The 2002 World Cup Finals Draw.
Seeded Teams
Argentina, Brazil, France,
Germany, Italy,
Japan, South Korea and Spain.
Pot 2 - Remaining 11 European Teams
Belgium, Croatia, Denmark,
England, Poland, Portugal,
Rep. of Ireland, Russia, Slovenia,
Sweden and Turkey.
One European team will go into each group, with the remaining
three Europeans going into groups without European seeds; so no three Europeans will be
drawn together.
Pot 3
China, Ecuador, Paraguay,
Saudi Arabia and Uruguay.
These teams will be drawn into the remaining 5 groups; once pot 2
is emptied, with China going to a group in Korea and Saudi Arabia to a group in Japan.
Pot 4
Cameroon, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nigeria,
Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia and United
States.
Africa and CONCACAF make up pot 4 and will be drawn into the last
slot in each group - at least two African teams and one from CONCACAF will play in either
Korea or Japan.
The day before the the draw, FIFA announced that the winners of the 2002 World Cup would not qualify automatically for the 2006 World Cup, to be held in Germany.
Live from Busan at 19:00 - 11:00 CET, 10:00 GMT
We're almost ready to start..... and will report in Central European
time.
11:00 - The draw will begin in about 20 minutes.... in Busan.
11:15 - The Master of Ceremonies are getting things underway......
11:18 - The flags are coming in......
11:30 - We're still in the warm up phase..... Korean folk displays
getting us in the mood.
11:34 - Sepp Blatter is welcoming everyone to the tournament draw.
Thanks to Korea and Japan for organising everyting and working together for this world big
event.....
11:38 - Applause for China, Ecuador, Senegal and Slovenia.... newcomers
to the finals....
11:40 - Thanks to Busan and Asia.... Sepp Blatter moves away for Claude
Simonet..... President of the French Football Association.....
11:40 - In come the co-presidents...... of the organising
associations.... Korea and Japan.... the world cup changes hands...... The World Cup is
only on display for the draw.... it's ceremonial..... France are Holders until May!
11:45 - The official hymn.... composed by Vangelis is being
performed......
11:55 - We're still here..... all the qualified countries are getting a
little airplay.....
12:06 - We're being shown the pots......
12:11 - Johan Cruyff, Roger Milla, Sun Wen..... taking their
places.....
12:12 - Spain.... B1....
12:20 - Still no England out of Pot 2.....
12:23 - England get drawn with Argentina....
12:25 - Pot 2 is empty..... we take a break in the draw.....
12:33 - Pot 3 underway..... China is in Korea.... C3... with Brazil and
Turkey....
12:37 - France vs Senegal will be the opening match.
12:40 - The draw is complete.
2002 Korea/Japan Fixtures:
The Schedule for the 2002 Korea/Japan Finals.
48 First Round matches in eight groups of four teams each.
The first two teams in each group moving on to the Second Round.
By Date.
2002 World Cup Groups
Four groups staged in South
Korea and four groups in Japan.
By Group.
2002 World Cup Host Cities
Seoul will stage the
opening game and Yokohama the 2002 World
Cup Final.
By Stadium.
AFC:
Asian Football Confederation.
CAF:
Confederation Africaine de Football.
CONCACAF:
Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football.
CONMEBOL:
Confederaci�n Sudamericana de Futbol.
OFC:
Oceania Football Confederation.
UEFA:
Union of European Football Associations.
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