2002 FIFA World Cup Group C

Group C of the 2002 FIFA World Cup took place between 3 and 13 June 2002. The group consisted of eventual champions Brazil, Turkey, Costa Rica, and China. Brazil finished top of the group, winning all three matches, and advanced to the second round, alongside Turkey. Costa Rica were eliminated on goal difference, having shared the same number of points as Turkey, while China lost all three of their matches, failing to score a goal in any of them.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	0	11	3	+8	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Turkey	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
3	Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
4	China	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

• Brazil advanced to play Belgium (runner-up of Group H) in the round of 16.
• Turkey advanced to play Japan (winner of Group H) in the round of 16.

Matches

All times are local (UTC+9)

Brazil vs Turkey

3 June 2002

18:00

Brazil	2–1	Turkey
Ronaldo 50' Rivaldo 87' (pen.)	Report	Hasan Şaş 45+2'

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

Attendance: 33,842

Referee: Kim Young-joo (South Korea)

Brazil

Turkey

GK 1 Marcos CB 4 Roque Júnior CB 3 Lúcio CB 5 Edmílson RWB 2 Cafu (c) LWB 6 Roberto Carlos CM 8 Gilberto Silva CM 19 Juninho Paulista  72' RF 11 Ronaldinho  67' CF 9 Ronaldo  73' LF 10 Rivaldo Substitutions: FW 17 Denílson  73'  67' MF 18 Vampeta  72' FW 21 Luizão  73' Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

GK 1 Rüştü Reçber CB 5 Alpay Özalan  44'  86' CB 16 Ümit Özat CB 3 Bülent Korkmaz  66' RM 4 Fatih Akyel  21' CM 8 Tugay Kerimoğlu  88' LM 20 Hakan Ünsal  24'  90+4' RW 21 Emre Belözoğlu AM 10 Yıldıray Baştürk  66' LW 11 Hasan Şaş CF 9 Hakan Şükür (c) Substitutions: FW 17 İlhan Mansız  66' MF 22 Ümit Davala  66' FW 6 Arif Erdem  88' Manager: Şenol Güneş

Man of the Match: Rivaldo (Brazil) Assistant referees: Visva Krishnan (Singapore) Vladimir Fernández (El Salvador) Fourth official: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

China vs Costa Rica

4 June 2002

15:30

China	0–2	Costa Rica
	Report	Gómez 61' Wright 65'

Gwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangju

Attendance: 27,217

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

China

Costa Rica

GK 22 Jiang Jin RB 21 Xu Yunlong  72' CB 5 Fan Zhiyi  74' CB 14 Li Weifeng LB 4 Wu Chengying DM 8 Li Tie  60' RM 7 Sun Jihai  26' LM 9 Ma Mingyu (c) AM 18 Li Xiaopeng  77' CF 10 Hao Haidong CF 20 Yang Chen  66' Substitutions: FW 16 Qu Bo  26' FW 12 Su Maozhen  66' MF 11 Yu Genwei  74' Manager: Bora Milutinović

GK 1 Erick Lonnis (c) CB 3 Luis Marín  15' CB 4 Mauricio Wright CB 5 Gilberto Martínez RM 15 Harold Wallace  70' CM 8 Mauricio Solís  17' CM 10 Walter Centeno  85' CM 11 Rónald Gómez  79' LM 22 Carlos Castro CF 7 Rolando Fonseca  57' CF 9 Paulo Wanchope  80' Substitutions: FW 17 Hernán Medford  57' FW 16 Steven Bryce  70' MF 6 Wilmer López  80' Manager: Alexandre Guimarães

Man of the Match: Rónald Gómez (Costa Rica) Assistant referees: Carlos Mato (Portugal) Jaap Pool (Netherlands) Fourth official: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Brazil vs China

8 June 2002

20:30

Brazil	4–0	China
Roberto Carlos 15' Rivaldo 32' Ronaldinho 45' (pen.) Ronaldo 55'	Report

Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo

Attendance: 36,750

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Brazil

China

GK 1 Marcos CB 3 Lúcio CB 14 Ânderson Polga CB 4 Roque Júnior  69' RWB 2 Cafu (c) LWB 6 Roberto Carlos CM 19 Juninho Paulista  70' CM 8 Gilberto Silva RF 10 Rivaldo CF 9 Ronaldo  72' LF 11 Ronaldinho  25'  46' Substitutions: FW 17 Denílson  46' MF 7 Ricardinho  70' FW 20 Edílson  72' Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

GK 22 Jiang Jin RB 21 Xu Yunlong CB 17 Du Wei CB 14 Li Weifeng LB 4 Wu Chengying CM 8 Li Tie CM 15 Zhao Junzhe RM 18 Li Xiaopeng LM 9 Ma Mingyu (c)  62' AM 19 Qi Hong  66' CF 10 Hao Haidong  75' Substitutions: MF 3 Yang Pu  62' MF 6 Shao Jiayi  66' FW 16 Qu Bo  75' Manager: Bora Milutinović

