomuzzi ([[Paraguayan Football Association|Paraguay]])

;[[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]]
*Paul Smith ([[New Zealand Football|New Zealand]])
*Elise Doriri ([[Vanuatu Football Federation|Vanuatu]])

;[[UEFA]]
*Egon Bereuter ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]])
*Yury Dupanov ([[Football Federation of Belarus|Belarus]])
*Roland Van Nylen ([[Royal Belgian Football Association|Belgium]])
*Evžen Amler ([[Football Association of the Czech Republic|Czech Republic]])
*Jens Larsen ([[Danish Football Union|Denmark]])
*[[Philip Sharp (referee)|Philip Sharp]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
*Frédéric Arnault ([[French Football Federation|France]])
*Heiner Müller ([[German Football Association|Germany]])
*Ferenc Székely ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]])
*Jaap Pool ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
*Maciej Wierzbowski ([[Polish Football Association|Poland]])
*Carlos Matos ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])
*Igor Šramka ([[Slovak Football Association|Slovakia]])
*Leif Lindberg ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]])
{{col-end}}
|}

There was much controversy over the refereeing in the tournament.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/soccer/world-cup/the-tragic-tale-of-byron-moreno-the-worst-referee-ever/article19110587/|title=The tragic tale of Byron Moreno, "the worst referee, ever"|work=The Globe and the Mail|first=John|last=Doyle|date=10 June 2014|accessdate=25 June 2021|archive-date=27 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727042427/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/soccer/world-cup/the-tragic-tale-of-byron-moreno-the-worst-referee-ever/article19110587/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/page/worldcup101-03242010/ce/us/ten-most-controversial-moments?cc=5739&ver=global# |title=World Cup 101: Ten most controversial moments – ESPN Soccernet |website=[[ESPN]] |date=11 July 2010 |access-date=14 August 2013 |archive-date=6 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106210348/http://www.espnfc.com/world-cup/story/_/page/worldcup101-03242010/ce/us/ten-most-controversial-moments?cc=5739&ver=global |url-status=dead }}</ref> The match between Spain and South Korea featured two controversially disallowed Spanish goals, which [[Iván 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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Paul |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/3029872/Korean-miracle-spoilt-by-refereeing-farce.html |title=Korean miracle spoilt by refereeing farce |website=The Daily Telegraph |date=23 June 2002 |access-date=14 August 2013 |archive-date=8 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308182228/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/3029872/Korean-miracle-spoilt-by-refereeing-farce.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://deadspin.com/italian-paper-alleges-fifa-used-corrupt-refs-to-fix-200-1707704308|title=Italian Paper Alleges FIFA Used Corrupt Refs To Fix 2002 World Cup Games|last=Haisley|first=Billy|work=Deadspin|access-date=8 March 2017|archive-date=8 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308134635/http://deadspin.com/italian-paper-alleges-fifa-used-corrupt-refs-to-fix-200-1707704308|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Squads==
{{main|2002 FIFA World Cup squads}}
This was the first World Cup that featured squads of 23 players, an increase from 22 previously. Of the 23 players, three must be goalkeepers.

==Draw==
{{Further|2002 FIFA World Cup seeding}}
The FIFA Organising Committee announced the eight seeded teams on 28 November 2001. The historic tradition to seed the hosts (Japan and South Korea) and [[FIFA World Cup Trophy#Winners|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 Men's World Rankings|FIFA World Ranking]] position in the last month of the past three years (equal ratio).<ref name="Seeding">{{cite web|url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/79d9ab359eab12f3/original/g6sxbyxsmoqdxz3firrz-pdf.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322012822/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/79d9ab359eab12f3/original/g6sxbyxsmoqdxz3firrz-pdf.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=22 March 2022|work=FIFA fact sheet|title=FIFA World Cup: seeded teams in 1930-2014}}</ref>

For the draw, the 32 teams were allocated into four pots; the eight top-seeded teams, were allocated in pot 1 and would be drawn/selected into the first position of the eight groups playing in the group stage. The remaining 24 unseeded teams, were allocated into three pots based on geographical sections, with the: 11 European teams in pot 2; two Asian teams and three South American teams in pot 3; three North American teams and five African teams in pot 4.<ref name="DrawProcedure">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2002/1679670.stm |title=How the draw works |work=BBC News |date=28 November 2001 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628091209/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2002/1679670.stm|archive-date=28 June 2022}}</ref>

The general principle was to draw one team from each pot into the eight groups, although with special combined procedures for pot 2 and pot 3, due to comprising more/less than eight teams - but sixteen teams in total. At the same time, the draw also needed to respect the geographical limitation, that each group cannot feature more than one team from each confederation, except for the European teams where the limitation was maximum two per group. 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); however, for political considerations, China could only be drawn for one of the groups playing in Korea.<ref name="DrawProcedure"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:31%" |Pot 1<br>Top-seeded teams<br><small>({{Tooltip|DC|Defending champion (1998 winner)}} + hosts + [[2002 FIFA World Cup seeding|top 5 seeds]])</small>
! style="width:23%" |Pot 2<br>Europe<br><small>([[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|UEFA]])</small>
! style="width:23%" |Pot 3<br>Asia & South America<br><small>([[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|AFC]] & [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|CONMEBOL]])</small>
! style="width:23%" |Pot 4<br>Africa & North America<br><small>([[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|CAF]] & [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|CONCACAF]])</small>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|{{plainlist|
* {{nowrap|{{fb|FRA|1974}} <small>(1998 winner, group A1)</small>}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|KOR|1997}} <small>(co-hosts, group D1)</small>}}
* {{nowrap|{{fb|JPN}} <small>(co-hosts, group H1)</small>}}
----
* {{fb|BRA}} (1)
* {{fb|ARG|1861}} (2)
* {{fb|ITA|1946}} (3)
* {{fb|GER}} (4)
* {{fb|ESP}} (6)
}}
|{{plainlist|
* {{fb|BEL}}
* {{fb|CRO}}
* {{fb|DEN}}
* {{fb|ENG}}
* {{fb|POL}}
* {{fb|POR}}
* {{fb|IRL}}
* {{fb|RUS}}
* {{fb|SVN}}
* {{fb|SWE}}
* {{fb|TUR}}
}}
|{{plainlist|
* {{fb|CHN}}
* {{fb|ECU|1900}}
* {{fb|PAR|1990}}
* {{fb|KSA}}
* {{fb|URU}}
}}
|{{plainlist|
* {{fb|CMR}}
* {{fb|CRC}}
* {{fb|MEX}}
* {{fb|NGA}}
* {{fb|SEN}}
* {{fb|RSA}}
* {{fb|TUN}}
* {{fb|USA|1960}}
}}
|}
* The draw took place at the [[Busan Exhibition and Convention Center]] in [[South Korea]] and was televised live on 1 December 2001.

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 in Group D and Group H respectively. The procedure for the draw comprised the following six steps:<ref name="DrawProcedure"/><ref name="Draw of Groups"/>

# Pot 1 was used to draw, in alphabetic group order, the remaining five top-seeded teams for the first position of groups B, C, E, F and G; while respecting the restriction that one of the two South American seeds (Brazil and Argentina) had to play in a group played in South Korea (B/C) and the other had to play in a group played in Japan (E/F/G).
# Pot 2 was used to draw one [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|European team]] to each of the eight groups (drawing unrestricted in the alphabetic order from A to H).
# As per the FIFA rule of only allowing a maximum of two European teams in each group, the remaining three European teams from Pot 2, was subject to a second draw, to be put in either of the four groups containing a top-seeded [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|South American team]] or [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|Asian team]]. This was done by first drawing the European team from Pot 2, and then drawing which seeded opponent the European team should be paired with, from a special bowl with four blue balls containing the names of Brazil, Argentina, Japan and South Korea.
# Pot 3 was used to draw one team to each of the five groups with an empty third slot (drawing in alphabetical order from A to H); while respecting the geographical restrictions, that: 
## None of the unseeded South American teams (Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay) from pot 3, could be drawn into a group with a seeded South American team (Brazil and Argentina).
## 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).
# 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 [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|North American team]] and minimum two [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)|African teams]] should be drawn to a group located in South Korea (Group A/B/C/D)
## Minimum one North American team and minimum two African teams should be drawn to a group located in Japan (Group E/F/G/H) 
# 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.

Besides of drawing the teams, the event also featured American vocalist [[Anastacia]] giving a debut public performance of the [[List of FIFA World Cup anthems and songs|official song of the World Cup]], "[[Boom (Anastacia song)|Boom]]".<ref name="draw history">{{cite web |title=The FIFA World Cup Final Draw history |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/68/fs-201_10e_fwc-draw-history.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601111831/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/51/97/68/fs-201_10e_fwc-draw-history.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 June 2010 |publisher=FIFA |access-date=11 August 2010 }}</ref><ref name="Boom">{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5r9JzC_zNA|title=Anastacia - Boom live|date=1 December 2001|access-date=12 October 2008|publisher=ZDF|via=YouTube|medium=video|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627065938/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5r9JzC_zNA&gl=US&hl=en|archive-date=27 June 2022}}</ref> The draw was conducted by at the time FIFA general secretary [[Michel Zen-Ruffinen]], and many celebrities helped with the draw such as former players [[Pelé]], [[Johan Cruyff]], [[Michel Platini]], [[Enrique Borja]] and [[Roger Milla]], players of the time like [[Hong Myung-bo]] and [[Masami Ihara]], women's football player [[Sun Wen (footballer)|Sun Wen]], women's football referee [[Im Eun-ju]], mountain climber [[Park Young-seok]], actress [[Song Hye-kyo]] and chess player [[Cho Hoon-hyun]].

