2002 FIFA World Cup

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FIFA World Cup international football tournament

The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th edition of the men's international football championship, notable for being the first World Cup held in Asia and jointly hosted by South Korea and Japan.

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf FIFA World Cup ⓘ
international football tournament ⓘ
bestGoalkeeper Oliver Kahn ⓘ
bestPlayer Oliver Kahn ⓘ
bestYoungPlayer Landon Donovan ⓘ
coHost Japan ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
defendingChampion France national football team ⓘ
editionNumber 17 ⓘ
endDate 2002-06-30 ⓘ
fairPlayAward Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Belgium national football team
finalCity Yokohama ⓘ
finalMatchDate 2002-06-30 ⓘ
finalScore Brazil 2–0 Germany ⓘ
finalStadium International Stadium Yokohama ⓘ
finalWinner Brazil national football team ⓘ
fourthPlace South Korea ⓘ
surface form: South Korea national football team
groupStageFormat 8 groups of 4 teams ⓘ
hostCountry Japan ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
knockoutStageFormat single-elimination ⓘ
mascot Ato ⓘ
Kaz ⓘ
Nik ⓘ
nextEdition 2006 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
notableFor first FIFA World Cup held in Asia ⓘ
first FIFA World Cup jointly hosted by two countries ⓘ
numberOfConfederations 5 ⓘ
numberOfGoals 161 ⓘ
numberOfHostCities 20 ⓘ
numberOfMatches 64 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 32 ⓘ
numberOfVenues 20 ⓘ
officialMatchBall Adidas Fevernova ⓘ
officialSong Boom ⓘ
officialSongPerformer Anastacia ⓘ
openingMatchCity Seoul ⓘ
openingMatchDate 2002-05-31 ⓘ
openingMatchStadium Seoul World Cup Stadium ⓘ
organizer FIFA ⓘ
previousEdition 1998 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
runnerUp Germany national football team ⓘ
sport association football ⓘ
startDate 2002-05-31 ⓘ
thirdPlace Turkey national football team ⓘ
topScorer Ronaldo ⓘ
topScorerGoals 8 ⓘ
winner Brazil national football team ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marcelo Bielsa → coachedAtTournament → 2002 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
South Korea → hostedEvent → 2002 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
1998 FIFA World Cup → nextEdition → 2002 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
Claudio López → participantIn → 2002 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
DaMarcus Beasley → participantIn → 2002 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
Bruce Arena → participatedIn → 2002 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
Gianluigi Buffon → participatedIn → 2002 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
Landon Donovan → participatedIn → 2002 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
Patrick Vieira → participatedIn → 2002 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
Paul Scholes → participatedIn → 2002 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
Vincent Enyeama → participatedIn → 2002 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
Nwankwo Kanu → participatedInTournament → 2002 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
Cuauhtémoc Blanco → playedInTournament → 2002 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
Miroslav Klose → playedInTournament → 2002 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
2006 FIFA World Cup → previousEdition → 2002 FIFA World Cup ⓘ