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== WORST WORLD CUP EVER ==

WHO AGREES WITH ME?
ME --[[User:201.138.124.63|201.138.124.63]] 00:33, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
:Me too! This World cup was so setted up [[User:Fernandopascullo|Fernandopascullo]] 00:51, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

::FIFA, ESPN, and CNN disagree with you and people value their judgements better than yours.--[[User:Sir Edgar|Sir Edgar]] 06:45, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
:::I have my own view on this but [[WP:NOT|Wikipedia is not a message board]]. [[User:MLA|MLA]] 09:22, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
:Not me [[Special:Contributions/41.58.58.240|41.58.58.240]] ([[User talk:41.58.58.240|talk]]) 07:37, 25 April 2023 (UTC)

Sir Edgar thanks for the ESPN page now I have a reference and citations for the low quality football , and the low quality referees. Yes exactly from the ESPN page remember the football standard "was not quite up to scratch" and "the standard of refereeing described with alarming regularity in much less delicate fashion."[http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=365944&root=worldcup&cc=4716] . If you want to see an amazing World Cup why dont you check out some 1970 videos or just turn your TV on and lets see how Korea plays without the help of the referees.  :)  --[[User:201.138.124.63|201.138.124.63]] 00:45, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Definetely the worst ever. This is the second world cup to have heavy controversy on refs. But at least in 1966 it was only one match. Koreans made this world cup suck. You can't even say that was Italy's fault to not score, because when they did it or they create an ocassion some ref with his pockets full of korean money made the impossible to invalidate it. Man, red car because you receive a kick?... at least he could pretend to make it a little bit cleaner.
And for the guy of the first response... no bad attitude to you man, but... you really trust on FIFA as an objective point? they are going to make look wonderful everything they sponsor. And for ESPN and CNN... americans don't know much about soccer when Beckham isn't around. As a matter of fact, the spanish versions of those two networks were clearly critical on the 2002 world cup.
Come on, every single NEUTRAL fan of good soccer says the same. Of course in Korea and USA they are going to make a big feast with this World Cup, they were the beneficiaries on the ref controversy.
And the last point... obviously personal toughs: korean fans suck, you can't put "they were so great and bla, bla, bla" on the article... there is nothing like a stadium full of good latin barra brava style, some european ultras or those africans dancing even if they are 5-0 down.--[[User:Bauta|Bauta]] 03:14, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
:Please do not consider Wikipedia to be a discussion board.  This page is not for the discussion of the 2002 FIFA World Cup but for the discussion of the 2002 FIFA World Cup article.  Please find a forum elsewhere to discuss your personal opinions regarding the world cup. [[User:MLA|MLA]] 06:43, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
::I definitely agree with Bauta on this one (and --[[User:201.138.124.63|201.138.124.63]], the topic creator). Now, I see that this is not a forum, but a discussion page for the article, so I will make my oppinion about the article itself. How come there's almost no mention of the controversial (polemic, embarrasing, dirty, awful, etc) refereeing in the matches that made S. Korea a semifinalist? Here, in Latin america, the referees were all over the news, and the most common commentary about the world cup was "(Insert team here, Portugal, Italy, Spain) were cheated out of the world cup!". As I believe, there should at least a section about the controversy within the article, but it seems like whenever someone brings this up, it gets erased pretty soon. If you do some research (Here, in Wikipedia itself), you can easily find out that, for instance, Referee [[Byron Moreno]] was a pretty controversial referee, and even got suspended from refereeing professional matches (because of an incident completely unrelated to this cup)... How come there's no mention in this article that this was the kind of man FIFA deemed adequate to referee such an important match? [[User:Orurum|Orurum]] 14:33, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
:::All these anonymous accounts and unregistered users complaining about how well one of the co-hosts did in the first WC held in Asia smells of racism. Look at how often teams do well when playing at home and as hosts. And yet when an Asian country hosts the WC and does well, everyone cries foul. Grow up, you babies! The [[1986 FIFA World Cup]] article barely mentions Maradona's cheating with his "Hand of God" action (yes, it was blatant and deliberate cheating). And yet, Italian and Spanish fans continue to attack South Korea's performance in the 2002 tournament. There was even a user who claimed in my Talk page that South Korea cannot win without the help of referees. But then when South Korea beat Togo a few days ago, he says the referees helped yet again. Wow! Pathetic... 
:::The fact of the matter is Italy would have lost anyhow. Even if Totti (who has a TERRIBLE reputation for spitting, diving, and unfair play, and most likely deserved his second yellow card anyhow) was not thrown out of the game, Ahn would have still scored the golden goal and South Korea would have won. Even if he didn't and the score remained 1-1, Italy has NEVER won a WC game on penalties and South Korea would have won in the shootout, just as it did with Spain. Regardless, Italy played a terrible game trying to win 1-0 and using all its players for defense after scoring the first goal. Most Western sources criticize Italy's play during that match and think the Italians deserved to lose. As for the Spain vs. South Korea match, there are always off-side calls in a game and some are deserved and some are not. Spain doesn't do well in the WC anyhow.
:::Regardless, sources like CNN and the BBC are more important than the opinion of a few Italian and Spanish football fans using anonymous accounts to gripe about having their WC dreams dashed by an Asian team.--[[User:Sir Edgar|Sir Edgar]] 04:49, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

::::The 1986 article mentions the Hands of God. It is very different a player cheating from the referees cheating, it has nothing to do.

::::Bad refereeing in 2002 WC against Portugal, Italy and Spain is mentioned in wikipedia articles in other languages and has been accepted by FIFA although they denied that it was intentional to promote football in the Asian market. It is one of the prominent facts of the WC rather than the fact that local fans were supporting their team.

