From May 31 to June 30, 2002, the 17th Football World Cup was held in South Korea and Japan, after 30 days of competition, the Brazilian team finally won Hercules, and it was also the only time that the Chinese team entered the World Cup finals, but the performance in the game was not good, no goals were scored, and 9 goals were conceded, ranking 31st. The specific rankings are as follows:
1st place Brazil
2nd place Germany
3rd place Turkey
Fourth place South Korea
5th place Spain
Sixth place England
7th place Senegal
Eighth place USA
9th place Japan
10th place Denmark
11th Mexico
TwelfthIreland
13th place Sweden
14th place Belgium
Fifteenth place Italy
16th South Africa
17th place Argentina
18th Paraguay
19th Costa Rica
10th place Cameroon
Twenty-first Portugal
Twenty-second place Russia
Twenty-third Croatia
Twenty-fourth Ecuador
Twenty-fifth place Poland
Twenty-sixth Uruguay
Twenty-seventh Nigeria
Twenty-eighth place France
Twenty-ninth Tunisia
30th Slovenia
Thirty-first China
Thirty-second Saudi Arabia
Player of the match: Kahn (GER).
Top scorer: Ronaldo (Brazil) 8 goals
Best Team: (442).
Goalkeeper: Lee Yun-jae (South Korea).
Defenders: Cafu (Brazil), Campbell (England), Hong Myungpo (South Korea), Carlos (Brazil).
Midfielders: David Beckham (England), Ballack (Germany), Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan), Yoo Sang-teol (South Korea) Forwards: Ahn Jung-hwan (South Korea), Park Ji-sung (South Korea).