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