2002 FIFA World Cup Group H

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Group H of the 2002 FIFA World Cup took place from 4 June 2002 to 14 June 2002. Japan won the group and advanced to the round of 16 (for the first time ever), along with Belgium. Russia and Tunisia failed to advance.

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Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (H)321052+37Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 312065+15
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 31024403
4Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 30121541
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(H) Hosts

Matches

All times are local (UTC+9)

Japan vs Belgium

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2–2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Suzuki Soccerball shade.svg59'
Inamoto Soccerball shade.svg67'
Report Wilmots Soccerball shade.svg57'
Van Der Heyden Soccerball shade.svg75'
Saitama Stadium, Saitama
Attendance: 55,256
Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)
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Japan
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Belgium
GK12 Seigo Narazaki
CB3 Naoki Matsuda
CB4 Ryuzo Morioka (c)Sub off.svg 71'
CB16 Kōji Nakata
CM21 Kazuyuki Toda Yellow card.svg 31'
CM5 Junichi Inamoto Yellow card.svg 54'
RW22 Daisuke Ichikawa
AM7 Hidetoshi Nakata
LW18 Shinji Ono Sub off.svg 64'
CF13 Atsushi Yanagisawa
CF11 Takayuki Suzuki Sub off.svg 68'
Substitutions:
MF14 Alex Sub on.svg 64'
MF8 Hiroaki Morishima Sub on.svg 68'
DF17 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto Sub on.svg 71'
Manager:
Flag of France.svg Philippe Troussier
GK1 Geert De Vlieger
RB15 Jacky Peeters
CB16 Daniel Van Buyten
CB4 Eric Van Meir Yellow card.svg 82'
LB12 Peter Van Der Heyden Yellow card.svg 21'
DM18 Yves Vanderhaeghe
RM10 Johan Walem Sub off.svg 68'
CM6 Timmy Simons
LM8 Bart Goor
CF7 Marc Wilmots (c)
CF11 Gert Verheyen Yellow card.svg 62'Sub off.svg 83'
Substitutions:
FW9 Wesley Sonck Sub on.svg 68'
FW20 Branko Strupar Sub on.svg 83'
Manager:
Robert Waseige

Man of the Match:
Junichi Inamoto (Japan)

Assistant referees:
Haidar Koleit (Lebanon)
Yury Dupanov (Belarus)
Fourth official:
Graham Poll (England)

Russia vs Tunisia

Russia  Flag of Russia.svg2–0Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Titov Soccerball shade.svg59'
Karpin Soccerball shade.svg64' (pen.)
Report
Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe
Attendance: 30,957
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
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Russia
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Tunisia
GK1 Ruslan Nigmatullin
RB5 Andrei Solomatin
CB3 Yuri Nikiforov
CB7 Viktor Onopko (c)
LB2 Yuri Kovtun
RM8 Valery Karpin
CM9 Yegor Titov
CM20 Marat Izmailov Sub off.svg 78'
LM6 Igor Semshov Yellow card.svg 27'Sub off.svg 46'
CF19 Ruslan Pimenov
CF11 Vladimir Beschastnykh Sub off.svg 55'
Substitutions:
MF21 Dmitri Khokhlov Sub on.svg 46'
FW22 Dmitri Sychev Sub on.svg 55'
MF15 Dmitri Alenichev Yellow card.svg 88'Sub on.svg 78'
Manager:
Oleg Romantsev
GK1 Ali Boumnijel
RB6 Hatem Trabelsi
CB15 Radhi Jaïdi
CB4 Mohamed Mkacher
LB12 Raouf Bouzaiene
RM8 Hassen Gabsi Yellow card.svg 50'Sub off.svg 67'
CM13 Riadh Bouazizi
CM18 Selim Ben Achour
LM2 Khaled Badra Sub off.svg 84'
CF5 Ziad Jaziri Yellow card.svg 75'
CF11 Adel Sellimi (c)Sub off.svg 67'
Substitutions:
MF3 Zoubeir Baya Sub on.svg 67'
MF7 Imed Mhedhebi Sub on.svg 67'
FW20 Ali Zitouni Sub on.svg 84'
Manager:
Ammar Souayah

