17th FIFA World Cup, hosted by South Korea and Japan
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International football competition
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the seventeenth FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial earth championship for men ‘s home football 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. A field of 32 teams qualified for this World Cup, which was the foremost to be held in Asia, the inaugural to be held outside of the Americas or Europe, american samoa well as the first to be jointly-hosted by more than one state. China, Ecuador, Senegal, and Slovenia made their World Cup debuts. The tournament had several upsets and surprise results, which included the defending champions France being eliminated in the group degree after earning a single charge and second gear favourites Argentina besides being eliminated in the group stage. South Korea controversially managed to reach the semi-finals, beating Portugal, Italy and Spain en route, therefore becoming the inaugural and lone team from outside Europe and the Americas to reach the last four of a World Cup. however, the most potent team at the tournament, Brazil, prevailed, winning the final examination against Germany 2–0, making them the first and alone country to have won the World Cup five times. [ 1 ] The victory qualified Brazil for the 2003 and subsequently 2005 FIFA Confederations Cups, its fourthly and fifth Confederations Cup appearance in a row. In the third target play-off match against South Korea, Turkey won 3–2, taking one-third place in only their second ever FIFA World Cup, and scored the fastest finish in the FIFA World Cup history ( 10.8 seconds after kick-off ). [ 2 ] The 2002 World Cup was besides the last one to use the aureate goal rule .

Host choice

South Korea and Japan were selected as hosts by FIFA on 31 May 1996. Initially, South Korea, Japan and Mexico presented three rival bids. South Korea ‘s introduction into the race was seen by some as a answer to the invite of political and sporting rival Japan. [ 3 ] FIFA leaders were split on whom to favor a server as politics within the world governing body held swing. [ 4 ] With Mexico regarded as a long shoot, the conflict to host the tournament came down to Japan and South Korea. The two asian rivals went on a massive and expensive PR blitz around the worldly concern, prompting Sultan Ahmad Shah, the head of the Asian Football Confederation, to step in. [ 3 ] FIFA emboss João Havelange had long backed the japanese invite, [ 4 ] but his equal in FIFA, UEFA head Lennart Johansson, sought to undermine Havelange ‘s plans. [ 4 ] UEFA and the AFC viewed co-hosting between the two asian rivals as the best choice. [ 4 ] Japan and South Korea were last faced with a choice of having no World Cup or a shared World Cup and they reluctantly chose to go along with co-hosting. [ 4 ] South Korea and Japan were chosen unanimously as co-hosts in preference to Mexico. [ 5 ] This was the first World Cup to be hosted by more than one area, the irregular being the 2026 World Cup, which will be hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada. This is besides the inaugural always World Cup to be hosted in Asia, the other being the approaching 2022 FIFA World Cup twenty years belated. The general secretary of South Korea ‘s bid committee, Song Young-shik, stated that FIFA was interested in staging some matches in North Korea in order to aid korean reunion, but it was ruled out. [ 6 ] At the time the decision was made, Japan had never qualified for a World Cup finals ( although the Japanese did subsequently qualify for the 1998 contest ). The only early countries to have been awarded a World Cup without previously having competed in a final tournament are Italy in 1934 and Qatar in 2022 ( Uruguay hosted the first gear World Cup in 1930 so there was no anterior tournament ; they were defending Olympic champions from 1928 ). The unusual choice of host proved an issue for football fans in Europe, used to watching international matches on or close to their time zone. [ 7 ] With games taking place in the european dawn, some schools and businesses chose to open deep on peer days or set up communal watch events before the start of ferment. [ 9 ]