::::Ok, excuse me if I don't want to make a page saying "I like this, I like that, and i think corea is super cool". But you can review some articles i work for and stop crying of anonymous accounts, look [[Marcelo Salas|this]] or [[Universidad de Chile (football club)|this one]] or [[Los de Abajo|maybe this]], see the history and then maybe you can guess where I from and stop calling me italian or spanish. I'm just a football fan, and like every other football fan aside of Koreans, Brazilians and people from U.S. I think that was the worst world cup because when you want to be the tournament surprise you don't need referees. Senegal, and the turkey were surprises of the world cup, corea was simply ruiner. France and Argentina were disappointments, Spain and Italy were assaulted deliberately.
::::Of course Italy would lost anyhow... when they scored the golden goal the referee denied it. And the problem is not whether Italy played good or bad, the problem is that the match refereing was incredible one sided in korean favor, and that wasn't the first time in that world cup, and wasn't the last time, so obviously everybody thinks that this was a setted up world cup. Adn about 1986, you said it, the article mentions it... the 2002 article don't mention it. And this was one goal made by a player, that the referee didn't see and later he claimed that was his fault to validate the goal. In this case are three matches with a one-sided referee, curiously the same team, and the whole world saying that was all setted-up. Oh... and Korea beat Togo? no way... really? they beat the superpowerful team of Togo? wow... they must be the champions right now.
There is no such POV statement about any team on this page like that. It just states who won, etc. The details are in the match reports article.--[[User:Sir Edgar|Sir Edgar]] 00:41, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
:Well, in your terms... why you don't delete the maradona facts on 1986?... So, the article has to say "korean fans are the best, they are super fun and neetos, they really made love so well to me" (aside, every host country does the same, have you seen Germany matches recently? they produce home advantage with the only difference that they don't cry like womans when the ball is in the goal area) but not the fact that the whole world thinks that it was a setted up cup. Whatever man, it looks that you want this article to be your article and throw all the roses to korea... a mess you have to hide the truth to do it. But well, with a good documental every one will see it... FIFA never admited that 1966 was setted up for England, but every ones knows that.--[[User:Bauta|Bauta]] 02:15, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
::Let's work together to provide an accurate and balanced commentary on this since it seems to be an important to issue to some people.--[[User:Sir Edgar|Sir Edgar]] 02:21, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
:::Well, I don't know who made the reference, but it was fine. Not too much of it, but teling it. Congrats to whoever made it, specially if it was you sir edgar. Now, there are some edtis with the Rivaldo event... I want to put it here before it starts another discussion: Maybe we have to enlarge the suspicions of setting-up section a little bit to include the spanish, belgium, and turkish claims. The problem isn't just about the Italy game. Now... into the other point; you can't put all the stuff about the Rivaldo behavior, maybe try to put in the Rivaldo article, but man... nobody specifies about the Totti "dive", the spanish goal invalidated, or the belgium one. The problem isn't this specific play or that specific play, the problem is the feeling that referees were extremely one-sided in favor of specific teams.--[[User:Bauta|Bauta]] 23:22, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
:::I would like to see some references for your claim every single unbiased football fan supports your view.
:::: Do you? Then go grabbing into the article history: there is plenty of references, like the critical statement by Mr. Blatter pointing out the misjudgements in the Spain vs. Korea game, which has been removed by some zealous hand. The bottom line is that the world is learning a lot about Korea and communication in that country simply by observing how this wikipedia article has been systematically mutilated of important material.
:::Indeed I know of quite a number of unbiased football fans who don't support your view. As others have stated, Toti clearly deserved the second yellow and Italy has shown time and time again they have no understanding of the term 'fair play' and can only win by cheating and simulating, ala the Italy vs Australia match for example... [[User:Nil Einne|Nil Einne]] 16:34, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

If you guys know some history about Seoul Olympic, you will totally understand the 2002 world cup. Just typical Korea behavior.  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/68.145.117.219|68.145.117.219]] ([[User talk:68.145.117.219|talk]]) 17:48, 19 January 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

I can't agree with 68.145.117.219's opinion. Seoul Olympic was great olympic ever, why don't you say that Beijing Olympic was worse than 88 Olympics? you bester.--[[Special:Contributions/222.109.31.83|222.109.31.83]] ([[User talk:222.109.31.83|talk]]) 13:12, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
I agree with  68.145.117.219. ''222.109.31.83'', you don't agree because you are brainwashed by Korean Fascism. Koreans cheated, and stupidly, even their prime minister praised for their cheated result calling it the greatest achievement in Korea history. LOL. I found it funny. Stupid Koreans really run out of achievements. Hello Koreans, the Brazilians have won the World Cup so many times. Does it mean Koreans' "Greatest achievement in history can't even match routine brazil victory? Stupid.  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/203.81.67.183|203.81.67.183]] ([[User talk:203.81.67.183|talk]]) 18:03, 10 November 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
;;;Hi people, it might interest you to look at the my comments  [[#Controversies| in this new section]] regarding this issue. Cheerio![[User:Asoccer maniac|Asoccer maniac]] ([[User talk:Asoccer maniac|talk]]) 01:01, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

== AET marker ==

In the detailed match listings (where they list the goal scorers and times, it correctly lists the Korea 2 - 1 Italy match as AET, but it does not list it as AET in the bracket above it. Can someone please fix this? Thank you.

== Message to siredgar ==

It's frustrating that this article don't say what the whole world saw because one of the "red devils" (very original, a mess that Belgium, Man Utd, and Indpte copy that...) want this to be his page... so I put this message on his talk page, and now for every one:

Just seeing the history of the article. Why you delete information that can even be documented?, that every one, except for corean nationalists, agrees? If you are corean, or just think that they finish fourth because they were an incredible awesome super cool team... please, try to move on and accept that the 2002 world cup was full of controversy, specially with the corean matches.--Bauta 03:13, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

:The information deleted is not proven. They are merely insinuations and accusations. Anyhow, most Western media have dismissed Italian and Spanish claims against the South Korean team as "sour grapes" and probably racist in nature.--[[User:Sir Edgar|Sir Edgar]] 04:50, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

::Even the reference to the critical statement by Mr. Blatter after the surrealistic Spain vs. Korea game has been removed. What was not proven in that case, that Mr. Blatter said that, or that Mr. Blatter exists, or that a world cup took place in Korea? Sir Edgar, you are preposterous just like your nickname.

Ok, here it is from the high and mighty ESPN, but the latin ESPN (Not spanish... latin)[http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=437216]:
"Luego que Japón quedara eliminado por una gran actuación turca, Corea quería mantenerse en pie frente a la poderosa Italia. Y lo logró bajo dramáticas y controvertidas circunstancias. ...
... Millones salieron a las cancas a festejar semejante triunfo, pero no sería la última vez que lo harían, en parte, gracias a la ayuda arbitral. ...
...Korea entonces se convirtió en el primer conjunto asiático en llegar a esa instancia y aumentó el festejo de los aficionados así como también las críticas por el método de selección de los árbitros."

Traduced: "After Japan was eliminated by a great turkish performance, Korea wanted to stay on their feets against the powerful Italy. And they did it under dramatic and controversial circumstances. ...
... Millions were into the streets to celebrate the big victory, but this wasn't the last time they would, partly, thanks to the referee's help. ...
... So Korea became the first asian team to reach the semifinals and increased the fans celebration and the critics for the referee selection method."

And from your awesome super cool BBC [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/features/newsid_2060000/2060702.stm]:

Awful? pre-meditated? outrageous? provocative?... well... maybe they are racists or neo-nazis, how can people say that Korea wasn't the incredible super fine yoopie team that deserved the championship?.

Documentated... and don't throw accuastions of racism so easily, that's a very serious matter.--[[User:Bauta|Bauta]] 16:38, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

:The BBC article seems to point out that there may have been many misjudgements. Did the referees also favor the USA, Croatia, and Senegal for some reason? Why isn't this mentioned in your edits?--[[User:Sir Edgar|Sir Edgar]] 00:45, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

::Unfortunate human error is the same that pre-meditated and provocative for you?

