Date: 04-06-2002
Stage: first round
Place: BUSAN
Running time: 102 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 30fps (10)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish
My rating: **
Notes: Park,Ahn, Dudek
MATCH SUMMARY
Tuesday, 4 June 2002, 20:30
Busan Asiad Stadium, Busan
Attendance: 48,760
Meteo: Humid, warm, 25°C
SOUTH KOREA
LEE Woon-Jae
SONG Chong-Gug
CHOI Jin-Cheul
HONG Myong-Bo (c)
KIM Tae-Young
LEE Eul-Yong
PARK Ji-sung
KIM Nam-il
YOO Sang-chul
HWANG Sun-Hong
SEOL Ki-Hyeon
Coach: Guus Hiddink (NED)
70′ PARK Ji-sung
90′ CHA Du-ri
50′ ↓HWANG Sun-hong ↑AHN Jung-hwan
62′ ↓YOO Sang-chul ↑LEE Chun-soo
90′ ↓SEOL Ki-hyeon ↑CHA Du-ri
POLAND
Jerzy Dudek
Jacek Bąk
Tomasz Hajto
Marek Kozminski
Tomasz Wałdoch (c)
Michał Zewłakow
Radoslaw Kaluzny
Jacek Krzynówek
Piotr Swierczewski
Emmanuel Olisadebe
Maciej Zurawski
Coach: Jerzy Engel (POL)
31′ Jacek Krzynówek
79′ Tomasz Hajto
84′ Piotr Swierczewski
46′ ↓Maciej Zurawski ↑Paweł Kryszałowicz
51′ ↓Jacek Bąk ↑Tomasz Kłos
65′ ↓Radoslaw Kaluzny ↑Marcin Zewłakow
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (COL)
Goals:
26′ HWANG Sun-hong (KOR)
53′ YOO Sang-chul (KOR)
Match overview
South Korea achieved their first World Cup victory in five attempts with a commanding performance against Poland. Hwang’s early strike set the tone before Yoo’s second-half effort sealed the triumph. The passionate home crowd in Busan witnessed a historic moment for Korean football.
Trivia
This victory marked South Korea’s first World Cup win after four previous tournament appearances spanning fifty-two years. The achievement launched what would become the most successful Asian World Cup campaign in history.