===Draw results and group fixtures===
The draw resulted in the following eight groups:<ref name="Draw of Groups">{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9AsZMM7rK4|title=World Cup Draw 2002|date=1 December 2001|access-date=16 November 2017|via=YouTube|medium=video|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627095316/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=t9AsZMM7rK4|archive-date=27 June 2022}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" style="display:inline-table;"
|+ [[#Group A|Group A]] <small>(Korea)</small>
|-
!{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}} || width=120|Team
|-
|align=center|A1 || {{fb|FRA|1974}}
|-
|align=center|A2 || {{fb|SEN}}
|-
|align=center|A3 || {{fb|URU}}
|-
|align=center|A4 || {{fb|DEN}}
|}
{|class="wikitable" style="display:inline-table;"
|+ [[#Group B|Group B]] <small>(Korea)</small>
|-
!{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}} || width=120|Team
|-
|align=center|B1 || {{fb|ESP}}
|-
|align=center|B2 || {{fb|SVN}}
|-
|align=center|B3 || {{fb|PAR|1990}}
|-
|align=center|B4 || {{fb|RSA}}
|}
{|class="wikitable" style="display:inline-table;"
|+ [[#Group C|Group C]] <small>(Korea)</small>
|-
!{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}} || width=120|Team
|-
|align=center|C1 || {{fb|BRA}}
|-
|align=center|C2 || {{fb|TUR}}
|-
|align=center|C3 || {{fb|CHN}}
|-
|align=center|C4 || {{fb|CRC}}
|}
{|class="wikitable" style="display:inline-table;"
|+ [[#Group D|Group D]] <small>(Korea)</small>
|-
!{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}} || width=120|Team
|-
|align=center|D1 || {{fb|KOR|1997}}
|-
|align=center|D2 || {{fb|POL}}
|-
|align=center|D3 || {{fb|USA|1960}}
|-
|align=center|D4 || {{fb|POR}}
|}
<br>
{|class="wikitable" style="display:inline-table;"
|+ [[#Group E|Group E]] <small>(Japan)</small>
|-
!{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}} || width=120|Team
|-
|align=center|E1 || {{fb|GER}}
|-
|align=center|E2 || {{fb|KSA}}
|-
|align=center|E3 || {{fb|IRL}}
|-
|align=center|E4 || {{fb|CMR}}
|}
{|class="wikitable" style="display:inline-table;"
|+ [[#Group F|Group F]] <small>(Japan)</small>
|-
!{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}} ||width=120|Team
|-
|align=center|F1 || {{fb|ARG|1861}}
|-
|align=center|F2 || {{fb|NGA}}
|-
|align=center|F3 || {{fb|ENG}}
|-
|align=center|F4 || {{fb|SWE}}
|}
{|class="wikitable" style="display:inline-table;"
|+ [[#Group G|Group G]] <small>(Japan)</small>
|-
!{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}} ||width=120|Team
|-
|align=center|G1 || {{fb|ITA|1946}}
|-
|align=center|G2 || {{fb|ECU|1900}}
|-
|align=center|G3 || {{fb|CRO}}
|-
|align=center|G4 || {{fb|MEX}}
|}
{|class="wikitable" style="display:inline-table;"
|+ [[#Group H|Group H]] <small>(Japan)</small>
|-
!{{Tooltip|Pos|Position}} ||width=120|Team
|-
|align=center|H1 || {{fb|JPN}}
|-
|align=center|H2 || {{fb|BEL}}
|-
|align=center|H3 || {{fb|RUS}}
|-
|align=center|H4 || {{fb|TUN}}
|}
In each group, the teams played three matches, one against each of the other teams. Victories were granted 3 points, while a draw was equal to 1 point. After completion of the group stage, the best two teams of each group advanced to the Round of 16 in the [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]], in a way so all group winners started out meeting a runner-up from one of the other groups. This format was identical with the tournament structure being used in [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]]. A total of 64 games were played, including the [[#Final|final]] and a [[#Third place play-off|match for third place]] between the two semi-final losers.

Group F was considered the [[group of death]] as it brought together Argentina, England, Nigeria and Sweden.<ref name="draw history"/>

The fixtures for the group stage were decided based on the draw results, as follows:

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Group stage schedule
|-
!Matchday
!Dates
!Matches
|-
|Matchday 1
|31 May – 5 June 2002
|1 v 2, 3 v 4
|-
|Matchday 2
|5–10 June 2002
|1 v 3, 4 v 2
|-
|Matchday 3
|11–14 June 2002
|4 v 1, 2 v 3
|}

== Group stage ==
''All times are [[Korea Standard Time]] and [[Japan Standard Time]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])''
[[File:2002 world cup.png|right|thumb|upright=1.9|{{col-start}} {{col-4}} {{legend|#2b42a3|Champion}} {{legend|#34c0be|Runner-up}} {{col-4}} {{legend|#269c5a|Third place}} {{legend|#81c846|Fourth place}} {{col-4}} {{legend|#e4e454|Quarter-finals}} {{legend|#f4d4ac|Round of 16}} {{col-4}} {{legend|#b94954|Group stage}} {{col-end}}]] <!-- Note: background colour style shown here for later use, when colour codes used in map determined: <span style="background-color:yellow">text here</span>--->

Groups A, B, C and D based in South Korea. Groups E, F, G and H based in Japan.

In the following tables:
*'''Pld''' = total games played
*'''W''' = total games won
*'''D''' = total games drawn (tied)
*'''L''' = total games lost
*'''GF''' = total goals scored (goals for)
*'''GA''' = total goals conceded (goals against)
*'''GD''' = goal difference (GF−GA)
*'''Pts''' = total points accumulated
The teams in the group play were ranked upon
* Points
* Greatest total goal difference in the three group matches
* Greatest number of goals scored in the three group matches
* Most points earned in matches against other teams in the tie
* Greatest goal difference in matches against other teams in the tie
* Greatest number of goals scored in matches against other teams in the tie
* Drawing of lots

In the original version of the rules for the final tournament, the ranking criteria were in a different order, with head-to-head results taking precedence over total goal difference. The rules were changed to the above in advance of the tournament, but older versions were still available on the FIFA and UEFA websites, causing some confusion among those trying to identify the correct criteria.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ar.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/overview.html |title=كأس العالم كوريا/اليابان 2002 FIFA |date=June 2002 |work=[[FIFA]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823123531/http://ar.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/overview.html |archive-date=23 August 2012 }}</ref>

===Group A===
{{Main|2002 FIFA World Cup Group A}}

{{:2002 FIFA World Cup Group A}}

{{Football box
| date = 31 May 2002
| time = 20:30 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA|1974}}
| score = 0–1
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950001?date=2002-05-31 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|SEN}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = [[Papa Bouba Diop|Bouba Diop]] {{goal|30}}
| stadium = [[Seoul World Cup Stadium]], [[Seoul]]
| attendance = 62,561
| referee = [[Ali Bujsaim]] ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]])
}}

{{Football box
| date = 1 June 2002
| time = 18:00 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}
| score = 1–2
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950003?date=2002-06-01 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|DEN}}
| goals1 = [[Darío Rodríguez (Uruguayan footballer)|Rodríguez]] {{goal|47}}
| goals2 = [[Jon Dahl Tomasson|Tomasson]] {{goal|45||83}}
| stadium = [[Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium|Munsu Football Stadium]], [[Ulsan]]
| attendance = 30,157
| referee = [[Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli|Saad Mane]] ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]])
}}

----

{{Football box
| date = 6 June 2002
| time = 15:30 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|DEN}}
| score = 1–1
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950020?date=2002-06-06 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|SEN}}
| goals1 = [[Jon Dahl Tomasson|Tomasson]] {{goal|16|pen.}}
| goals2 = [[Salif Diao|Diao]] {{goal|52}}
| stadium = [[Daegu World Cup Stadium]], [[Daegu]]
| attendance = 43,500
| referee = [[Carlos Batres]] ([[National Football Federation of Guatemala|Guatemala]])
}}

{{Football box
| date = 6 June 2002
| time = 20:30 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA|1974}}
| score = 0–0
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950018?date=2002-06-06 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|URU}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Busan Asiad Stadium|Busan Asiad Main Stadium]], [[Busan]]
| attendance = 38,289
| referee = [[Felipe Ramos]] ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
}}

----

{{Football box
| date = 11 June 2002
| time = 15:30 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|DEN}}
| score = 2–0
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950033?date=2002-06-11 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|FRA|1974}}
| goals1 = [[Dennis Rommedahl|Rommedahl]] {{goal|22}}<br />[[Jon Dahl Tomasson|Tomasson]] {{goal|67}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Incheon Munhak Stadium|Incheon World Cup Stadium]], [[Incheon]]
| attendance = 48,100
| referee = [[Vítor Melo Pereira]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])
}}

{{Football box
| date = 11 June 2002
| time = 15:30 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|SEN}}
| score = 3–3
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950034?date=2002-06-11 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|URU}}
| goals1 = [[Khalilou Fadiga|Fadiga]] {{goal|20|pen.}}<br />[[Papa Bouba Diop|Bouba Diop]] {{goal|26||38}}
| goals2 = [[Richard Morales|Morales]] {{goal|46}}<br />[[Diego Forlán|Forlán]] {{goal|69}}<br />[[Álvaro Recoba|Recoba]] {{goal|88|pen.}}
| stadium = [[Suwon World Cup Stadium]], [[Suwon]]
| attendance = 33,681
| referee = [[Jan Wegereef]] ([[Royal Dutch Football Association|Netherlands]])
}}

===Group B===
{{Main|2002 FIFA World Cup Group B}}

{{:2002 FIFA World Cup Group B}}

{{Football box
| date = 2 June 2002
| time = 16:30 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|PAR|1990}}
| score = 2–2
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950006?date=2002-06-02 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|RSA}}
| goals1 = [[Roque Santa Cruz|Santa Cruz]] {{goal|39}}<br />[[Francisco Arce|Arce]] {{goal|55}}
| goals2 = [[Teboho Mokoena (footballer, born 1974)|T. Mokoena]] {{goal|63}}<br />[[Quinton Fortune|Fortune]] {{goal|90+1|pen.}}
| stadium = [[Busan Asiad Main Stadium]], [[Busan]]
| attendance = 25,186
| referee = [[Ľuboš Micheľ]] ([[Slovak Football Association|Slovakia]])
}}

{{Football box
| date = 2 June 2002
| time = 20:30 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ESP}}
| score = 3–1
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950008?date=2002-06-02 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|SVN}}
| goals1 = [[Raúl (footballer)|Raúl]] {{goal|44}}<br />[[Juan Carlos Valerón|Valerón]] {{goal|74}}<br />[[Fernando Hierro|Hierro]] {{goal|87|pen.}}
| goals2 = [[Sebastjan Cimirotič|Cimirotič]] {{goal|82}}
| stadium = [[Guus Hiddink Stadium|Gwangju World Cup Stadium]], [[Gwangju]]
| attendance = 28,598
| referee = [[Mohamed Guezzaz]] ([[Royal Moroccan Football Federation|Morocco]])
}}

----

{{Football box
| date = 7 June 2002
| time = 18:00 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ESP}}
| score = 3–1
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950022?date=2002-06-07 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|PAR|1990}}
| goals1 = [[Fernando Morientes|Morientes]] {{goal|53||69}}<br />[[Fernando Hierro|Hierro]] {{goal|83|pen.}}
| goals2 = [[Carles Puyol|Puyol]] {{goal|10|o.g.}}
| stadium = [[Jeonju World Cup Stadium]], [[Jeonju]]
| attendance = 24,000
| referee = [[Gamal Al-Ghandour]] ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
}}

{{Football box
| date = 8 June 2002
| time = 15:30 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|RSA}}
| score = 1–0
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950024?date=2002-06-08 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|SVN}}
| goals1 = [[Siyabonga Nomvethe|Nomvethe]] {{goal|4}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Daegu World Cup Stadium]], [[Daegu]]
| attendance = 47,226
| referee = [[Ángel Sánchez (referee)|Ángel Sánchez]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])
}}

----

{{Football box
| date = 12 June 2002
| time = 20:30 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|RSA}}
| score = 2–3
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950039?date=2002-06-12 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|ESP}}
| goals1 = [[Benni McCarthy|McCarthy]] {{goal|31}}<br />[[Lucas Radebe|Radebe]] {{goal|53}}
| goals2 = [[Raúl (footballer)|Raúl]] {{goal|4||56}}<br />[[Gaizka Mendieta|Mendieta]] {{goal|45+1}}
| stadium = [[Daejeon World Cup Stadium]], [[Daejeon]]
| attendance = 31,024
| referee = [[Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli|Saad Mane]] ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]])
}}

