2002 FIFA World Cup Group B explained

Group B of the 2002 FIFA World Cup took place between 2 and 12 June 2002. Spain won the group and advanced to the second round along with Paraguay, who beat South Africa to finish in second place on goals scored. South Africa and Slovenia failed to advance.

Standings

Spain advanced to play Republic of Ireland (runner-up of Group E) in the round of 16.
Paraguay advanced to play Germany (winner of Group E) in the round of 16.

Matches

All times are local (UTC+9)

Paraguay vs South Africa


GK	22
CB	18
CB	5	Celso Ayala
CB	4	Carlos Gamarra (c)
RWB	2	Francisco Arce
LWB	21
CM	10	Roberto Acuña
CM	6
CM	8
AM	11
CF	9	Roque Santa Cruz
Substitutions:
MF	14
MF	16
DF	17
Manager:
Cesare Maldini


GK	16	Andre Arendse
RB	4
CB	13
CB	19	Lucas Radebe (c)
LB	3	Bradley Carnell
RM	2	Cyril Nzama
CM	12	Teboho Mokoena
CM	6	MacBeth Sibaya
LM	7	Quinton Fortune
CF	17
CF	15
Substitutions:
MF	9
FW	23
Manager:
Jomo Sono

Man of the Match:
Francisco Arce (Paraguay)

Assistant referees:
Igor Šramka (Slovakia)
Curtis Charles (Antigua and Barbuda)
Fourth official:
Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Spain vs Slovenia


GK	1	Iker Casillas
RB	5	Carles Puyol
CB	6	Fernando Hierro (c)
CB	20	Miguel Ángel Nadal
LB	3
RM	21
CM	17
CM	8	Rubén Baraja
LM	11	Javier de Pedro
CF	7	Raúl
CF	10
Substitutions:
FW	9
DF	4
DF	15
Manager:
José Antonio Camacho


GK	1	Marko Simeunovič
CB	3	Željko Milinovič
CB	5	Marinko Galič
CB	6	Aleksander Knavs
RM	7
CM	8	Aleš Čeh (c)
CM	11	Miran Pavlin
LM	19
AM	10
AM	13	Mladen Rudonja
CF	9
Substitutions:
FW	21
MF	18
MF	14
Manager:
Srečko Katanec

Man of the Match:
Raúl (Spain)

Assistant referees:
Ali Tomusange (Uganda)
Egon Bereuter (Austria)
Fourth official:
Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Spain vs Paraguay

This was a repeat of the two teams' second match at the 1998 tournament, a goalless draw.


GK	1	Iker Casillas
RB	5	Carles Puyol
CB	6	Fernando Hierro (c)
CB	20	Miguel Ángel Nadal
LB	3	Juanfran
RM	21
CM	8
CM	17
LM	11	Javier de Pedro
CF	7	Raúl
CF	10
Substitutions:
DF	4
FW	9
MF	19
Manager:
José Antonio Camacho


GK	1	José Luis Chilavert (c)
CB	18	Julio César Cáceres
CB	5	Celso Ayala
CB	4	Carlos Gamarra
RWB	2
LWB	21
CM	14
CM	10	Roberto Acuña
CM	13	Carlos Paredes
CF	9
CF	20
Substitutions:
FW	11
MF	6
Manager:
Cesare Maldini

Man of the Match:
Fernando Morientes (Spain)

Assistant referees:
Wagih Farag (Egypt)
Brighton Mudzamiri (Zimbabwe)
Fourth official:
Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

South Africa vs Slovenia


GK	16	Andre Arendse
RB	2	Cyril Nzama
CB	4	Aaron Mokoena
CB	19	Lucas Radebe (c)
LB	3	Bradley Carnell
RM	15	Sibusiso Zuma
CM	6	MacBeth Sibaya
CM	12
LM	7
CF	14
CF	17
Substitutions:
MF	18
FW	23
MF	11
Manager:
Jomo Sono


GK	1	Marko Simeunovič
CB	3
CB	4
CB	6
RM	7	Đoni Novak
CM	11
CM	8	Aleš Čeh (c)
LM	19	Amir Karić
AM	18
CF	21
CF	13	Mladen Rudonja
Substitutions:
FW	9
MF	20
DF	23
Manager:
Srečko Katanec

Man of the Match:
Quinton Fortune (South Africa)

Assistant referees:
Jorge Rattalino (Argentina)
Ali Al Traifi (Saudi Arabia)
Fourth official:
Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

South Africa vs Spain


GK	16	Andre Arendse
RB	2
CB	4
CB	19	Lucas Radebe (c)
LB	3
RM	15	Sibusiso Zuma
CM	6	MacBeth Sibaya
CM	12	Teboho Mokoena
LM	7
CF	17	Benni McCarthy
CF	14
Substitutions:
FW	23
DF	22
DF	5
Manager:
Jomo Sono


GK	1	Iker Casillas
RB	2	Curro Torres
CB	4	Iván Helguera
CB	20	Miguel Ángel Nadal (c)
LB	15	Enrique Romero
RM	22	Joaquín
CM	19	Xavi
CM	14
LM	16	Gaizka Mendieta
CF	7
CF	9
Substitutions:
MF	18
FW	12
MF	21
Manager:
José Antonio Camacho

Man of the Match:
Raúl (Spain)

Assistant referees:
Jorge Rattalino (Argentina)
Awni Hassouneh (Jordan)
Fourth official:
Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)

Slovenia vs Paraguay


GK	12	Mladen Dabanovič
CB	23	Spasoje Bulajič
CB	3
CB	15	Rajko Tavčar
RM	7	Đoni Novak
CM	8	Aleš Čeh (c)
CM	11
LM	19
AM	18
CF	21	Sebastjan Cimirotič
CF	9
Substitutions:
FW	13
MF	20
FW	16
Manager:
Danilo Popivoda


GK	1	José Luis Chilavert (c)
CB	18	Julio César Cáceres
CB	5	Celso Ayala
CB	4	Carlos Gamarra
RWB	2	Francisco Arce
LWB	21	Denis Caniza
CM	13
CM	10	Roberto Acuña
CM	8
CF	20
CF	9	Roque Santa Cruz
Substitutions:
MF	11
FW	23
MF	17
Manager:
Cesare Maldini

Man of the Match:
Nelson Cuevas (Paraguay)

Assistant referees:
Leif Lindberg (Sweden)
Visva Krishnan (Singapore)
Fourth official:
Kim Young-joo (South Korea)

External links

Results