World Cup 2002 - daily schedule

France begin their World Cup defence against Senegal

Group and venue shown in brackets. All kick-off times shown BST

GROUP PHASE

Friday 31 May
France v Senegal (A - Seoul) 12.30

Saturday 1 June
Rep of Ire v Cameroon (E - Niigata) 07.30
Uruguay v Denmark (A - Ulsan) 10.00
Germany v Saudi Arabia (E - Sapporo) 12.30

Sunday 2 June
Argentina v Nigeria (F - Ibaraki) 6.30
Paraguay v South Africa (B - Busan) 08.30
England v Sweden (F - Saitama) 10.30
Spain v Slovenia (B - Gwangju) 12.30

Monday 3 June
Croatia v Mexico (G - Niigata) 07.30
Brazil v Turkey (C - Ulsan) 10.00
Italy v Ecuador (G - Sapporo) 12.30

Tuesday 4 June
China v Costa Rica (C - Gwangju) 07.30
Japan v Belgium (H - Saitama) 10.00
South Korea v Poland (D - Busan) 12.30

Wednesday 5 June
Russia v Tunisia (H - Kobe) 07.30
USA v Portugal (D - Suwon) 10.00
Germany v Rep of Ire (E - Ibaraki) 12.30

Thursday 6 June
Denmark v Senegal (A - Daegu) 7.30
Cameroon v Saudi Arabia (E - Saitama) 10.00
France v Uruguay (A - Busan) 12.30

Friday 7 June
Sweden v Nigeria (F - Kobe) 07.30
Spain v Paraguay (B - Jeonju) 10.00
Argentina v England (F - Sapporo) 12.30

Saturday 8 June
South Africa v Slovenia (B - Daegu) 07.30
Italy v Croatia (G - Ibaraki) 10.00
Brazil v China (C - Seogwipo) 12.30

Sunday 9 June
Mexico v Ecuador (G - Miyagi) 07.30
Costa Rica v Turkey (C - Incheon) 10.00
Japan v Russia (H - Yokohama) 12.30

Monday 10 June
South Korea v USA (D - Daegu) 07.30
Tunisia v Belgium (H - Oita) 10.00
Portugal v Poland (D - Jeonju) 12.30

Tuesday 11 June
Denmark v France (A - Incheon) 07.30
Senegal v Uruguay (A - Suwon) 07.30
Cameroon v Germany (E - Shizuoka) 12.30
Saudi Arabia v Rep of Ire (E - Yokohama) 12.30

Wednesday 12 June
Sweden v Argentina (F - Miyagi) 07.30
Nigeria v England (F - Osaka) 07.30
South Africa v Spain (B - Daejeon) 12.30
Slovenia v Paraguay (B - Seogwipo) 12.30

Thursday 13 June
Costa Rica v Brazil (C - Suwon) 07.30
Turkey v China (C - Seoul) 07.30
Mexico v Italy (G - Oita) 12.30
Ecuador v Croatia (G - Yokohama) 12.30

Friday 14 June
Tunisia v Japan (H - Osaka) 07.30
Belgium v Russia (H - Shizuoka) 07.30
Portugal v South Korea (D - Incheon) 12.30
Poland v USA (D - Daejon) 12.30

SECOND ROUND

Saturday 15 June
1 - Winner E v Runner-up B (Seogwipo) 07.30
2 - Winner A v Runner-up F (Niigata) 12.30

Sunday 16 June
3 - Winner F v Runner-up A (Oita) 07.30
4 - Winner B v Runner-up E (Suwon) 12.30

Monday 17 June
5 - Winner G v Runner-up D (Jeonju) 07.30
6 - Winner C v Runner-up H (Kobe) 12.30

Tuesday 18 June
7 - Winner H v Runner-up C (Miyagi) 07.30
8 - Winner D v Runner-up G (Daejeon) 12.30

QUARTER-FINALS

Friday 21 June
1 - Winner Niigata v Winner Kobe (Shizuoka) 07.30
2 - Winner Seogwipo v Winner Jeonju (Ulsan) 12.30

Saturday 22 June
3 - Winner Suwon v Winner Daejeon (Gwangju) 07.30
4 - Winner Oita v Winner Miyagi (Osaka) 12.30

SEMI-FINALS

Tuesday 25 June
1 - Winner QF 2 v Winner QF 3 (Seoul) 12.30

Wednesday 26 June
2 - Winner QF 4 v Winner QF 1 (Saitama) 12.30

3rd/4th PLACE PLAY-OFF

Saturday 29 June
Loser SF 1 v Loser SF 2 (Daegu) 12.00

WORLD CUP FINAL

Sunday 30 June
Winner SF 1 v Winner SF 2 (Yokohama) 12.00

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