{{Football box
| date = 12 June 2002
| time = 20:30 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|SVN}}
| score = 1–3
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950040?date=2002-06-12 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|PAR|1990}}
| goals1 = [[Milenko Ačimovič|Ačimovič]] {{goal|45+1}}
| goals2 = [[Nelson Cuevas|Cuevas]] {{goal|65||84}}<br />[[Jorge Luis Campos|Campos]] {{goal|73}}
| stadium = [[Jeju World Cup Stadium]], [[Seogwipo]]
| attendance = 30,176
| referee = [[Felipe Ramos]] ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
}}

===Group C===
{{Main|2002 FIFA World Cup Group C}}

{{:2002 FIFA World Cup Group C}}

{{Football box
| date = 3 June 2002
| time = 18:00 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
| score = 2–1
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950010?date=2002-06-03 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|TUR}}
| goals1 = [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] {{goal|50}}<br />[[Rivaldo]] {{goal|87|pen.}}
| goals2 = [[Hasan Şaş]] {{goal|45+2}}
| stadium = [[Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium|Munsu Football Stadium]], [[Ulsan]]
| attendance = 33,842
| referee = Kim Young-joo ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]])
}}

{{Football box
| date = 4 June 2002
| time = 15:30 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|CHN}}
| score = 0–2
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950012?date=2002-06-04 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|CRC}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = [[Rónald Gómez|Gómez]] {{goal|61}}<br />[[Mauricio Wright|Wright]] {{goal|65}}
| stadium = [[Guus Hiddink Stadium|Gwangju World Cup Stadium]], [[Gwangju]]
| attendance = 27,217
| referee = [[Kyros Vassaras]] ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]])
}}

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{{Football box
| date = 8 June 2002
| time = 20:30 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
| score = 4–0
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950026?date=2002-06-08 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|CHN}}
| goals1 = [[Roberto Carlos]] {{goal|15}}<br />[[Rivaldo]] {{goal|32}}<br />[[Ronaldinho]] {{goal|45|pen.}}<br />[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] {{goal|55}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Jeju World Cup Stadium]], [[Seogwipo]]
| attendance = 36,750
| referee = [[Anders Frisk]] ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]])
}}

{{Football box
| date = 9 June 2002
| time = 18:00 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}}
| score = 1–1
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950028?date=2002-06-09 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|TUR}}
| goals1 = [[Winston Parks|Parks]] {{goal|86}}
| goals2 = [[Emre Belözoğlu|Emre B.]] {{goal|56}}
| stadium = [[Incheon Munhak Stadium|Incheon World Cup Stadium]], [[Incheon]]
| attendance = 42,299
| referee = [[Coffi Codjia]] ([[Benin Football Federation|Benin]])
}}

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{{Football box
| date = 13 June 2002
| time = 15:30 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}}
| score = 2–5
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950041?date=2002-06-13 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|BRA}}
| goals1 = [[Paulo Wanchope|Wanchope]] {{goal|39}}<br />[[Rónald Gómez|Gómez]] {{goal|56}}
| goals2 = [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] {{goal|10||13}}<br />[[Edmílson (footballer, born 1976)|Edmílson]] {{goal|38}}<br />[[Rivaldo]] {{goal|62}}<br />[[Jenílson Ângelo de Souza|Júnior]] {{goal|64}}
| stadium = [[Suwon World Cup Stadium]], [[Suwon]]
| attendance = 38,524
| referee = [[Gamal Al-Ghandour]] ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
}}

{{Football box
| date = 13 June 2002
| time = 15:30 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|TUR}}
| score = 3–0
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950042?date=2002-06-13 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|CHN}}
| goals1 = [[Hasan Şaş]] {{goal|6}}<br />[[Bülent Korkmaz|Bülent]] {{goal|9}}<br />[[Ümit Davala|Davala]] {{goal|85}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Seoul World Cup Stadium]], [[Seoul]]
| attendance = 43,605
| referee = [[Óscar Ruiz (referee)|Óscar Ruiz]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]])
}}

===Group D===
{{Main|2002 FIFA World Cup Group D}}

{{:2002 FIFA World Cup Group D}}

{{football box
| date = 4 June 2002
| time = 20:30 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1997}}
| score = 2–0
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950014?date=2002-06-04 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|POL}}
| goals1 = [[Hwang Sun-hong]] {{goal|26}}<br />[[Yoo Sang-chul]] {{goal|53}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Busan Asiad Main Stadium]], [[Busan]]
| attendance = 48,760
| referee = [[Óscar Ruiz (referee)|Óscar Ruiz]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]])
}}

{{football box
| date = 5 June 2002
| time = 18:00 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|USA|1960}}
| score = 3–2
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950016?date=2002-06-05 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|POR}}
| goals1 = [[John O'Brien (soccer)|O'Brien]] {{goal|4}}<br />[[Jorge Costa (footballer)|J. Costa]] {{goal|29|o.g.}}<br />[[Brian McBride|McBride]] {{goal|36}}
| goals2 = [[Beto (footballer, born May 1976)|Beto]] {{goal|39}}<br />[[Jeff Agoos|Agoos]] {{goal|71|o.g.}}
| stadium = [[Suwon World Cup Stadium]], [[Suwon]]
| attendance = 37,306
| referee = [[Byron Moreno]] ([[Ecuadorian Football Federation|Ecuador]])
}}

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{{football box
| date = 10 June 2002
| time = 15:30 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1997}}
| score = 1–1
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950030?date=2002-06-10 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|USA|1960}}
| goals1 = [[Ahn Jung-hwan]] {{goal|78}}
| goals2 = [[Clint Mathis|Mathis]] {{goal|24}}
| stadium = [[Daegu World Cup Stadium]], [[Daegu]]
| attendance = 60,778
| referee = [[Urs Meier]] ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]])
}}

{{football box
| date = 10 June 2002
| time = 20:30 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|POR}}
| score = 4–0
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950032?date=2002-06-10 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|POL}}
| goals1 = [[Pauleta]] {{goal|14||65||77}}<br />[[Rui Costa]] {{goal|88}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Jeonju World Cup Stadium]], [[Jeonju]]
| attendance = 31,000
| referee = [[Hugh Dallas]] ([[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]])
}}

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{{football box
| date = 14 June 2002
| time = 20:30 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|POR}}
| score = 0–1
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950047?date=2002-06-14 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|KOR|1997}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = [[Park Ji-sung]] {{goal|70}}
| stadium = [[Incheon Munhak Stadium|Incheon World Cup Stadium]], [[Incheon]]
| attendance = 50,239
| referee = [[Ángel Sánchez (referee)|Ángel Sánchez]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])
}}

{{football box
| date = 14 June 2002
| time = 20:30 [[Korea Standard Time|KST]] ([[UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|POL}}
| score = 3–1
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950048?date=2002-06-14 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|USA|1960}}
| goals1 = [[Emmanuel Olisadebe|Olisadebe]] {{goal|3}}<br />[[Paweł Kryszałowicz|Kryszałowicz]] {{goal|5}}<br />[[Marcin Żewłakow|Żewłakow]] {{goal|66}}
| goals2 = [[Landon Donovan|Donovan]] {{goal|83}}
| stadium = [[Daejeon World Cup Stadium]], [[Daejeon]]
| attendance = 26,482
| referee = [[Lu Jun (referee)|Lu Jun]] ([[Chinese Football Association|China]])
}}

===Group E===
{{Main|2002 FIFA World Cup Group E}}

{{:2002 FIFA World Cup Group E}}

{{football box
| date = 1 June 2002
| time = 15:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|IRL}}
| score = 1–1
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950002?date=2002-06-01 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|CMR}}
| goals1 = [[Matt Holland|Holland]] {{goal|52}}
| goals2 = [[Patrick M'Boma|M'Boma]] {{goal|39}}
| stadium = [[Niigata Stadium]], [[Niigata, Niigata|Niigata]]
| attendance = 33,679
| referee = [[Toru Kamikawa]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
}}

{{football box
| date = 1 June 2002
| time = 20:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|GER}}
| score = 8–0
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950004?date=2002-06-01 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|KSA}}
| goals1 = [[Miroslav Klose|Klose]] {{goal|20||25||70}}<br />[[Michael Ballack|Ballack]] {{goal|40}}<br />[[Carsten Jancker|Jancker]] {{goal|45+1}}<br />[[Thomas Linke|Linke]] {{goal|73}}<br />[[Oliver Bierhoff|Bierhoff]] {{goal|84}}<br />[[Bernd Schneider (footballer)|Schneider]] {{goal|90+1}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Sapporo Dome]], [[Sapporo]]
| attendance = 32,218
| referee = [[Ubaldo Aquino]] ([[Paraguayan Football Association|Paraguay]])
}}

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{{football box
| date = 5 June 2002
| time = 20:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|GER}}
| score = 1–1
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950017?date=2002-06-05 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|IRL}}
| goals1 = [[Miroslav Klose|Klose]] {{goal|19}}
| goals2 = [[Robbie Keane]] {{goal|90+2}}
| stadium = [[Kashima Soccer Stadium]], [[Ibaraki, Ibaraki|Ibaraki]]
| attendance = 35,854
| referee = [[Kim Milton Nielsen]] ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]])
}}

{{football box
| date = 6 June 2002
| time = 18:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|CMR}}
| score = 1–0
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950019?date=2002-06-06 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|KSA}}
| goals1 = [[Samuel Eto'o|Eto'o]] {{goal|66}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Saitama Stadium]], [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]]
| attendance = 52,328
| referee = [[Terje Hauge]] ([[Football Association of Norway|Norway]])
}}

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{{football box
| date = 11 June 2002
| time = 20:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|CMR}}
| score = 0–2
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950035?date=2002-06-11 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|GER}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = [[Marco Bode|Bode]] {{goal|50}}<br />[[Miroslav Klose|Klose]] {{goal|79}}
| stadium = [[Ecopa Stadium]], [[Shizuoka, Shizuoka|Shizuoka]]
| attendance = 47,085
| referee = [[Antonio López Nieto]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
}}

{{football box
| date = 11 June 2002
| time = 20:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}
| score = 0–3
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950036?date=2002-06-11 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|IRL}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = [[Robbie Keane]] {{goal|7}}<br />[[Gary Breen|Breen]] {{goal|61}}<br />[[Damien Duff|Duff]] {{goal|87}}
| stadium = [[International Stadium Yokohama]], [[Yokohama]]
| attendance = 65,320
| referee = [[Falla N'Doye]] ([[Senegalese Football Federation|Senegal]])
}}

===Group F===
{{Main|2002 FIFA World Cup Group F}}

{{:2002 FIFA World Cup Group F}}

{{football box
| date = 2 June 2002
| time = 14:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
| score = 1–0
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950007?date=2002-06-02 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|NGA}}
| goals1 = [[Gabriel Batistuta|Batistuta]] {{goal|63}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Kashima Soccer Stadium]], [[Ibaraki, Ibaraki|Ibaraki]]
| attendance = 34,050
| referee = [[Gilles Veissière]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
}}

{{football box
| date = 2 June 2002
| time = 18:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ENG}}
| score = 1–1
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950005?date=2002-06-02 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|SWE}}
| goals1 = [[Sol Campbell|Campbell]] {{goal|24}}
| goals2 = [[Niclas Alexandersson|Alexandersson]] {{goal|59}}
| stadium = [[Saitama Stadium]], [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]]
| attendance = 52,721
| referee = [[Carlos Eugênio Simon|Carlos Simon]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
}}

