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KOREA - JAPAN

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31 May - 10 July 2002
France  Senegal  Uruguay  Denmark
Spain  Slovenia  Paraguay  South Africa
Brazil  Tukey  China PR  Costa Rica
South Korea  Poland  United Stated  Portugal
Germany  Saudi Arabia  Rep. of Ireland  Cameroon
Argentina  Nigeria  England  Sweden
Italy  Ecuador  Croatia  Mexico
Japan  Belgium  Tunisia  Russia
Defending Champions and European Champions in 2000:  FRANCE
South American Champions in 1999:  BRAZIL
Olympic Champions in 2000 and African Champions in 2000 & 2002:  CAMEROON
Asian Champions in 2000:  JAPAN
Concacaf Champions in 2002:  UNITED STATES
All the previus champions of the World Cup qualified for this tournament
12 teams that competed in France 98 didn't qualify for this tournament
4 teams qualify for the first time
QUALIFYING TOURNAMNET
FIRST ROUND
GROUP A (in Korea)
Denmark  Senegal  Uruguay  France
 31.5.2002 Seoul
 Ref: Bujsaim(UAE) Att: 62.561
 SENEGAL     1-0     FRANCE
 Papa Bouba Diop 30
 
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 1.6.2002 Ulsan
 Ref: Saad Mane(Kuw) Att: 30.157
 DENMARK 2-1 URUGUAY
 Jon Tomasson 45, 83   Dario Rodriguez 47 
 