Man of the Match: Roberto Carlos (Brazil) Assistant referees: Leif Lindberg (Sweden) Bomer Fierro (Ecuador) Fourth official: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

Costa Rica vs Turkey

9 June 2002

18:00

Costa Rica	1–1	Turkey
Parks 86'	Report	Emre B. 56'

Incheon World Cup Stadium, Incheon

Attendance: 42,299

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Costa Rica

Turkey

GK 1 Erick Lonnis (c) CB 5 Gilberto Martínez  24' CB 4 Mauricio Wright CB 3 Luis Marín RM 15 Harold Wallace  77' CM 10 Walter Centeno  66' CM 8 Mauricio Solís CM 6 Wilmer López  77' CM 11 Rónald Gómez LM 22 Carlos Castro  43' CF 9 Paulo Wanchope Substitutions: FW 17 Hernán Medford  66' MF 12 Winston Parks  77' FW 16 Steven Bryce  77' Manager: Alexandre Guimarães

GK 1 Rüştü Reçber CB 16 Ümit Özat CB 2 Emre Aşık  20' CB 18 Ergün Penbe RM 4 Fatih Akyel CM 8 Tugay Kerimoğlu  45'  88' LM 21 Emre Belözoğlu  89' RW 22 Ümit Davala AM 10 Yıldıray Baştürk  79' LW 11 Hasan Şaş CF 9 Hakan Şükür (c)  75' Substitutions: FW 17 İlhan Mansız  75' FW 15 Nihat Kahveci  79' FW 6 Arif Erdem  88' Manager: Şenol Güneş

Man of the Match: Paulo Wanchope (Costa Rica) Assistant referees: Dramane Danté (Mali) Brighton Mudzamiri (Zimbabwe) Fourth official: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Costa Rica vs Brazil

13 June 2002

15:30

Costa Rica	2–5	Brazil
Wanchope 39' Gómez 56'	Report	Ronaldo 10', 13' Edmílson 38' Rivaldo 62' Júnior 64'

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon

Attendance: 38,524

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Costa Rica

Brazil

GK 1 Erick Lonnis (c) CB 5 Gilberto Martínez  74' CB 4 Mauricio Wright CB 3 Luis Marín RM 15 Harold Wallace  46' CM 8 Mauricio Solís  65' CM 6 Wilmer López CM 10 Walter Centeno LM 22 Carlos Castro CF 9 Paulo Wanchope CF 11 Rónald Gómez Substitutions: FW 16 Steven Bryce  46' FW 7 Rolando Fonseca  65' MF 12 Winston Parks  74' Manager: Alexandre Guimarães

GK 1 Marcos CB 3 Lúcio CB 14 Ânderson Polga CB 5 Edmílson RWB 2 Cafu (c)  90+3' LWB 16 Júnior CM 19 Juninho Paulista  61' CM 8 Gilberto Silva RF 20 Edílson  57' CF 9 Ronaldo LF 10 Rivaldo  72' Substitutions: MF 15 Kléberson  57' MF 7 Ricardinho  61' FW 23 Kaká  72' Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

Man of the Match: Júnior (Brazil) Assistant referees: Wagih Farag (Egypt) Egon Bereuter (Austria) Fourth official: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Turkey vs China

13 June 2002

15:30

Turkey	3–0	China
Hasan Şaş 6' Bülent 9' Davala 85'	Report

Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 43,605

Referee: Óscar Ruiz (Colombia)

Turkey

China

GK 1 Rüştü Reçber  35' CB 4 Fatih Akyel CB 2 Emre Aşık  19' CB 3 Bülent Korkmaz RM 22 Ümit Davala CM 8 Tugay Kerimoğlu  84' LM 20 Hakan Ünsal RW 10 Yıldıray Baştürk  70' AM 11 Hasan Şaş  81' LW 21 Emre Belözoğlu  30' CF 9 Hakan Şükür (c) Substitutions: GK 12 Ömer Çatkıç  35' FW 17 İlhan Mansız  70' MF 14 Tayfur Havutçu  84' Manager: Şenol Güneş

GK 22 Jiang Jin (c) RB 21 Xu Yunlong CB 17 Du Wei CB 14 Li Weifeng  62' LB 4 Wu Chengying  46' RM 18 Li Xiaopeng CM 8 Li Tie CM 15 Zhao Junzhe LM 3 Yang Pu  45+1' CF 10 Hao Haidong  73' CF 20 Yang Chen  73' Substitutions: MF 6 Shao Jiayi  58'  46' MF 11 Yu Genwei  73' FW 16 Qu Bo  73' Manager: Bora Milutinović

Man of the Match: Hasan Şaş (Turkey) Assistant referees: Ali Tomusange (Uganda) Curtis Charles (Antigua and Barbuda) Fourth official: Byron Moreno (Ecuador)

External links

• Results

See also

• Brazil at the FIFA World Cup
• China at the FIFA World Cup
• Costa Rica at the FIFA World Cup
• Turkey at the FIFA World Cup