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- They won all 7 of their matches with a record aggregate goal difference of +14, were never taken to extra time and were only really run close by England and Turkey. They comfortably won the final against Germany.
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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. South Korea and Japan were chosen unanimously as co-hosts in preference to Mexico. [6]
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South Korea or Japan were hardly obvious candidates as hosts for the biggest football tournament in the world. Instead of bringing the action to a place associated with football tradition, the reason for the choice were mainly based on an attempt to expand the game into a new market with billions of people.
The same model as in the previous tournament was kept. A first stage consisting of group play, two teams from eight groups would go on to play in the knockout phase consisting of four rounds.
The matches would be played at ten stadiums in South Korea and ten stadiums in Japan. The final would be played at International Stadium Yokohama in the Japanese city of Yokohama. This was also the stadium with the biggest capacity (70,000).
The French team that had won the previous World Cup had also won the latest European Championship and arrived as one of the favorites. France was, however, diluted by injuries on the two key players Zinedine Zidane (that would join the team in the third game) and Robert Pires. The road for another victory would, however turn into a large fiasco. It...
May 15, 2014 · The first World Cup ever to be staged outside Europe or the Americas, the 2002 finals were also the first to be shared by two nations, with South Korea and Japan earning co-hosting rights. 2010 - South Africa. 2006 - Germany. 2002 - South Korea and Japan. 1998 - France. 1994 - USA. 1990 - Italy. 1986 - Mexico. 1982 - Spain. 1978 - Argentina.
The 2002 final was the first World Cup meeting ever between the tournament's two most consistently successful teams: Brazil and Germany, although Germany had to make do without captain Michael Ballack, suspended as a result of a yellow card in the semi-final, his second of the knockout phase.
May 31, 2022 · Korea/Japan 2002 was the first World Cup without Lothar Matthaus since Argentina 1978. When African qualifying for Korea/Japan 2002 began, Senegal were 79th on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking ...
FIFA World Cup: South Korea and Japan, 2002. Initially in the bidding process for the 2002 World Cup, South Korea and Japan were competitors. However, just before the vote they agreed with FIFA to co-host the event. Unfortunately the rivalry and distance between the two countries led to organizational and logistical problems.
Jan 1, 2024 · Korea/Japan 2002 in stats. Michael Ballack, Cafu, Landon Donovan, Brad Friedel, Paolo Maldini and Ronaldo feature. Paolo Maldini made it 2,217 World Cup minutes by playing every second of Italy ...
