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2002 FIFA Rimet Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	7 May – 5 June (28 days)
Teams	32 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	12 (in 12 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Yugoslavia
Runners-up	Colombia
Third place	Australia
Fourth place	Romania
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The 2002 FIFA Rimet Cup was the 8th edition of FIFA Rimet Cup, a quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA, for the top teams in FIFA World Cup qualification that do not qualify for the FIFA World Cup. It took place in Russia from 7 May to 5 June 2002, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2001.

Qualification

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

Qualification for the FIFA World Cup doubled as qualification to the FIFA Rimet Cup.

Direct bye to group stage

16 nations earned a berth directly into the group stage of the competition. Of the 16 teams, 5 were from UEFA, 3 from AFC, 3 from CAF, 2 from CONMEBOL, 2 from CONCACAF, and 1 from OFC, which was the host, Australia.

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Consecutive appearances	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking
Australia	Hosts	25 June 2001
Liberia	CAF Final Round Group B Runners-Up	29 July 2001
Morocco	CAF Final Round Group C Runners-Up	29 July 2001
Ivory Coast	CAF Final Round Group D Runners-Up	29 July 2001
Netherlands	UEFA Group 2 3rd place	6 October 2001
Uzbekistan	AFC Second Round Group B 3rd place	19 October 2001
United Arab Emirates	AFC play-off Runners-Up	31 October 2001
Honduras	CONCACAF Final Round 4th place	11 November 2001
Jamaica	CONCACAF Final Round 5th place	11 November 2001
Czech Republic	UEFA Play-offs Runners-Up	14 November 2001
Ukraine	UEFA Play-offs Runners-Up	14 November 2001
Romania	UEFA Play-offs Runners-Up	14 November 2001
Austria	UEFA Play-offs Runners-Up	14 November 2001
Colombia	CONMEBOL 6th place	14 November 2001
Bolivia	CONMEBOL 7th place	14 November 2001
Iran	UEFA–AFC play-off Runners-Up	15 November 2001

Participate in the qualifying round

32 nations entered in the qualifying round, which is a two-legged home and away series that was played on 2 March and 10 March 2002. Of the 32 teams, 14 were from UEFA, 1 was from CONMEBOL, 3 from CONCACAF, 2 from OFC, 6 from AFC, and 6 from CAF.

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Consecutive appearances	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking
El Salvador	CONCACAF Semifinal Round Group 2 3rd place	5 November 2000
Guatemala	CONCACAF Semifinal Round Group 3 3rd place	6 January 2001
Fiji	OFC First Round Group 1 Runners-Up	16 April 2001
Kazakhstan	AFC First Round best record	25 April 2001
New Zealand	OFC Final Round Runners-Up	24 June 2001
Angola	CAF Final Round Group A Runners-Up	29 July 2001
Zimbabwe	CAF Final Round Group E Runners-Up	29 July 2001
Egypt	CAF Final Round Group C 3rd place	29 July 2001
Sudan	CAF Final Round Group B 3rd place	29 July 2001
Zambia	CAF Final Round Group A 3rd place	29 July 2001
DR Congo	CAF Final Round Group D 3rd place	29 July 2001
Yugoslavia	UEFA Group 1 3rd place	6 October 2001
Bulgaria	UEFA Group 3 3rd place	6 October 2001
Slovakia	UEFA Group 4 3rd place	6 October 2001
Belarus	UEFA Group 5 3rd place	6 October 2001
Scotland	UEFA Group 6 3rd place	6 October 2001
Israel	UEFA Group 7 3rd place	6 October 2001
Georgia	UEFA Group 8 3rd place	6 October 2001
Finland	UEFA Group 9 3rd place	6 October 2001
Switzerland	UEFA Group 1 4th place	6 October 2001
Iceland	UEFA Group 3 4th place	6 October 2001
Norway	UEFA Group 5 4th place	6 October 2001
Estonia	UEFA Group 2 4th place	6 October 2001
North Macedonia	UEFA Group 4 4th place	6 October 2001
Bosnia and Herzegovina	UEFA Group 7 4th place	6 October 2001
Bahrain	AFC Second Round Group A 3rd place	21 October 2001
Iraq	AFC Second Round Group A 4th place	21 October 2001
Thailand	AFC Second Round Group A 5th place	21 October 2001
Qatar	AFC Second Round Group B 4th place	21 October 2001
Oman	AFC Second Round Group B 5th place	21 October 2001
Trinidad and Tobago	CONCACAF Final Round 6th place	11 November 2001
Peru	CONMEBOL 8th place	14 November 2001

