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2002 FIFA World Cup

17th FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan
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Summary

2002 FIFA World Cup is a sports season[1]. It ranks in the top 0.073% of sports season entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39,094 views/month, #27 of 36,855).[2]

Key Facts

  • Winner: Brazil men's national football team[3]
  • Country: Japan[4], South Korea[5]
  • League or competition: FIFA World Cup[6]
  • Follows: 1998 FIFA World Cup[7]
  • Followed by: 2006 FIFA World Cup[8]
  • Location: Q&A Stadium Miyagi[9], Ōita Stadium[10], Daejeon World Cup Stadium[11], Gwangju World Cup Stadium[12], Daegu Stadium[13], International Stadium Yokohama[14], Sapporo Dome[15], Saitama Stadium 2002[16], Busan Asiad Main Stadium[17], Yanmar Stadium Nagai[18], Kashima Soccer Stadium[19], Denka Big Swan Stadium[20], Seoul World Cup Stadium[21], Suwon World Cup Stadium[22]
  • Commons category: 2002 FIFA World Cup[23]
  • Edition number: 19[24]
  • Start time: May 30, 2002[25]
  • End time: June 29, 2002[26]
  • Point in time: 2002[27]
  • Sport: association football[28]
  • Organizer: FIFA[29]
  • Participant: Niko Kovač[30]
  • Mascot: Ato, Kaz and Nik[31]
  • Official website: http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/en/[32]
  • Topic's main category: Category:2002 FIFA World Cup[33]
  • Attendance: 2,705,197[34]
  • Number of participants: 33[35]
  • Number of matches played/races/starts: 64[36]
  • Number of points/goals/set scored: 161[37]
  • Topic has template: Template:2002 FIFA World Cup[38]
  • Participating team: England men's national association football team[39], Belgium men's national football team[40], Germany men's national association football team[41], Denmark men's national football team[42], Republic of Ireland men's national association football team[43], Spain men's national football team[44], Italy men's national association football team[45], Poland men's national football team[46], Portugal men's national football team[47], Russia men's national football team[48], Slovenia men's national football team[49], Turkey men's national football team[50], France men's national association football team[51], Croatia men's national football team[52]

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Outcome and Impact

Things named for 2002 FIFA World Cup include Saitama Stadium 2002[53], an association football venue[54], in Japan[55], founded in 2001[56].

Why It Matters

2002 FIFA World Cup has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 166 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

Entities named for it include Saitama Stadium 2002[53], an association football venue[54], in Japan[55], founded in 2001[56].

FAQs

What awards did 2002 FIFA World Cup receive?

Honors received include Brazil men's national football team[3].

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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