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 6.6.2002 Daequ
 Ref: Felipe Ramos Rizo(Mex) Att: 56.000 
 FRANCE 0-0 URUGUAY
 *Tierry Henry (Fra) 25
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 6.6.2002 Busan
 Ref: Carlos Batres(Guat) Att:35.000
 DENMARK 1-1 SENEGAL
 Jon Tomasson 16 pen Salif Diao 52
  *Salif Diao (Sen) 80
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 11.6.2002 Incheon
 Ref: Vitor Pereira(Por) Att: 48.100
 DENMARK 2-0 FRANCE
 Dennis Rommedahl 22
 Jon Tomasson 67
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 11.6.2002 Suwon
 Ref: Jan Wegereef(Hol) Att: 33.681
 SENEGAL 3-3 URUGUAY
 Khalilou Fadiga 20 pen Richard Morales 46
 Papa Bouba Diop 26, 38   Diego Forlan 69
  Alvaro Recoba 88 pen 
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GROUP B (in Korea)
Spain  Paraguay  South Africa  Slovenia
 2.6.2002 Buson
 Ref: Lubos Michel(Slv) Att: 25.186
 PARAGUAY    2-2    SOUTH AFRICA
 Roque Santa Cruz 39  Teboho Mokoena 63
 Francisco Arce 55    Quinton Fortune 91+ pen 
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 2.6.2002 Gwanqju
 Ref: Mohamed Guezzaz(Marr) Att: 28.598
 SPAIN 3-1 SLOVENIA
 Raul 44 Sebastjan Cimirotic 82
 Juan Carlos Valeron 74
 Fernando Hierro 87 pen Click here to see the Official Match Report
 7.6.2002 Jeonju
 Ref: Gamal Ghandour(Egy) Att:
 SPAIN 3-1 PARAGUAY
 Morientes 53, 69 Puyol 10 (og)
 Fernando Hierro 83 pen
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 8.6.2002 Daequ
 Ref: Angel Sanchez(Arg) Att: 47.226
 SOUTH AFRICA 1-0 SLOVENIA
 Siyabonga Nomvete 4
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 12.6.2002 Daejeon
 Ref: Saad Mene(Kuw) Att: 30.136
 SPAIN 3-2 SOUTH AFRICA
 Raul 4, 54 McCarthy 31
 Gaizka Mendieta 46+ Lucas Redebe 53
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 12.6.2002 Seoqwipo
 Ref: Felipe Ramos Rixo(Mex) Att: 30.136
 PARAGUAY 3-1 SLOVENIA
 Nelson Cuevas 66, 84 Milenko Acimovic 45
 Jorge Campos 73 *Nastja Ceh (Slv) 81
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 Team  P   W   D   L     GF.  GA.  GDif.  Pts. 
 *DENMARK   3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 *SENEGAL 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
 URUGUAY 3 0 2 1 4 5 -1 2
 FRANCE 3 0 1 2 0 3 -3 1
 Team  P   W   D   L     GF.  GA.  GDif.  Pts. 
 *SPAIN 3 3 0 0 9 4 +5 9
 *PARAGUAY 3 1 1 1 6 6 +0 4
 SOUTH AFRICA  3 1 1 1 5 5 +0 4
 SLOVENIA 3 0 0 3 2 7 -5 0
GROUP C (in Korea)
Brazil  Turkey  Costa Rica  China PR
 3.6.2002 Ulsan
 Ref: Young Joo Kim(Kor) Att:
 BRAZIL    2-1    TURKEY
 Ronaldo 50 Hasan Sas 47+
 Rivaldo 87 pen *Alpay Ozalan 86
  *Hakan Unsal 94+
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 4.6.2002 Gwanqju
 Ref: Kyros Vassaras(Gre) Att:
 COSTA RICA 2-0 CHINA PR
 Ronald Gonez 61
 Mauricio Wright 65 Click here to see the Official Match Report
 8.6.2002 Seoqwipo
 Ref: Anders Frisk(Swe) Att: 36.750 
 BRAZIL 4-0 CHINA PR
 Roberto Carlos 15
 Rivaldo 32
 Ronaldinho 45 pen
 Ronaldo 55 Click here to see the Official Match Report
 9.6.2002 Incheon
 Ref: Att:
 COSTA RICA 1-1 TURKEY
 Winston Parks 86 Emre Belozoglu 56
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 13.6.2002 Suwon
 Ref: G Ghandour(Egy) Att: 38.524
 BRAZIL 5-2 COSTA RICA