:::Do you have definitive evidence of "pre-meditated and provacative" that it should go into a Wikipedia article? Leave opinions out of references.--[[User:Sir Edgar|Sir Edgar]] 02:20, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

::::The French 2002 WC article has a section about bad refereeing [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupe_du_monde_de_football_de_2002#L.27arbitrage] in several matches. Something along these lines needs to be added to this article.

I'm not sure how to go about giving my opinion or editing here, but I find some parts of the article on the 2002 unjustifiable.  The descriptions of other world cups sound objective but this sounds like someone grinding an axe.  I believe I can offer a balanced report, but I don't know exactly how to edit being new to this site.  I was just appauled at the account as a soccer fan for the following reasons:

Italians and Spanish think there were problems with the refereeing, but many people think Korea out-hustled the teams they beat while receiving no more favoritism from the refs than other hosting countries have received over the years.  Anyway, it's not our job to decide it, but to represent the controversy.  In the middle of the peice, "debateable and controversial" sounds like an argument not a report, and "several erroneous decisions" is a foregone conclusion.  The most that can be said object ively is "controversial".  

The last two lines are a disgrace to this encyclopedia and need to be fixed.  

Firstly, this is far from 'one of the most controversial' world cups.  1966 and 1990 had very controversial calls in the final game and 1934 had Mussolini meeting with referees.  "There was controversy surrounding would be more accurate", but I believe nothing at all here would be better.  It is by no means "widely regarded".  I follow soccer closely and no-one I know regards the controversies in 2002 as that big.  

:Being known by you must be a good reference of objectivity, I see.  <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/88.65.138.253|88.65.138.253]] ([[User talk:88.65.138.253|talk]]) 21:12, 19 February 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

Secondly, the "widely rumored" comment is simply libelous.  I have never heard of this rumor except as a wild specualtion.  It certainly does not belong in what should be an objective account. 

Actually, erasing these is the only solution I see as they are both speculative and do not represent the World Cup accurately.  I believe we should make mention of the controversy without drawing conclusions.  

I think I can write a proposed edit but am not sure how to go about that.  Can anyone advise? - ksmyth, July 18, 2006.

== Knockout stages ==

Since the talk on the 2006 is way too long, and the issue not quite the same, I'm responding here.  I fail to see the need for a listing of the group stage teams in the '''Knockout stages''' section.  If a reader wants to know who came out of what group there's an entire section on the group stages. - [[User:Pal|Pal]] 04:13, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
:Other than giving the reader some finger excercise by making him scroll up the page, what useful purpose does leaving this information out provide? [[User:Jooler|Jooler]] 04:20, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

::It's actually more relavant on the 2006 page, because we are hoping that this would be a solution to the edit war that has been taking place. We're considering changing the '''Knockout stage''' to a tournament-inclusive bracket for all of the World Cups. Please read the issue to familiarize yourself with the issue we're having and make a case on the 2006 page. Thanks, --[[User:Palffy|Palffy]] 04:21, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
:::I've read what's over there, and it still doesn't make sense to refer to group play in the knockout round.  I wouldn't have a problem if you used the bracket that includes group play in a separate section somewhere else in the article (after the final or before group play?) and removed the one from the knockout stage. - [[User:Pal|Pal]] 13:21, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
::::It makes perfect sense to show which groups the last 16 came from and whether they finished first or second. It gives context to the knockout stages. It shows that they weren't put in those boxes in random order and shows how teams would have faired if they had finished in the other slot.  [[User:Jooler|Jooler]] 15:15, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
:::::Check out the change I just made. This gives group context without suggesting that the group play round is part of the knockout stage. I feel this is a good compromise, but if you disagree you can revert it and we'll continue discussing it. - [[User:Pal|Pal]] 15:54, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

::::::Of the two, the more graphical Jooler's edit is a better representation...::shrug:: --[[User:Palffy|Palffy]] 18:19, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

:What the heck happend to this section? Can anyone make sense out of it? I've no idea how to read this table.[[User:Siqbal|sikander]] 21:54, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
:Can we simply use [[1994_FIFA_World_Cup#Knockout_stages|this]] format ? Its easy to read for '''everyone'''. [[User:Siqbal|sikander]] 21:59, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
::But what do you think of [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2002_FIFA_World_Cup&oldid=58887193#Knockout_stages this format]? [[User:Jooler|Jooler]] 09:31, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
:::Perfect; simple and easy to understand. [[User:Siqbal|sikander]] 00:50, 18 June 2006 (UTC)


==Vandalism Alert==
the bracket diagram is messed up (Turkey and Brazil seemed to be switched).

This guy is vandalizing the page: 81.155.3.180

--[[User:Peripatetic|Peripatetic]] 20:21, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
:Thanks for the heads up.  I think I got most of it; everyone check to make sure I didn't miss any. - [[User:Pal|Pal]] 20:49, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

It's been done again 22:56 22 June 2006 (GMT)

More vandalism in Group C.  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/87.95.5.103|87.95.5.103]] ([[User talk:87.95.5.103|talk]]) 06:47, 14 August 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== Match reports ==

I was wondering if the article should have links to the match reports, as per the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] article. Is there any reason not to? The reports seem to be available from two locations:

*[http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/p/pwc/r/2002.html The 2006 FIFA World Cup site]
*[http://2002.fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/02/en/t/s/g2all.html The 2002 FIFA World Cup site]

I can't find the 1998 world cup site... so on the assumption that FIFA are going to move the reports around every few years, would linking to the 2006 site be better? --[[User:StuartBrady|StuartBrady]] ([[User talk:StuartBrady|Talk]]) 14:53, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

:I've opted for using the reports from the 2002 site for the time being, as they're more complete. --[[User:StuartBrady|StuartBrady]] ([[User talk:StuartBrady|Talk]]) 21:04, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

== Awards ==

I added an awards section for every world cup. I don't know if you like the format I have it in, but I do think it is important that we have these awards for each tournaments article. Let me know what you guys think.[[User:Squadoosh|Squadoosh]] 07:00, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

:Looks great! However, should it also include the silver ball and bronze ball awards? Or maybe not? (Just an idea.) --[[User:StuartBrady|StuartBrady]] ([[User talk:StuartBrady|Talk]]) 14:00, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

::I think maybe not because in the link to the "Golden Shoe" and also the Awards link on the bottom the page provides who won the Silver and Bronze balls...lol. Thanks. [[User:Squadoosh|Squadoosh]] 19:04, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

== Full Ranking ==

I really like the idea of having a full team ranking for each World Cup. Someone else do not and keeps deleting it. In past World Cups FIFA has adopted it to decide which teams could go through the knockout stages, and they are still using in World Cup Qual stages. And It is very good to give an idea of a team's overall performance in the cup. I would like to know why you keep deleting it (and please do not reply that it compares apples with oranges, because it does not).--[[User:130.251.4.11|130.251.4.11]] 13:25, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

