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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.
Jun 1, 2010 · I was just starting to make my way as a journalist (I know, what happened?) at ITV when the 2002 World Cup was on, but what were you doing then? What stories can you remember from eight years...
- A Rocky Partnership
- The Final
- Food For Thought
The Japan-South Korea partnership was not a match made in heaven; not at first, anyway. Initially, both countries were direct competitors in a bitter bidding process, but at the urging of FIFA, they combined their bids and tabled a proposal to co-host the event. Even after FIFA awarded Japan and South Korea the tournament, problems persisted, in la...
Going into the final in Yokohama, the match was being touted as a battle of contrasting styles: German pragmatism versus Brazilian flair. Many critics thought that the Germans, having to make do without the talented Michael Ballack, would sit back and soak up the pressure while Brazil would dominate the game with dazzling possession play. Ironicall...
Incredibly, Brazil and Germany, the two of the most successful nations in international soccer, met each other for the first time at the World Cup in the 2002 final.Only three other nations won all of its games en route to winning the World Cup: Uruguay in 1930 (four games), Italy in 1934 and 1938 (four games both times) and France in 1998 (seven games). Brazi...Ronaldo was the first player to score more than six goals in a single tournament since Poland's Grzegorz Lato scored seven in 1974.Hakan Sukur's goal for Turkey against South Korea in the third-place game came after just 11 seconds following the opening kickoff, the fastest goal ever scored at the World Cup.May 31, 2022 · The tournament began 20 years ago today. We all remember how the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan™ ended, the index finger of a Brazilian with wacky hair pointing to the Yokohama heavens to...
Go behind the scenes with Ronaldo and the heroes of the 2002 FIFA World Cup™ to see how fairy tales were written in the Far East. ‘Seven Games from Glory’ brings you exclusive...
Italy made hard work of qualifying from their own group after succumbing meekly to a fast-fading Croatian team, third at the previous finals but showing their age, and being held by group winners...
Jan 5, 2023 · Germany had goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, who FIFA chose as the best player of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. But Ronaldo scored two in the final, finishing the tournament as top scorer, winning Brazil its fifth title, and then was elected FIFA world player of the year in 2002.
