2006-07-03 03:51:39 · 11 answers · asked by flavorrlovespink 1 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
the last world cup was held in Asia, for the first time that two countries co-hosted the tournament, Korea Republic & Japan in 2002 from 31 May 2002 - 30 June 2002.
32 teams qualfied for the finals. SENEGAL, SLOVENIA, CHINA PR & ECUADOR made their first appearance.
KOREA REPUBLIC made history when the team qualify to the semi-final, their best ever results & the best results from Asia. JAPAN, meanwhile lost to TURKEY in the round of 16.
BRAZIL won their fifth world cup, winning all their matches along the way. Cafu is the only player to have appeared in 3 successive world cup final appearance.
FRANCE becomes the only defending champion in the history not to score a goal in the finals & crash-out in the group stages.
SENEGAL emulated CAMEROON in 1990, as they reach the quarter-final losing to TURKEY on golden goal by Ilhan Mansiz. they began the tournament with a sensational victory against defending champions FRANCE 1-0 scored by Pape Bouba Diop.
the fastest goal in the history of the world cup was recorded as 11 seconds, when Hakan Sukur of TURKEY scored against KOREA REPUBLIC in the 3rd place match in Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu, Korea Republic on 29 June 2002.
2006-07-03 04:19:17 · answer #1 · answered by foongwk140804 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The last world cup was in 2002 in korea and japan
2006-07-03 03:55:05 · answer #2 · answered by Naty:Co-Emperor Has Returned 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2002 in South Korea and Japan, Brazil took the title
2006-07-03 03:58:29 · answer #3 · answered by den5nis0 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2002 every 4 years
2006-07-03 03:56:24 · answer #4 · answered by BigDaddy82 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2002, brazil beat Germany in Japan 2-0
Brazil won for the 5th time
2006-07-03 03:57:10 · answer #5 · answered by Leo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2002 in Korea/Japan
2006-07-03 03:53:39 · answer #6 · answered by ASDFG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the last world cup was in Korea/Japan and brasil was beating germany 2-0 in final...The winner: Brasil
2006-07-03 20:18:14 · answer #7 · answered by POWER-FULL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2002, they take place every 4 years
2006-07-03 03:53:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
2002. its every 4 years. brasil won the last one. france won the one in 1998.
2006-07-03 04:20:25 · answer #9 · answered by Lola P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2002, korea/japan
2006-07-03 03:54:15 · answer #10 · answered by bebe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