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France 98:
France win the World Cup on home soil.

Korea-Japan 2002:
Brazil win the World Cup for the 5th time.

World Cup History:
Match results from previous World Cup Finals tournaments.

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Spain in the World Cup Finals

World Cup Appearances:
Korea-Japan 2002 was Spain's 11th appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
Fourth at Brazil 1950.

Spain in the 2002 World Cup

Real Federación Española de Fútbol
Group B

Spain vs Slovenia
Spain got their 2002 World Cup campaign off to an excellent start; beating Slovenia by two goals.

Spain vs Paraguay
Spain became the first team to definitely qualify for the Second Round.

South Africa vs Spain
Spain scored three goals for the third time in the group stage.

Knockout Stage

Spain vs Ireland (Second Round)
Iker Casillas' penalty saves were the difference between Spain and Ireland.

Spain vs South Korea (Quarter-final)
Spain suffered the penalty pain again; this time ending up on the losing side.

Spain World Cup Squad

Goalkeepers:

1 Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
13 Ricardo Lopez Felipe (Valladolid)
23 Pedro Contreras (Malaga)

Defenders:

2 Curro Torres (Valencia)
3 Juanfran (Celta Vigo)
4 Ivan Helguera (Real Madrid)
5 Carles Puyol (Barcelona)
6 Fernando Hierro (Real Madrid)
15 Enrique Romero (La Coruña)
20 Miguel Angel Nadal (Real Mallorca)

Midfielders:

8 Ruben Baraja (Valencia)
11 Francisco De Pedro (Real Sociedad)
14 David Albelda (Valencia)
16 Gaizka Mendieta (Lazio)
17 Juan Carlos Valerón (La Coruña)
18 Sergio (La Coruña)
19 Xavi (Barcelona)
21 Luis Enrique (Barcelona)
22 Joaquin Sanchez (Betis Seville)

Forwards:

7 Raúl (Real Madrid)
9 Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid)
10 Diego Tristán (La Coruña)
12 Alberto Luque (Real Mallorca)

Trainer:
José Antonio Camacho.

Players to watch:
Raúl González, Fernando Hierro and Diego Tristan.

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Teams by Group

Group A
Denmark
France
Senegal
Uruguay

Group B
Paraguay
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain

Group C
Brazil
China
Costa Rica
Turkey

Group D
Poland
Portugal
South Korea
USA

Group E
Cameroon
Germany
Rep. of Ireland
Saudi Arabia

Group F
Argentina
England
Nigeria
Sweden

Group G
Croatia
Ecuador
Italy
Mexico

Group H
Belgium
Japan
Russia
Tunisia

Appearances:
How many appearances each country has made in the World Cup Finals.

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