Man of the Match:
Yuri Nikiforov (Russia)

Assistant referees:
Michael Ragoonath (Trinidad and Tobago)
Paul Smith (New Zealand)
Fourth official:
Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

Japan vs Russia

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–0Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Inamoto Soccerball shade.svg51' Report
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Japan
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Russia
GK12 Seigo Narazaki
CB3 Naoki Matsuda
CB17 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c)Yellow card.svg 15'
CB16 Kōji Nakata Yellow card.svg 42'
RM20 Tomokazu Myojin
CM21 Kazuyuki Toda
CM7 Hidetoshi Nakata
CM5 Junichi Inamoto Sub off.svg 85'
LM18 Shinji Ono Sub off.svg 75'
CF11 Takayuki Suzuki Sub off.svg 72'
CF13 Atsushi Yanagisawa
Substitutions:
FW10 Masashi Nakayama Yellow card.svg 90+1'Sub on.svg 72'
DF6 Toshihiro Hattori Sub on.svg 75'
MF15 Takashi Fukunishi Sub on.svg 85'
Manager:
Flag of France.svg Philippe Troussier
GK1 Ruslan Nigmatullin
RB5 Andrei Solomatin Yellow card.svg 38'
CB3 Yuri Nikiforov
CB7 Viktor Onopko (c)
LB2 Yuri Kovtun
RM8 Valery Karpin
CM4 Alexey Smertin Sub off.svg 57'
CM9 Yegor Titov
CM20 Marat Izmailov Sub off.svg 52'
LM6 Igor Semshov
CF19 Ruslan Pimenov Yellow card.svg 13'Sub off.svg 46'
Substitutions:
FW22 Dmitri Sychev Sub on.svg 46'
MF21 Dmitri Khokhlov Yellow card.svg 60'Sub on.svg 52'
FW11 Vladimir Beschastnykh Sub on.svg 57'
Manager:
Oleg Romantsev

Man of the Match:
Junichi Inamoto (Japan)

Assistant referees:
Heiner Müller (Germany)
Evzen Amler (Czech Republic)
Fourth official:
Ubaldo Aquino (Paraguay)

Tunisia vs Belgium

Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg1–1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Bouzaiene Soccerball shade.svg17' Report Wilmots Soccerball shade.svg13'
Ōita Big Eye Stadium, Ōita
Attendance: 39,700
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
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Tunisia
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Belgium
GK1 Ali Boumnijel
RB6 Hatem Trabelsi Yellow card.svg 68'
CB15 Radhi Jaïdi
CB2 Khaled Badra (c)
LB12 Raouf Bouzaiene
RM8 Hassen Gabsi Yellow card.svg 22'Sub off.svg 67'
CM10 Kaies Ghodhbane Yellow card.svg 43'
CM18 Selim Ben Achour
CM13 Riadh Bouazizi
LM21 Mourad Melki Yellow card.svg 69'Sub off.svg 88'
CF5 Ziad Jaziri Sub off.svg 77'
Substitutions:
FW11 Adel Sellimi Sub on.svg 67'
FW20 Ali Zitouni Sub on.svg 77'
MF3 Zoubeir Baya Sub on.svg 88'
Manager:
Ammar Souayah
GK1 Geert De Vlieger
RB2 Éric Deflandre
CB3 Glen De Boeck
CB16 Daniel Van Buyten Yellow card.svg 40'
LB12 Peter Van Der Heyden
RM11 Gert Verheyen Sub off.svg 46'
CM18 Yves Vanderhaeghe
CM6 Timmy Simons Sub off.svg 74'
LM8 Bart Goor
CF7 Marc Wilmots (c)
CF20 Branko Strupar Sub off.svg 46'
Substitutions:
FW9 Wesley Sonck Sub on.svg 46'
MF14 Sven Vermant Sub on.svg 46'
FW22 Mbo Mpenza Sub on.svg 74'
Manager:
Robert Waseige

Man of the Match:
Raouf Bouzaiene (Tunisia)

