At the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the knockout stage was the second and final stage of the tournament, following the group stage. The top two teams from each group (16 in total) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination tournament. A match for third place was also played between the two losing semi-finalists.
Note: Match kickoff times are given in local (South Korea and Japan) time; this is KST and JST (UTC+9) during summer time.
Qualified teams The top two placed teams from each of the eight groups qualified for the knockout stage.
Group Winners Runners-up A B C D E F G H
Bracket
Round of 16
Germany vs Paraguay Two minutes from the end of regulation time, Oliver Kahn sent a goal kick down the field, which was received by Michael Ballack. Ballack passed to Bernd Schneider whose cross from the right was turned in by Oliver Neuville on the half volley at the near post from six yards out. In the 92nd minute, Roberto Acuña was sent off after punching Ballack.
GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c)CB 3 Marko Rehmer CB 2 Thomas LinkeCB 21Christoph Metzelder RM 19Bernd Schneider CM 22Torsten FringsCM 16Jens JeremiesLM 17Marco BodeAM 13Michael Ballack CF 7 Oliver Neuville CF 11Miroslav KloseSubstitutions:MF 15Sebastian Kehl DF 4 Frank Baumann FW 14Gerald Asamoah Manager:Rudi Völler GK 1 José Luis Chilavert (c)RB 2 Francisco ArceCB 18Julio César CáceresCB 5 Celso AyalaCB 4 Carlos GamarraLB 21Denis CanizaCM 15Carlos Bonet CM 10Roberto Acuña CM 6 Estanislao Struway CF 20José Cardozo CF 9 Roque Santa Cruz Substitutions:FW 11Jorge Campos MF 14Diego Gavilán FW 23Nelson Cuevas Manager: Cesare Maldini Man of the Match: Jens Jeremies (Germany)
Assistant referees: Curtis Charles (Antigua and Barbuda) Dramane Dante (Mali) Fourth official: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
Denmark vs England After five minutes, David Beckham launched a corner towards Rio Ferdinand, whose header was fumbled by Thomas Sørensen into the net. Michael Owen doubled England's advantage after Trevor Sinclair's pass was flicked to him by Nicky Butt. England made it 3-0 one minute before half-time when a throw-in by Danny Mills was missed by Niclas Jensen, with Beckham passing to Emile Heskey who swept the ball home. In the second half, England appeared to take their foot off the pedal, possibly with a view to conserving energy for the next round: but were easily able to snuff out any rare Danish attacks, neither side coming particularly close to scoring again.
GK 1 Thomas SørensenRB 6 Thomas Helveg CB 4 Martin LaursenCB 3 René Henriksen (c)LB 12Niclas JensenCM 2 Stig Tøfting CM 7 Thomas GravesenRW 19Dennis RommedahlAM 9 Jon Dahl TomassonLW 8 Jesper GrønkjærCF 11Ebbe SandSubstitutions:DF 20Kasper Bøgelund MF 14Claus Jensen Manager:Morten Olsen GK 1 David SeamanRB 2 Danny Mills CB 5 Rio FerdinandCB 6 Sol CampbellLB 3 Ashley ColeRM 7 David Beckham (c)CM 8 Paul Scholes CM 21Nicky ButtLM 4 Trevor SinclairCF 11Emile Heskey CF 10Michael Owen Substitutions:FW 9 Robbie Fowler MF 23Kieron Dyer FW 17Teddy Sheringham Manager: Sven-Göran Eriksson Man of the Match: Rio Ferdinand (England)
Assistant referees: Heiner Müller (Germany) Evzen Amler (Czech Republic) Fourth official: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
Sweden vs Senegal On 11 minutes, a Sweden corner was headed in by Henrik Larsson. Eight minutes before half-time, Henri Camara equalised for Senegal by shooting into the bottom-left corner. Camara scored the golden goal on 104 minutes, from a similar position shooting low in off the left post. Senegal became the second African nation to reach the quarter-finals, after Cameroon in 1990.
