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

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 3 2 1 0 5 2 +37
 Belgium 3 1 2 0 6 5 +15
 Russia 3 1 0 2 4 4 03
 Tunisia 3 0 1 2 1 5 −41

All times local (UTC+9)

Japan vs Belgium

4 June 2002
18:00
Japan  2–2  Belgium
Suzuki  59'
Inamoto  67'		 Report Wilmots  57'
Van Der Heyden  75'
Saitama Stadium, Saitama
Attendance: 55,256
Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)
Japan
Belgium
GK 12Seigo Narazaki
CB 3 Naoki Matsuda
CB 4 Ryuzo Morioka (c)  71'
CB 16Kōji Nakata
CM 21Kazuyuki Toda  31'
CM 5 Junichi Inamoto  54'
RW 22Daisuke Ichikawa
AM 7 Hidetoshi Nakata
LW 18Shinji Ono  64'
CF 13Atsushi Yanagisawa
CF 11Takayuki Suzuki  68'
Substitutions:
MF 14Alex  64'
MF 8 Hiroaki Morishima  68'
DF 17Tsuneyasu Miyamoto  71'
Manager:
France Philippe Troussier
GK 1 Geert De Vlieger
RB 15Jacky Peeters
CB 16Daniel Van Buyten
CB 4 Eric Van Meir  82'
LB 12Peter Van Der Heyden  21'
DM 18Yves Vanderhaeghe
RM 10Johan Walem  68'
CM 6 Timmy Simons
LM 8 Bart Goor
CF 7 Marc Wilmots (c)
CF 11Gert Verheyen  62'  83'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Wesley Sonck  68'
FW 20Branko 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

5 June 2002
15:30
Russia  2–0  Tunisia
Titov  59'
Karpin  64' (pen.)		 Report
Kobe Wing Stadium, Kobe
Attendance: 30,957
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)
Russia
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 20Marat Izmailov  78'
LM 6 Igor Semshov  27'  46'
CF 19Ruslan Pimenov
CF 11Vladimir Beschastnykh  55'
Substitutions:
MF 21Dmitri Khokhlov  46'
FW 22Dmitri Sychev  55'
MF 15Dmitri Alenichev  88'  78'
Manager:
Oleg Romantsev
GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
RB 6 Hatem Trabelsi
CB 15Radhi Jaïdi
CB 4 Mohamed Mkacher
LB 12Raouf Bouzaiene
RM 8 Hassen Gabsi  50'  67'
CM 13Riadh Bouazizi
CM 18Selim Ben Achour
LM 2 Khaled Badra  84'
CF 5 Ziad Jaziri  75'
CF 11Adel Sellimi (c)  67'
Substitutions:
MF 3 Zoubeir Baya  67'
MF 7 Imed Mhedhebi  67'
FW 20Ali 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

9 June 2002
20:30
Japan  1–0  Russia
Inamoto  51' Report
Japan
Russia
GK 12Seigo Narazaki
CB 3 Naoki Matsuda
CB 17Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c)  15'
CB 16Kōji Nakata  42'
RM 20Tomokazu Myojin
CM 21Kazuyuki Toda
CM 7 Hidetoshi Nakata
CM 5 Junichi Inamoto  85'
LM 18Shinji Ono  75'
CF 11Takayuki Suzuki  72'
CF 13Atsushi Yanagisawa
Substitutions:
FW 10Masashi Nakayama  90+1'  72'
DF 6 Toshihiro Hattori  75'
MF 15Takashi Fukunishi  85'
Manager:
France Philippe Troussier
GK 1 Ruslan Nigmatullin
RB 5 Andrei Solomatin  38'
CB 3 Yuri Nikiforov
CB 7 Viktor Onopko (c)
LB 2 Yuri Kovtun
RM 8 Valery Karpin
CM 4 Alexey Smertin  57'
CM 9 Yegor Titov
CM 20Marat Izmailov  52'
LM 6 Igor Semshov
CF 19Ruslan Pimenov  13'  46'
Substitutions:
FW 22Dmitri Sychev  46'
MF 21Dmitri Khokhlov  60'  52'
FW 11Vladimir 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