Assistant referees:
Paul Smith (New Zealand)
Komaleeswaran Sankar (India)
Fourth official:
Gilles Veissière (France)

Tunisia vs Japan

Tunisia  Flag of Tunisia.svg0–2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Report Morishima Soccerball shade.svg48'
H. Nakata Soccerball shade.svg75'
Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 45,213
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
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Tunisia
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Japan
GK1 Ali Boumnijel
RB6 Hatem Trabelsi
CB15 Radhi Jaïdi
CB2 Khaled Badra (c)Yellow card.svg 81'
LB12 Raouf Bouzaiene Sub off.svg 78'
RM21 Mourad Melki Sub off.svg 46'
CM10 Kaies Ghodhbane
CM18 Selim Ben Achour
CM13 Riadh Bouazizi Yellow card.svg 21'
LM23 José Clayton Sub off.svg 61'
CF5 Ziad Jaziri
Substitutions:
MF3 Zoubeir Baya Sub on.svg 46'
MF7 Imed Mhedhebi Sub on.svg 61'
FW20 Ali Zitouni Sub on.svg 78'
Manager:
Ammar Souayah
GK12 Seigo Narazaki
CB3 Naoki Matsuda
CB17 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c)
CB16 Kōji Nakata
RM20 Tomokazu Myojin
CM21 Kazuyuki Toda
CM7 Hidetoshi Nakata Sub off.svg 84'
CM5 Junichi Inamoto Sub off.svg 46'
LM18 Shinji Ono
CF13 Atsushi Yanagisawa Sub off.svg 46'
CF11 Takayuki Suzuki
Substitutions:
MF8 Hiroaki Morishima Sub on.svg 46'
MF22 Daisuke Ichikawa Sub on.svg 46'
MF19 Mitsuo Ogasawara Sub on.svg 84'
Manager:
Flag of France.svg Philippe Troussier

Man of the Match:
Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan)

Assistant referees:
Frédéric Arnault (France)
Haidar Koleit (Lebanon)
Fourth official:
René Ortubé (Bolivia)

Belgium vs Russia

Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg3–2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Walem Soccerball shade.svg7'
Sonck Soccerball shade.svg78'
Wilmots Soccerball shade.svg82'
Report Beschastnykh Soccerball shade.svg52'
Sychev Soccerball shade.svg88'
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Belgium
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Russia
GK1 Geert De Vlieger
RB15 Jacky Peeters
CB3 Glen De Boeck Sub off.svg 90+2'
CB16 Daniel Van Buyten
LB5 Nico Van Kerckhoven
RM11 Gert Verheyen Sub off.svg 78'
CM18 Yves Vanderhaeghe Yellow card.svg 39'
CM10 Johan Walem
LM8 Bart Goor
CF7 Marc Wilmots (c)
CF22 Mbo Mpenza Sub off.svg 70'
Substitutions:
FW9 Wesley Sonck Sub on.svg 70'
MF6 Timmy Simons Sub on.svg 78'
DF4 Eric Van Meir Sub on.svg 90+2'
Manager:
Robert Waseige
GK1 Ruslan Nigmatullin
RB5 Andrei Solomatin Yellow card.svg 12'
CB3 Yuri Nikiforov Sub off.svg 43'
CB7 Viktor Onopko (c)
LB2 Yuri Kovtun
DM21 Dmitri Khokhlov
RM8 Valery Karpin Sub off.svg 82'
CM4 Alexey Smertin Yellow card.svg 14'Sub off.svg 34'
CM9 Yegor Titov
LM15 Dmitri Alenichev Yellow card.svg 64'
CF11 Vladimir Beschastnykh
Substitutions:
FW22 Dmitri Sychev Sub on.svg 34'
DF18 Dmitri Sennikov Yellow card.svg 84'Sub on.svg 43'
FW16 Aleksandr Kerzhakov Sub on.svg 82'
Manager:
Oleg Romantsev

Man of the Match:
Marc Wilmots (Belgium)

Assistant referees:
Philip Sharp (England)
Komaleeswaran Sankar (India)
Fourth official:
Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

See also