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Tournament Details



Details:
Host country: South Korea / Japan
Dates: 31-May-2002 to 30-June-2002
Teams: 32
Tournament stats

Stages:
Round 1: 32 teams split in 8 groups of 4
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group F | Group G | Group H
Round 2: 16 Team Playoff
Playoffs

Qualification:
      Countries qualified       Country failed to qualify       Countries that did not enter       Country not a member
Notes:
  • The first World Cup to be hosted by two countries.
  • The first World Cup held in Asia.
  • The last World Cup in which the golden goal rule was implemented.

    • Team Placing:
    Placing Team Starting ELO Rating GF GA GD Region
    1 Brazil 1868 18 4 +14 CONMEBOL
    2 Germany 1870 14 3 +11 UEFA
    3 Turkey 1757 10 6 +4 UEFA
    4 South Korea 1734 8 6 +2 AFC
    5 England 1925 6 3 +3 UEFA
    5 Senegal 1702 7 6 +1 CAF
    5 Spain 1963 10 5 +5 UEFA
    5 USA 1809 7 7 0 CONCACAF
    9 Belgium 1839 6 7 -1 UEFA
    9 Denmark 1885 5 5 0 UEFA
    9 Italy 2009 5 5 0 UEFA
    9 Japan 1853 5 3 +2 AFC
    9 Mexico 1831 4 4 0 CONCACAF
    9 Paraguay 1730 6 7 -1 CONMEBOL
    9 Republic of Ireland 1873 6 3 +3 UEFA
    9 Sweden 1864 5 5 0 UEFA
    17 Argentina 2018 1 1 0 CONMEBOL
    17 Cameroon 1809 2 3 -1 CAF
    17 China PR 1701 0 9 -9 AFC
    17 Costa Rica 1756 5 6 -1 CONCACAF
    17 Croatia 1881 2 3 -1 UEFA
    17 Ecuador 1727 2 4 -2 CONMEBOL
    17 France 2096 0 3 -3 UEFA
    17 Nigeria 1769 1 3 -2 CAF
    17 Poland 1733 3 7 -4 UEFA
    17 Portugal 1980 6 4 +2 UEFA
    17 Russia 1801 4 4 0 UEFA
    17 Saudi Arabia 1706 0 12 -12 AFC
    17 Slovenia 1742 2 7 -5 UEFA
    17 South Africa 1646 5 5 0 CAF
    17 Tunisia 1626 1 5 -4 CAF
    17 Uruguay 1812 4 5 -1 CONMEBOL
    Top goal scorers:

    • 8 goals Ronaldo
    • 5 goals Miroslav Klose
    • 5 goals Rivaldo
    • 4 goals Christian Vieri
    • 4 goals Jon Dahl Tomasson
    • 3 goals Fernando Morientes
    • 3 goals Henrik Larsson
    • 3 goals Ilhan Mansiz
    • 3 goals Marc Wilmots
    • 3 goals Michael Ballack
    • 3 goals Papa Bouba Diop
    • 3 goals Pauleta
    • 3 goals Raúl
    • 3 goals Robbie Keane
    • 2 goals Ahn Jung-Hwan
    • 2 goals Brian McBride
    • 2 goals Fernando Hierro
    • 2 goals Hasan Sas
    • 2 goals Henri Camara
    • 2 goals Jared Borgetti
    • 2 goals Junichi Inamoto
    • 2 goals Landon Donovan
    • 2 goals Michael Owen
    • 2 goals Nelson Cuevas
    • 2 goals Rónald Gómez
    • 2 goals Ronaldinho
    • 2 goals Ümit Davala
    • 1 goal Agustín Delgado
    • 1 goal Alessandro Del Piero
    • 1 goal Álvaro Recoba
    • 1 goal Anders Svensson
    • 1 goal Benni McCarthy
    • 1 goal Bernd Schneider
    • 1 goal Beto
    • 1 goal Bülent Korkmaz
    • 1 goal Carsten Jancker
    • 1 goal Clint Mathis
    • 1 goal Cuauhtémoc Blanco
    • 1 goal Damien Duff
    • 1 goal Darío Rodríguez
    • 1 goal David Beckham
    • 1 goal Dennis Rommedahl
    • 1 goal Diego Forlán
    • 1 goal Dmitri Sychev
    • 1 goal Edison Méndez
    • 1 goal Edmílson
    • 1 goal Emile Heskey
    • 1 goal Emmanuel Olisadebe
    • 1 goal Emre Belözoglu
    • 1 goal Francisco Arce
    • 1 goal Gabriel Batistuta
    • 1 goal Gaizka Mendieta
    • 1 goal Gary Breen
    • 1 goal Gerardo Torrado
    • 1 goal Hakan Sükür
    • 1 goal Hernán Crespo
    • 1 goal Hidetoshi Nakata
    • 1 goal Hiroaki Morishima
    • 1 goal Hwang Sun-Hong
    • 1 goal Ivica Olic
    • 1 goal Johan Walem
    • 1 goal John O'Brien
    • 1 goal Jorge Campos
    • 1 goal Juan Carlos Valerón
    • 1 goal Julius Aghahowa
    • 1 goal Júnior
    • 1 goal Khalilou Fadiga
    • 1 goal Lee Eul-Yong
    • 1 goal Lucas Radebe
    • 1 goal Marcin Zewlakow
    • 1 goal Marco Bode
    • 1 goal Matt Holland
    • 1 goal Mauricio Wright
    • 1 goal Milan Rapaic
    • 1 goal Milenko Acimovic
    • 1 goal Niclas Alexandersson
    • 1 goal Oliver Bierhoff
    • 1 goal Oliver Neuville
    • 1 goal Park Ji-Sung
    • 1 goal Patrick Mboma
    • 1 goal Paulo Wanchope
    • 1 goal Pawel Kryszalowicz
    • 1 goal Peter Van Der Heyden
    • 1 goal Quinton Fortune
    • 1 goal Raouf Bouzaiene
    • 1 goal Richard Morales
    • 1 goal Rio Ferdinand
    • 1 goal Roberto Carlos
    • 1 goal Roque Santa Cruz
    • 1 goal Rui Costa
    • 1 goal Salif Diao
    • 1 goal Samuel Eto'o
    • 1 goal Sebastjan Cimirotic
    • 1 goal Seol Ki-Hyeon
    • 1 goal Siyabonga Nomvethe
    • 1 goal Sol Campbell
    • 1 goal Song Chong-Gug
    • 1 goal Takayuki Suzuki
    • 1 goal Teboho Mokoena
    • 1 goal Thomas Linke
    • 1 goal Valery Karpin
    • 1 goal Vladimir Beschastnykh
    • 1 goal Wesley Sonck
    • 1 goal Winston Parks
    • 1 goal Yegor Titov
    • 1 goal Yoo Sang-Chul


    Own goal scorers:

    • 1 goal Carles Puyol
    • 1 goal Jeff Agoos
    • 1 goal Jorge Costa