GK 1 Magnus HedmanRB 2 Olof MellbergCB 15Andreas JakobssonCB 4 Johan Mjällby (c)LB 16Teddy LučićRM 7 Niclas Alexandersson CM 8 Anders SvenssonCM 6 Tobias LinderothLM 17Magnus Svensson CF 10Marcus Allbäck CF 11Henrik LarssonSubstitutions:FW 22Andreas Andersson FW 21Zlatan Ibrahimović MF 18Mattias Jonson Managers:Lars Lagerbäck & Tommy Söderberg GK 1 Tony SylvaRB 17Ferdinand Coly CB 13Lamine DiattaCB 4 Pape Malick Diop LB 2 Omar DafCM 19Papa Bouba DiopCM 6 Aliou Cissé (c)CM 12Amdy FayeRF 7 Henri CamaraCF 18Pape Thiaw LF 11El Hadji DioufSubstitutions:DF 21Habib Beye Manager: Bruno Metsu Man of the Match: Henri Camara (Senegal)
Assistant referees: Miguel Giacomuzzi (Paraguay) Héctor Vergara (Canada) Fourth official: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
Spain vs Republic of Ireland Spain took the lead in the 8th minute with a goal from Fernando Morientes, a header to the left corner of the net after a cross from the right. In the 62nd minute, Ian Harte missed a penalty after a foul on Damien Duff. Spain managed to hold out until the very last minute, when a foul by Captain Fernando Hierro on saw a penalty converted by Robbie Keane low to the left corner of the net to make it 1–1. After extra time ended goalless, Spain triumphed 3–2 on penalties with goalkeeper Iker Casillas emerging a hero by saving two attempts.
GK 1 Iker CasillasRB 5 Carles PuyolCB 6 Fernando Hierro (c) CB 4 Iván HelgueraLB 3 Juanfran RM 21Luis EnriqueCM 8 Rubén Baraja CM 17Juan Carlos ValerónLM 11Javier de Pedro CF 7 Raúl CF 9 Fernando Morientes Substitutions:MF 16Gaizka Mendieta MF 14David Albelda FW 12Albert Luque Manager:José Antonio Camacho GK 1 Shay GivenRB 2 Steve FinnanCB 14Gary BreenCB 5 Steve Staunton (c) LB 3 Ian Harte RM 18Gary Kelly CM 12Mark KinsellaCM 8 Matt HollandLM 11Kevin KilbaneCF 9 Damien DuffCF 10Robbie KeaneSubstitutions:DF 4 Kenny Cunningham FW 17Niall Quinn FW 13David Connolly Manager:Mick McCarthy Man of the Match: Iker Casillas (Spain)
Assistant referees: Leif Lindberg (Sweden) Igor Šramka (Slovakia) Fourth official: Urs Meier (Switzerland)
Mexico vs United States
After eight minutes, Claudio Reyna managed to run through the right-hand side before sending the ball to Josh Wolff, who then switched the ball over to Brian McBride who struck the ball into the net. Landon Donovan doubled the United States' advantage midway through the second half after Eddie Lewis ran through the left-hand side before sending the ball towards Donovan who headed the ball home. A frustrated Mexico also saw captain Rafael Márquez sent off late on by referee Vítor Melo Pereira for a dangerous tackle on Cobi Jones.
GK 1 Óscar PérezRB 16Salvador Carmona CB 4 Rafael Márquez (c) CB 5 Manuel Vidrio LB 11Braulio LunaRM 21Jesús ArellanoCM 6 Gerardo Torrado CM 18Johan RodríguezLM 7 Ramón Morales SS 10Cuauhtémoc Blanco CF 9 Jared BorgettiSubstitutions:FW 15Luis Hernández CM 13Sigifredo Mercado CM 8 Alberto García Aspe Manager:Javier Aguirre GK 1 Brad Friedel CB 22Tony SannehCB 23Eddie Pope CB 3 Gregg Berhalter RM 10Claudio Reyna (c)CM 4 Pablo Mastroeni CM 21Landon DonovanCM 5 John O'BrienLM 7 Eddie LewisCF 15Josh Wolff CF 20Brian McBride Substitutions:MF 8 Earnie Stewart MF 13Cobi Jones DF 16Carlos Llamosa Manager:Bruce Arena Man of the Match: Landon Donovan (United States)
Assistant referees: Carlos Matos (Portugal) Egon Bereuter (Austria) Fourth official: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)
Brazil vs Belgium The match saw fight and resilience from both sides. Belgium had a first half goal from Marc Wilmots ruled out after he was adjudged to have pushed Roque Júnior by referee Peter Prendergast. Goalkeepers Marcos and Geert De Vlieger were both forced into making multiple saves to contain each side from taking the lead. Despite Belgium's best efforts, Brazil took the lead on 67 minutes after Ronaldinho managed to find Rivaldo on the edge of the Belgian penalty area who controlled the ball before firing an effort, which deflected off of defender Daniel Van Buyten, into the net. Belgium continued their persistent efforts in finding a goal, but ultimately fell short and Ronaldo sealed the win for Brazil in the 87th minute after Kléberson found him unmarked in the centre, and the Brazilian striker was left to finish from 12 yards.
