2002 FIFA World Cup Group H

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.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan (H) 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Belgium 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1 5
3  Russia 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
4  Tunisia 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria
(H) Hosts

Matches

All times are local (UTC+9)

Japan vs Belgium

Japan 2–2 Belgium
Suzuki 59'
Inamoto 67'		 Report Wilmots 57'
Van Der Heyden 75'
Attendance: 55,256
Japan
Belgium
GK 12 Seigo Narazaki
CB 3 Naoki Matsuda
CB 4 Ryuzo Morioka (c)  71'
CB 16 Kōji Nakata
CM 21 Kazuyuki Toda  31'
CM 5 Junichi Inamoto  54'
RW 22 Daisuke Ichikawa
AM 7 Hidetoshi Nakata
LW 18 Shinji Ono  64'
CF 13 Atsushi Yanagisawa
CF 11 Takayuki Suzuki  68'
Substitutions:
MF 14 Alex  64'
MF 8 Hiroaki Morishima  68'
DF 17 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto  71'
Manager:
Philippe Troussier
GK 1 Geert De Vlieger
RB 15 Jacky Peeters
CB 16 Daniel Van Buyten
CB 4 Eric Van Meir  82'
LB 12 Peter Van Der Heyden  21'
DM 18 Yves Vanderhaeghe
RM 10 Johan Walem  68'
CM 6 Timmy Simons
LM 8 Bart Goor
CF 7 Marc Wilmots (c)
CF 11 Gert Verheyen  62'  83'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Wesley Sonck  68'
FW 20 Branko Strupar  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 2–0 Tunisia
Titov 59'
Karpin 64' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 30,957
Russia
Tunisia
GK 1 Ruslan Nigmatullin
RB 5 Andrei Solomatin
CB 3 Yuri Nikiforov
CB 7 Viktor Onopko (c)
LB 2 Yuri Kovtun
RM 8 Valery Karpin
CM 9 Yegor Titov
CM 20 Marat Izmailov  78'
LM 6 Igor Semshov  27'  46'
CF 19 Ruslan Pimenov
CF 11 Vladimir Beschastnykh  55'
Substitutions:
MF 21 Dmitri Khokhlov  46'
FW 22 Dmitri Sychev  55'
MF 15 Dmitri Alenichev  88'  78'
Manager:
Oleg Romantsev
GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
RB 6 Hatem Trabelsi
CB 15 Radhi Jaïdi
CB 4 Mohamed Mkacher
LB 12 Raouf Bouzaiene
RM 8 Hassen Gabsi  50'  67'
CM 13 Riadh Bouazizi
CM 18 Selim Ben Achour
LM 2 Khaled Badra  84'
CF 5 Ziad Jaziri  75'
CF 11 Adel Sellimi (c)  67'
Substitutions:
MF 3 Zoubeir Baya  67'
MF 7 Imed Mhedhebi  67'
FW 20 Ali Zitouni  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 1–0 Russia
Inamoto 51' Report
Attendance: 66,108
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Japan
Russia
GK 12 Seigo Narazaki
CB 3 Naoki Matsuda
CB 17 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c)  15'
CB 16 Kōji Nakata  42'
RM 20 Tomokazu Myojin
CM 21 Kazuyuki Toda
CM 7 Hidetoshi Nakata
CM 5 Junichi Inamoto  85'
LM 18 Shinji Ono  75'
CF 11 Takayuki Suzuki  72'
CF 13 Atsushi Yanagisawa
Substitutions:
FW 10 Masashi Nakayama  90+1'  72'
DF 6 Toshihiro Hattori  75'
MF 15 Takashi Fukunishi  85'
Manager:
Philippe Troussier
GK 1 Ruslan Nigmatullin
RB 5 Andrei Solomatin  38'
CB 3 Yuri Nikiforov
CB 7 Viktor Onopko (c)
LB 2 Yuri Kovtun
RM 8 Valery Karpin
CM 4 Alexey Smertin  57'
CM 9 Yegor Titov
CM 20 Marat Izmailov  52'
