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Event

Germany vs Brazil

Date
Sun 30th June 2002 (UTC)
Sun 30th June 2002 (Local)

Timestamp
2002-06-30T11:00:00

Time

11:00:00 UTC

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League
FIFA World Cup

Season
2002

Round
200

Status
Match Finished

Location
Yokohama
Japan
Nissan Stadium Yokohama
(69,029 Attendance)

9'	Yellow Card	Klose
74'	Substitution	Klose
74'	Substitution	Bierhoff
77'	Substitution	Jeremies
77'	Substitution	Asamoah
84'	Substitution	Bode
84'	Substitution	Ziege

6'	Yellow Card	Roque Júnior
67'	Goal
79'	Goal
85'	Substitution
85'	Substitution	Paulista
90'	Substitution
90'	Substitution

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Home Team Lineup

Schneider Attacking Midfield	Hamann Central Midfield	Metzelder Centre-Back	Linke Centre-Back
Ramelow Centre-Back	Klose Centre-Forward	Neuville Centre-Forward	Jeremies Defensive Midfield
Kahn Goalkeeper	Bode Left Midfield	Frings Right Midfield

Away Team Lineup

Ronaldinho Attacking Midfield	Silva Central Midfield	Kléberson Central Midfield	Lúcio Centre-Back
Júnior Centre-Back	Edmílson Centre-Back	Ronaldo Centre-Forward	Rivaldo Centre-Forward
Marcos Goalkeeper	Carlos Left Midfield	Cafu Right Midfield

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Description

The 2002 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the 2002 World Cup, the 17th edition of FIFA's competition for national football teams. The match was played at the International Stadium in Yokohama, Japan, on 30 June 2002, and was contested by Germany and Brazil. The tournament comprised hosts Japan and South Korea, holders France, and 29 other teams who emerged from the qualification phase, organised by the six FIFA confederations. The 32 teams competed in a group stage, from which 16 teams qualified for the knockout stage. En route to the final, Germany finished first in Group E, with two wins and a draw, after which they defeated Paraguay in the round of 16, the United States in the quarter-finals and South Korea in the semi-finals. Brazil finished top of Group C with three wins, before defeating Belgium in the round of 16, England in the quarter-final, and Turkey in the semi-final. The final took place in front of 69,029 supporters, with an estimated 1.1 billion watching on television, and was refereed by Pierluigi Collina from Italy.

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After a goalless first half, Brazil took the lead through Ronaldo on 67 minutes, scoring after what German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn called his "only mistake in the finals". They extended their lead twelve minutes later when Kléberson ran towards the German penalty area before passing towards Rivaldo. He let the ball pass through his legs and it reached Ronaldo, who used his first touch to take the ball away from German player Gerald Asamoah, and then shot the ball into the bottom corner of Kahn's net. The final score was 2–0 to Brazil.

Brazil's win was their fifth World Cup title, which remains a record as of 2025. Ronaldo was named the man of the match, while Kahn was awarded the Golden Ball as FIFA's outstanding player of the tournament. Brazil's manager, Luiz Felipe Scolari, expressed "the joy of knowing we did our job", while noting that it was "full of very hard work". His German counterpart Rudi Völler said, "When you lose a game, the disappointment is great, of course. But it is no shame to lose against a team like Brazil." At the next World Cup in Germany in 2006, Brazil were eliminated in the quarter-final by France while Germany reached the semi-final stage on home soil and eventually finished third.

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