2002 FIFA World Cup Group H

Play in Group H of the 2002 FIFA World Cup completed on 14 June 2002. Japan won the group, and advanced to the second round, 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) Host.

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
GK12Seigo Narazaki
CB3Naoki Matsuda
CB4Ryuzo Morioka (c) 71'
CB16Kōji Nakata
CM21Kazuyuki Toda 31'
CM5Junichi Inamoto 54'
RW22Daisuke Ichikawa
AM7Hidetoshi Nakata
LW18Shinji Ono 64'
CF13Atsushi Yanagisawa
CF11Takayuki Suzuki 68'
Substitutions:
MF14Alex 64'
MF8Hiroaki Morishima 68'
DF17Tsuneyasu Miyamoto 71'
Manager:
Philippe Troussier
GK1Geert De Vlieger
RB15Jacky Peeters
CB16Daniel Van Buyten
CB4Eric Van Meir 82'
LB12Peter Van Der Heyden 21'
DM18Yves Vanderhaeghe
RM10Johan Walem 68'
CM6Timmy Simons
LM8Bart Goor
CF7Marc Wilmots (c)
CF11Gert Verheyen 62' 83'
Substitutions:
FW9Wesley Sonck 68'
FW20Branko 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
GK1Ruslan Nigmatullin
RB5Andrei Solomatin
CB3Yuri Nikiforov
CB7Viktor Onopko (c)
LB2Yuri Kovtun
RM8Valery Karpin
CM9Yegor Titov
CM20Marat Izmailov 78'
LM6Igor Semshov 27' 46'
CF19Ruslan Pimenov
CF11Vladimir Beschastnykh 55'
Substitutions:
MF21Dmitri Khokhlov 46'
FW22Dmitri Sychev 55'
MF15Dmitri Alenichev 88' 78'
Manager:
Oleg Romantsev
GK1Ali Boumnijel
RB6Hatem Trabelsi
CB15Radhi Jaïdi
CB4Mohamed Mkacher
LB12Raouf Bouzaiene
RM8Hassen Gabsi 50' 67'
CM13Riadh Bouazizi
CM18Selim Ben Achour
LM2Khaled Badra 84'
CF5Ziad Jaziri 75'
CF11Adel Sellimi (c) 67'
Substitutions:
MF3Zoubeir Baya 67'
MF7Imed Mhedhebi 67'
FW20Ali 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
GK12Seigo Narazaki
CB3Naoki Matsuda
CB17Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c) 15'
CB16Kōji Nakata 42'
RM20Tomokazu Myojin
CM21Kazuyuki Toda
CM7Hidetoshi Nakata
CM5Junichi Inamoto 85'
LM18Shinji Ono 75'
CF11Takayuki Suzuki 72'
CF13Atsushi Yanagisawa
Substitutions:
FW10Masashi Nakayama 90+1' 72'
DF6Toshihiro Hattori 75'
MF15Takashi Fukunishi 85'
Manager:
Philippe Troussier
GK1Ruslan Nigmatullin
RB5Andrei Solomatin 38'
CB3Yuri Nikiforov
CB7Viktor Onopko (c)
LB2Yuri Kovtun
RM8Valery Karpin
CM4Alexey Smertin 57'
CM9Yegor Titov
CM20Marat Izmailov 52'
LM6Igor Semshov
CF19Ruslan Pimenov 13' 46'
Substitutions:
FW22Dmitri Sychev 46'
MF21Dmitri Khokhlov 60' 52'
FW11Vladimir 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
GK1Ali Boumnijel
RB6Hatem Trabelsi 68'
CB15Radhi Jaïdi
CB2Khaled Badra (c)
LB12Raouf Bouzaiene
RM8Hassen Gabsi 22' 67'
CM10Kaies Ghodhbane 43'
CM18Selim Ben Achour
CM13Riadh Bouazizi
LM21Mourad Melki 69' 88'
CF5Ziad Jaziri 77'
Substitutions:
FW11Adel Sellimi 67'
FW20Ali Zitouni 77'
MF3Zoubeir Baya 88'
Manager:
Ammar Souayah
GK1Geert De Vlieger
RB2Éric Deflandre
CB3Glen De Boeck
CB16Daniel Van Buyten 40'
LB12Peter Van Der Heyden
RM11Gert Verheyen 46'
CM18Yves Vanderhaeghe
CM6Timmy Simons 74'
LM8Bart Goor
CF7Marc Wilmots (c)
CF20Branko Strupar 46'
Substitutions:
FW9Wesley Sonck 46'
MF14Sven Vermant 46'
FW22Mbo 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
GK1Ali Boumnijel
RB6Hatem Trabelsi
CB15Radhi Jaïdi
CB2Khaled Badra (c) 81'
LB12Raouf Bouzaiene 78'
RM21Mourad Melki 46'
CM10Kaies Ghodhbane
CM18Selim Ben Achour
CM13Riadh Bouazizi 21'
LM23José Clayton 61'
CF5Ziad Jaziri
Substitutions:
MF3Zoubeir Baya 46'
MF7Imed Mhedhebi 61'
FW20Ali Zitouni 78'
Manager:
Ammar Souayah
GK12Seigo Narazaki
CB3Naoki Matsuda
CB17Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c)
CB16Kōji Nakata
RM20Tomokazu Myojin
CM21Kazuyuki Toda
CM7Hidetoshi Nakata 84'
CM5Junichi Inamoto 46'
LM18Shinji Ono
CF13Atsushi Yanagisawa 46'
CF11Takayuki Suzuki
Substitutions:
MF8Hiroaki Morishima 46'
MF22Daisuke Ichikawa 46'
MF19Mitsuo 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
GK1Geert De Vlieger
RB15Jacky Peeters
CB3Glen De Boeck 90+2'
CB16Daniel Van Buyten
LB5Nico Van Kerckhoven
RM11Gert Verheyen 78'
CM18Yves Vanderhaeghe 39'
CM10Johan Walem
LM8Bart Goor
CF7Marc Wilmots (c)
CF22Mbo Mpenza 70'
Substitutions:
FW9Wesley Sonck 70'
MF6Timmy Simons 78'
DF4Eric Van Meir 90+2'
Manager:
Robert Waseige
GK1Ruslan Nigmatullin
RB5Andrei Solomatin 12'
CB3Yuri Nikiforov 43'
CB7Viktor Onopko (c)
LB2Yuri Kovtun
DM21Dmitri Khokhlov
RM8Valery Karpin 82'
CM4Alexey Smertin 14' 34'
CM9Yegor Titov
LM15Dmitri Alenichev 64'
CF11Vladimir Beschastnykh
Substitutions:
FW22Dmitri Sychev 34'
DF18Dmitri Sennikov 84' 43'
FW16Aleksandr 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)

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