GK 1 MarcosCB 3 LúcioCB 4 Roque JúniorCB 5 EdmílsonRWB2 Cafu (c)LWB6 Roberto Carlos CM 19Juninho Paulista CM 8 Gilberto SilvaAM 11Ronaldinho SS 10Rivaldo CF 9 RonaldoSubstitutions:MF 17Denílson MF 15Kléberson MF 7 Ricardinho Manager:Luiz Felipe Scolari GK 1 Geert De VliegerRB 15Jacky Peeters CB 16Daniel Van BuytenCB 6 Timmy SimonsLB 5 Nico Van KerckhovenRM 22Mbo MpenzaCM 18Yves Vanderhaeghe CM 10Johan WalemLM 8 Bart GoorCF 11Gert VerheyenCF 7 Marc Wilmots (c)Substitutions:FW 9 Wesley Sonck Manager:Robert Waseige
Man of the Match: Rivaldo (Brazil)
Assistant referees: Yury Dupanov (Belarus) Mohamed Saeed (Maldives) Fourth official: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Japan vs Turkey In the 12th minute, Ergün Penbe sent in a corner for Turkey where Ümit Davala managed to head the ball beyond goalkeeper Seigo Narazaki in what would be the only goal of the match.
GK 12Seigo NarazakiCB 3 Naoki MatsudaCB 17Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c)CB 16Kōji NakataRM 20Tomokazu MyojinCM 21Kazuyuki Toda CM 7 Hidetoshi NakataCM 5 Junichi Inamoto LM 18Shinji OnoCF 9 Akinori NishizawaCF 14Alex Substitutions:FW 11Takayuki Suzuki MF 22Daisuke Ichikawa MF 8 Hiroaki Morishima Manager: Philippe Troussier GK 1 Rüştü ReçberRB 5 Alpay Özalan CB 3 Bülent KorkmazLB 20Hakan ÜnsalCM 4 Fatih AkyelCM 8 Tugay KerimoğluCM 18Ergün Penbe RW 22Ümit Davala AM 10Yıldıray Baştürk LW 11Hasan Şaş CF 9 Hakan Şükür (c) Substitutions:MF 15Nihat Kahveci FW 14Tayfur Havutçu FW 17İlhan Mansız Manager:Şenol Güneş
Man of the Match: Alpay Özalan (Turkey)
Assistant referees: Maciej Wierzbowski (Poland) Paul Smith (New Zealand) Fourth official: Graham Poll (England)
South Korea vs Italy
The 2002 FIFA World Cup round of 16 match between Italy and co-hosts South Korea was played on 18 June in Daejon. In the first round, South Korea had topped their group with victories over Poland and Portugal, and a draw against the United States, while Italy struggled to advance to the second round with a victory against Ecuador, a defeat against Croatia, and a draw against Mexico, while also having several goals ruled out for offside. In the lead-up to the match, the press saw the in-form South Koreans as the favourites to win, in particular as Italy's usual starting defensive pair, Alessandro Nesta and Fabio Cannavaro, were both unavailable – the first due to injury and the latter due to suspension. The pre-game choreography by the Korean fans also saw supporters hold up red and white cards spelling out the words "Again 1966", a reference to Italy's elimination at the hands of North Korea in the first round of the 1966 World Cup.
In the fifth minute of play, Ecuadorian referee Byron Moreno awarded a controversial penalty for South Korea after judging Christian Panucci to have pulled down Seol Ki-hyeon in the box, but Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon saved Ahn Jung-hwan's spot kick, putting the ball out for a corner. Italy took the lead in the 19th minute after Christian Vieri headed in a Francesco Totti corner. The second half became increasingly physical, which saw several players on both teams sustain minor injuries, including Christian Vieri breaking the nose of Kim Tae-young who continued on famously in subsequent matches with a protective face mask. Gianluca Zambrotta and Kim Nam-il were later forced off. Seol Ki-hyeon eventually managed to equalise in the 89th minute to send the match into extra-time. In the first half of extra-time, Italy were reduced to ten men after Moreno showed Totti a second yellow card for an alleged dive in South Korea's penalty area, while Moreno was 30 yards away from the play, and in the second half, Damiano Tommasi appeared to score a golden goal for Italy, but it was ruled out for offside; Ahn later scored the golden goal in the 118th minute to give the co-hosts a 2–1 victory, which allowed them to progress to the quarter-finals of the competition, the first time an Asian team had done so since their North Korean counterparts in 1966.