qualification

199 teams attempted to qualify for the 2002 World Cup. The reservation process began with the preliminary attract held in Tokyo on 7 December 1999. Defending champions France and co-hosts South Korea and Japan qualified automatically and did not have to play any reservation matches. This was the final World Cup in which the defend champions qualified mechanically. [ 10 ] 14 places were contested by UEFA teams ( Europe ), five by CAF teams ( Africa ), four by CONMEBOL teams ( South America ), four by AFC teams ( Asia ) and three by CONCACAF teams ( North and Central America and the Caribbean ). The remaining two places were decided by playoffs between AFC and UEFA and between CONMEBOL and OFC ( Oceania ). Four nations qualified for the finals for the first meter : China, Ecuador, Senegal and Slovenia. As of 2018, this was the last clock time the Republic of Ireland, Turkey and China qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals, a well as the last time Australia and Switzerland failed to qualify. Turkey qualified for the first meter since 1954, Poland and Portugal both qualified for the first time since 1986 and Costa Rica and Uruguay qualified for the first time since 1990. Sweden, Russia and the Republic of Ireland besides returned after missing the 1998 World Cup. 1998 semi-finalists the Netherlands, three-time participants in the 1990s Romania and Colombia, and Bulgaria, Morocco and Norway, who had participated in the previous two finals tournaments, alongside Iran which participated in the latest edition, failed to qualify, while South Korea set a record by appearing in a one-fifth consecutive finals tournament, the foremost nation from outside Europe or the Americas to achieve this feat. All seven previous World Cup-winning nations ( Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, and Uruguay ) qualified, which broke the criminal record of most former champions at a tournament before the commemorate was broken again in 2014. The highest graded team not to qualify for the finals was Colombia ( ranked 4th ), while the lowest rank team that did qualify was China PR ( ranked 50th ) .

tilt of restricted teams

The following 32 teams, shown with final pre-tournament rankings, [ 11 ] qualified for the concluding tournament :

Venues

South Korea and Japan each provided 10 venues, the huge majority of them newly built for the tournament. Groups A–D played all their matches in South Korea and Groups E–H played all their matches in Japan. [ 12 ] The stadiums in Daegu, Suwon, Yokohama and Saitama wholly hosted 4 matches each, while the early 16 stadiums hosted 3 matches each. notably, no matches were played in Tokyo, making it the first capital of a host state not to have a World Cup venue. [ a ]

  • A cross denotes an indoor stadium.

match officials

There was much controversy over the umpirage in the tournament. questionable decisions in the match between Italy and South Korea resulted in 400,000 complaints, and featured in ESPN ‘s 10 most fabled World Cup controversies. [ 33 ] The match between Spain and South Korea featured two controversially disallowed spanish goals, which Iván Helguera referred to as “ a robbery ” and led to spanish wardrobe brandishing the officials “ thieves of dreams ”, though FIFA dismissed the incidental as human error. [ 34 ]

Squads

This was the first base World Cup that featured squads of 23 players, an increase from 22 previously. Of the 23 players, 3 must be goalkeepers .

withdraw

The eight seeded teams for the 2002 tournament were announced on 28 November 2001. The seeds comprised Pot A in the draw. Pot B contained the remaining 11 european sides ; Pot C contained five unseeded qualifiers from CONMEBOL and AFC. Pot D contained unseeded sides from the CONCACAF region and Africa. [ 35 ] This was the last FIFA World Cup with the defending champion in Group A. Since 2006, the host nation has automatically drawn to Group A .
Before the tie, it was arranged that the last three teams in Pot B would be drawn into four groups which did not already contain two european teams and one would be left without a second european team. This was ultimately Group C. No group could contain more than two european teams, no unseeded South American team could be drawn with Brazil or Argentina and no unseeded Asian team could be drawn with South Korea or Japan. France, as defending champions, were automatically placed in Group A, South Korea were placed in Group D and Japan were placed in Group H. One of the two south american english seeds ( Brazil and Argentina ) had to play in a group played in South Korea and the other had to play in a group played in Japan. In Pot C, China had to play in South Korea ( either group A, B or C ) which meant that the other asian team in Pot C ( Saudi Arabia ) had to play in Japan ( either group E, F or G ). In Pot D, two or three african teams and one or two CONCACAF teams had to play in either South Korea or Japan. On 1 December 2001, the draw was held and the group assignments and regulate of fixtures were determined. Group F was considered the group of death, as it brought together Argentina, England, Nigeria and Sweden .

Group phase

All times are Korea Standard Time and Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

 

champion

 

runner-up

 

Third put

 

Fourth place

 

Quarter-finals

 

Round of 16

 

Group stage Groups A, B, C and D based in South Korea. Groups E, F, G and H based in Japan. In the postdate tables :

  • Pld = total games played
  • W = total games won
  • D = total games drawn (tied)
  • L = total games lost
  • GF = total goals scored (goals for)
  • GA = total goals conceded (goals against)
  • GD = goal difference (GF−GA)
  • Pts = total points accumulated

Ato, Kaz and Nik were the 2002 World Cup mascots The teams in the group play were ranked upon

  • Points
  • Greatest total goal difference in the three group matches
  • Greatest number of goals scored in the three group matches
  • Most points earned in matches against other teams in the tie
  • Greatest goal difference in matches against other teams in the tie
  • Greatest number of goals scored in matches against other teams in the tie
  • Drawing of lots