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{{football box
| date = 7 June 2002
| time = 15:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|SWE}}
| score = 2–1
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950021?date=2002-06-07 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|NGA}}
| goals1 = [[Henrik Larsson|Larsson]] {{goal|35||63|pen.}}
| goals2 = [[Julius Aghahowa|Aghahowa]] {{goal|27}}
| stadium = [[Wing Stadium]], [[Kobe]]
| attendance = 36,194
| referee = [[René Ortubé]] ([[Bolivian Football Federation|Bolivia]])
}}

{{football box
| date = 7 June 2002
| time = 20:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
| score = 0–1
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950023?date=2002-06-07 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|ENG}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = [[David Beckham|Beckham]] {{goal|44|pen.}}
| stadium = [[Sapporo Dome]], [[Sapporo]]
| attendance = 35,927
| referee = [[Pierluigi Collina]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
}}

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{{football box
| date = 12 June 2002
| time = 15:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|SWE}}
| score = 1–1
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950037?date=2002-06-12 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|ARG}}
| goals1 = [[Anders Svensson (footballer, born 1976)|A. Svensson]] {{goal|59}}
| goals2 = [[Hernán Crespo|Crespo]] {{goal|88}}
| stadium = [[Miyagi Stadium]], [[Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi]]
| attendance = 45,777
| referee = [[Ali Bujsaim]] ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]])
}}

{{football box
| date = 12 June 2002
| time = 15:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|NGA}}
| score = 0–0
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950038?date=2002-06-12 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|ENG}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Nagai Stadium]], [[Osaka]]
| attendance = 44,864
| referee = [[Brian Hall (referee)|Brian Hall]] ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]])
}}

===Group G===
{{Main|2002 FIFA World Cup Group G}}

{{:2002 FIFA World Cup Group G}}

{{football box
| date = 3 June 2002
| time = 15:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|CRO}}
| score = 0–1
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950009?date=2002-06-03 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|MEX}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = [[Cuauhtémoc Blanco|Blanco]] {{goal|60|pen.}}
| stadium = [[Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium|Niigata Big Swan Stadium]], [[Niigata, Niigata|Niigata]]
| attendance = 32,239
| referee = [[Lu Jun (referee)|Lu Jun]] ([[Chinese Football Association|China]])
}}

{{football box
| date = 3 June 2002
| time = 20:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ITA}}
| score = 2–0
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950011?date=2002-06-03 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|ECU|1900}}
| goals1 = [[Christian Vieri|Vieri]] {{goal|7||27}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Sapporo Dome]], [[Sapporo]]
| attendance = 31,081
| referee = [[Brian Hall (referee)|Brian Hall]] ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]])
}}

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{{football box
| date = 8 June 2002
| time = 18:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ITA}}
| score = 1–2
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950025?date=2002-06-08 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|CRO}}
| goals1 = [[Christian Vieri|Vieri]] {{goal|55}}
| goals2 = [[Ivica Olić|Olić]] {{goal|73}}<br />[[Milan Rapaić|Rapaić]] {{goal|76}}
| stadium = [[Kashima Soccer Stadium]], [[Ibaraki, Ibaraki|Ibaraki]]
| attendance = 36,472
| referee = [[Graham Poll]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
}}

{{football box
| date = 9 June 2002
| time = 15:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
| score = 2–1
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950027?date=2002-06-09 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|ECU|1900}}
| goals1 = [[Jared Borgetti|Borgetti]] {{goal|28}}<br />[[Gerardo Torrado|Torrado]] {{goal|57}}
| goals2 = [[Agustín Delgado|Delgado]] {{goal|5}}
| stadium = [[Miyagi Stadium]], [[Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi]]
| attendance = 45,610
| referee = [[Mourad Daami]] ([[Tunisian Football Federation|Tunisia]])
}}

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{{football box
| date = 13 June 2002
| time = 20:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
| score = 1–1
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950043?date=2002-06-13 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|ITA}}
| goals1 = [[Jared Borgetti|Borgetti]] {{goal|34}}
| goals2 = [[Alessandro Del Piero|Del Piero]] {{goal|85}}
| stadium = [[Ōita Stadium|Ōita Big Eye Stadium]], [[Ōita, Ōita|Ōita]]
| attendance = 39,291
| referee = [[Carlos Eugênio Simon|Carlos Simon]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]])
}}

{{football box
| date = 13 June 2002
| time = 20:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
| score = 1–0
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950044?date=2002-06-13 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|CRO}}
| goals1 = [[Édison Méndez|Méndez]] {{goal|48}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[International Stadium Yokohama]], [[Yokohama]]
| attendance = 65,862
| referee = [[William Mattus]] ([[Costa Rican Football Federation|Costa Rica]])
}}

===Group H===
{{Main|2002 FIFA World Cup Group H}}

{{:2002 FIFA World Cup Group H}}

{{football box
| date = 4 June 2002
| time = 18:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN}}
| score = 2–2
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950013?date=2002-06-04 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|BEL}}
| goals1 = [[Takayuki Suzuki|Suzuki]] {{goal|59}}<br />[[Junichi Inamoto|Inamoto]] {{goal|67}}
| goals2 = [[Marc Wilmots|Wilmots]] {{goal|57}}<br />[[Peter Van der Heyden|Van der Heyden]] {{goal|75}}
| stadium = [[Saitama Stadium]], [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]]
| attendance = 55,256
| referee = [[William Mattus]] ([[Costa Rican Football Federation|Costa Rica]])
}}

{{football box
| date = 5 June 2002
| time = 15:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|RUS}}
| score = 2–0
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950015?date=2002-06-05 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|TUN}}
| goals1 = [[Yegor Titov|Titov]] {{goal|59}}<br />[[Valery Karpin|Karpin]] {{goal|64|pen.}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Home's Stadium Kobe|Kobe Wing Stadium]], [[Kobe]]
| attendance = 30,957
| referee = [[Peter Prendergast (referee)|Peter Prendergast]] ([[Jamaica Football Federation|Jamaica]])
}}

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{{football box
| date = 9 June 2002
| time = 20:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN}}
| score = 1–0
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950029?date=2002-06-09 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|RUS}}
| goals1 = [[Junichi Inamoto|Inamoto]] {{goal|51}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[International Stadium Yokohama]], [[Yokohama]]
| attendance = 66,108
| referee = [[Markus Merk]] ([[German Football Association|Germany]])
}}

{{football box
| date = 10 June 2002
| time = 18:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|TUN}}
| score = 1–1
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950031?date=2002-06-10 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|BEL}}
| goals1 = [[Raouf Bouzaiene|Bouzaiene]] {{goal|17}}
| goals2 = [[Marc Wilmots|Wilmots]] {{goal|13}}
| stadium = [[Ōita Stadium|Ōita Big Eye Stadium]], [[Ōita, Ōita|Ōita]]
| attendance = 39,700
| referee = [[Mark Shield]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
}}

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{{football box
| date = 14 June 2002
| time = 15:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|TUN}}
| score = 0–2
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950045?date=2002-06-14 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|JPN}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = [[Hiroaki Morishima|Morishima]] {{goal|48}}<br />[[Hidetoshi Nakata|H. Nakata]] {{goal|75}}
| stadium = [[Nagai Stadium]], [[Osaka]]
| attendance = 45,213
| referee = [[Gilles Veissière]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
}}

{{football box
| date = 14 June 2002
| time = 15:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BEL}}
| score = 3–2
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5928/43950046?date=2002-06-14 Report]
| team2 = {{fb|RUS}}
| goals1 = [[Johan Walem|Walem]] {{goal|7}}<br />[[Wesley Sonck|Sonck]] {{goal|78}}<br />[[Marc Wilmots|Wilmots]] {{goal|82}}
| goals2 = [[Vladimir Beschastnykh|Beschastnykh]] {{goal|52}}<br />[[Dmitri Sychev|Sychev]] {{goal|88}}
| stadium = [[Shizuoka Stadium|Shizuoka Ecopa Stadium]], [[Fukuroi, Shizuoka]]
| attendance = 46,640
| referee = [[Kim Milton Nielsen]] ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]])
}}

==Knockout stage==
{{Main|2002 FIFA World Cup knockout stage}}

[[File:Seoul Plaza 2002 FIFA World Cup.jpg|thumb|right|South Koreans watching their country playing in a knock out game on the big screens in [[Seoul Plaza]]]]
For the second round, quarter-finals, and semi-finals, the qualifiers from Groups A, C, F, and H played their games in Japan while the qualifiers from Groups B, D, E, and G played their games in South Korea. [[Daegu]], South Korea, hosted the third-place match while [[Yokohama]], Japan, hosted the final.

=== Bracket ===
{{trim|{{#section-h:2002 FIFA World Cup knockout stage|Bracket}}}}

=== Round of 16 ===
In the round of 16, Germany beat Paraguay 1–0 with a late goal by [[Oliver Neuville]] in Seogwipo. England defeated Denmark in Niigata 3–0, with all goals occurring in the first half of the game. Sweden and Senegal faced off in Ōita and finished 1–1 in regular time and it took a [[golden goal]] from [[Henri Camara]] in extra time to settle the game for Senegal 2–1, which led to Senegal becoming only the second African team to reach the last eight (after [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon]] in [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]]). Spain and the Republic of Ireland played in Suwon, where Spain led most of the match 1–0 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. The United States beat CONCACAF rivals Mexico 2–0 in Jeonju with [[Brian McBride]] and [[Landon Donovan]] scoring the goals. Brazil defeated Belgium 2–0 in Kobe, with an amazing volley by [[Rivaldo]] and a splendid counter-attack goal by [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]. Turkey ended co-hosts Japan's run with a 1–0 win in Miyagi, thanks to an [[Ümit Davala]] goal in the 12th minute. The other co-hosts, South Korea, defeated Italy 2–1 in extra time in Daejeon with a goal by [[Ahn Jung-hwan]] in the 117th minute.<ref name="bbc.co.uk">Although the victory was in suspicious circumstances, with Italy scoring 2 golden goals and the referee disallowing both even though the replay had shown they were clearly onside. {{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/other_news/newsid_2055000/2055828.stm|title=Blatter condemns officials|date=20 June 2002|work=BBC Sport|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021015013205/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/other_news/newsid_2055000/2055828.stm|archive-date=15 October 2002|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.

