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The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification competition was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe) — was allocated a certain number of the 32 places at the tournament. 199 teams entered the tournament qualification rounds, competing for 32 spots in the final tournament. South Korea and Japan, as the co-hosts, and France, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 29 spots open for competition.
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 4 March 2000 – 25 November 2001 |
Teams | 199 (from 6 confederations) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 777 |
Goals scored | 2,452 (3.16 per match) |
Attendance | 17,242,036 (22,191 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (16 goals) |
Team | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearance |
Last appearance |
Consecutive finals appearances |
Previous best performance |
FIFA ranking at start of event[1] |
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![]() | Co-hosts | 31 May 1996 | 2nd | 1998 | 2 | Group stage (1998) | 32 |
![]() | 6th | 1998 | 5 | Group stage (1954, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998) | 40 | ||
![]() | Defending Champions | 12 July 1998 | 11th | 1998 | 2 | Winners (1998) | 1 |
![]() | CAF final round group A winners | 1 July 2001 | 5th | 1998 | 4 | Quarter-finals (1990) | 17 |
![]() | CAF final round group E winners | 1 July 2001 | 2nd | 1998 | 2 | Group stage (1998) | 37 |
![]() | CAF final round group D winners | 15 July 2001 | 3rd | 1998 | 2 | Group stage (1978, 1998) | 31 |
![]() | CAF final round group C winners | 21 July 2001 | 1st | – | 1 | – | 42 |
![]() | CAF final round group B winners | 29 July 2001 | 3rd | 1998 | 3 | Round of 16 (1994, 1998) | 27 |
![]() | CONMEBOL winners | 15 August 2001 | 13th | 1998 | 8 | Winners (1978, 1986) | 3 |
![]() | UEFA Group 5 winners | 1 September 2001 | 6th | 1986 | 1 | Third place (1974, 1982) | 38 |
![]() | UEFA Group 4 winners | 5 September 2001 | 10th | 1994 | 1 | Runners-up (1958) | 19 |
![]() | UEFA Group 7 winners | 5 September 2001 | 11th | 1998 | 7 | Fourth place (1950) | 8 |
![]() | CONCACAF final round winners | 5 September 2001 | 2nd | 1990 | 1 | Round of 16 (1990) | 29 |
![]() | UEFA Group 1 winners | 6 October 2001 | 9th [2] | 1994 | 1 | Fourth place (1966) | 28 |
![]() | UEFA Group 2 winners | 6 October 2001 | 3rd | 1986 | 1 | Third place (1966) | 5 |
![]() | UEFA Group 3 winners | 6 October 2001 | 3rd | 1998 | 2 | Quarter-finals (1998) | 20 |
![]() | UEFA Group 6 winners | 6 October 2001 | 2nd | 1998 | 2 | Third place (1998) | 21 |
![]() | UEFA Group 8 winners | 6 October 2001 | 15th | 1998 | 11 | Winners (1934, 1938, 1982) | 6 |
![]() | UEFA Group 9 winners | 6 October 2001 | 11th | 1998 | 2 | Winners (1966) | 12 |
![]() | AFC second round Group B winners | 7 October 2001 | 1st | – | 1 | – | 50 |
![]() | CONCACAF final round runners-up | 7 October 2001 | 7th | 1998 | 4 | Third place (1930) | 13 |
![]() | AFC second round Group A winners | 21 October 2001 | 3rd | 1998 | 3 | Round of 16 (1994) | 34 |
![]() | CONMEBOL runners-up | 7 November 2001 | 1st | – | 1 | – | 36 |
![]() | CONMEBOL 4th place | 8 November 2001 | 6th | 1998 | 2 | Round of 16 (1986, 1998) | 18 |
![]() | CONCACAF final round 3rd place | 11 November 2001 | 12th | 1998 | 3 | Quarter-finals (1970, 1986) | 7 |
![]() | UEFA play-off winners | 14 November 2001 | 11th | 1998 | 6 | Fourth place (1986) | 23 |
![]() | UEFA play-off winners | 14 November 2001 | 15th | 1998 | 12 | Winners (1954, 1974, 1990) | 11 |
![]() | UEFA play-off winners | 14 November 2001 | 1st | – | 1 | – | 25 |
![]() | UEFA play-off winners | 14 November 2001 | 2nd | 1954 | 1 | Group stage (1954) | 22 |
![]() | CONMEBOL 3rd place | 14 November 2001 | 17th | 1998 | 17 | Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994) | 2 |
![]() | UEFA-AFC play-off winners | 15 November 2001 | 3rd | 1994 | 1 | Quarter-finals (1990) | 15 |
![]() | CONMEBOL v OFC play-off winners | 25 November 2001 | 10th | 1990 | 1 | Winners (1930, 1950) | 24 |
The 32 spots available in the 2002 World Cup would be distributed among the continental zones as follows:
A total of 193 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 777 qualifying matches were played, and 2452 goals were scored (an average of 3.17 per match).