10 June 2002
18:00
Tunisia  1–1  Belgium
Bouzaiene  17' Report Wilmots  13'
Ōita Big Eye Stadium, Ōita
Attendance: 39,700
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Tunisia
Belgium
GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
RB 6 Hatem Trabelsi  68'
CB 15Radhi Jaïdi
CB 2 Khaled Badra (c)
LB 12Raouf Bouzaiene
RM 8 Hassen Gabsi  22'  67'
CM 10Kaies Ghodhbane  43'
CM 18Selim Ben Achour
CM 13Riadh Bouazizi
LM 21Mourad Melki  69'  88'
CF 5 Ziad Jaziri  77'
Substitutions:
FW 11Adel Sellimi  67'
FW 20Ali Zitouni  77'
MF 3 Zoubeir Baya  88'
Manager:
Ammar Souayah
GK 1 Geert De Vlieger
RB 2 Éric Deflandre
CB 3 Glen De Boeck
CB 16Daniel Van Buyten  40'
LB 12Peter Van Der Heyden
RM 11Gert Verheyen  46'
CM 18Yves Vanderhaeghe
CM 6 Timmy Simons  74'
LM 8 Bart Goor
CF 7 Marc Wilmots (c)
CF 20Branko Strupar  46'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Wesley Sonck  46'
MF 14Sven Vermant  46'
FW 22Mbo 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

14 June 2002
15:30
Tunisia  0–2  Japan
Report Morishima  48'
H. Nakata  75'
Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 45,213
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
Tunisia
Japan
GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
RB 6 Hatem Trabelsi
CB 15Radhi Jaïdi
CB 2 Khaled Badra (c)  81'
LB 12Raouf Bouzaiene  78'
RM 21Mourad Melki  46'
CM 10Kaies Ghodhbane
CM 18Selim Ben Achour
CM 13Riadh Bouazizi  21'
LM 23José Clayton  61'
CF 5 Ziad Jaziri
Substitutions:
MF 3 Zoubeir Baya  46'
MF 7 Imed Mhedhebi  61'
FW 20Ali Zitouni  78'
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 Hidetoshi Nakata  84'
CM 5 Junichi Inamoto  46'
LM 18Shinji Ono
CF 13Atsushi Yanagisawa  46'
CF 11Takayuki Suzuki
Substitutions:
MF 8 Hiroaki Morishima  46'
MF 22Daisuke Ichikawa  46'
MF 19Mitsuo Ogasawara  84'
Manager:
France 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

14 June 2002
15:30
Belgium  3–2  Russia
Walem  7'
Sonck  78'
Wilmots  82'		 Report Beschastnykh  52'
Sychev  88'
Belgium
Russia
GK 1 Geert De Vlieger
RB 15Jacky Peeters
CB 3 Glen De Boeck  90+2'
CB 16Daniel Van Buyten
LB 5 Nico Van Kerckhoven
RM 11Gert Verheyen  78'
CM 18Yves Vanderhaeghe  39'
CM 10Johan Walem
LM 8 Bart Goor
CF 7 Marc Wilmots (c)
CF 22Mbo Mpenza  70'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Wesley Sonck  70'
MF 6 Timmy Simons  78'
DF 4 Eric Van Meir  90+2'
Manager:
Robert Waseige
GK 1 Ruslan Nigmatullin
RB 5 Andrei Solomatin  12'
CB 3 Yuri Nikiforov  43'
CB 7 Viktor Onopko (c)
LB 2 Yuri Kovtun
DM 21Dmitri Khokhlov
RM 8 Valery Karpin  82'
CM 4 Alexey Smertin  14'  34'
CM 9 Yegor Titov
LM 15Dmitri Alenichev  64'
CF 11Vladimir Beschastnykh
Substitutions:
FW 22Dmitri Sychev  34'
DF 18Dmitri Sennikov  84'  43'
FW 16Aleksandr 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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