LM 6 Igor Semshov
CF 19 Ruslan Pimenov  13'  46'
Substitutions:
FW 22 Dmitri Sychev  46'
MF 21 Dmitri Khokhlov  60'  52'
FW 11 Vladimir Beschastnykh  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 1–1 Belgium
Bouzaiene 17' Report Wilmots 13'
Attendance: 39,700
Tunisia
Belgium
GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
RB 6 Hatem Trabelsi  68'
CB 15 Radhi Jaïdi
CB 2 Khaled Badra (c)
LB 12 Raouf Bouzaiene
RM 8 Hassen Gabsi  22'  67'
CM 10 Kaies Ghodhbane  43'
CM 18 Selim Ben Achour
CM 13 Riadh Bouazizi
LM 21 Mourad Melki  69'  88'
CF 5 Ziad Jaziri  77'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Adel Sellimi  67'
FW 20 Ali Zitouni  77'
MF 3 Zoubeir Baya  88'
Manager:
Ammar Souayah
GK 1 Geert De Vlieger
RB 2 Éric Deflandre
CB 3 Glen De Boeck
CB 16 Daniel Van Buyten  40'
LB 12 Peter Van Der Heyden
RM 11 Gert Verheyen  46'
CM 18 Yves Vanderhaeghe
CM 6 Timmy Simons  74'
LM 8 Bart Goor
CF 7 Marc Wilmots (c)
CF 20 Branko Strupar  46'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Wesley Sonck  46'
MF 14 Sven Vermant  46'
FW 22 Mbo Mpenza  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 0–2 Japan
Report Morishima 48'
H. Nakata 75'
Attendance: 45,213
Tunisia
Japan
GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
RB 6 Hatem Trabelsi
CB 15 Radhi Jaïdi
CB 2 Khaled Badra (c)  81'
LB 12 Raouf Bouzaiene  78'
RM 21 Mourad Melki  46'
CM 10 Kaies Ghodhbane
CM 18 Selim Ben Achour
CM 13 Riadh Bouazizi  21'
LM 23 José Clayton  61'
CF 5 Ziad Jaziri
Substitutions:
MF 3 Zoubeir Baya  46'
MF 7 Imed Mhedhebi  61'
FW 20 Ali Zitouni  78'
Manager:
Ammar Souayah
GK 12 Seigo Narazaki
CB 3 Naoki Matsuda
CB 17 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c)
CB 16 Kōji Nakata
RM 20 Tomokazu Myojin
CM 21 Kazuyuki Toda
CM 7 Hidetoshi Nakata  84'
CM 5 Junichi Inamoto  46'
LM 18 Shinji Ono
CF 13 Atsushi Yanagisawa  46'
CF 11 Takayuki Suzuki
Substitutions:
MF 8 Hiroaki Morishima  46'
MF 22 Daisuke Ichikawa  46'
MF 19 Mitsuo Ogasawara  84'
Manager:
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 3–2 Russia
Walem 7'
Sonck 78'
Wilmots 82'		 Report Beschastnykh 52'
Sychev 88'
Attendance: 46,640
Belgium
Russia
GK 1 Geert De Vlieger
RB 15 Jacky Peeters
CB 3 Glen De Boeck  90+2'
CB 16 Daniel Van Buyten
LB 5 Nico Van Kerckhoven
RM 11 Gert Verheyen  78'
CM 18 Yves Vanderhaeghe  39'
CM 10 Johan Walem
LM 8 Bart Goor
CF 7 Marc Wilmots (c)
CF 22 Mbo Mpenza  70'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Wesley Sonck  70'
MF 6 Timmy Simons  78'
DF 4 Eric Van Meir  90+2'
Manager:
Robert Waseige
GK 1 Ruslan Nigmatullin
RB 5 Andrei Solomatin  12'
CB 3 Yuri Nikiforov  43'
CB 7 Viktor Onopko (c)
LB 2 Yuri Kovtun
DM 21 Dmitri Khokhlov
RM 8 Valery Karpin  82'
CM 4 Alexey Smertin  14'  34'
CM 9 Yegor Titov
LM 15 Dmitri Alenichev  64'
CF 11 Vladimir Beschastnykh
Substitutions:
FW 22 Dmitri Sychev  34'
DF 18 Dmitri Sennikov  84'  43'
FW 16 Aleksandr Kerzhakov  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

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