:If FIFA use it, I'd like to see some justification for its removal. I personally think that the third place play-off is nonsense, but you don't see me removing that from any articles. --[[User:StuartBrady|StuartBrady]] ([[User talk:StuartBrady|Talk]]) 13:49, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
::FIFA don't use it as it was presented here. It is a piece of OR and has no place here. Sorry. --[[User:Guinnog|Guinnog]] 13:55, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

:::Okay &mdash; that's a better reason. Thanks. --[[User:StuartBrady|StuartBrady]] ([[User talk:StuartBrady|Talk]]) 14:03, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

::FIFA uses it. If you have a look at the article [[2006 FIFA World Cup seeding]] you will see that there is an official ranking in each World Cup, which ranks the teams from the first to the 32nd. UEFA uses a similar criterion to determine the best runner-ups in qualifying stages. --[[User:130.251.4.11|130.251.4.11]] 15:09, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

:::Well, yes and no. As you can see on the page you refer to, FIFA's rankings are '''based''' on such calculations, but not completely so. Also from that page, FIFA have expressed dissatisfaction with the seeding system and plan to change it. But the main argument against including the table is that it may confuse people into thinking this has some significance beyond (possibly) deciding future seedings. The World cup is won by the winners of the final; it is not essentially a league competition, and including this table may be seen as implying that it is. Hope this clarifies why I am so strongly against its inclusion. --[[User:Guinnog|Guinnog]] 15:16, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

:::: I understand your point, and I will try to explain mine: FIFA seeds the teams on two different rankings: The "CocaCola" one and the final ranking of the last World Cups, with different weights. The fact here is that the final ranking do exist, and it is official. What they are planning to change is the CocaCola ranking and the weights assigned to the two ranking systems. And please note that the final world cup ranking is used to rank the teams from 5th place to last, since the first four places are assigned by the finals. My proposal is to include it anyways, maybe in a different page. We could add an entry in the "2006 FIFA World Cup general information" box. --[[User:130.251.4.11|130.251.4.11]] 15:28, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

::::: I would have no objection to that. I just don't really think it belongs on the main WC entries. --[[User:Guinnog|Guinnog]] 16:31, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

==Goals total==
The infobox says 161, someone just typed 158 above the list of scorers, I count 157 from the scorers section (thanks to Excel). Is there an official figure? [[User:Slumgum|<span style="border:1px solid black;color:black; padding:1px;background:white">'''''&nbsp;SLUMGUM&nbsp;'''''</span>]][[User talk:Slumgum|<span style="border:1px solid silver;color:gray; padding:1px;background:silver">'''''<small>&nbsp;yap&nbsp;</small>'''''</span>]][[Special:Contributions/Slumgum|<span style="border:1px solid silver;color:silver; padding:1px;background:gray">'''''<small>&nbsp;stalk&nbsp;</small>'''''</span>]]&nbsp; 22:17, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

==Saudi Arabia==

Why is Saudi Arabia classified as an AFC participant? Isn't it middleeastern? [[User:Oyo321|Oyo321]] 05:52, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes but the middle east is part of the asian continent

== A youtube video as a source? ==

How is a youtube video a reasonable source to state that Totti was wrongfully sent off in that game. I removed the source and tried to keep NPOV.

--[[User:207.35.14.235|207.35.14.235]] 02:12, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

:Thank you.  You are, of course, correct that that is not a [[WP:RS|reliable source]]. -- [[User:Visviva|Visviva]] 07:47, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

The youtube video showed from different angles the controversial playing action. If you were honest, you would at least have left the reference there so that everybody could make his own mind. By acting as you did you committed censorship, wich is a well-known practice in Asian countries.

This is just sad and let everybody understand the level of censorship some Asian countries experience on a daily basis

== redemption ==

What is surprising is that france did something smart. See had Uraguay defeated france they would have qualified for the round of 16 over senagal. Because of uraguay's goal differeance.


how is that smart?--[[User:Numberwang|Numberwang]] 15:50, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

and that doesnt even make sense.[[User:Numberwang|Numberwang]] 15:52, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

== Bias in summary ==
The summary should mention the major controversial calls, but the previous version seemed especially targeted to imply something sinister about just one country. Many sentences had links to articles that had nothing like that sentence. There were many bad calls, and you can Google an article about your favorite bad call; don't hand-pick only commentaries on the Korea games. News articles that overview the whole 2002 World Cup mention various bad calls, don't just quote the sentence about Korea. That's all I'm saying. [[User:CBJourney|CBJourney]] 00:57, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree. South Korea was one of two host nations and was certainly not the only country that made headlines. The fact that this bias in summary exists possibly highlights an underlying tone of nationalistic resentment between various participating nations of which Korea is involved in. There seems to be a few low-key articles related to Korea that have deliberate spelling and grammar errors as well as questionable content which are not based on proven facts. The regular occurence of this and the deliberate nature of these errors (digits to 'dights' for example on Repulic of Korea Passports page or the deliberate dropping of required articles of the English language such as 'the' and 'a') in these articles suggests there may be a collective faction of sorts, promoting some type of nationalistic/political cause. [[User:JohnR|JohnR]] 02:57, 11 February 2009 (UTC)  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/99.231.170.216|99.231.170.216]] ([[User talk:99.231.170.216|talk]]) </span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

==Meet again before the final==

Is it me, fifa or wikipedia who has it wrong? I thought that teams that meet in the group stage can only meet again if they are in the final together. Spain and Paraguay were in the same group and advanced to the knock-out stages, but it would be possible fot them to have met in the semi finals, the same thing with Denmark and Senegal, England and Sweden and Japan and Belgum, all of the teams to be precise. Was this a unique format? Because I know that in the 2006 World cup, group winners and runners up could only meet again if they were in the final.<small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/{{{IP|{{{User|82.6.197.184}}}}}}|{{{IP|{{{User|82.6.197.184}}}}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{IP|{{{User|82.6.197.184}}}}}}|talk]]) {{{Time|17:56, 5 December 2007}}}</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP -->

:Brazil and Turkey (Group C) met in the semifinals. It was a special format to make sure the hosts will play on their home soil no matter where they finish in their group (1st or 2nd). Follow South Korea's and USA's path to the final. [[User:Edgar81|Edgar]] ([[User talk:Edgar81|talk]]) 05:46, 6 December 2007 (UTC)


==Summary of final==

"The first goal should really be marked down as an error by Germany goalkeeper, Oliver Kahn, who failed to deal with a long-range shot from Rivaldo, spilling the ball directly into Ronaldo's path. The second goal was much better taken"
sounds very POV. Does anyone else think this should be changed  <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/201.238.126.9|201.238.126.9]] ([[User talk:201.238.126.9|talk]]) 17:36, 2 June 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:The second part, about the second goal being better taken, perhaps. But not the first part. The first part seems bang on to me. – [[User:PeeJay2K3|Pee]][[User talk:PeeJay2K3|Jay]] 20:04, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

