Korea-Japan, 2002

This world cup was the first one to have two countries together as hosts and it was the first world cup held in Asia. It was the 17th world cup in history. It started the 31 of May and ended on June 30. Thirty two teams played 62 matches in 20 different venues. Brazil won the world cup, winning their fifth one for the first time after beating Germany 2-0 with two goals of Ronaldo. Turkey beat one of the hosts, South Korea, in the match for the third place. The best player award was awarded to the Brazilian player Ronaldo and the best player was Oliver Khan, the German goalkeeper. Ato, Kaz and Nik were the official mascots and the official ball was the Fevernova.