In the master adaptation of the rules for the final examination tournament, the rank criteria were in a different orderliness, with neck and neck results taking precedence over entire finish dispute. The rules were changed to the above in advance of the tournament, but older versions were still available on the FIFA and UEFA websites, causing some confusion among those trying to identify the discipline criteria. [ 36 ]

Group A

Group A involved the defend champions France, along with Senegal, Uruguay and Denmark. The World Cup started with a 1–0 defeat of France, playing without the hurt Zinedine Zidane, by tournament newcomers Senegal in the tournament ‘s opening match held in Seoul, South Korea. [ 37 ] On the future day, two goals by Jon Dahl Tomasson gave the Danes a 2–1 victory over Uruguay in Ulsan. In the second stage set of Group A matches, France were held to a 0–0 draw in Busan by Uruguay after star striker Thierry Henry was sent off, while in Daegu, Denmark and Senegal drew 1–1. [ 38 ] A 2–0 kill by Denmark in their final group game in Incheon sealed France ‘s elimination from the World Cup. [ 39 ] France went out of the Cup without scoring a goal, recording the worst World Cup performance by World Cup holders other than Uruguay in 1934, who refused to defend their championship. [ 40 ] Senegal drew with Uruguay to clinch their place in the moment round, despite Uruguay coming back from 3–0 down to draw 3–3, in their stopping point group game in Suwon. The South Americans could not find the fourth finish that would have kept them in the Cup and frankincense were out of the tournament. [ 41 ] At the end, Denmark won Group A with 7 points, followed by Senegal with 5 points. Uruguay were eliminated with 2 points and holders France with 1 point .

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

1

 Denmark
3

2

1

0

5

2

+3

7

Advance to knockout stage

2

 Senegal
3

1

2

0

5

4

+1

5

3

 Uruguay
3

0

2

1

4

5

−1

2

4

 France
3

0

1

2

0

3

−3

1

Group B

Spain in Group B became one of merely two teams to pick up maximum points, seeing off both Slovenia and Paraguay ( in Gwangju and Jeonju respectively ) 3–1 before defeating South Africa 3–2 in Daejeon. [ 42 ] Paraguay advanced over a late goal, winning 3–1 over newcomer Slovenia in Seogwipo to tie with South Africa on goal deviation ( they were already tied with four points, having drawn 2–2 in their opening game against each early in Busan ). As a result, Paraguay advanced to the irregular round on the goals scored tiebreaker, scoring six goals compared to South Africa ‘s five. [ 43 ]

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

1

 Spain
3

3

0

0

9

4

+5

9

Advance to knockout stage

2

 Paraguay
3

1

1

1

6

6

0

4

3

 South Africa
3

1

1

1

5

5

0

4

4

 Slovenia
3

0

0

3

2

7

−5

0

Group C

Group C saw Brazil become the other team to win all three of their Group matches, defeating Turkey 2–1 in Ulsan, China 4–0 in Seogwipo and Costa Rica 5–2 in Suwon. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] Turkey besides advanced to the next turn, defeating Costa Rica on goal difference after both teams were tied with 4 points each. [ 46 ] China, coached by Bora Milutinović ( the fifth national team he coached in five straight World Cups ), finished bottom of the group with no goals and no points. [ 47 ]

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

1

 Brazil
3

3

0

0

11

3

+8

9

Advance to knockout stage

2

 Turkey
3

1

1

1

5

3

+2

4

3

 Costa Rica
3

1

1

1

5

6

−1

4

4

 China PR
3

0

0

3

0

9

−9

0

Group D

Group D saw co-host South Korea, Poland, United States, and Portugal square off against each other. South Korea and Poland started group play in Busan, where South Korea earned their first ever World Cup victory, defeating Poland 2–0. United States shocked group favorites Portugal in Suwon the future day, defeating them 3–2 after a Beto goal and an own goal from Jeff Agoos did not amply claw rear the american lead from goals by John O’Brien and Brian McBride along with a Jorge Costa own finish. South Korea and United States then faced off in Daegu, where excellent goalkeeping by Brad Friedel and Lee Woon-jae resulted in a 1–1 draw, while a hat-trick by Pauleta gave the Portuguese a comfortable 4–0 win against Poland in Jeonju. In the final round of golf of group games, South Korea eliminated Portugal in Incheon thanks to a 70th-minute goal by Park Ji-sung, finishing the game 1–0 victors, while Poland defeated the United States 3–1 in Daejeon to gain a consolation victory. South Korea topped the group and advanced beyond the first round off for the first time always with seven points, while the United States placed second with four points. Portugal and Poland were eliminated with three points each in third gear and fourth places respectively .