{{Football box
| date = 15 June 2002
| event = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|GER}}
| team2 = {{fb|PAR|1990}}
| time = 15:30
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| goals1 = [[Oliver Neuville|Neuville]] {{goal|88}}
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5941/43950049?date=2002-06-15 Report]
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Jeju World Cup Stadium]], [[Seogwipo]]
| attendance = 25,176
| referee = [[Carlos Alberto Batres]] ([[National Football Federation of Guatemala|Guatemala]])
| score = 1–0
}}
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{{Football box
| date = 15 June 2002
| event = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|DEN}}
| team2 = {{fb|ENG}}
| time = 20:30
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| goals1 = 
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5941/43950050?date=2002-06-15 Report]
| goals2 = [[Rio Ferdinand|Ferdinand]] {{goal|5}}<br />[[Michael Owen|Owen]] {{goal|22}}<br />[[Emile Heskey|Heskey]] {{goal|44}}
| stadium = [[Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium|Big Swan Stadium]], [[Niigata, Niigata|Niigata]]
| attendance = 40,582
| referee = [[Markus Merk]] ([[German Football Association|Germany]])
| score = 0–3
}}
----
{{Football box
| date = 16 June 2002
| event = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|SWE}}
| team2 = {{fb|SEN}}
| time = 15:30
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| goals1 = [[Henrik Larsson|Larsson]] {{goal|11}}
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5941/43950051?date=2002-06-16 Report]
| goals2 = [[Henri Camara|Camara]] {{goal|37}}, {{golden goal|104}}
| stadium = [[Ōita Stadium|Big Eye Stadium]], [[Ōita, Ōita|Ōita]]
| attendance = 39,747
| referee = [[Ubaldo Aquino]] ([[Paraguayan Football Association|Paraguay]])
| agget = yes
| score = 1–2
}}
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{{Football box
| date = 16 June 2002
| goals2 = [[Robbie Keane]] {{goal|90|pen.}}
| aet = yes
| referee = [[Anders Frisk]] ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]])
| attendance = 38,926
| stadium = [[Suwon World Cup Stadium]], [[Suwon]]
| penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Robbie Keane]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Matt Holland|Holland]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[David Connolly|Connolly]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Kevin Kilbane|Kilbane]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Steve Finnan|Finnan]]
| penalties1 = [[Fernando Hierro|Hierro]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Rubén Baraja|Baraja]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Juanfran (footballer, born 1976)|Juanfran]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Juan Carlos Valerón|Valerón]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Gaizka Mendieta|Mendieta]] {{pengoal}}
| penaltyscore = 3–2
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5941/43950052?date=2002-06-16 Report]
| event = 
| goals1 = [[Fernando Morientes|Morientes]] {{goal|8}}
| score2 = 
| score1 = 
| round = 
| time = 20:30
| team2 = {{fb|IRL}}
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ESP}}
| score = 1–1
}}
----
{{Football box
| date = 17 June 2002
| event = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
| team2 = {{fb|USA}}
| time = 15:30
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| goals1 = 
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5941/43950053?date=2002-06-17 Report]
| goals2 = [[Brian McBride|McBride]] {{goal|8}}<br />[[Landon Donovan|Donovan]] {{goal|65}}
| stadium = [[Jeonju World Cup Stadium]], [[Jeonju]]
| attendance = 36,380
| referee = [[Vítor Melo Pereira]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])
| score = 0–2
}}
----
{{Football box
| date = 17 June 2002
| event = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
| team2 = {{fb|BEL}}
| time = 20:30
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| goals1 = [[Rivaldo]] {{goal|67}}<br />[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] {{goal|87}}
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5941/43950054?date=2002-06-17 Report]
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Home's Stadium Kobe|Kobe Wing Stadium]], [[Kobe]]
| attendance = 40,440
| referee = [[Peter Prendergast (referee)|Peter Prendergast]] ([[Jamaica Football Federation|Jamaica]])
| score = 2–0
}}
----
{{Football box
| date = 18 June 2002
| event = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN}}
| team2 = {{fb|TUR}}
| time = 15:30
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| goals1 = 
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5941/43950055?date=2002-06-18 Report]
| goals2 = [[Ümit Davala]] {{goal|12}}
| stadium = [[Miyagi Stadium]], [[Rifu, Miyagi|Rifu]]
| attendance = 45,666
| referee = [[Pierluigi Collina]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
| score = 0–1
}}
----
{{Football box
| date = 18 June 2002
| event = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1997}}
| team2 = {{fb|ITA|1946}}
| time = 20:30
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| goals1 = [[Seol Ki-Hyeon]] {{goal|88}}<br />[[Ahn Jung-Hwan]] {{golden goal|117}}
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5941/43950056?date=2002-06-18 Report]
| goals2 = [[Christian Vieri|Vieri]] {{goal|18}}
| stadium = [[Daejeon World Cup Stadium]], [[Daejeon]]
| attendance = 38,588
| referee = [[Byron Moreno]] ([[Ecuadorian Football Federation|Ecuador]])
| agget = yes
| score = 2–1
}}

=== Quarter-finals ===
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 2–1.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/matches_wallchart/england_v_brazil/newsid_2049000/2049924.stm "Brazil end England's dream"] . BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 May 2014</ref> The United States lost to Germany 1–0 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. South Korea got another success in [[Gwangju]] in a controversial manner, overcoming Spain 5–3 on penalties after a 0–0 draw in which the Spaniards twice thought they had scored while onside; however, the efforts were disallowed by the referee with controversial decisions.<ref name="goal.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2872/top-10/2010/05/24/1940343/top-10-worst-refereeing-decisions-in-world-cup-history |title=Top 10 worst refereeing decisions in World Cup history |access-date=28 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115020958/http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2872/top-10/2010/05/24/1940343/top-10-worst-refereeing-decisions-in-world-cup-history |archive-date= 15 January 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/3029872/Korean-miracle-spoilt-by-refereeing-farce.html|title=Korean miracle spoilt by refereeing farce|first=Paul|last=Hayward|date=23 June 2002|website=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-date=8 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308182228/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/3029872/Korean-miracle-spoilt-by-refereeing-farce.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 Korea national football team|North Korean counterparts]] who reached the quarter-finals in [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]. They also became the first World Cup semi-final team not from UEFA or CONMEBOL since the United States did it in the first World Cup in 1930. Turkey defeated Senegal 1–0 in Osaka, with a golden goal scored by [[İlhan Mansız]] in the 94th minute.

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| event = 
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| team2 = {{fb|BRA}}
| time = 15:30
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| goals1 = [[Michael Owen|Owen]] {{goal|23}}
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5942/43950057?date=2002-06-21 Report]
| goals2 = [[Rivaldo]] {{goal|45+2}}<br />[[Ronaldinho]] {{goal|50}}
| stadium = [[Shizuoka Stadium|Stadium Ecopa]], [[Fukuroi, Shizuoka|Shizuoka]]
| attendance = 47,436
| referee = [[Felipe Ramos]] ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
| score = 1–2
}}
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| date = 21 June 2002
| event = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|GER}}
| team2 = {{fb|USA}}
| time = 20:30
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| goals1 = [[Michael Ballack|Ballack]] {{goal|39}}
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5942/43950058?date=2002-06-21 Report]
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium|Munsu Football Stadium]], [[Ulsan]]
| attendance = 37,337
| referee = [[Hugh Dallas]] ([[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]])
| score = 1–0
}}
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{{Football box
| date = 22 June 2002
| goals2 = 
| aet = yes
| referee = [[Gamal Al-Ghandour]] ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
| attendance = 42,114
| stadium = [[Guus Hiddink Stadium|Gwangju World Cup Stadium]], [[Gwangju]]
| penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Hwang Sun-hong]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Park Ji-sung]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Seol Ki-hyeon]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Ahn Jung-hwan]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Hong Myung-bo]]
| penalties1 = [[Fernando Hierro|Hierro]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Rubén Baraja|Baraja]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Xavi (footballer, born 1980)|Xavi]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Joaquín (footballer, born 1981)|Joaquín]] {{penmiss}}
| penaltyscore = 3–5
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5942/43950059?date=2002-06-22 Report]
| event = 
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| score1 = 
| round = 
| time = 15:30
| team2 = {{fb|KOR|1997}}
| team1 = {{fb-rt|ESP}}
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}}
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| event = 
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| team2 = {{fb|TUR}}
| time = 20:30
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| goals1 = 
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5942/43950060?date=2002-06-22 Report]
| goals2 = [[İlhan Mansız|İlhan]] {{golden goal|94}}
| stadium = [[Nagai Stadium]], [[Osaka]]
| attendance = 44,233
| referee = [[Óscar Ruiz (referee)|Óscar Ruiz]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]])
| score = 0–1
| agget = yes
}}

=== Semi-finals ===
The semi-finals saw two 1–0 games; the first semi-final, played in Seoul, saw Michael Ballack's goal suffice for Germany to eliminate South Korea. However, Ballack had already received a yellow card during the match before, which forced him to miss the final based on accumulated yellow cards.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/news/2002/06/25/Ger_kor_gamer/ |title=Ballack lifts Germany past co-host, into seventh Cup final |date=25 June 2002 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=29 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718084135/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/news/2002/06/25/Ger_kor_gamer/ |archive-date=18 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The next day in Saitama saw Ronaldo score a goal early in the second half, his sixth of the competition for Brazil, to defeat Turkey in a replay of their Group C encounter.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/matches_wallchart/brazil_v_turkey_semi_final/default.stm |title=Brazil stride into final |date=26 June 2002 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=29 March 2012 |archive-date=31 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731025831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/matches_wallchart/brazil_v_turkey_semi_final/default.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/rejuvenation-of-brazil-awaiting-one-final-fling-304338.html |title=Rejuvenation of Brazil awaiting one final fling |date=27 June 2002 |newspaper=Irish Independent |access-date=29 March 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804142142/http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/rejuvenation-of-brazil-awaiting-one-final-fling-304338.html |archive-date=4 August 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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| event = 
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| team2 = {{fb|KOR|1997}}
| time = 20:30
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| goals1 = [[Michael Ballack|Ballack]] {{goal|75}}
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5943/43950061?date=2002-06-25 Report]
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Seoul World Cup Stadium]], [[Seoul]]
| attendance = 65,256
| referee = [[Urs Meier]] ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]])
| score = 1–0
}}
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{{Football box
| date = 26 June 2002
| event = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
| team2 = {{fb|TUR}}
| time = 20:30
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| goals1 = [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] {{goal|49}}
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5943/43950062?date=2002-06-26 Report]
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Saitama Stadium]], [[Saitama, Saitama|Saitama]]
| attendance = 61,058
| referee = [[Kim Milton Nielsen]] ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]])
| score = 1–0
}}

=== Third place play-off ===
In the third-place match in [[Daegu]], Turkey beat the South Koreans 3–2, their first goal coming from [[Hakan Şükür]] straight from the opening kick-off (even though South Korea kicked off) in 10.8 seconds, the fastest ever goal in World Cup history.<ref>{{cite news |date=29 June 2002 |title=South Korea 2 - 3 Turkey |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/jun/29/worldcupfootball2002.sport8 |work=The Guardian |access-date=12 December 2019 |archive-date=13 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213065109/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/jun/29/worldcupfootball2002.sport8 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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| date = 29 June 2002
| event = 
| team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1997}}
| team2 = {{fb|TUR}}
| time = 20:00
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| goals1 = [[Lee Eul-yong]] {{goal|9}}<br />[[Song Chong-gug]] {{goal|90+3}}
| report = [https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5944/43950063?date=2002-06-29 Report]
| goals2 = [[Hakan Şükür|Şükür]] {{goal|1}}<br />[[İlhan Mansız|İlhan]] {{goal|13||32}}
| stadium = [[Daegu World Cup Stadium]], [[Daegu]]
| attendance = 63,483
| referee = [[Saad Mane]] ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]])
| score = 2–3
}}

=== Final ===
{{Main|2002 FIFA World Cup final}}

In the [[2002 FIFA World Cup final|final match]] held in Yokohama, Japan, two goals from Ronaldo secured the World Cup for [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] as they claimed victory over [[German national football team|Germany]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Ronaldo's Sweetest Vindication | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/01/sports/soccer-ronaldo-s-sweetest-vindication.html | newspaper = The New York Times | date = 1 July 2002 | access-date = 22 May 2010 | first = Jere | last = Longman | archive-date = 1 May 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110501071146/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/01/sports/soccer-ronaldo-s-sweetest-vindication.html | url-status = live }}</ref> Ronaldo scored twice in the second half and, after the game, won the [[FIFA World Cup awards|Golden Shoe]] award for the tournament's leading scorer with eight goals.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hayward |first1=Paul |title=Redemption sweet for Ronaldo |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/3030316/Redemption-sweet-for-Ronaldo.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/3030316/Redemption-sweet-for-Ronaldo.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=5 September 2018 |work=The Daily Telegraph|date=30 June 2002}}{{cbignore}}</ref> This was the fifth time Brazil had won the World Cup, cementing their status as the most successful national team in the history of the competition. Brazil became the only team since Argentina in [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]] to win the trophy without needing to win a [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|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. Brazil also became the first team to win every match at a World Cup since 1970 and set a new record for highest aggregate goal difference (+14) for a World Cup winner. Brazil's captain [[Cafu]], who became the first player to appear in three successive World Cup finals, accepted the trophy on behalf of the team.

