2002 FIFA World Cup Group H explained

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

Matches

All times are local (UTC+9)

Japan vs Belgium

GK 12Seigo Narazaki
CB 3 Naoki Matsuda
CB 4 Ryuzo Morioka (c)
CB 16Kōji Nakata
CM 21
CM 5
RW 22Daisuke Ichikawa
AM 7 Hidetoshi Nakata
LW 18
CF 13Atsushi Yanagisawa
CF 11
Substitutions:
MF 14
MF 8
DF 17
Manager:
Philippe Troussier
GK 1 Geert De Vlieger
RB 15Jacky Peeters
CB 16Daniel Van Buyten
CB 4
LB 12
DM 18Yves Vanderhaeghe
RM 10
CM 6 Timmy Simons
LM 8 Bart Goor
CF 7 Marc Wilmots (c)
CF 11
Substitutions:
FW 9
FW 20
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

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
LM 6
CF 19Ruslan Pimenov
CF 11
Substitutions:
MF 21
FW 22
MF 15
Manager:
Oleg Romantsev
GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
RB 6 Hatem Trabelsi
CB 15
CB 4 Mohamed Mkacher
LB 12Raouf Bouzaiene
RM 8
CM 13Riadh Bouazizi
CM 18Selim Ben Achour
LM 2
CF 5
CF 11Adel Sellimi (c)
Substitutions:
MF 3
MF 7
FW 20
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

GK 12Seigo Narazaki
CB 3 Naoki Matsuda
CB 17Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c)
CB 16
RM 20Tomokazu Myojin
CM 21Kazuyuki Toda
CM 7 Hidetoshi Nakata
CM 5
LM 18
CF 11
CF 13Atsushi Yanagisawa
Substitutions:
FW 10
DF 6
MF 15
Manager:
Philippe Troussier
GK 1 Ruslan Nigmatullin
RB 5
CB 3 Yuri Nikiforov
CB 7 Viktor Onopko (c)
LB 2 Yuri Kovtun
RM 8 Valery Karpin
CM 4
CM 9 Yegor Titov
CM 20
LM 6 Igor Semshov
CF 19
Substitutions:
FW 22
MF 21
FW 11
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

GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
RB 6
CB 15Radhi Jaïdi
CB 2 Khaled Badra (c)
LB 12Raouf Bouzaiene
RM 8
CM 10
CM 18Selim Ben Achour
CM 13Riadh Bouazizi
LM 21
CF 5
Substitutions:
FW 11
FW 20
MF 3
Manager:
Ammar Souayah
GK 1 Geert De Vlieger
RB 2 Éric Deflandre
CB 3 Glen De Boeck
CB 16
LB 12Peter Van Der Heyden
RM 11
CM 18Yves Vanderhaeghe
CM 6
LM 8 Bart Goor
CF 7 Marc Wilmots (c)
CF 20
Substitutions:
FW 9
MF 14
FW 22
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

GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
RB 6 Hatem Trabelsi
CB 15Radhi Jaïdi
CB 2 Khaled Badra (c)
LB 12
RM 21
CM 10Kaies Ghodhbane
CM 18Selim Ben Achour
CM 13
LM 23
CF 5 Ziad Jaziri
Substitutions:
MF 3
MF 7
FW 20
Manager:
Ammar Souayah
GK 12Seigo Narazaki
CB 3 Naoki Matsuda
CB 17Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c)
CB 16Kōji Nakata
RM 20Tomokazu Myojin
CM 21Kazuyuki Toda
CM 7
CM 5
LM 18Shinji Ono
CF 13
CF 11Takayuki Suzuki
Substitutions:
MF 8
MF 22
MF 19
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

GK 1 Geert De Vlieger
RB 15Jacky Peeters
CB 3
CB 16Daniel Van Buyten
LB 5 Nico Van Kerckhoven
RM 11
CM 18
CM 10Johan Walem
LM 8 Bart Goor
CF 7 Marc Wilmots (c)
CF 22
Substitutions:
FW 9
MF 6
DF 4
Manager:
Robert Waseige
GK 1 Ruslan Nigmatullin
RB 5
CB 3
CB 7 Viktor Onopko (c)
LB 2 Yuri Kovtun
DM 21Dmitri Khokhlov
RM 8
CM 4
CM 9 Yegor Titov
LM 15
CF 11Vladimir Beschastnykh
Substitutions:
FW 22
DF 18
FW 16
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

External links

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