== OMG ==

Who on the Earth said Argentina as the "second most favorite team"? As far as I know, France and Brazil were the favorite teams to take the trophy.  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/189.58.171.248|189.58.171.248]] ([[User talk:189.58.171.248|talk]]) 01:42, 19 November 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== refereeing ==

Can someone give third party input on the inclusion of the dodgy refereeing calls that I have highlighted on this article.
My correctly cited facts are being removed with bullshit reasons and I don't want to argue about it anymore. [[User:Sennen goroshi|カンチョーSennen Goroshi !]] ([[User talk:Sennen goroshi|talk]]) 02:30, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

:: There seems to be a section about this very subject three topics above yours. [[User:Kuebie|Akkies]] ([[User talk:Kuebie|talk]]) 02:43, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

::: then contribute to it, rather than reverting me. [[User:Sennen goroshi|カンチョーSennen Goroshi !]] ([[User talk:Sennen goroshi|talk]]) 02:46, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

:::: I don't know what to say. I pretty much agree with them. [[User:Kuebie|Akkies]] ([[User talk:Kuebie|talk]]) 02:49, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

:: Good, they don't like one nation being highlighted - I will add the facts about the korea matches that were controversial and if there are other nations who had game influenced by controversial refereeing, then you can add them. Problem solved. [[User:Sennen goroshi|カンチョーSennen Goroshi !]] ([[User talk:Sennen goroshi|talk]]) 02:53, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

::: Hey I'm glad we can resolve this one. [[User:Kuebie|Akkies]] ([[User talk:Kuebie|talk]]) 02:58, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

:: Sennen goroshi, entire FIFA is corrupted even Japan is part of this larger corrupted organization, this claim of yours is stupid--Korsentry 02:25, 3 June 2010 (UTC)  <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:KoreanSentry|KoreanSentry]] ([[User talk:KoreanSentry|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/KoreanSentry|contribs]]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

::: Well, apart from some wonderful statement with uncited claims, that everyone is corrupt - are there any reasons as to why the refereeing controversy in 2002 should not be included? With of course the stipulation that editors are free to add controversy that involved ANY team, and not only the games that occurred in south korea, but also those in Japan. [[User:Sennen goroshi|カンチョーSennen Goroshi !]] ([[User talk:Sennen goroshi|talk]]) 05:46, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

::::Hi, might it interest you to look at the my comments in  [[#Controversies| this new section]] regarding this issue? Cheers!  [[User:Asoccer maniac|Asoccer maniac]] ([[User talk:Asoccer maniac|talk]]) 00:39, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

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==Controversial issue of South Korean's controversial wins==
Almost all won of South korean was won by refree. This issue should me mentioned here. Wikipedia is a history. all truth should be writtten , thats the NPOV.  <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Parvez gsm|Parvez gsm]] ([[User talk:Parvez gsm|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Parvez gsm|contribs]]) 09:44, 11 May 2012 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
: I don't see a controversy, but if you have a reliable source that supports your claim it could be added to the article. --[[User:Walter Görlitz|Walter Görlitz]] ([[User talk:Walter Görlitz|talk]]) 14:26, 14 May 2012 (UTC)


I agree with the original poster - the refereeing controversies (concerning Korea) were quite widespread at this tournament and widely discussed in media.  See for example:  

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/3029872/Korean-miracle-spoilt-by-refereeing-farce.html

or 

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* Hi, might it interest you to look at the my comments  [[#Controversies| in this new section]] regarding this issue? Cheerio! [[User:Asoccer maniac|Asoccer maniac]] ([[User talk:Asoccer maniac|talk]]) 00:30, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

== Image ==

Hi there,
Noticed that Walter Görlitz liked the image of the flag displayed at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but deleted it because it didn't seem to relate to the adjacent paragraph. The section above it contains an image of the World Cup mascot, embedded in a paragraph describing the previous match. I added the flag image to the next section, simply to continue the spirit of World Cup imagery already established on the page. Please accept my apologies if I disturbed your hard work. My intention was to add visual interest to the article by adding material related to the event as a whole. Thanks for your time.[[User:Global Microscope|Global Microscope]] ([[User talk:Global Microscope|talk]]) 18:55, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
: No apologies necessary. The issue with the placing of the image is not so much its relationship with the content to which it was adjacent, but rather its relationship with the entire tournament. Was this a FIFA sanctioned art exhibit or an exhibit created to run concurrently with the tournament but unaffiliated with it in any way. I only have first-hand experience with the 2010 Winter Olympics and there were several cultural events that were officially planned and many more that were simply presented to correspond with the events of the games. Knowing the relationship would help in clarifying whether the image and a discussion of the exhibit belongs in this article or elsewhere. [[User:Walter Görlitz|Walter Görlitz]] ([[User talk:Walter Görlitz|talk]]) 19:06, 28 March 2013 (UTC)


Oh, I see.  Good question.  I found an independent reference that mentions the flag, the artist, and the location as the 2002 World Cup.  The rest was frustratingly vague.  There was a live link to it on the Wiki page, Ray Burggraf.  I'll check and see if it's still there.  It would be interesting to find out more....[[User:Global Microscope|Global Microscope]] ([[User talk:Global Microscope|talk]]) 02:50, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

OK, here's what I found about the image of the flag by Ray Burggraf:
In 2002, the Department of Cultural Affairs published a 295 page book entitled, "2002 Flag Art Festival, Poetry of the Winds, FIFA World Cup, Korea/Japan".  Here's the link:  http://books.google.com/books/about/2002_Flag_Art_Festival.html?id=SnxNHQAACAAJ.  The title of the book suggests (to me, at least) a solid link between the festival and FIFA.  The same year, SVAD News published a mention of the artist, saying on page 3, that  "Ray Burggraf was invited to enter a hand-painted banner into the exhibition, 'Poetry of the Winds', 2002 Flag Festival, 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan, Nanjicheon Park, Seoul."  Here's the link:  http://www.fsu.edu/~svad/SVADNews1.pdf.  The second reference places the flag specifically at Nanjicheon Park, Seoul...which, according to http://www.exploringkorea.com/world-cup-park-seoul/, is a subsection of "World Cup Park", meaning it's one of the five parks surrounding the World Cup stadium.  Given these reference, it seems a shame not to use the image...but I'm struggling to find more.  Suggestions?[[User:Global Microscope|Global Microscope]] ([[User talk:Global Microscope|talk]]) 03:15, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Eureka!!  Walter, I just found the best (verifiable) reference possible--confirming that the Flag Art Festival was the official cultural event of the 2002 World Cup, and officially approved by FIFA.  No inference needed.  (Regarding the proposed image for this article:  File:"In_Search_of_Fresh_Air",_by_Ray_L._Burggraf.jpg)   Here's a press release by the 2002 Flag Art Festival Executive Committee:  http://www.le-musee-divisioniste.org/service/pages/2002/flagart2.htm.  Quote:  ''Flag Art Festival, Seoul (Korea) / The official cultural event of 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/JapanTM...Press Release...2002 Flag Art Festival is to be held at World Cup Park from May 29 to June 25 this year, and this is to wish the successful World Cup and create the festivity atmosphere.  This festival, as the official cultural event of 2002 FIFA Word Cup Korea/JapanTM, greets the World Cup, the place of harmony and festival of the whole world, representing the cultural World Cup through the unique form of flags...''  So yes...to answer your excellent question, the image is rather convincingly an artifact of the official cultural event of the 2002 World Cup, approved by FIFA.  Does this help?[[User:Global Microscope|Global Microscope]] ([[User talk:Global Microscope|talk]]) 18:35, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Well, I'm getting the impression that there are no further objections to my replacing the image within the article.  Looks like I should have included better referencing last time, and next time I can include all citations linking the image directly to FIFA.  All good?[[User:Global Microscope|Global Microscope]] ([[User talk:Global Microscope|talk]]) 02:15, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