Qualifying round

The first legs were played on 2 March 2006 and the second legs were played on 10 March 2006.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Asia-Pacific Cluster
Oman	1–3	Bahrain	1–0	0–3
Thailand	2–2 (a)	Kazakhstan	2–1	0–1
Iraq	3–1	Qatar	2–0	1–1
Fiji	0–6	New Zealand	0–3	0–3
African Cluster
Zambia	1–2	Zimbabwe	0–1	1–1
DR Congo	3–5	Angola	1–1	2–4
Egypt	3–2	Sudan	3–1	0–1
Americas Cluster
El Salvador	0–1	Trinidad and Tobago	0–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)
Guatemala	3–2	Peru	2–0	1–2
UEFA Cluster
Switzerland	1–1 (a)	Yugoslavia	1–1	0–0
Estonia	4–3	Belarus	2–1	2–2
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3	Scotland	0–1	0–2
Iceland	4–4 (5–3 p)	Israel	2–2	2–2 (a.e.t.)
North Macedonia	4–1	Bulgaria	3–0	1–1
Georgia	2–0	Finland	2–0	0–0
Norway	2–5	Slovakia	0–2	2–3

Draw

The draw was held on 29 March 2002, at 18:00 CEST, at the Sydney. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four.

For the draw, the teams were allocated to four pots based on the FIFA World Rankings of February 2002. Pot 1 contained the hosts Australia (who were automatically assigned to Position A1) and the best seven teams, Pot 2 contained the next best eight teams, and so on for Pots 3 and 4. This was different from previous draws, where only Pot 1 was based on FIFA Rankings while the remaining pots were based on geographical considerations. However, still retained was the fact that teams from the same confederation were not drawn against each other for the group stage, except for UEFA where each group contained up to two teams.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Australia (49) (hosts) Colombia (5) Netherlands (8) Yugoslavia (11) Czech Republic (15) Romania (16) Honduras (27) Iran (32)	Trinidad and Tobago (35) Morocco (39) Egypt (40) Slovakia (43) Ivory Coast (46) Ukraine (48) Scotland (51) Iceland (54)	Jamaica (55) Angola (57) Austria (58) Georgia (60) United Arab Emirates (61) Zimbabwe (62) Uzbekistan (65) Guatemala (66)	Iraq (70) Bolivia (71) Liberia (75) New Zealand (85) Estonia (87) North Macedonia (93) Kazakhstan (99) Bahrain (110)

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Advance to knockout round
2	Georgia	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
4	Bolivia	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: FIFA.com

7 May 2002 (2002-05-07)

Australia	2–0	Slovakia
Viduka 31' Emerton 57'

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Attendance: 80,158

7 May 2002 (2002-05-07)

Georgia	3–2	Bolivia
Iashvili 22', 71' Kestbaia 40'		Moreno 14' Castillo 79'

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Attendance: 80,158

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11 May 2002 (2002-05-11)

Australia	2–1	Georgia
Kewell 57', 81'		Iashvili 30'

Stadium Australia, Sydney

Attendance: 50,222

11 May 2002 (2002-05-11)

Bolivia	0–1	Slovakia
		Németh 62'

Stadium Australia, Sydney

Attendance: 50,222

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15 May 2002 (2002-05-15)

Bolivia	0–4	Australia
		Thompson 49' Muscat 54' Kewell 64' Agostino 80'

Perth Stadium, Perth

Attendance: 37,165

15 May 2002 (2002-05-15)

Slovakia	0–1	Georgia
		Ketsbaia 74'

Perth Stadium, Perth

Attendance: 37,165

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advance to knockout round
2	Ivory Coast	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
3	Austria	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Source: FIFA.com

7 May 2002 (2002-05-07)

Colombia	2–2	Ivory Coast

7 May 2002 (2002-05-07)

Austria	3–0	Kazakhstan

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11 May 2002 (2002-05-11)

Colombia	2–1	Austria

11 May 2002 (2002-05-11)

Kazakhstan	0–1	Ivory Coast

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15 May 2002 (2002-05-15)

Kazakhstan	0–2	Colombia

15 May 2002 (2002-05-15)

Ivory Coast	0–0	Austria

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Angola	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6	Advance to knockout round
2	Honduras	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
4	Estonia	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Source: FIFA.com

8 May 2002 (2002-05-08)

Honduras	1–2	Ukraine

8 May 2002 (2002-05-08)

Angola	1–0	Estonia

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12 May 2002 (2002-05-12)

