Number of played matches : 64
Number of players : 1756
Number of differents players : 582
Number of differents strikers : 109
Number of penalties : 12
Total of goals 2002 : 161
Average 2002 : 2,52 goals by match
Better attack 2002 : Brazil with 18 goals
Better striker 2002 : Ronaldo (Brazil) with 8 goals
They have winned all their matches : Uruguay in 1930, Italy in 1938 and Brazil in 1970 and 2002
Titleholders eliminated in the 1st turn of the following competition : Italy (1950), Brazil (1966), France (2002), Italy (2006) and Spain (2014)
Pelé (Brazil), U Seeler (Frg) et M Klose (Germany) took part in 4 world cups of continuation and marked in each one of it : 6 (1958), 1 (1962), 1 (1966), 4 (1970) for Pelé, 2 (1958), 2 (1962), 2 (1966), 3 (1970) for U Seeler and 5 (2002), 5 (2006), 4 (2010), 2 (2014) for M Klose
Jarni.R has played for 2 different teams : Yugoslavia-1 match in 1990, Croatia-7 matches in 1998, 3 matches in 2002
Prosinecki.R has played for 2 different teams : Yugoslavia-3 matches in 1990, Croatia-5 matches in 1998, 1 match in 2002
Ronaldo (Brazil) with 15 goals (4 in 1998, 8 in 2002 and 3 in 2006) is the 2nd best striker in Football World Cup
The fastest goal of all the world cups was marked by Hakan Sukur (Turkey) at the time of the world cup of 2002 (South Korea/Japan) at the 11' second during of the little final Turkey- South Korea (3-2) saturday June 29, 2002 in Daegu in South Korea
Brazil, Frg and Germany : Brazil (1950-1958-1962-1970-1994-1998-2002) and Frg (1954-1966-1974-1982-1986-1990) then Germany (2002-2014) played respectively 7 and 8 finals and were opposed in a world cup for the first time Sunday June 30, 2002 to Yokohama to Japan (victory of Brazil 2-0)
M Klose (Germany) with 16 goals (5 in 2002, 5 in 2006, 4 in 2010 and 2 in 2014) is the best striker in Football World Cup