: A new section should should be added related to the cultural event and the image could be placed in that section. Mirroring the 2010 article, it should be placed below Awards. [[User:Walter Görlitz|Walter Görlitz]] ([[User talk:Walter Görlitz|talk]]) 02:37, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

In the 2010 article, a new section for the FIFA cultural event, and the flag image, would fit very well near the Awards section.  The 2010 article has a "Symbols" section adjacent to "Awards", and offers close visual proximity to other artwork, such as the image of the mascot.  The 2002 article is organized quite differently, though.  No Symbols section exists and the image of the mascot (artwork related to the event) is placed in the First Round section of the Summary.  Our priority is to keep the images inline with related content, right?  I'd be happy to create a new section describing FIFA's designated cultural event per your suggestion.  I would, however, prefer to place it in a section related to either, (1) the artwork's role as an official welcome of the festivities ( as mentioned in the Press Release) or (2) it's intended symbolism of global unification.  In case #1, the section should be placed directly after the Summary, just before Ticket Problems.  Chronologically, the flags were intended as a greeting, and that should be reflected by the structure of the article.  In the second case, it would fit after Host Selection.  This would be my personal preference... two countries serving as host is a rare event, and the theme of global unification...represented by 500 flags from all over the world...would tie in nicely with the existing paragraph about the two hosts..[[User:Global Microscope|Global Microscope]] ([[User talk:Global Microscope|talk]]) 20:01, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

It might also be said that I can get--ahem--overly philosophical.  :)  Walter, why don't you go ahead and create the section exactly as you see fit?  The file name and citations are all available, above.  I'd love to see your version ''in situ''.[[User:Global Microscope|Global Microscope]] ([[User talk:Global Microscope|talk]]) 22:26, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

== South Korea Match Fixing ==

Why are there no mentions of the match fixing that happened in the 2002 world cup, where South Korea won against Italy and Spain by blatant cheating. This is no football rivalry, it is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCyrt19s6eo this]. [[Special:Contributions/2.103.198.253|2.103.198.253]] ([[User talk:2.103.198.253|talk]]) 17:10, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
:Care to back that accusation up with some hard evidence? – [[User:PeeJay2K3|Pee]][[User talk:PeeJay2K3|Jay]] 19:07, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
: there is evidence all around the internet [[Special:Contributions/89.13.133.77|89.13.133.77]] ([[User talk:89.13.133.77|talk]]) 14:35, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
::No, there are accusations but no hard evidence that the matches were actually fixed. – [[User:PeeJay2K3|Pee]][[User talk:PeeJay2K3|Jay]] 15:09, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

== Mexico wasn't qualified  after two wins. ==

Group G says that Mexico qualified after two wins in its group... But this isn't true. Mexico would had been out of the next stage IF both Italy and Croatia would had won their respective games by a big enough margin to kick Mexico out. My English is bad, I know. But I just wanted to point that out. Have a nice day.

== Capacity of stadiums ==

Apparent, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2002_FIFA_World_Cup&oldid=617594892&diff=prev old versions of Yahoo, an official FIFA sponsor at the time, are more accurate than the numbers in FIFA's official Report and Statistics on the tournament. Care to explain that thought? The official report was made after the tournament and is supported by FIFA. The individual pages are not longer supported and they may have been listed long before final capacity were agreed upon. [[User:Walter Görlitz|Walter Görlitz]] ([[User talk:Walter Görlitz|talk]]) 16:21, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

:How would you possibly know that the individual pages are not reliable? I'm quite sure the old Yahoo! website can be considered reliable, since plenty of information is available. Now I'm not saying that the FIFA rapports are unreliable, but perhaps FIFA may have tinkered with the capacity numbers? Also, for [[2014 FIFA World Cup|this year's tournament]], we used the official capacities from the current [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/destination/stadiums/stadium=214/index.html website]. This means we should be using those old websites for the previous tournaments, as long as they are all available via the [[Internet Archive]]. If some are not, then use the FIFA rapports. [[User:Arbero|Arbero]] ([[User talk:Arbero|talk]]) 17:29, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
:: I don't know, but they vary from the official report. What's your proof that FIFA may have tinkered with the capacity numbers and not Yahoo!? And so you're saying that for 2014 we used FIFA's numbers and so why are insisting that we use Yahoo!'s numbers for 2002? So why are you insisting that the archived website is more reliable than the official report? [[User:Walter Görlitz|Walter Görlitz]] ([[User talk:Walter Görlitz|talk]]) 17:57, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
::: Alright, I may have sounded a bit biased there; if so, I apologise. I searched through the archived website and found everything there (news, teams, matches) to be accurate, so I assumed they would get the capacities correctly as well (No, I don't have any evidence, it was just speculation from my side). Anyway, if you insist on using the official FIFA PDF file, then I will roll back my edit. Let me know. [[User:Arbero|Arbero]] ([[User talk:Arbero|talk]]) 18:11, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
:::: One thing I would like to add though, is that the archived website can be used for other matters, and could improve this article. [[User:Arbero|Arbero]] ([[User talk:Arbero|talk]]) 18:11, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
::::: I trust your research. Having two refs seems OK as well. I just don't want someone to question the discrepancies at some point in the future and have it come back to bite us. [[User:Walter Görlitz|Walter Görlitz]] ([[User talk:Walter Görlitz|talk]]) 19:44, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

== South Korea match fixings and corruption ==

why isn't there anything about this? Wikipedia is part of it or what?, stop being biased and add it!
sources:
- First of all, obvious is obvious
- http://www.goal.com/en/news/1884/north-america/2010/09/21/2130136/infamous-south-korea-italy-world-cup-2002-referee-byron
- http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/internacional/noticias/2015/05/29/acusan-a-fifa-de-amano-de-partidos-en-2002
- http://www.garrypassarella.co.uk/2010/06/04/the-robbery-in-korea-koreas-controversial-progress-in-the-2002-world-cup-finals/
[[Special:Contributions/89.13.133.77|89.13.133.77]] ([[User talk:89.13.133.77|talk]]) 14:35, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
:None of those sources actually confirm that the matches were fixed, they just accuse Byron Moreno of being incompetent. There is plenty of info in this article about Moreno's incompetence, and there's no need for anything more. – [[User:PeeJay2K3|Pee]][[User talk:PeeJay2K3|Jay]] 15:19, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
*Hi, it might interest you to look at the my comments  [[#Controversies| in this new section]] regarding this issue. Cheerio! [[User:Asoccer maniac|Asoccer maniac]] ([[User talk:Asoccer maniac|talk]]) 00:19, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

