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The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea/Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial football world championship for 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 final match hosted by Japan at International Stadium in Yokohama.
Jul 18, 2017 · Under the professorial management of Guus Hiddink, the Koreans far outdid their rival co-hosts, whipping up a storm of World Cup mania from Gwangju to Ulsan, Daegu to Seoul.
Jun 1, 2010 · As the giant Papa Bouba Diop chats away at the Portsmouth training ground on a beautiful spring afternoon, the enormity of what he and his team-mates achieved in Seoul on 31 May, 2002 seems to...
Jun 2, 2022 · In a World Cup filled with giant-killings, its greatest moment was the restoration of one of the game’s true giants to the near-peak of his powers and the summit of the sport.
Nov 14, 2022 · In the fifth and final instalment of BBC Sport's World Cup icons series, we explore Ronaldo's Golden Boot-winning redemption with Brazil in 2002. The kneecap exploded.
Jun 7, 2018 · Beckham gains redemption but Brazil are victorious. The 2002 World Cup, like the 1994 tournament in the USA, saw FIFA trying to spread the message outside football's traditional heartlands of...
Ronaldo fell ill on the eve of the 1998 FIFA World Cup final. Suffered back-to-back serious knee injuries in between tournaments. Returned to fire Brazil to World Cup glory in 2002.