{{Football box
| date = 30 June 2002
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|GER}}
| score = 0–2
| report = https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/4395/5945/43950064?date=2002-06-30
| team2 = {{fb|BRA}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] {{goal|67||79}}
| stadium = [[International Stadium Yokohama]], [[Yokohama]]
| attendance = 69,029
| referee = [[Pierluigi Collina]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
}}

==Statistics==
===Goalscorers===
[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] won the [[FIFA World Cup awards#Golden Boot|Golden Shoe]] after scoring eight goals. In total, 161 goals were scored by 109 players, with three of them credited as own goals. Two of those own goals were in the same match, marking the first time in FIFA World Cup history that own goals had been scored by both teams in the same match.
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%"
|-
!List of goalscorers by number of goals and by country
|-
|{{Goalscorers
|goals=161 |matches=64
|source=FIFA<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/korea-japan-2002-part-500841.pdf?cloudid=bw96axitsmtrojpaeugz |title=2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan - Report and Statistics |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=10 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143749/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/korea-japan-2002-part-500841.pdf?cloudid=bw96axitsmtrojpaeugz |archive-date=12 June 2018 |pages=128–130}}</ref>

|8 goals=
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]{{refn|name=Ronaldo goal|Brazil's first goal in the match against Costa Rica was counted as an own goal by [[Luis Marín (footballer, born 1974)|Luis Marín]], before being changed to a goal made by Ronaldo, who protested against FIFA's decision to count the goal as an own goal and got his protest accepted.}}

|5 goals=
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Rivaldo]]
*{{fbicon|GER}} [[Miroslav Klose]]

|4 goals=
*{{fbicon|DEN}} [[Jon Dahl Tomasson]]
*{{fbicon|ITA|1946}} [[Christian Vieri]]

|3 goals=
*{{fbicon|BEL}} [[Marc Wilmots]]
*{{fbicon|GER}} [[Michael Ballack]]
*{{fbicon|IRL}} [[Robbie Keane]]
*{{fbicon|POR}} [[Pauleta]]
*{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Fernando Morientes]]
*{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Raúl (footballer)|Raúl]]
*{{fbicon|SEN}} [[Papa Bouba Diop]]
*{{fbicon|SWE}} [[Henrik Larsson]]
*{{fbicon|TUR}} [[İlhan Mansız]]

|2 goals=
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldinho]]
*{{fbicon|CRC}} [[Rónald Gómez]]
*{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Michael Owen]]
*{{fbicon|JPN}} [[Junichi Inamoto]]
*{{fbicon|MEX}} [[Jared Borgetti]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Nelson Cuevas]]
*{{fbicon|SEN}} [[Henri Camara]]
*{{fbicon|KOR|1997}} [[Ahn Jung-hwan]]
*{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Fernando Hierro]]
*{{fbicon|TUR}} [[Ümit Davala]]
*{{fbicon|TUR}} [[Hasan Şaş]]
*{{fbicon|USA}} [[Landon Donovan]]
*{{fbicon|USA}} [[Brian McBride]]

|1 goal=
*{{fbicon|ARG|1861}} [[Gabriel Batistuta]]
*{{fbicon|ARG|1861}} [[Hernán Crespo]]
*{{fbicon|BEL}} [[Wesley Sonck]]
*{{fbicon|BEL}} [[Peter Van Der Heyden]]
*{{fbicon|BEL}} [[Johan Walem]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Edmílson (footballer, born 1976)|Edmílson]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Jenílson Ângelo de Souza|Júnior]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Roberto Carlos]]
*{{fbicon|CMR}} [[Samuel Eto'o]]
*{{fbicon|CMR}} [[Patrick M'Boma]]
*{{fbicon|CRC}} [[Winston Parks]]
*{{fbicon|CRC}} [[Paulo Wanchope]]
*{{fbicon|CRC}} [[Mauricio Wright]]
*{{fbicon|CRO}} [[Ivica Olić]]
*{{fbicon|CRO}} [[Milan Rapaić]]
*{{fbicon|DEN}} [[Dennis Rommedahl]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Agustín Delgado]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Édison Méndez]]
*{{fbicon|ENG}} [[David Beckham]]
*{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Sol Campbell]]
*{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Rio Ferdinand]]
*{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Emile Heskey]]
*{{fbicon|GER}} [[Oliver Bierhoff]]
*{{fbicon|GER}} [[Marco Bode]]
*{{fbicon|GER}} [[Carsten Jancker]]
*{{fbicon|GER}} [[Thomas Linke]]
*{{fbicon|GER}} [[Oliver Neuville]]
*{{fbicon|GER}} [[Bernd Schneider (footballer)|Bernd Schneider]]
*{{fbicon|ITA|1946}} [[Alessandro Del Piero]]
*{{fbicon|JPN}} [[Hiroaki Morishima]]
*{{fbicon|JPN}} [[Hidetoshi Nakata]]
*{{fbicon|JPN}} [[Takayuki Suzuki]]
*{{fbicon|MEX}} [[Cuauhtémoc Blanco]]
*{{fbicon|MEX}} [[Gerardo Torrado]]
*{{fbicon|NGA}} [[Julius Aghahowa]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Francisco Arce]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Jorge Campos (Paraguayan footballer)|Jorge Campos]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Roque Santa Cruz]]
*{{fbicon|POL}} [[Paweł Kryszałowicz]]
*{{fbicon|POL}} [[Emmanuel Olisadebe]]
*{{fbicon|POL}} [[Marcin Żewłakow]]
*{{fbicon|POR}} [[Beto (footballer, born May 1976)|Beto]]
*{{fbicon|POR}} [[Rui Costa]]
*{{fbicon|IRL}} [[Gary Breen]]
*{{fbicon|IRL}} [[Damien Duff]]
*{{fbicon|IRL}} [[Matt Holland]]
*{{fbicon|RUS}} [[Vladimir Beschastnykh]]
*{{fbicon|RUS}} [[Valeri Karpin]]
*{{fbicon|RUS}} [[Dmitri Sychev]]
*{{fbicon|RUS}} [[Yegor Titov]]
*{{fbicon|SEN}} [[Salif Diao]]
*{{fbicon|SEN}} [[Khalilou Fadiga]]
*{{fbicon|SVN}} [[Milenko Ačimovič]]
*{{fbicon|SVN}} [[Sebastjan Cimirotič]]
*{{fbicon|RSA}} [[Quinton Fortune]]
*{{fbicon|RSA}} [[Benni McCarthy]]
*{{fbicon|RSA}} [[Teboho Mokoena (footballer, born 1974)|Teboho Mokoena]]
*{{fbicon|RSA}} [[Siyabonga Nomvethe]]
*{{fbicon|RSA}} [[Lucas Radebe]]
*{{fbicon|KOR|1997}} [[Hwang Sun-hong]]
*{{fbicon|KOR|1997}} [[Lee Eul-yong]]
*{{fbicon|KOR|1997}} [[Park Ji-sung]]
*{{fbicon|KOR|1997}} [[Seol Ki-hyeon]]
*{{fbicon|KOR|1997}} [[Song Chong-gug]]
*{{fbicon|KOR|1997}} [[Yoo Sang-chul]]
*{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Gaizka Mendieta]]
*{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Juan Carlos Valerón]]
*{{fbicon|SWE}} [[Niclas Alexandersson]]
*{{fbicon|SWE}} [[Anders Svensson (footballer, born 1976)|Anders Svensson]]
*{{fbicon|TUN}} [[Raouf Bouzaiene]]
*{{fbicon|TUR}} [[Emre Belözoğlu]]
*{{fbicon|TUR}} [[Bülent Korkmaz]]
*{{fbicon|TUR}} [[Hakan Şükür]]
*{{fbicon|USA}} [[Clint Mathis]]
*{{fbicon|USA}} [[John O'Brien (soccer)|John O'Brien]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Diego Forlán]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Richard Morales]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Álvaro Recoba]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Darío Rodríguez (Uruguayan footballer)|Darío Rodríguez]]

|1 own goal=
*<s>{{fbicon|CRC}} [[Luis Marín (footballer, born 1974)|Luis Marín]] (against Brazil)</s>{{refn|name=Ronaldo goal}}
*{{fbicon|POR}} [[Jorge Costa (footballer)|Jorge Costa]] (against the United States)
*{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Carles Puyol]] (against Paraguay)
*{{fbicon|USA}} [[Jeff Agoos]] (against Portugal)
}}
|}

===Disciplinary statistics===
{{Ifcs
| type = discipline
| line-breaks = yes

| matches = 64
| yellow cards = 272
| red cards = 17

| first yellow player = [[Emmanuel Petit]] | first yellow team = France | first yellow opponent = Senegal
| first red player = [[Boris Živković]] | first red team = Croatia | first red opponent = Mexico

| fastest yellow time = 2 minutes | fastest yellow player1 = [[Henri Camara]]
| fastest yellow team1 = Senegal | fastest yellow opponent1 = Uruguay

| fastest yellow player2 = [[Jesús Arellano]]
| fastest yellow team2 = Mexico | fastest yellow opponent2 = Italy

| fastest yellow sub time = 3 minutes | fastest yellow sub player1 = [[Alberto García Aspe]]
| fastest yellow sub team1 = Mexico | fastest yellow sub opponent1 = United States
| fastest yellow sub minute1 = 78th minute

| latest yellow time = 90+4 minutes | latest yellow player1 = [[Pape Thiaw]]
| latest yellow team1 = Senegal | latest yellow opponent1 = Sweden

| latest yellow extra time = 115 minutes | latest yellow extra player1 = [[Choi Jin-cheul]]
| latest yellow extra team1 = South Korea | latest yellow extra opponent1 = Italy

| fastest red time = 22nd minute | fastest red player1 = [[Carlos Humberto Paredes|Carlos Paredes]]
| fastest red team1 = Paraguay | fastest red opponent1 = Slovenia

| fastest red sub time = 12 minutes | fastest red sub player1 = [[Shao Jiayi]]
| fastest red sub team1 = China | fastest red sub opponent1 = Turkey
| fastest red sub minute1 = 46th minute