== No Mention of Korean Controversial games?? ==

Wikipedia keeps loosing reliability. (or is watch over by FIFA somehow)
how is there not a single mention of the controversial games between Korea - Italy and Korea - Spain. As you can see above me, I am definitely not the only one pointing them out, and when someone cites a good source, he is ignored. Please Wikipedia. you guys are supposed to document Everything relating the title topic. The accusations and controversies are real and should be included. 
a couple sources:
- http://screamer.deadspin.com/italian-paper-alleges-fifa-used-corrupt-refs-to-fix-200-1707704308
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/3029872/Korean-miracle-spoilt-by-refereeing-farce.html
- http://www.eurosport.com/football/south-korea-results-from-2002-world-cup-now-under-scrutiny_sto4758133/story.shtml
- http://bleacherreport.com/articles/630035-ranking-the-top-10-world-football-scandals-of-all-time

Also this one, regarding the voting:
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3132045/FIFA-hit-fresh-corruption-claims-Japan-accused-paying-South-American-federation-950-000-2002-World-Cup-vote.html

I kindly ask you to please update the article with this information

thank you.[[Special:Contributions/2003:75:F6F:F599:DD2A:241E:7B4A:33E7|2003:75:F6F:F599:DD2A:241E:7B4A:33E7]] ([[User talk:2003:75:F6F:F599:DD2A:241E:7B4A:33E7|talk]]) 21:58, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

* Hi,

it might interest you to look at the my comments  [[#Controversies| in this new section]] regarding this issue. Cheerio! [[User:Asoccer maniac|Asoccer maniac]] ([[User talk:Asoccer maniac|talk]]) 00:18, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

==Controversies==
Hi everyone. 

I know that this is not the first conversation about this, but I'm trying to resurrect the List of 2002 Fifa World Cup controversies article.

Those of you who followed the process will remember it was the subject of two deletion debtates, and then closed down and SALTed. Since I believe that controversial incidents are a window into the development and evolution of the game. I hope as many of you as possible will join me in this effort.
 
Merry Xmas one and all! [[User:Asoccer maniac|Asoccer maniac]] ([[User talk:Asoccer maniac|talk]]) 00:08, 25 December 2015 (UTC)
     PS, the draft for the new article is [[Draft:List of 2002 FIFA World Cup controversies|here]]. [[User:Asoccer maniac|Asoccer maniac]] ([[User talk:Asoccer maniac|talk]]) 01:03, 12 January 2016 (UTC)

== Clarity of penalty kick sessions ==

The PK session between Spain and Republic of Ireland could use an indicator of who went first (the Irish). This is not intuitively clear because Spain is on the left while Ireland is on the right. As it is the reader has to work it out based on what happened with the last penalties shot - Mendieta's was successful and Spain won ergo Spain shot second.  <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/67.188.95.207|67.188.95.207]] ([[User talk:67.188.95.207|talk]]) 07:53, 1 July 2016 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:Does it matter who went first? Ideally, what we should do is write a prose account of the match at [[2002 FIFA World Cup knockout stage]]. – [[User:PeeJay2K3|Pee]][[User talk:PeeJay2K3|Jay]] 09:37, 1 July 2016 (UTC)
::I think order matters a great deal, in terms of understanding the momentary stakes behind each kick. It's like putting the minute next to the goals - you need that in order to construct the timeline of the game. I like the way they do it here: http://scoreshelf.com/dqcc/en/World_Cup/2002/ESP_v_IRL - just a little indicator next the list of takers "1" or "2"
::I agree that prose would be useful but maybe that would introduce some highly contentious opinions - e.g. "the referee failed to call a flagrant foul on South Korea... again!!" or "The referee disallowed a Spanish goal for no discernible reason whatsoever". It'd become an edit war between South Korea fans and everybody else.  <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/67.188.95.207|67.188.95.207]] ([[User talk:67.188.95.207|talk]]) 06:56, 5 July 2016 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:::Well obviously we wouldn't allow opinions to be introduced. Just report the facts. – [[User:PeeJay2K3|Pee]][[User talk:PeeJay2K3|Jay]] 10:54, 5 July 2016 (UTC)

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'''Hey Everyone,'''

I am looking to add some information to this page for a college course I am taking on Japanese/Korean Culture and Relations. Now that it has nearly been 20 years since the World Cup took place, I would like to include some economic implications and effects on the host countries. Below are a few Economic studies that I have found that I will cite in my inclusion.

Thoughts/Feedback?

Thanks

Lee, Choong-Ki, and Tracy Taylor. "Critical reflections on the economic impact assessment of a mega-event: the case of 2002 FIFA World Cup." Tourism management 26.4 (2005): 595-603.

Kim, Hyun Jeong, Dogan Gursoy, and Soo-Bum Lee. "The impact of the 2002 World Cup on South Korea: Comparisons of pre-and post-games." Tourism Management 27.1 (2006): 86-96.

Kim, Samuel Seongseop, and James F. Petrick. "Residents’ perceptions on impacts of the FIFA 2002 World Cup: the case of Seoul as a host city." Tourism Management 26.1 (2005): 25-38.

