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England was drawn in the toughest group (group F) for the World Cup 2002 with Argentina, Sweden and Nigeria. England drew with Sweden 1-1, beat Argentina 1-0 and drew with Nigeria 0-0 to qualify in second place from group F (behind Sweden).


Please click on the banner above for all the World Cup 2002 results

 
2nd round
Sat 15 June: England beat Denmark 3-0  [ in Niigata ]

 
Quarter final
Fri 21 June:  England lost to Brazil 2-1 [ in Shizuoka ]
 
[Sat 22 June:  Turkey beat Senegal 1-0 to set up a semi final meeting with Brazil.]
                                                      
Semi final
Wed 26 June at Saitama. Brazil beat Turkey 1-0 in the semi final of the World Cup 2002.
 
Final
Sun 30 June at Yokohama. The final was between Brazil and Germany - click here to see the match report.

If England could have beaten Brazil they would not have had to play in the afternoon heat again as the semi finals and final are all evening matches. England would have faced Turkey in the semi final and old rivals Germany in the final - but it was not to be...
 

To see the final review of how England performed in the World Cup 2002 please click here.
 

To see when all the World Cup 2002 matches take place and to see all the results click here for the World Cup screen-chart.

 

                                                                  
Here are the groups:
 
GROUP A
1. France
2. Senegal
3. Uruguay
4. Denmark
 
GROUP B
1. Spain
2. Slovenia
3. Paraguay
4. South Africa
 
GROUP C
1. Brazil
2. Turkey
3. China
4. Costa Rica
 
GROUP D
1. South Korea
2. Poland
3. USA
4. Portugal
 
GROUP E
1. Germany
2. Saudi Arabia
3. Rep of Ireland
4. Cameroon

GROUP F
1. Argentina
2. Nigeria
3. England
4. Sweden
 
(times given are British Summer Time)
Sun 2 June 06.30 am     Argentina v Nigeria [ Ibaraki ]
Sun 2 June 10.30 am     England v Sweden [ Saitama ]
Fri 7 June 07.30 am     Sweden v Nigeria [ Kobe ]
Fri 7 June 12.30 pm     Argentina v England [ Sapporo ]
Wed 12 June 07.30 am     England v Nigeria [ Osaka ]
Wed 12 June 07.30 am     Argentina v Sweden [ Miyagi ]
 
GROUP G
1. Italy
2. Equador
3. Croatia
4. Mexico
 
GROUP H
1. Japan
2. Belgium
3. Russia
4. Tunisia
 
2nd Round fixture list in full ( 15 June to 18 June )
A. Winner group E v 2nd group B
                Seogwipo  - Sat 15 June - 07.30 BST
B. Winner group A v 2nd group F
                Niigata - Sat 15 June - 12.30 BST
C. Winner group F v 2nd group A
                Oita  - Sun 16 June - 07.30 BST
D. Winner group B v 2nd group E
                Suwon - Sun 16 June - 12.30 BST   
E. Winner group G v 2nd group D
                Jeonju - Mon 17 June - 07.30 BST   
F. Winner group C v 2nd group H
                 Kobe - Mon 17 June - 12.30 BST
G Winner group H v 2nd group C
                 Miyagi - Tue 18 June - 07.30 BST
H. Winner group D v 2nd group G
                 Daejeon - Tue 18 June 12.30 BST
 
Quarter finals in full ( 21 June and 22 June )
W: Winner B v Winner F         Shizouka - Fri 21 June - 07.30 BST
X: Winner A v Winner E          Ulsan - Fri 21 June - 12.30 BST
Y: Winner D v Winner H         Gwangju - Sat 22 June - 07.30 BST
Z: Winner C v Winner G          Osaka - Sat 22 June - 12.30 BST
 
Semi Final : Winner X v Winner Y        Seoul - Tue 25 June - 12.30 BST
                    Winner W v Winner Z        Saitama - Wed 26 June - 12.30 BST
 
Final:   Yokohama - Sun 30 June - 12.00 BST        (3rd/4th place playoff on 29 June)