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Confederation | Available slots in finals | Teams started | Teams eliminated | Teams qualified | Qualifying start date | Qualifying end date | ||
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AFC | 2+2 or 3+2 | 39+2 | 37 | 2+2 | 24 November 2000 | 15 November 2001 | ||
CAF | 5 | 50 | 45 | 5 | 7 April 2000 | 29 July 2001 | ||
CONCACAF | 3 | 34 | 31 | 3 | 4 March 2000 | 11 November 2001 | ||
CONMEBOL | 4 or 5 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 28 March 2000 | 25 November 2001 | ||
OFC | 0 or 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 April 2001 | 25 November 2001 | ||
UEFA | 13+1 or 14+1 | 50+1 | 36 | 14+1 | 16 August 2000 | 15 November 2001 | ||
Total | 29+3 | 193+3 | 164 | 29+3 | 4 March 2000 | 25 November 2001 |
The Asian Football Confederation was allocated four and half qualifying berths for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, South Korea and Japan, the co-hosts, qualified automatically, leaving two and half spots open for competition between 40 teams. Myanmar withdrew from the tournament after being placed in group 2 but before any matches had been played, therefore reducing the group to three teams.
Afghanistan, Bhutan and North Korea chose not to participate.
Asia's two remaining automatic qualifying berths were taken by Saudi Arabia and China. Iran lost their AFC–UEFA playoff against the Republic of Ireland.
There were three rounds of play:
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Source: [3] |
Source: [3] |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Iran ![]() |
4–0 | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–0 |
The Confederation of African Football was allocated five qualifying berths for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. 51 teams entered the qualification process.
Burundi withdrew before the draw was made while Niger and Comoros chose not to participate.
Guinea was excluded from the competition during the final round for government interference with its national association, resulting in their results obtained in the final round being annulled.
Africa's five automatic qualifying berths were taken by Cameroon, Senegal, Tunisia, South Africa, and Nigeria.
There were two rounds of play:
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Source: [4] |
Source: [4] |
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Group D | Group E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: [4] |
Source: [4] |
A total of 35 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. Mexico, USA, Jamaica and Costa Rica, the four highest-ranked teams according to FIFA, received byes and advanced to the semi-finals, while Canada advanced to the play-offs . The remaining teams were divided into zones, based on geographical locations, as follows:
Legend |
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Countries that qualified for the 2002 World Cup |
Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
10 | 23 |
2 | ![]() |
10 | 17 |
3 | ![]() |
10 | 17 |
4 | ![]() |
10 | 14 |
5 | ![]() |
10 | 8 |
6 | ![]() |
10 | 5 |
A total of 10 CONMEBOL teams entered the competition. competing for four and half places in the final tournament.
The 10 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The top 4 teams qualified. The 5th-placed team advanced to the CONMEBOL / OFC Intercontinental play-off.
Legend |
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Countries that qualified for the 2002 World Cup |
A total of 10 teams entered the competition. competing for a half place in the final tournament.
Papua New Guinea chose not to participate.
There would be two rounds of play:
Australia's 31–0 win over American Samoa established a World Cup record for the highest margin of victory in a qualifying match.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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New Zealand ![]() |
1–6 | ![]() |
0–2 | 1–4 |
The European section acted as qualifiers for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, for national teams which are members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Apart from France, who qualified automatically as holders, a total of thirteen and half slots in the final tournament were available for UEFA teams.
The 50 teams were divided into nine groups, five groups of six teams and four groups of five teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. Among the runners-up, the runner-up of group 2 was drawn randomly to advance to the UEFA–AFC Intercontinental play-off. The other runners-up would advance to the UEFA play-offs.
In the play-offs, the eight teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The four aggregate winners qualified. The qualifying process started on 2 September 2000, after UEFA Euro 2000, and ended on 14 November 2001.
The Netherlands and Romania both failed to qualify for the tournament for the first time since 1986, the former finishing third in group 2 behind Portugal and Republic of Ireland and the latter suffering a shock loss to Slovenia in the play-offs.
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Countries that qualified for the 2002 World Cup |
Countries that advanced to the Play-offs |
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Group 4 | Group 5 | Group 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Group 7 | Group 8 | Group 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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There were two scheduled inter-confederation playoffs to determine the final two qualification spots to the finals. The first legs were played on 10 and 20 November 2001, and the second legs were played on 15 and 25 November 2001.[5]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Republic of Ireland ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
2–0 | 0–1 |
There were 2452 goals scored in 777 matches, for an average of 3.16 goals per match.
16 goals
15 goals
14 goals
11 goals
10 goals
Below are goalscorer lists for all confederations and the inter-confederation play-offs:
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