 Ronaldo 10, 13 Paulo Wanchope 39 
 Edmilson 38 Ronald Gomez 56
 Rivaldo 62
 Junior 64 Click here to see the Official Match Report
 13.6.2002 Seoul
 Ref: Oscae Ruiz(Col) Att: 43.605
 TURKEY 3-0 CHINA PR
 Hasan Sas 6
 Bülent Korkmaz 9 *Shao Jiayi (Chn) 59
 Ümit Davala 85 Click here to see the Official Match Report
GROUP D (in Korea)
South Korea  United States  Portugal  Poland
 4.6.2002 Bulsan
 Ref: Oscar Ruiz(Col) Att:
 SOUTH KOREA    2-0    POLAND
 Hwang Sumg-hong 26
 Yoo Sang-chul 53
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 5.6.2002 Suwon
 Ref: Byron Moreno(Ecu) Att:
 UNITED STATES 3-2 PORTUGAL
 John OBrien 4 Severo Beto 39
 Jorge Costa 29 (og) Jeff Agoos 71 (og)
 Brian McBride 36
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 10.6.2002 Daegu
 Ref: Urs Meier(Swi) Att:60.778
 SOUTH KOREA 1-1 UNITED STATES
 Ahn Jung-Hwan 78 Clint Mathis 24
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 10.6.2002 Jeonju
 Ref: Hugh Dallas(Sco) Att: 39.700
 PORTUGAL 4-0 POLAND
 Pedro Pauleta 14, 65, 77
 Rui Costa 87
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 14.6.2002 Incheon
 Ref: Angel Sanchez(arg) Att: 50.239
 SOUTH KOREA 1-0 PORTUGAL
  *Joao Pinto 27
  *Beto 66
 Ji Sung Park 70
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 14.6.2002 Daejeon
 Ref: Jun Lu(Chn) Att: 26.482
 POLAND 3-1 UNITED STATES
 Emmanuel Olisadebe 3 Landon Donovan 83 
 Pawel Kryszalowicz 5
 Marcin Zewlakow 66 Click here to see the Official Match Report
 Team  P   W   D   L     GF.  GA.  GDif.  Pts. 
 *BRAZIL 3 3 0 0 11 3 +8 9
 *TURKEY 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
 COSTA RICA  3 0 1 1 5 6 -1 4
 CHINA PR 3 0 0 3 0 9 -9 0
 Team  P   W   D   L     GF.  GA.  GDif.  Pts. 
 *SOUTH KOREA  3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
 *UNITED STATES  3 1 1 1 5 6 -1 4
 PORTUGAL 3 1 0 2 6 4 +2 3
 POLAND 3 1 0 2 3 7 -4 3
GROUP E (in Japan)
Germany  Rep. of Ireland  Cameroon  Saudi Arabia S
 1.6.2002 Nigata
 Ref: Toru Kamikawa(Jpn) Att:
 CAMEROON    1-1    IRELAND
 Patrick Mboma 39 Matt Holland 52
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 1.6.2002 Sapporo
 Ref: Ubaldo Aquino(Par) Att:
 GERMANY 8-0 SAUDI ARABIA
 Miroslav Klose 20, 25, 70
 Michael Ballack 40 
 Carsten Jancker 46
 Thomas Linke 73
 Oliver Bierhoff 84
 Bernd Schneider 91+ Click here to see the Official Match Report
 5.6.2002 Ibaraki
 Ref: Att:
 GERMANY 1-1 IRELAND
 Miroslav Klose 19 Robbie Keane 92+
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 6.6.2002 Saitama
 Ref : Terje Hauge(Nor) Att: 52.328
 CAMEROON 1-0 SAUDI ARABIA
 Samuel Eto'o 66
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 11.6.2002 Shizuoka
 Ref: Antonio Lopez Nieto(Spa) Att: 47.085 
 GERMANY 2-0 CAMEROON
 *Carsten Ramelow 40
 Marco Bodo 50 *Patric Suffo 77
 Miroslav Klose 79 Click here to see the Official Match Report
 11.6.2002 Yokohama
 Ref: Falla N'Doye(Sen) Att: 65.320
 IRELAND 3-0 SAUDI ARABIA
 Robbie Keane 7
 Garry Breen 62
 Damien Duff 87 Click here to see the Official Match Report
GROUP F (in Japan) "The Group of Death"
Sweden  England  Argentina  Nigeria
 2.6.2002 Ibaraki
 Ref: Carlos Simon(Bra) Att:
 ENGLAND 1-1 SWEDEN
 Sol Campbell 24 Niclas Alexandersson 59 
 
