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Lineker's Verdict

Belgium Team Kit

 Group A
 France
 Senegal
 Uruguay
 Denmark
 Group B
 Spain
 Slovenia
 Paraguay
 South Africa
 Group C
 Brazil
 Turkey
 China
 Costa Rica
 Group D
 South Korea
 Poland
 USA
 Portugal
 Group E
 Germany
 Saudi Arabia
 Rep of Ireland
 Cameroon
 Group F
 Argentina
 Nigeria
 England
 Sweden
 Group G
 Italy
 Ecuador
 Croatia
 Mexico
 Group H
 Japan
 Belgium
 Russia
 Tunisia

Belgium star player, Marc Wilmots
World Cup record:
 1930   First round
 1934   First round
 1938   First round
 1954   First round
 1970   First round
 1982   Second round
 1986   Fourth place
 1990   Second round
 1994   Second round
 1998   First round
 2002   Second round

Did you know?
Having drawn all three matches in France 1998, Belgium's opening two draws in the Far East gave them the record for the consecutive number of draws at the finals.

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Star player:

Robert Waseige
Marc Wilmots
France and Holland are supposed to be footballing giants, but both have been upstaged by their European neighbour, Belgium.

The Dutch didn't even qualify and the French… well, we all know what happened to them.

Belgium have far more limited resources, and admittedly they may not have set the World Cup alight but they knew what they were capable of and duly got on with the job.

After drawing their opening match with Japan, a place in the knockout stages looked remote to say the least.

But they got the better of Russia in an exciting final game, booked a ticket for the match against Brazil and again gave a good account of themselves.

They have their very own captain courageous in Marc Wilmots and his three goals were instrumental in their success on his international farewell. It was a good way to go out.

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2002 World Cup results

Group H: v Japan 2-2; v Tunisia 1-1; v Russia 3-2; Second round: v Brazil 0-2.



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