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2002 FIFA World Cup
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17th FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th edition of soccer's premier international tournament, held in South Korea and Japan. It matters as a significant sporting event that brought together the world's best national soccer teams in competition.
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- Instance of
- sports season
- Country
- South Korea
- Followed by
- 2006 FIFA World Cup
- Follows
- 1998 FIFA World Cup
- Location
- Wing Stadium Kobe
- Sport
- association football
- League
- FIFA World Cup
- Official website
- fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en
- Image
- 2002년 한·일 월드컵-대한민국·스페인 8강 경기-경기장 전경.jpg
- Participant
- Niko Kovač
- Organizer
- FIFA
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- participating team
- Portugal men's national football team
- point in time
- 2002-00-00
- competition class
- men's association football
- topic has template
- Template:2002 FIFA World Cup
- start time
- 2002-05-30
- Commons category
- 2002 FIFA World Cup
- topic's main category
- Category:2002 FIFA World Cup
- end time
- 2002-06-29
- number of participants
- 33
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 64
- number of points/goals/set scored
- 161
- attendance
- 2705197
- statistical leader
- Ronaldo
- final event
- 2002 FIFA World Cup Final
- sports season of league or competition
- FIFA World Cup
- mascot
- Ato, Kaz and Nik
- edition number
- 19
- social media followers
- 2837004
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Encyclopedic overview
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 Japan and South Korea, 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 first to be held in Asia, the first to be held outside of the Americas or Europe, as well as the first to be jointly hosted by more than one nation. Four teams (China, Ecuador, Senegal, and Slovenia) made their World Cup debuts, with Senegal being the only debutant to advance from the Group Stages and make it to the quarter-finals.
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