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

1

 South Korea ( H )

3

2

1

0

4

1

+3

7

Advance to knockout stage

2

 United States
3

1

1

1

5

6

−1

4

3

 Portugal
3

1

0

2

6

4

+2

3

4

 Poland
3

1

0

2

3

7

−4

3

Group E

Group E saw Germany play against Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Ireland and Cameroon. Ireland and Cameroon started group play in Niigata in a 1–1 hook, while Germany thrashed Saudi Arabia 8–0 in Sapporo. In Ibaraki, Germany held a 1–0 lead over the Republic of Ireland thanks to a 19th-minute goal by Miroslav Klose, only to draw 1–1 ascribable to a sensational 92nd-minute counterweight by Robbie Keane. Saudi Arabia bowed out of the tournament with a 1–0 kill against Cameroon in Saitama, thanks to a second-half goal by Samuel Eto’o. In the final matches of Group E, Germany sent Cameroon out of the tournament, winning 0–2 in Shizuoka with goals by Marco Bode and Miroslav Klose, while Ireland defeated Saudi Arabia 3–0 in Yokohama with goals by Robbie Keane, Gary Breen and Damien Duff. The Germany-Cameroon equal was luminary for producing a total of 16 jaundiced cards, including one yellow-red card for each team. together with 2006 ‘s rung of 16 catch between Portugal and the Netherlands, it holds the record for most jaundiced cards in a World Cup pit. Germany advanced with seven points and Ireland followed along with five points, while Cameroon was eliminated with four points. Saudi Arabia produced the poorest operation of all the teams at the tournament, being eliminated without a single point or goal and conceding 12 goals .

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

1

 Germany
3

2

1

0

11

1

+10

7

Advance to knockout stage

2

 Republic of Ireland
3

1

2

0

5

2

+3

5

3

 Cameroon
3

1

1

1

2

3

−1

4

4

 Saudi Arabia
3

0

0

3

0

12

−12

0

Group F

Group F was nicknamed the “ group of death “, featuring Argentina, Nigeria, England and Sweden. Argentina won their unfold game in Ibaraki 1–0 against Nigeria thanks to a second-half goal by Gabriel Batistuta, while in Saitama England and Sweden drew 1–1 thanks to goals by Sol Campbell and Niclas Alexandersson. Sweden and Nigeria faced off in Kobe, where two goals by Henrik Larsson eliminated Nigeria 2–1. meanwhile, in Sapporo, England won 1–0 over Argentina for their beginning World Cup win against their south american english rival since 1966, thanks to a penalty from captain David Beckham – who had been sent off when Argentina had beaten England in the round off of 16 four years earlier in Saint-Étienne. In the final matches of Group F, England and Nigeria drew 0–0 in Osaka, while Sweden and Argentina drew 1–1 in Miyagi. Sweden and England advanced from Group F, beginning and second respectively with five points each, at the expense of Argentina ‘s four points, while Nigeria finished last with one decimal point. This was the beginning clock since 1962 that Argentina had failed to advance to the second gear rung .

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

1

 Sweden
3

1

2

0

4

3

+1

5

Advance to knockout stage

2

 England
3

1

2

0

2

1

+1

5

3

 Argentina
3

1

1

1

2

2

0

4

4

 Nigeria
3

0

1

2

1

3

−2

1

Group G

Group G saw Italy, Ecuador, Croatia and Mexico play against each other. Niigata saw the begin of the group games, with Mexico winning 1–0 over Croatia, thanks to a penalty converted by Cuauhtémoc Blanco. Later that night in Sapporo, Italy defeated newcomers Ecuador 2–0 with comfort, having both goals scored by christian Vieri. Italy and Croatia faced off a few days later in Ibaraki, where Croatia pulled off a surprise 2–1 victory. The following sidereal day saw Mexico earn a vital 2–1 victory over Ecuador in Miyagi. In the final matches of Group G, Mexico and Italy drew 1–1 in Ōita, while Ecuador achieved their first gear ever World Cup victory, defeating Croatia 1–0 in Yokohama. Mexico won Group G with seven points, while Italy survived with four points. Croatia and Ecuador were eliminated with three points in third and fourth places respectively, with the former fail to repeat their surprise performance from 1998 despite their victory against Italy .