| latest red time = 90+4 minutes | latest red player1 = [[Hakan Ünsal]]
| latest red team1 = Turkey | latest red opponent1 = Brazil

| latest red extra time = 103 minutes | latest red extra player1 = [[Francesco Totti]]
| latest red extra team1 = Italy | latest red extra opponent1 = South Korea

| least dismissal time difference = 3 minutes | least dismissal time difference player = [[Carsten Ramelow]]
| least dismissal time difference team = Germany | least dismissal time difference opponent = Cameroon
| least dismissal time difference info = booked in the 37th minute and again in the 40th minute

| most yellows team = 19
| most yellows team-team = [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]]
| least yellows team = 2
| least yellows team-team = [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]]
| most yellows player = 3
| most yellows player-player = [[Michael Ballack]], [[Emre Belözoğlu]], [[Beto (footballer, born May 1976)|Beto]], [[Tugay Kerimoğlu]], [[Francesco Totti]]
| most yellows match = 16
| most yellows match-match = [[2002 FIFA World Cup Group E#Cameroon vs Germany|Cameroon vs Germany]]
| least yellows match = 0
| least yellows match-match = [[2002 FIFA World Cup Group G#Croatia vs Mexico|Croatia vs Mexico]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup Group E#Germany vs Republic of Ireland|Germany vs Republic of Ireland]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup Group F#Nigeria vs England|Nigeria vs England]]

| most reds team = 2
| most reds team-team = [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]], [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]], [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]]
| most reds player = 1
| most reds player-player = [[Roberto Acuña]], [[Beto (footballer, born May 1976)|Beto]], [[Claudio Caniggia]], [[Nastja Čeh]], [[Salif Diao]], [[Thierry Henry]], [[Rafael Márquez]], [[Alpay Özalan]], [[Carlos Humberto Paredes|Carlos Paredes]], [[João Vieira Pinto|João Pinto]], [[Carsten Ramelow]], [[Ronaldinho]], [[Shao Jiayi]], [[Patrick Suffo]], [[Francesco Totti]], [[Hakan Ünsal]], [[Boris Živković]]
| most reds match = 2
| most reds match-match = [[2002 FIFA World Cup Group C#Brazil vs Turkey|Brazil vs Turkey]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup Group E#Cameroon vs Germany|Cameroon vs Germany]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup Group B#Slovenia vs Paraguay|Slovenia vs Paraguay]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup Group D#Portugal vs South Korea|Portugal vs South Korea]]

| most cards match = 16 yellow cards and 2 red cards
| most cards match-match = [[2002 FIFA World Cup Group E#Cameroon vs Germany|Cameroon vs Germany]]
}}

===Awards===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin:0 auto"
|-
![[World Cup Golden Boot|Golden Boot]]<ref name="awards">{{cite web |title=Awards |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/worldcup/koreajapan2002/awards/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220184809/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/worldcup/koreajapan2002/awards/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 December 2013 |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=26 August 2014 }}</ref>
![[Golden Ball (FIFA)|Golden Ball]]<ref name="awards" />
![[Yashin Award]]<ref name="awards" />
![[FIFA World Cup awards#FIFA Young Player Award|Best Young Player]]<ref name="awards" />
![[FIFA World Cup Fair Play Trophy|FIFA Fair Play Trophy]]<ref name="awards" />
![[FIFA World Cup awards#Most Entertaining Team|Most Entertaining Team]]<ref name="awards" />
|-
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Oliver Kahn]]<sup>1</sup>
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Oliver Kahn]]
|{{flagicon|USA|1960}} [[Landon Donovan]]
|{{fb|BEL}}
|{{fb|KOR|1997}}
|}

<sup>1</sup>[[Oliver Kahn]] is the only goalkeeper to have won the [[Golden Ball (FIFA)|Golden Ball]] in [[FIFA World Cup]] history.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kahn wins Golden Ball award |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/germany/newsid_2081000/2081522.stm |publisher=BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation) |date=2 July 2002 |access-date=27 March 2012 |archive-date=28 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328230527/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/germany/newsid_2081000/2081522.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

===All-star team===
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 auto"
|-
!Goalkeepers
!Defenders
!Midfielders
!Forwards
|-
| valign="top" |{{flagicon|GER}} [[Oliver Kahn]]<br/>{{nowrap|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Rüştü Reçber]]}}
| valign="top" |{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sol Campbell]]<br/>{{nowrap|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Fernando Hierro]]}}<br/>{{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Hong Myung-bo]]<br/>{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Alpay Özalan]]<br/>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Roberto Carlos]]
| valign="top" |{{nowrap|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Michael Ballack]]}}<br/>{{flagicon|USA|1960}} [[Claudio Reyna]]<br/>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Rivaldo]]<br/>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldinho]]<br/>{{nowrap|{{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Yoo Sang-chul]]}}
| valign="top" |{{flagicon|SEN}} [[El Hadji Diouf]]<br/>{{nowrap|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Miroslav Klose]]}}<br/>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]<br/>{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Hasan Şaş]]
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align:left" |Source: [https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/cup2002/2002-06-28-reyna.htm USA Today], 29 June 2002
|}

===Final standings===
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/01/18/03/18/fs-201_08a_fwc-alltimeranking.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617060343/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompwc/01/18/03/18/fs-201_08a_fwc-alltimeranking.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 June 2012 |title=All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930–2010 |publisher=[[FIFA|Fédération Internationale de Football Association]] |access-date=31 January 2013 }}</ref>

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== Marketing ==
===Sponsorship===
[[File:Coca cola world cup 2002.jpg|upright|thumb|[[Coca-Cola]] was one of the [[sponsor (commercial)|sponsors]] of FIFA World Cup 2002.]]
The sponsors of the 2002 FIFA World Cup are divided into three categories: [[FIFA World Cup]] Sponsors and [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] and [[Japan national football team|Japan]] Supporters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/news/newsid=85933/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123152131/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/news/newsid=85933/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 January 2015 |title=News Pepsi Ambush of the FIFA World Cup stopped in its track |website=FIFA.com |access-date= 7 June 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/misc-fwcpartn/52/01/15/fs-401_01_fwc-partners.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528144128/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/misc-fwcpartn/52/01/15/fs-401_01_fwc-partners.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 May 2015|title=The Official FIFA World Cup Partners & Sponsors since 1982|website=Resources.fifa.com|access-date=10 July 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="75%"
|-
! colspan="3" |List of sponsors for the tournament 
|-
! [[FIFA World Cup]] sponsors !! [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] sponsors !! [[Japan national football team|Japan]] sponsors
|-
|
*[[Adidas]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.adidas-group.com/en/media/news-archive/press-releases/2000/adidas-extends-fifa-world-cup-partnership-through-2006/ |title = adidas - adidas extends FIFA World Cup partnership through 2006 |access-date=10 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711040213/https://www.adidas-group.com/en/media/news-archive/press-releases/2000/adidas-extends-fifa-world-cup-partnership-through-2006/ |archive-date=11 July 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Avaya]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/fifa-welcomes-three-new-sponsors-for-2002-fifa-world-cuptm-77969|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711024044/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/fifa-welcomes-three-new-sponsors-for-2002-fifa-world-cuptm-77969|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 July 2018|title=2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – News – FIFA welcomes three new sponsors for 2002 FIFA World Cup |website=FIFA.com|access-date=10 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/avaya-scores-with-world-cup-2002-deal/|title=Avaya scores with World Cup 2002 deal – ZDNet|first=Nawaz|last=Marican|website=Zdnet.com|access-date=10 July 2018|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802063551/https://www.zdnet.com/article/avaya-scores-with-world-cup-2002-deal/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Budweiser]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/world-cup-2002-global-marketing-bud-wiser-anheuser-busch-set-re-use-its-one-world-one-game-one-beer-theme-adam-leyland-looks-global-marketing/145014|title=WORLD CUP 2002: Global marketing – Bud the Wiser. With Anheuser-Busch set to re-use its One World, One Game, One Beer theme, Adam Leyland looks at the global marketing strategy that underpins it|website=Campaignlive.co.uk|access-date=10 July 2018|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802063553/https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/world-cup-2002-global-marketing-bud-wiser-anheuser-busch-set-re-use-its-one-world-one-game-one-beer-theme-adam-leyland-looks-global-marketing/145014|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[The Coca-Cola Company|Coca-Cola]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=1998/m=1/news=coca-cola-extends-fifa-partnership-through-2006-70366.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711034035/https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=1998/m=1/news=coca-cola-extends-fifa-partnership-through-2006-70366.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 July 2018|title=Coca-Cola extends FIFA partnership through 2006|website=FIFA.com|date=30 January 1998|access-date=10 July 2018}}</ref>
*[[Fuji Xerox]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fujixerox.co.jp/eng/company/headline/2002/fifa.html|title=Fuji Xerox Inks Contract As 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/JapanTM Official Partner|website=Fujixerox.co.jp|access-date=10 July 2018|archive-date=4 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104124949/https://www.fujixerox.co.jp/eng/company/headline/2002/fifa.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Fujifilm]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marketingweek.com/1999/11/18/fuji-in-24m-world-cup-sponsor-deal/|title=Fuji in Â£24m World Cup sponsor deal – Marketing Week|website=Marketingweek.com|access-date=10 July 2018|date=18 November 1999|archive-date=11 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711033900/https://www.marketingweek.com/1999/11/18/fuji-in-24m-world-cup-sponsor-deal/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Gillette]]
*[[Duracell]]
*[[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/world-cup-2002-global-marketing-hyundai-joins-squad-hyundai-sponsoring-world-cup-first-time-adam-leyland-finds-why/145013|title=WORLD CUP 2002: Global Marketing – Hyundai joins the squad. Hyundai is sponsoring the World Cup for the first time. Adam Leyland finds out why|website=Campaignlive.co.uk|access-date=10 July 2018|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802063556/https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/world-cup-2002-global-marketing-hyundai-joins-squad-hyundai-sponsoring-world-cup-first-time-adam-leyland-finds-why/145013|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[JVC]]
*[[MasterCard]]
*[[McDonald's]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://businesswireindia.com/news/news-details/mcdonalds-scores-children-at-2002-fifa-world-cup-koreajapan/1131|title=McDonald's Scores for Children At the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan|website=businesswireindia.com|access-date=10 July 2018|archive-date=11 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711023224/https://businesswireindia.com/news/news-details/mcdonalds-scores-children-at-2002-fifa-world-cup-koreajapan/1131|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/mcdonalds-line-major-world-cup-promotion-upset/148558|title=McDonald's in line for major World Cup promotion upset|website=Campaignlive.co.uk|access-date=10 July 2018|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802063553/https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/mcdonalds-line-major-world-cup-promotion-upset/148558|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Philips]]
*[[Toshiba]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2001_06/pr0701.htm|title=Toshiba : Press Releases 7 Jun, 2001|website=Toshiba.co.jp|access-date=10 July 2018|archive-date=4 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104212818/https://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2001_06/pr0701.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-89647981/toshiba-becomes-official-sponsor-of-fifa-world-cup|title=Toshiba Becomes Official Sponsor of FIFA World Cup. (Company Round-Up)|date=1 September 2001|journal=International Journal of Sports Marketing & Sponsorship|volume=3|issue=3|access-date=10 July 2018|archive-date=4 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104115431/https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-89647981/toshiba-becomes-official-sponsor-of-fifa-world-cup|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Yahoo!]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2001/m=9/news=yahoo-becomes-the-15th-official-partner-for-the-2002-fifa-world-cup-ko-79321.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711035618/https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2001/m=9/news=yahoo-becomes-the-15th-official-partner-for-the-2002-fifa-world-cup-ko-79321.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 July 2018|title=Yahoo! becomes the 15th Official Partner for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan|website=FIFA.com|date=11 September 2001|access-date=10 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportcal.com/News/PressReleases/102406?size=100,100|title=Yahoo! Becomes 15th 2002 FIFA World Cup Sponsor – News – Sportcal|website=Sportcal.com|access-date=10 July 2018|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802063553/https://www.sportcal.com/News/PressReleases/102406?size=100,100|url-status=live}}</ref>
|
*[[Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance|Hyundai Marine and Fire Insurance]]
*[[KCC Corporation]]
*[[Kookmin Bank]]
*[[Korea Telecom]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportcal.com/News/PressReleases/50565|title=Korea Telekom Becomes Official Partner of 2002 Fifa World Cup – News – Sportcal|website=Sportcal.com|access-date=10 July 2018|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802072101/https://www.sportcal.com/News/PressReleases/50565|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Korean Air]]
*[[KTF]]
*[[Lotte Hotels & Resorts|Lotte Hotel]]
|
*[[Asahi Shimbun]]
*[[Nippon Life Insurance]]
*[[Nippon Telegraph and Telephone]]
*[[Nissin Foods]]
*[[Nomura Securities]]
*[[NTT DoCoMo]]
*[[Tokyo Electric Power Company]]
*[[Tokio Marine Nichido|Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance]]
|}

