Date: 29-06-2002
Stage: 3rd place final
Place: DAEGU
Running time: 99 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: HD 1080 60fps (10)
Commentary: MULTI: italian/spanish
My rating: ***
Notes: Basturk,Emre,Sukur, Ahn,Park
MATCH SUMMARY
Saturday, 29 June 2002, 20:00
Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu
Attendance: 63,483
Meteo: Clear, warm evening, 25°C
TURKEY
Rüştü Reçber
Fatih Akyel
Bülent Korkmaz
Alpay Özalan
Ergün Penbe
Tugay Kerimoğlu
Yıldıray Baştürk
Hasan Şaş
Ümit Davala
Hakan Şükür (c)
İlhan Mansız
Coach: Şenol Güneş (TUR)
45′ Tugay Kerimoğlu
67′ Ümit Davala
76′ ↓Yıldıray Baştürk ↑Emre Belözoğlu
87′ ↓Hasan Şaş ↑Arif Erdem
SOUTH KOREA
Lee Woon-Jae
Choi Jin-Cheul
Hong Myung-Bo (c)
Kim Tae-Young
Lee Young-Pyo
Kim Nam-Il
Park Ji-Sung
Yoo Sang-Chul
Seol Ki-Hyeon
Ahn Jung-Hwan
Lee Chun-Soo
Coach: Guus Hiddink (NED)
27′ Kim Tae-Young
72′ Park Ji-Sung
66′ ↓Kim Nam-Il ↑Lee Eul-Yong
77′ ↓Yoo Sang-Chul ↑Song Chong-Gug
88′ ↓Lee Chun-Soo ↑Hwang Sun-Hong
Referee: Saad Kameel Mane (KUW)
Goals:
1′ Hakan Şükür TUR
9′ Lee Eul-Yong KOR
13′ İlhan Mansız TUR
32′ İlhan Mansız TUR
90′ Song Chong-Gug KOR
Match overview
Turkey claimed third place at the World Cup with an entertaining victory over South Korea in Daegu. Hakan Şükür scored the fastest goal in World Cup history after just eleven seconds, and İlhan Mansız added two more to secure victory. Despite South Korea’s spirited fightback, Turkey held on to cap their remarkable tournament with a bronze medal.
Trivia
This third-place playoff featured the tournament’s fastest goal and became Turkey’s greatest World Cup achievement. Both teams had exceeded expectations, with Turkey reaching their first World Cup semi-final since 1954 and South Korea becoming the first Asian nation to reach the final four.