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 2.6.2002 Saitama
 Ref: Gilles Veissiere(Fra) Att:
 ARGENTINA    1-0    NIGERIA
 Gabriel Batistuta 63
 
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 7.6.2002 Kobe
 Ref :René Ortube(Bol) Att: 52.328
 SWEDEN 2-1 NIGERIA
 Henrik Larsson 35, 63 pen   Julius Aghahowa 27
 
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 7.6.2002 Sapporo
 Ref : Pierluigi Colina(Ita) Att:
 ENGLAND 1-0 ARGENTINA
 David Beckman 44 pen
 
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 12.6.2002 Miyaqi
 Ref: Ali Bujsaim(UAE) Att: 45.777
 SWEDEN 1-1 ARGENTINA
 Anders Svensson 59 Hernan Crespo 88
 
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 12.6.2002 Osaka
 Ref: Brian Hall(Usa) Att: 44.864
 ENGLAND 0-0 NIGERIA
 
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 Team  P   W   D   L     GF.  GA.  GDif.  Pts. 
 *GERMANY 3 2 1 0 11 1 +10 7
 *IRELAND 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5
 CAMEROON 3 1 1 1 2 3 -1 4
 SAUDI ARABIA  3 0 0 3 0 12 -12 0
 Team  P   W   D   L     GF.  GA.  GDif.  Pts. 
 *SWEDEN  3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5
 *ENGLAND 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
 ARGENTINA  3 1 1 1 2 2 +0 4
 NIGERIA 3 0 1 2 1 3 -2 1
GROUP G (in Japan)
Mexico  Italy  Croatia  Ecuador
 3.6.2002 Niigata
 Ref: Att:
 MEXICO       1-0       CROATIA
  *Boris Zikovik 60
 Cuauhtemoc Blanco 60 pen
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 3.6.2002 Sapporo
 Ref: Brian Hall(Usa) Att:
 ITALY 2-0 ECUADOR
 Christian Vieri 7, 27
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 8.6.2002 Ibaraki
 Ref: Graham Poll(Eng) Att: 36.472
 CROATIA 2-1 ITALY
 Ivica Olic 73 Christian Vieri 55
 Milan Rapaic 76
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 9.6.2002 Miyaqi
 Ref: Att:
 MEXICO 2-1 ECUADOR
 Jared Borgetti 28 Agustin Delgado 5
 Gerardo Torrado 57
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 13.6.2002 Oita
 Ref: Carlos Simon(Bra) Att: 39.291
 MEXICO 1-1 ITALY
 Jared Borgetti 34 Alessandro Del Piero 85 
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 13.6.2002 Yokohama
 Ref: W Mattus(CR) Att: 65.862
 ECUADOR 1-0 CROATIA
 Edison Mendez 48
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GROUP H (in Japan)
Japan  Belgium  Russia  Tunisia
 4.6.2002 Saitama
 Ref: William Mattus(CR) Att:
 JAPAN       2-2       BELGIUM
 Takayuki Suzuki 59  Marc Wilmots 57
 Junichi Inamoto 68 Peter Van der Heyden 75 
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 5.6.2002 Kobe
 Ref: Peter Prendergast(Jam) Att:
 RUSSIA 2-0 TUNISIA
 Jegor Titov 59
 Valerij Karpin 63 pen Click here to see the Official Match Report
 9.6.2002 Yokohama
 Ref: Att:
 JAPAN 1-0 RUSSIA
 Junichi Inamoto 51
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 10.6.2002 Oita
 Ref: Mark Shield(Alia) Att:39.700
 BELGIUM 1-1 TUNISIA
 Mark Wilmots 13 Bouzaiene 17
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 14.6.2002 Osaka
 Ref: Gilles Veissiere(Fra) Att: 45.213
 JAPAN 2-0 TUNISIA
 Hiroaki Morishima 48
 Hidetoshi Nakata 75 Click here to see the Official Match Report
 14.6.2002 Shizuoka
 Ref: Kim Milton Nielsen(Den) Att: 46.640
 BELGIUM 3-2 RUSSIA
 Johan Walem 7 Vladimir Beschastnykh 52 
 Wesley Sonch 78 Dimitrij Sytjev 88
 Marc Wilmots 82
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 Team  P   W   D   L   GF.   GA.   GDif.   Pts. 
 *MEXICO 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
 *ITALY 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
 CROATIA 3 1 0 2 2 3 -1 3
 ECUADOR  3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 3
 Team  P   W   D   L     GF.  GA.  GDif.  Pts. 
 *JAPAN 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 *BELGIUM  2 1 2 0 6 5 +1 5
 RUSSIA 2 1 0 2 4 4 +0 3
 TUNISIA 3 0 1 2 1 5 -4 1
SECOND ROUND
 1/8-final: 15.6.2002 Niigata                     
 DENMARK 0-3 ENGLAND    
  Ferdinand 5    
  M.Owen 22      ¼-final: 21.6.2002 Shizuoka 
Click here to see the Official Match Report Heskey 44    BRAZIL 2-1 ENGLAND
     Rivaldo 47+ M.Owen 23    
 1/8-final: 17.6.2002 Kobe    Ronaldinho 50  
 BRAZIL 2-0 BELGIUM      *Ronaldinho 57  
 Rivaldo 67   Click here to see the Official Match Report  
 Ronaldo 87        ½-final: 26.6.2002
Click here to see the Official Match Report    Saitama - Att: 61.058
     BRAZIL 1-0   TURKEY    
 1/8-final: 16.6.2002 Oita    Ronaldo 49  
 SWEDEN 1-2 SENEGAL       Click here to see the Official Match Report    
 H.Larsson 11 H.Camara 37, 104        
 Senegal won 2-1 on golden goal      ¼-final: 22.6.2002 Osaka  
Click here to see the Official Match Report      TURKEY 1-0 SENEGAL  
     Ilhan Mansiz 94    
 1/8-final: 18.6.2002 Miyagi        Turkey won 1-0 on golden goal
 JAPAN 0-1 TURKEY     Click here to see the Official Match Report
  Ümit Davala 12        FINAL: 30.6.2002
Click here to see the Official Match Report  Yokohama - Att: 69.029
   BRAZIL   2-0   GERMANY
 1/8-final: 16.6.2002 Suwon   Ronaldo 67, 79
 SPAIN 1-1 IRELAND     Click here to see the Official Match Report
 Morientes 8 R.Keane 90 pen    
 Spain won 3-2 on pens.      3rd Place: 29.6.2002
Click here to see the Official Match Report    ¼-final: 22.6.2002 Gwangju  Daegu - Att: 63.483
     S.KOREA 0-0 SPAIN      S.KOREA  2-3  TURKEY 
 1/8-final: 18.6.2002 Daejeon     S.Korea won 5-3 on pens.    Eul-Yong 9        H.Sükür 1
 S.KOREA 2-1   ITALY       Click here to see the Official Match Report    Chong-Gug 90  Mansiz 13, 32 
 Seol Ki-Hyeon 88   C. Vieri 18       Click here to see the Official Match Report
   *F. Totti 103        
 Anh Jung-Hwan 117        
 S.Korea won 2-1 on golden goal    ½-final: 25.6.2002  
Click here to see the Official Match Report    Seoul - Att: 65.256  
     S.KOREA  0-1 GERMANY     
 1/8-final: 15.6.2002 Seogwipo   Michael Ballack 75 
 GERMANY  1-0    PARAGUAY       Click here to see the Official Match Report
 Oliver Neuville 88    *R. Acuña 92+          
           