===Ticket sales problem===
The original domestic ticket allocation had fully sold out and the organising committee completed sales of tickets returned from the international allocation by the end of April. However, there were a significant number of empty seats at the opening matches.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/worldcup/06/01/probe.tickets/index.html |title=FIFA to probe empty seats |work=CNN.com |publisher=Cable News Network LP |date=1 June 2002 |access-date=10 August 2013 |first=Andrew |last=Demaria |archive-date=23 November 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123082652/http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/worldcup/06/01/probe.tickets/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was gradually revealed that the World Cup Ticketing Bureau (WCTB) still had unsold tickets in its possession. After FIFA agreed to sell this inventory, JAWOC undertook sales over telephone and WCTB handled the internet sales.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/archives/wc2002/ne/espp.html|title=World Cup 2002 Ticket Fiasco|website=Soccerphile.com|access-date=10 July 2018|archive-date=15 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615083214/https://www.soccerphile.com/soccerphile/archives/wc2002/ne/espp.html|url-status=live}}</ref> For the second round Japan vs. Turkey match in Miyagi in particular, although it was reported by both parties that all tickets had been sold, some 700 seats remained empty.

==Symbols==
[[File:Koreajapan2002mascots.png|upright|thumb|Ato, Kaz and Nik were the 2002 World Cup mascots.]]
===Mascot===
The [[List of FIFA World Cup official mascots|official mascots]] of the 2002 World Cup were Ato, Kaz and Nik (the Spheriks), orange, purple and blue (respectively) futuristic [[computer-generated imagery|CGI]] creatures. Playing their own version of soccer called Atmoball, Ato is the coach while Kaz and Nik are players. The three individual names were selected from shortlists by users on the Internet and at [[McDonald's]] outlets in the host countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/the-fifa-world-cuptm-mascots-517089|title=Who We Are - News - The FIFA World CupTM Mascots - FIFA.com|date=31 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731052422/https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/the-fifa-world-cuptm-mascots-517089 |archive-date=31 July 2020 }}</ref>

===Match ball===
{{Main article|Adidas Fevernova}}
The [[List of FIFA World Cup official match balls|official match ball]] was the [[Adidas Fevernova|Fevernova]], manufactured by [[Adidas]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/photos/galleries/y=2009/m=12/gallery=official-match-balls-the-fifa-world-cuptm-1143505.html|title=Official match balls of the FIFA World Cup™ - FIFA.com|date=3 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003074950/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/photos/galleries/y=2009/m=12/gallery=official-match-balls-the-fifa-world-cuptm-1143505.html |archive-date=3 October 2015 }}</ref>

===Music===
The [[List of FIFA World Cup songs and anthems|official song]] was "[[Boom (Anastacia song)|Boom]]".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/2018russia/media-releases/2018-fifa-world-cup-russiatm-official-song-live-it-up-to-be-performed-by-all-sta |title=2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Official Song 'Live It Up' to be performed by all-star line-up |access-date=28 October 2022 |archive-date=29 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221029233004/https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/2018russia/media-releases/2018-fifa-world-cup-russiatm-official-song-live-it-up-to-be-performed-by-all-sta |url-status=live }}</ref> The official local song of this World Cup was "[[Let's Get Together Now]]". The official anthem was "[[Anthem (FIFA World Cup)|Anthem]]".

==Cultural event==
[[File:"In Search of Fresh Air", by Ray L. Burggraf.jpg|thumb|upright|''In Search of Fresh Air'', banner by Ray L. Burggraf]]
The official FIFA cultural event of the 2002 World Cup was a flag festival called ''Poetry of the Winds''.<ref name="le-musee-divisioniste2002">{{cite web|url=http://www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/service/pages/2002/flagart2.htm |title=Flag Art Festival Seoul |website=Le-musee-divisioniste.org |date=29 May 2002 |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613061908/http://www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/service/pages/2002/flagart2.htm |archive-date=13 June 2013 }}</ref> Held in [[World Cup Park#Nanjicheon Park|Nanjicheon Park]], an area of the World Cup Park close to Seoul World Cup Stadium,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fsu.edu/~svad/SVADNews1.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040328013702/http://www.fsu.edu/~svad/SVADNews1.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 March 2004|title=SVAD News|access-date=14 August 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.exploringkorea.com/world-cup-park-seoul/ |title=World Cup Park Seoul Neoul Park, Haneul, Nanji Hangang, Nanjicheon, Pyeonghwa |publisher=Exploring Korea |access-date=14 August 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811104651/http://www.exploringkorea.com/world-cup-park-seoul/ |archive-date=11 August 2013 }}</ref> ''Poetry of the Winds'' was exhibited from 29 May to 25 June in order to wish success upon the World Cup and promote a festive atmosphere. During the flag art festival, hand-painted flags from global artists were displayed as a greeting to international guests in a manner that was designed to promote harmony.<ref name="le-musee-divisioniste2002"/>

==Concerns ==

The World Cup was originally going to be hosted either in [[Japan]] or in [[South Korea]], but in the end both rivals had decided to share the hosting duties thus making this World Cup the first to have multiple host nations. However, there were concerns regarding the selection of hosts due to logistical issues caused by fans traveling across two separate sovereign nations as well as whether some of the 20 stadiums to be constructed for the World Cup would be ready in time for it or not. While political and infrastructural problems were eventually overcome, there still remained the issue of East Asia's wet season which could disrupt the play. The timing of the tournament thus had been altered to mitigate as much as possible against such issues, with the tournament kicking off on May 31 and due to run until June 30, the earliest date for a World Cup final since 1986.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Church |first=Michael |date=2022-09-07 |title=Remembering Korea-Japan 2002: The Tournament Begins |url=https://www.theasiangame.net/remembering-korea-japan-2002-the-tournament-begins/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=The Asian Game |language=en-AU |archive-date=29 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129162419/https://www.theasiangame.net/remembering-korea-japan-2002-the-tournament-begins/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 

The time difference caused issues for fans worldwide especially in [[Europe]], where people had to go to work when matches were played and were used to games taking place at other times.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How The 2002 World Cup Became The Most Controversial Tournament in Recent Memory |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-the-2002-world-cup-became-the-most-controversial-tournament-in-recent-memory/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=Vice.com |date=18 July 2017 |language=en |archive-date=26 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126133602/https://www.vice.com/en/article/ywgx4y/how-the-2002-world-cup-became-the-most-controversial-tournament-in-recent-memory |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Sports Marketing: Beer for Breakfast">{{cite web |last1=Goddard |first1=Lexie |title=Sports Marketing: Beer for Breakfast |url=http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/sports-marketing-beer-breakfast-world-cup-matches-will-start-school-run-marketers-having-rethink-promotions/142390?preferredformat=mobile |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002083330/http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/sports-marketing-beer-breakfast-world-cup-matches-will-start-school-run-marketers-having-rethink-promotions/142390?preferredformat=mobile |archive-date=2 October 2015 |access-date=1 October 2015 |website=Campaign}}</ref> With games taking place in the European morning, some schools and businesses chose to open late on match days or set up communal watching events before the start of work.<ref name="School succumbs to football fever">{{cite news |last1=Curtis |first1=Polly |date=11 June 2002 |title=School succumbs to football fever |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2002/jun/11/schools.uk7 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003033228/http://www.theguardian.com/education/2002/jun/11/schools.uk7 |archive-date=3 October 2015 |access-date=1 October 2015 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="World Cup 2002: a shot at goal">{{cite web |last1=Quick |first1=Chris |title=World Cup 2002: a shot at goal |url=https://www.accountancylive.com/world-cup-2002-shot-goal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002075223/https://www.accountancylive.com/world-cup-2002-shot-goal |archive-date=2 October 2015 |access-date=1 October 2015 |website=Accountancy Live}}</ref>

==Aftermath and legacy==

The tournament had a major economic impact on both South Korea and Japan, generating an estimated US$1.3&nbsp;billion in revenue.<ref name="LeeTaylor">{{Cite journal|last1=Lee|first1=Choong-Ki|last2=Taylor|first2=Tracy|date=2005|title=Critical reflections on the economic impact assessment of a mega-event: the case of 2002 FIFA World Cup|journal=Tourism Management|volume=26|issue=4|pages=595–603|doi=10.1016/j.tourman.2004.03.002|issn=0261-5177}}</ref> Spending from World Cup tourists in South Korea created US$307&nbsp;million in direct income and US$713&nbsp;million in valued added.<ref name="LeeTaylor"/> Japan spent an estimated US$5.6&nbsp;billion on preparations for the event, which had a US$24.8&nbsp;billion impact on the Japanese economy and accounted for 0.6% of their GDP in 2002.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Handbook on the economics of sport|date=2009|publisher=Edward Elgar |editor1=Andreff, Wladimir |editor2=Szymanski, Stefan |isbn=978-1-84844-351-8|edition=Paperbk.|location=Cheltenham, UK|oclc=262720289}}</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[2002 FIFA World Cup broadcasting rights]]
* [[Adidas Fevernova]] – match ball
* ''[[The Official Album of the 2002 FIFA World Cup]]''

== References ==
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==Notes==
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==External links==
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{{Wikivoyage|World Cup 2002|2002 FIFA World Cup}}
*[https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/2002korea-japan 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan], FIFA.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020802015509/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en 2002 FIFA World Cup Official Website] (archived)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090711052315/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/41/fwc_korea_japan_2002_a_part1_265.pdf FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20091122051432/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/08/38/fwc_korea_japan_2002_a_part2_264.pdf (Part 2)]
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2002full.html RSSSF Archive of finals]
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2002q.html RSSSF Archive of qualifying rounds]

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