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

1

 Mexico
3

2

1

0

4

2

+2

7

Advance to knockout stage

2

 Italy
3

1

1

1

4

3

+1

4

3

 Croatia
3

1

0

2

2

3

−1

3

4

 Ecuador
3

1

0

2

2

4

−2

3

Group H

Group H saw co-hosts Japan square off against Belgium, Russia and Tunisia. Japan earned their first World Cup points in a 2–2 draw against Belgium in Saitama, while Russia earned a 2–0 victory over Tunisia in Kobe. Japan would get their foremost always World Cup victory a few days later in Yokohama, defeating Russia 1–0 through a second-half finish by Junichi Inamoto, while Belgium and Tunisia drew 1–1 in Ōita. In the final matches of Group H, Japan defeated Tunisia, winning 0–2 in Osaka, while Belgium survived against Russia in Shizuoka, winning 3–2. Japan won Group H with seven points, while Belgium advanced with five points. Russia was eliminated with three points and Tunisia was eliminated with one point .

Pos

Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts

Qualification

1

 Japan ( H )

3

2

1

0

5

2

+3

7

Advance to knockout stage

2

 Belgium
3

1

2

0

6

5

+1

5

3

 Russia
3

1

0

2

4

4

0

3

4

 Tunisia
3

0

1

2

1

5

−4

1

Knockout stage

South Koreans watching their country play in a knock out game on the big screens in Seoul Plaza For the second gear round, quarter-finals and semi-finals, the qualifiers from Groups A, C, F and H played their games in Japan while the qualifiers from Groups B, D, E and G played their games in South Korea. Daegu, South Korea, hosted the third-place match while Yokohama, Japan, hosted the final .

Round of 16

In the round of 16, Germany beat Paraguay 1–0 with a deep goal by Oliver Neuville in Seogwipo. England defeated Denmark in Niigata 3–0, with all goals occurring in the first base half of the game. Sweden and Senegal faced off in Ōita and finished 1–1 in regular time and it took a golden goal from Henri Camara in extra time to settle the game for Senegal 2–1. Spain and Ireland played in Suwon, where Spain led most of the match 1–0 until a late punishment gripe scored by Robbie Keane made the match go to extra time, where Spain emerged triumphant in a penalty shoot-out. The United States beat CONCACAF rivals Mexico 2–0 in Jeonju with Brian McBride and Landon Donovan scoring the goals. Brazil defeated Belgium 2–0 in Kobe, with an amazing fusillade by Rivaldo and a brilliant counter-attack goal by Ronaldo. Turkey ended co-hosts Japan ‘s run with a 1–0 winnings in Miyagi, thanks to a Ümit Davala goal in the 12th minute. The other co-hosts, South Korea, defeated Italy 2–1 in extra meter in Daejeon with a goal by Ahn Jung-hwan in the 117th minute. [ 48 ] South Korea ‘s winnings ensured that, for the very first time in the Cup ‘s history, teams from five continents – Europe, North America, South America, Africa and Asia – reached the quarter-finals of the same tournament .

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, England and Brazil squared off in Shizuoka, where Ronaldinho scored a free-kick finish over England ‘s David Seaman early in the moment one-half as Brazil won 2–1. [ 49 ] The United States lost to Germany 1–0 in Ulsan by a Michael Ballack finish in the 39th moment, but controversy surrounded the game when United States demanded the referee give a penalty for a goal-line handball by Torsten Frings in the 49th infinitesimal, but the referee did not award the penalty. South Korea got another success in Gwangju in a controversial manner, overcoming Spain 5–3 on penalties after a 0–0 draw in which the Spaniards twice thought they had scored while onside ; however, the efforts were disallowed by the referee with controversial decisions. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] The hosts became the first team in the Asian Football Confederation to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup, eclipsing the record of their north korean counterparts who reached the quarter-finals in 1966. They besides became the inaugural World Cup semi-final team not from UEFA or CONMEBOL since the United States did it in the first World Cup in 1930. Turkey defeated Senegal 1–0 in Osaka, with a golden finish scored by İlhan Mansız in the 93rd minute .

