2002 World Cup held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30, 2002. Tournament was successfully won by Brazil after beating Germany 2-0 in the final. Korea and Japan as an organizer FIFA appointed in May 1996 in Zurich, Switzerland. Arguably grand event this time was the "first round". This is the first time the two states designated to host the World Cup and three automated direct state qualifying namely Korea, Japan, and defending champions Brazil. Tournament format is unchanged from the previous four years to include 32 participating countries. The new one of course is the presence of debutants. Countries that began appearance this time is China, Ecuador, Senegal, and Slovenia. This show is also the first World Cup outside of the Americas and Europe.Surprise the World Cup always color each course served here. World strong teams like France, Portugal, and Argentina were eliminated in the early rounds. The fate of France arguably the most tragic among others.
Coming as the defending champions, Team Roosters managed to repeat the poor record of Argentina in the 1990 World Cup, losing in the opening match. Again debutants from Africa who did, Senegal. Team El Hadji-Diouf teams be slap bang for the defending champion. Les Bleus had to put an end to this World Cup in Group A caretaker position under Denmark, Senegal, and Uruguay.
The three-time world champion Italy, should be subject to at the hands of Korea 2-1 in a tense match in the final round. Korean Ginseng team, winning golden goal by Ahn Jung Hwan, who was playing at the Italian club, Perugia. This victory led the hosts cruised into the quarter-finals.
German who became finalists after winning an astonishing scored 8 goals without reply over Saudi Arabia in the group stage. Hakan Sukur coloring championship this time by the fastest goal in the history of the World Cup when his team Turkey beat Korea in the third place. Sukur scored just 11 seconds after the starting whistle sounded. Senol Gunes's foster children eventually won the game with a final score of 3-2.
Brazil star Ronaldo, who recently recovered from a long injury stealing the attention in this World Cup. He became the top scorer of Brazil and a decisive victory in the final. Eight goals he set into fresheners for the World Cup since 1978 the scorer only scored six goals.
German goalkeeper Oliver Khan grabbed two degrees is the best player and best goalkeeper. Unfortunately he only brought "Panzer Team" was a finalist for the fourth time after 1966, 1982, and 1986.
World Cup Result:
| Host: Korea-Japan Number of participants: 32 Champion: Brazil Number of matches: 64 Total goals: 161 | -- | Average score: 2.52 Total audience: 2,705,134 Average viewers: 42 268 Top Scorer: Ronaldo (BRA) 8 goals Best player: Oliver Kahn (GER) |
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