Click here to see the Official Match Report    ¼-final: 21.6.2002 Ulsan     
       GERMANY  1-0  UNITED STATES    
 1/8-final: 17.6.2002 Jeonju      Michael Ballack 39
 MEXICO 0-2 UNITED STATES     Click here to see the Official Match Report
  Brian McBride 8        
  L.Donovan 65      
 *Rafael Marquez 88      
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 * = Sent-off - Expulsado | (og) = owngoal - autogol | pen = penalty - penal | aet = after extra time 
Spain Turkey       Brazil       Germany       South Korea England
Senegal
XVII - WORLD CUP 2002 - KOREA - JAPAN
       Stage TEAM  P   W   D   L     GF   GA   GDif   Pts 
1. FINAL Brazil 7 7 0 0 18 4 +14 21
2. FINAL Germany 7 5 1 1 14 3 +11 16
3. 3rd-Place Turkey 7 4 1 2 10 6 +4 13
4. 4th-Place South Korea 7 3 2 2 8 6 +2 11
5. 1/4-final Spain 5 3 2 0 10 5 +5 11
6. 1/4-final England 5 2 2 1 6 3 +3 8
7. 1/4-final Senegal 5 2 2 1 7 6 +1 8
8. 1/4-final United States  5 2 1 2 7 7 +0 7
9. 1/8-final Japan 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7
10. 1/8-final Denmark 4 2 1 1 5 5 +0 7
11. 1/8-final Mexico 4 2 1 2 4 4 +0 7
12. 1/8-final Ireland 4 1 3 0 6 3 +3 6
13. 1/8-final Sweden 4 1 2 1 5 5 +0 5
14. 1/8-final Belgium 4 1 2 1 6 7 -1 5
15. 1/8-finall Italy 4 1 1 2 5 4 +1 4
16. 1/8-final Paraguay 4 1 1 2 6 7 -1 4
17. 1st-Round South Africa 3 1 1 1 5 5 +0 4
18. 1st-Round Argentina 3 1 1 1 2 2 +0 4
19. 1st-Round Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 5 6 -1 4
20. 1st-Round Cameroon 3 1 1 1 2 3 -1 4
21. 1st-Round Portugal 3 1 0 2 6 4 +2 3
22. 1st-Round Russia 3 1 0 2 4 4 +0 3
23. 1st-Round Croatia 3 1 0 2 2 3 -1 3
24. 1st-Round Ecuador 3 1 0 2 2 4 -2 3
25. 1st-Round Poland 3 1 0 2 3 7 -4 3
26. 1st-Round Uruguay 3 0 2 1 4 5 -1 2
27. 1st-Round Nigeria 3 0 1 2 1 3 -2 1
28. 1st-Round France 3 0 1 2 0 3 -3 1
29. 1st-Round Tunisia 3 0 1 2 1 5 -4 1
30. 1st-Round Slovenia 3 0 0 3 2 7 -5 0
31. 1st-Round China PR 3 0 0 3 0 9 -9 0
32.  1st-Round  Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 0 12 -12 0
     161 goals
United States
Japan Denmark
Mexico Rep. of Ireland
Sweden Belgium
Italy Paraguay
South Africa Argentina
Costa Rica Cameroon
Portugal Russia
Croatia Ecuador
Poland Uruguay
Nigeria Tunisia       China PR       Saudi Arabia       Slovenia France
Top Scorers
 (Bra) Ronaldo 8
 (Bra) Rivaldo 5
 (Ger) Miroslav Klose 5 
 (Ita) Christian Vieri 4
 (Den)  Jon Tomasson 4
 (Ger) Michael Ballack 3
 (Tur) Ilhan Mansiz 3
 (Bel) Mark Wilmots 3
 (Sen) Papa Bouba Diop 3
 (Ire) Robbie Keane 3
 (Swe) Henrik Larsson 3
 (Por) Pedro Pauleta 3
 (Spa) Fernando Morientes  3
 (Spa) Raul Gonzalez 3
 (Spa) Fernando Hierro  2
 (Usa) Brian McBride 2
 (Usa) Landon Donovan 2
 (Tur) Hasan Sas 2
 (Tur) Ümit Davala 2
 (Sen) Henrik Camara 2
 (Kor) Anh Jung-Hwa 2
 (Jap) Junichi Inamoto 2
 (Eng) Michael Owen 2
 (Mex) Jared Borgetti 2
 (Par) Nelson Cuevas 2
 (CR) Ronald Gomez 2
 (Bra) Ronaldinho 2
 (Bra) Roberto Carlos 1
 (Bra) Junior 1
 (Bra) Edmilson 1
 (Ger) Oliver Neuville 1
 (Ger) Carsten Jancker 1
 (Ger) Thomas Linke 1
 (Ger) Oliver Bierhoff 1