Honduras	1–0	Angola

12 May 2002 (2002-05-12)

Estonia	2–3	Ukraine

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16 May 2002 (2002-05-16)

Estonia	0–1	Honduras

16 May 2002 (2002-05-16)

Ukraine	0–2	Angola

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout round
2	Zimbabwe	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	North Macedonia	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3

Source: FIFA.com

8 May 2002 (2002-05-08)

Iran	1–0	Trinidad and Tobago

8 May 2002 (2002-05-08)

Zimbabwe	3–2	North Macedonia

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12 May 2002 (2002-05-12)

Iran	1–1	Zimbabwe

12 May 2002 (2002-05-12)

North Macedonia	2–1	Trinidad and Tobago

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16 May 2002 (2002-05-16)

North Macedonia	1–2	Iran

16 May 2002 (2002-05-16)

Trinidad and Tobago	2–0	Zimbabwe

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Advance to knockout round
2	Egypt	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
3	Guatemala	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
4	Bahrain	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Source: FIFA.com

9 May 2002 (2002-05-09)

Yugoslavia	4–0	Guatemala

9 May 2002 (2002-05-09)

Egypt	2–0	Bahrain

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13 May 2002 (2002-05-13)

Yugoslavia	1–1	Egypt

13 May 2002 (2002-05-13)

Bahrain	1–2	Guatemala

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17 May 2002 (2002-05-17)

Bahrain	0–2	Yugoslavia

17 May 2002 (2002-05-17)

Guatemala	0–2	Egypt

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to knockout round
2	Uzbekistan	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Iceland	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	Liberia	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: FIFA.com

9 May 2002 (2002-05-09)

Netherlands	3–1	Iceland

9 May 2002 (2002-05-09)

Uzbekistan	2–1	Liberia

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13 May 2002 (2002-05-13)

Netherlands	1–0	Uzbekistan

13 May 2002 (2002-05-13)

Liberia	1–2	Iceland

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17 May 2002 (2002-05-17)

Liberia	0–0	Netherlands

17 May 2002 (2002-05-17)

Iceland	1–1	Uzbekistan

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7	Advance to knockout round
2	Scotland	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	New Zealand	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
4	United Arab Emirates	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: FIFA.com

10 May 2002 (2002-05-10)

Czech Republic	3–2	Scotland

10 May 2002 (2002-05-10)

United Arab Emirates	1–1	New Zealand

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14 May 2002 (2002-05-14)

Czech Republic	3–0	United Arab Emirates

14 May 2002 (2002-05-14)

New Zealand	0–0	Scotland

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18 May 2002 (2002-05-18)

New Zealand	2–2	Czech Republic

18 May 2002 (2002-05-18)

Scotland	1–0	United Arab Emirates

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9	Advance to knockout round
2	Iraq	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
3	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Morocco	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3

Source: FIFA.com

10 May 2002 (2002-05-10)

Romania	4–3	Morocco

10 May 2002 (2002-05-10)

Jamaica	3–1	Iraq

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14 May 2002 (2002-05-14)

Romania	3–0	Jamaica

14 May 2002 (2002-05-14)

Iraq	3–0	Morocco

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18 May 2002 (2002-05-18)

Iraq	0–3	Romania

18 May 2002 (2002-05-18)

Morocco	1–0	Jamaica

Knockout round

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

20 May – Melbourne

Australia

2

25 May – Sydney

Zimbabwe

0

Australia (a.e.t.)

1

20 May – Adelaide

Ivory Coast

0

Angola

1

29 May – Perth

Ivory Coast (a.e.t.)

2

Australia

0 (3)

21 May – Geelong

Colombia (pen.)

0 (5)

Colombia

3

25 May – Gold Coast

Honduras

0

Colombia

3

21 May – Darwin

Georgia

0

Iran

0

5 June – Sydney

Georgia (a.e.t.)

1

Colombia

1

22 May – Sydney

Yugoslavia (a.e.t.)

3

Yugoslavia

5

26 May – Hobart

Iraq

2

Yugoslavia

3

22 May – Perth

Czech Republic

2

Czech Republic

2

30 May – Adelaide

Uzbekistan

1

Yugoslavia

1

23 May – Cairns

Romania

0

Third place

Romania (pen.)

0 (4)

26 May – Melbourne

4 June – Melbourne

Egypt

0 (2)

Romania

2

Australia

2

23 May – Gold Coast

Scotland

1

Romania

0

Netherlands

0

Scotland

2