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Switzerland vs Costa Rica match in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA ), the ...
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.
- 161 (2.52 per match)
- 32 (from 5 confederations)
- 64
- Brazil (5th title)
- Qualification Process
- Confederation Qualification
- Inter-Confederation Play-Offs
- Top Goalscorers
- Trivia
The 32 spots available in the 2002 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows: 1. Europe (UEFA): 14.5 places, 1 of them went to automatic qualifier France, while the other 13.5 places were contested by 50 teams. The winner of the 0.5 place would advance to the intercontinental play-offs (against a team from AFC) 2. South ...
AFC
The Asian Football Confederation was allocated four and half qualifying berths for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, South Korea and Japan, the co-hosts, qualified automatically, leaving two and half spots open for competition between 40 teams. Myanmarwithdrew from the tournament after being placed in group 2 but before any matches had been played, therefore reducing the group to 3 teams. Afghanistan, Bhutan and North Koreachose not to participate. Asia's two remaining automatic qualifying berths were...
CAF
The Confederation of African Football was allocated five qualifying berths for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. 51 teams entered the qualification process. Burundi withdrew before the draw was made while Niger and Comoroschose not to participate. Guineawas excluded from the competition during the Final Round for government interference with its national association, resulting in their results obtained in final round annulled. Africa's five automatic qualifying berths were taken by Cameroon, Senegal,...
CONCACAF
A total of 35 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. Mexico, USA, Jamaica and Costa Rica, the four highest-ranked teams according to FIFA, received byes and advanced to the semi-finals, while Canada advanced to the play-offs . The remaining teams were divided into zones, based on geographical locations, as follows: 1. Caribbean Zone: The 24 teams were divided into groups of eight teams each. The teams played in a three-round knockout tournament. The winners would advance to the semi-finals,...
There were two scheduled inter-confederation playoffs to determine the final two qualification spots to the finals. The first legs were played on 10 and 20 November 2001, and the second legs were played on 15 and 25 November 2001.
There were 2452 goals scored in 777 matches, for an average of 3.16 goals per match. 16 goals 15 goals 14 goals 11 goals 10 goals Below are goalscorer lists for all confederations and the inter-confederation play-offs:
On their way to the 2002 World Cup, Brazil endured their worst qualifying campaign ever, losing 6 matches (the only time they have lost more than 2 games in a qualifying campaign) and finishing 3rd...After finishing second in the group, where they famously lost 1–5 to England, Germanyhad to play qualifying play-offs for the only time in their history.Australia netted 31 goals against newcomers American Samoa, setting the record of the highest-scoring match and biggest margin of victory in an international match ever. This was only two days afte...Souleymane Mamam of Togo became the youngest player ever to play in a World Cup qualifying match at the age of 13 years and 310 days in the match against Zambia, in May 2001. He subbed in for Komla...- 4 March 2000 – 25 November 2001
- 777
- 2,452 (3.16 per match)
- 199 (from 6 confederations)
02 Sep 2000 - Switzerland 0-1 Russia. 03 Sep 2000 - Faroe Islands 2-2 Slovenia. 03 Sep 2000 - Luxembourg 0-2 Yugoslavia. 07 Oct 2000 - Luxembourg 1-2 Slovenia. 07 Oct 2000 - Switzerland 5-1 Faroe Islands. 11 Oct 2000 - Russia 3-0 Luxembourg. 11 Oct 2000 - Slovenia 2-2 Switzerland.
Casemiro scored a stunning winner as five-time champions Brazil edged past Switzerland to reach the World Cup knockout stage.
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Apr 15, 2002 · Despite going 3-0 up, the Swiss were beaten 7-5 by Alpine rivals Austria in the quarter-finals, a World Cup record for the number of goals in a game. West Germany defeated Yugoslavia in the...
