A few days separate us from the start of the 2022 World Cup, which Qatar hosted – as the first Arab country – and the third Asian country after Japan and South Korea in 2002.
Al -Shorouk monitors in the following report how the World Cup version hosted by the Asian continent before the 2022 version.
The 2002 FIFA World Cup is the seventeenth edition of the FIFA World Cup, which took place from May 31 to June 30, 2002 in South Korea and Japan with a joint organization between the two countries.
This championship is the first time that it was held in the continent of Asia after it was held on the continent of Europe and the Americas, and it was the first time that countries have participated in hosting.
The amulet was chosen for three dolls: orange, purple and blue, and their names were: Ato, Kaz and Nick, which are computer creatures, they all created in a team called “Atmo Paul” in the sport of football fiction The official ball of the championship is Fernova.
The official song of the championship was “Boom”, which was in English and was performed by American singer Instantia.
The championship lot came as follows:
The first group: France – Senegal – Uruguay – Denmark.
The second group: Spain – Slovenia – Paraguay – South Africa.
The third group: Brazil – Turkey – China – Costa Rica.
Fourth Group: South Korea – Poland – United States – Portugal.
Group Five: Germany – Saudi Arabia – the Republic of Ireland – Cameroon.
Group Six: Argentina – Nigeria – England – Sweden.
Group Seven: Italy – Ecuador – Croatia – Mexico.
Group Eight: Japan – Belgium – Russia – Tunisia.
In the 2002 final, which played between Germany and Brazil at Yokohama International Stadium in Yokohama, Japan, this match was the first confrontation between the two teams in the history of the World Cup tournaments, and the Brazil team managed to win a score 2- Zero to win the fifth title, with two goals scored by Ronaldo..
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