Horne, John D., and Wolfram Manzenreiter. "Accounting for mega-events: forecast and actual impacts of the 2002 Football World Cup Finals on the host countries Japan/Korea." International review for the sociology of sport 39.2 (2004): 187-203.  <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Jwright123|Jwright123]] ([[User talk:Jwright123#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Jwright123|contribs]]) 08:44, 11 October 2019 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== Proposed merge of [[Be the Reds!]] into [[2002 FIFA World Cup]] ==
{{Discussion top|result=To '''not''' merge [[Be the Reds!]] into [[2002 FIFA World Cup]], but that an alternative target, [[Red Devils (supporters club)]], may be appropriate. [[User:Klbrain|Klbrain]] ([[User talk:Klbrain|talk]]) 20:46, 11 April 2021 (UTC)}}
Poorly sourced standalone article; could easily be summarized at World Cup entry --[[User:Another Believer|<span style="color:navy">Another Believer</span>]] <sub>([[User talk:Another Believer|<span style="color:#C60">Talk</span>]])</sub> 15:58, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
:A better target would be [[Red Devils (supporters club)]], since the World Cup entry is not meant to dive that deep into each team's supporter culture. '''[[User:SounderBruce|<span style="background:#5d9731; color:white; padding:2px;">Sounder</span>]][[User talk:SounderBruce|<span style="background:#1047AB; color:white; padding:2px;">Bruce</span>]]''' 18:20, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
::Yeah, merge to  [[Red Devils (supporters club)]]. -[[User:Koppapa|Koppapa]] ([[User talk:Koppapa|talk]]) 14:45, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
:::Agreed. – [[User:PeeJay|Pee]][[User talk:PeeJay|Jay]] 20:33, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
::::Yeah, agreed. [[Special:Contributions/76.103.46.252|76.103.46.252]] ([[User talk:76.103.46.252|talk]]) 18:06, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
*'''Merge''': Supporting the merge. Fails to establish notability criteria. [[User:Indianfootball98|Indianfootball98]] ([[User talk:Indianfootball98|talk]]) 03:33, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
*'''Oppose''' merging unsourced content anywhere. Please source it or [[WP:PROD]]. <span style="font-family: serif; letter-spacing: 0.1em">–&nbsp;[[User:Finnusertop|Finnusertop]]</span> ([[User talk:Finnusertop|talk]] ⋅ [[Special:Contributions/Finnusertop|contribs]]) 16:00, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
* '''Oppose''' linking it here, and agree with Finnusertop that it's unsourced and should just be deleted. It might be a valid search term as there are about [https://pageviews.toolforge.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&redirects=0&start=2020-03&end=2021-02&pages=Be_the_Reds! 176 page views a month], or 6 a day, but if we're offering a redirect, the target should be the national supporters group page, as SounderBruce suggested. [[User:Walter Görlitz|Walter Görlitz]] ([[User talk:Walter Görlitz|talk]]) 21:06, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
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:Given that a new target has arisen following this discussion I've added a merge template to that page ([[Red Devils (supporters club)]]); perhaps as a courtesy we could give watches of that page a chance to comment on the revised proposal before proceeding with the merge. [[User:Klbrain|Klbrain]] ([[User talk:Klbrain|talk]]) 20:46, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
:: There is absolutely no need for a second discussion. The consensus was to merge it to the supporters group. [[User:Walter Görlitz|Walter Görlitz]] ([[User talk:Walter Görlitz|talk]]) 21:06, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

==Upgrade Fail on 2002 World Cup Groups==
I have upgraded everything on the 1994 World Cup and 1998 World Cup. I have upgraded from round of 16 to final which works successfully but tried upgrading groups but nothing showed up, help needed please.[[User:GBT00|GBT00]] ([[User talk:GBT00|talk]]) 11:17, 8 February 2021 (UTC)

==Inline link RfC==
{{closed rfc top |result=It's clear that this is the same question that is being asked at [[Talk:2022 FIFA World Cup#Inline link RfC]], so I'm closing this per [[WP:MULTI]] and [[WP:FORUMSHOP]]. I may close the first one too: I'm still undecided on that matter. --[[User:Redrose64|<span style="color:#a80000; background:#ffeeee; text-decoration:inherit">Red</span>rose64]] &#x1f339; ([[User talk:Redrose64|talk]]) 14:37, 25 July 2021 (UTC)}}
Should the name of the host nation include an inline link to the nation's article? For example, should the first instance of the names "South Korea" and "Japan" be bracketed so as to provide links to [[South Korea]] and [[Japan]]? [[User:Rowsdower45|Rowsdower45]] ([[User talk:Rowsdower45|talk]]) 06:15, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
* '''Strong Oppose''' First this is a clear [[WP:OVERLINK]] and it is against a [[WP:FOOTY]] [[WP:CONSENSUS]], and exactly the same question as you asked at [[:Talk:2022 FIFA World Cup]] and several others now and you are [[WP:FORUMSHOP]]ping hoping you'll get your way in one location. [[User:Walter Görlitz|Walter Görlitz]] ([[User talk:Walter Görlitz|talk]]) 06:26, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
** Ironic that Japan is an example at OVERLINK. [[User:Walter Görlitz|Walter Görlitz]] ([[User talk:Walter Görlitz|talk]]) 06:29, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
*'''Strong oppose''' per Walter Görlitz. If you're really itching to insert country-related links, please do it at the bottom under a "See also" section, target "Sport in [country]" if there's a stand-alone article, or section link to sport in the country article; and don't pipe to just the country-name, or even fewer readers will take the bait. [[User:Tony1|<b style="color:darkgreen">Tony</b>]] [[User talk:Tony1|<span style="color:darkgreen">(talk)</span>]] 08:57, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
*'''Procedural oppose and close''' {{sbb}} ''IF'' this is against a 'footy" concensus, and ''AS'' there has been no prior discussion AFAI can see here as to why that norm should be overturned here, this RfC is simply wasting people's time and [[WP:FORUMSHOP]]ping. [[User:Pincrete|Pincrete]] ([[User talk:Pincrete|talk]]) 11:01, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
*'''Support''' The intro also contains inline links to articles such as [[Asia]] and [[FIFA World Cup]], which have surely been heard of by Wikipedia users accessing this article, but are useful clicks for users seeking more information on these topics. It is not overlinking to provide one more such link. [[User:Rowsdower45|Rowsdower45]] ([[User talk:Rowsdower45|talk]]) 11:48, 25 July 2021 (UTC)
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== GAN ==

I have made a GAN for this article. Hope it gets accepted. [[User:SpyridisioAnnis|SpyridisioAnnis]] ''[[User talk:SpyridisioAnnis|Discussion]]'' 02:55, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
:{{ping|SpyridisioAnnis}} Generally, a nomination should come from a major contributor to the article or with their endorsement. There are far too many sections that lack citations and quite a few that are missing prose match summaries, so this will be quick-failed. Please read through comparable GAs and FAs to determine what the standards laid out by the [[WP:GAC|GA criteria]] look like. '''[[User:SounderBruce|<span style="background:#5d9731; color:white; padding:2px;">Sounder</span>]][[User talk:SounderBruce|<span style="background:#1047AB; color:white; padding:2px;">Bruce</span>]]''' 05:44, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
::Checking how to make it eligible for GA status. [[User:SpyridisioAnnis|SpyridisioAnnis]] ''[[User talk:SpyridisioAnnis|Discussion]]'' 08:45, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
:::Sounder Bruce provided a few reasons directly above. [[User:Chipmunkdavis|CMD]] ([[User talk:Chipmunkdavis|talk]]) 14:38, 27 November 2022 (UTC)

== Vandalism Warning! ==

Someone just vandalised the bracket. [[User:Somedev123Gtg|Somedev123Gtg]] ([[User talk:Somedev123Gtg|talk]]) 12:26, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

== wrong data ==

I found that the standings of group C are wrong. I see Turkey in first place, and Brazil with 2 won matches, when in fact they have won all of 3 in group C. I don't know if it's an issue too in different groups. [[Special:Contributions/84.198.165.236|84.198.165.236]] ([[User talk:84.198.165.236|talk]]) 09:04, 9 March 2023 (UTC)