Semi-finals

The semi-finals saw 1-0 games ; the first semi-final, played in Seoul, saw Michael Ballack ‘s goal suffice for Germany to eliminate South Korea. however, Ballack had already received a chicken circuit board during the peer before, which forced him to miss the final based on roll up yellow cards. [ 52 ] The future day in Saitama saw Ronaldo score a goal early in the second half, his sixth of the contest for Brazil, to defeat Turkey in a replay of their Group C meet. [ 53 ] [ 54 ]

one-third position play-off

In the third-place match in Daegu, Turkey beat the South Koreans 3–2, their foremost goal coming from Hakan Şükür straight from the opening kick-off ( even though South Korea kicked off ) in 10.8 seconds, the fastest ever goal in World Cup history. [ 55 ]

final examination

In the concluding match held in Yokohama, Japan, two goals from Ronaldo secured the World Cup for Brazil as they claimed victory over Germany. [ 56 ] Ronaldo scored doubly in the second half and, after the game, won the Golden Shoe award for the tournament ‘s lead scorer with eight goals. [ 57 ] This was the fifth prison term Brazil had won the World Cup, cementing their condition as the most successful national team in the history of the competition. Brazil became the lone team since Argentina in 1986 to win the trophy without needing to win a penalty shoot-out at some stage during the smasher phase and the sum issue of penalty shoot-outs ( 2 ) was the lowest since the four-round hard format was introduced in 1986. Brazil besides became the first team to win every catch at a World Cup since 1970 and set a newfangled record for highest aggregate goal remainder ( +14 ) for a World Cup winner. Brazil ‘s captain Cafu, who became the inaugural player to appear in three consecutive World Cup finals, accepted the trophy on behalf of the team .

Statistics

Goalscorers

Ronaldo won the Golden Shoe after scoring eight goals. In total, 161 goals were scored by 109 players, with three of them credited as own goals. Two of those own goals were in the like match, marking the first base time in FIFA World Cup history that own goals had been scored by both teams in the like match .

disciplinary statistics

Awards

1 Oliver Kahn is the merely goalkeeper to have won the Golden Ball in FIFA World Cup history. [ 61 ]

All-star team

final examination standings

After the tournament, FIFA published a ranking of all teams that competed in the 2002 World Cup finals based on progress in the competition, overall results and choice of the opposition. [ 62 ]

The sponsors of the 2002 FIFA World Cup are divided into two categories : FIFA World Cup Sponsors and South Korea and Japan Supporters. [ 63 ] [ 64 ]

tag sales trouble

The original domestic ticket allocation had amply sold out and the organize committee completed sales of tickets returned from the external allotment by the end of April. however, there were a meaning phone number of empty seats at the opening matches. [ 80 ] It was gradually revealed that the World Cup Ticketing Bureau ( WCTB ) still had unsold tickets in its possession. After FIFA agreed to sell this armory, JAWOC undertook sales over call and WCTB handled the internet sales. [ 81 ] For the second turn Japan vs. Turkey match in Miyagi in particular, although it was reported by both parties that all tickets had been sold, some 700 seats remained empty .

Controversies

The tournament was criticized for many poor people and questionable referee decisions. [ 82 ] South Korea in particular faced examination and allegations of corruption due to the favorable decisions they received in their controversial victories over Portugal in the Group Stages, Italy in the Round of 16 and over Spain in the quarter-finals. [ 83 ] [ 48 ] [ 51 ]

cultural consequence

In Search of Fresh Air. Banner by Ray L. Burggraf.. Banner by Ray L. Burggraf. The official FIFA cultural event of the 2002 World Cup was a ease up festival called Poetry of the Winds. [ 84 ] Held in Nanjicheon Park, an area of the World Cup Park close to the stadium, [ 85 ] [ 86 ] Poetry of the Winds was exhibited from 29 May to 25 June in order to wish success upon the World Cup and promote a gay atmosphere. During the flag art festival, hand-painted flags from ball-shaped artists were displayed as a greeting to international guests in a manner that was designed to promote harmony ( 2002 Flag Art Festival Executive Committee ). [ 84 ]

Aftermath and bequest

The tournament had a major economic impingement on both South Korea and Japan, generating an estimated US $ 1.3 billion in gross. [ 87 ] spend from World Cup tourists in South Korea created US $ 307 million in aim income and US $ 713 million in valued total. [ 87 ] Japan spent an estimated US $ 5.6 billion on preparations for the event, which had a US $ 24.8 billion shock on the japanese economy and accounted for 0.6 % of their GDP in 2002. [ 88 ]

See besides

References

Notes

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