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2002 FIFA World Cup Qualification (CONCACAF)
The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification, ran from 2000 to 2001 in order to determine the three representatives at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification. A total of 35 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. Guyana withdrew before playing, leaving 34 nations in the race. Mexico, USA, Jamaica and Costa Rica, the four highest-ranked teams according to FIFA, received byes and advanced to the semi-finals, while Canada advanced directly to the "play-offs" between Caribbean and Central teams. The remaining teams were divided into two zones, based on geographical locations. Format * Caribbean Zone: The 24 teams were divided into groups of eight teams each. The teams played in a three-round knockout tournament. The winners would advance to the semi-finals, while the runners-up would advance to the play-offs. Due to Guyana not playing, Antigua & Barbuda joined the second round directly. * Central American Zone: The six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Pavón
Carlos Alberto Pavón Plummer (born 9 October 1973) is a Honduran former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is regarded as one of the best Honduran footballers in history, and by most as the nation's greatest player ever. Most prominently affiliated with Real España, he has made over 200 appearances for ''Los Aurinegros'' in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras, and is Honduras' all-time leading national team goalscorer. Club career Born in El Progreso, Yoro, to Blanca Nieves Pavón Macedo and Costa Rican footballer Allard Plummer, Pavón began his career at the age of 18 in his native Honduras with Real España on 30 May 1992 against Platense in the 1992 Honduran Cup, the final score was 1-1. While with Real España, Pavón won four Honduran league championships, as well as leading the league in scoring. Mexican years Pavón then played in Mexico for seven successive years, except for a short stint in Spain. He played for Morelia in the Mexican Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 FIFA World Cup
The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the 7th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place between August 1960 and December 1961, with 56 teams entering from six confederations, and fourteen qualifying for the finals tournament alongside Chile, the hosts, and Brazil, the defending champions. Brazil successfully defended their World Cup title, defeating Czechoslovakia 3–1 in the final in the Chilean capital Santiago. They became the second team, after Italy in 1934 and 1938, to win the World Cup twice consecutively; no team has since achieved the feat. Host nation Chile finished third, defeating Yugoslavia 1–0 in the third-place play-off. The tournament was marred by violence between players on the pitch and a toxic atmosphere; it included the first-round match between Chile and Italy (2–0), which became known as the Battle of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 FIFA World Cup Qualification (CONCACAF)
The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification, ran from 2000 to 2001 in order to determine the three representatives at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification. A total of 35 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. Guyana withdrew before playing, leaving 34 nations in the race. Mexico, USA, Jamaica and Costa Rica, the four highest-ranked teams according to FIFA, received byes and advanced to the semi-finals, while Canada advanced directly to the "play-offs" between Caribbean and Central teams. The remaining teams were divided into two zones, based on geographical locations. Format * Caribbean Zone: The 24 teams were divided into groups of eight teams each. The teams played in a three-round knockout tournament. The winners would advance to the semi-finals, while the runners-up would advance to the play-offs. Due to Guyana not playing, Antigua & Barbuda joined the second round directly. * Central American Zone: The six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aztecazo
On 16 June 2001, Mexico played Costa Rica in a football match at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico on the fourth matchday of the final round in the qualification process for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Mexico and Costa Rica reached the matchday with four points, both losing as visitors against the United States. Arnoldo Rivera in ''La Nación'' described the match as "crucial" as lackluster results by both teams raised doubts prior to the match. The match ended in an unprecedented loss by Mexico. The Mexicans led 1–0 at half-time, with a header by José Manuel Abundis. Costa Rica then made a comeback in the second half, with goals by Rolando Fonseca and Hernán Medford, ending the match 1–2. The game marked the first loss suffered by Mexico in the Azteca Stadium in a FIFA World Cup qualification match. It was subsequently referred to as the ''Aztecazo'', a name created by Costa Rican journal ''La Nación''. Costa Rica went on to qualify to the 2002 FIFA World Cup in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 FIFA World Cup Qualification – CONCACAF Semi-finals
The CONCACAF Semi-final round of the CONCACAF zone of the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification, was contested between the 12 remaining teams of the qualification process. The teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. They would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners and runners-up would advance to the Final round A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, w .... Group 1 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 2 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 3 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Play-off Goalscorers References External linksFIFA official page [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 FIFA World Cup Qualification – CONCACAF Central American Zone
The CONCACAF Central American Zone of the CONCACAF zone of the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between six teams from the Central America zone. The teams were divided into two groups of three teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners advanced to the semi-final round. The runners-up advanced to the play-offs The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be eithe .... Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- *The matches between Belize and Guatemala were played on neutral ground due to a border dispute. Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Goalscorers References External links FIFA.com {{DEFAULTSORT:World Cup 1 2000 in Central American football 1999–2000 in Honduran football 1999–2000 in Salvadoran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 FIFA World Cup Qualification – CONCACAF Caribbean Zone
The CONCACAF Caribbean Zone of 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between 24 CONCACAF members located in the Caribbean area. The 24 teams were divided into three groups of eight teams each. The teams would play in a knockout tournament, with matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the semi-final round. The runners-up would advance to the play-offs. Group 1 First round ''Cuba won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.'' ---- ''1–1 on aggregate. Suriname won 3–1 on penalties and advanced to the second round.'' ---- ''Aruba won 6–4 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.'' ---- ''Barbados won 5–4 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.'' Second round ''Barbados won 7–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.'' ---- ''Cuba won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.'' Third round ''2–2 on aggregate. Barbados won 5–4 on penalties and advanced to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 FIFA World Cup
The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the 2nd edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, senior men's national teams. It took place in Kingdom of Italy, Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934. The 1934 World Cup was the first in which teams had to FIFA World Cup qualification, qualify to take part. Thirty-two nations entered the competition; 16 teams would qualify for the final tournament. Reigning champions Uruguay national football team, Uruguay boycotted the tournament as only four European teams had accepted their invitation to the 1930 FIFA World Cup, 1930 tournament. Italy national football team, Italy beat Czechoslovakia national football team, Czechoslovakia 2–1 to become the second World Cup champions and the first European winners. The 1934 World Cup was marred by being a high-profile instance of a sporting event being used for overt political gain. In particular, Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the FIFA World Cup hosts#1998 FIFA World Cup, host nation by FIFA for the second time in the history of the tournament (the first was in 1938 FIFA World Cup, 1938), defeating Morocco in the bidding process. It was the ninth time that it was held in Europe. Spanning 32 days, it was the longest World Cup tournament ever held. 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, Qualification for the finals began in March 1996 and concluded in November 1997. For the first time in the competition, the group stage was expanded from 24 teams to 32, with eight groups of four. 64 matches were played in 10 stadiums in 10 host cities, with the opening match and final staged at the newly built Stade de France in the Parisian comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 FIFA World Cup
The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988. Despite soccer's relative lack of popularity in the host nation, the tournament was the most financially successful in World Cup history. It broke tournament records with overall attendance of 3,587,538 and an average of 68,991 per game, figures that stand unsurpassed as of 2022, despite the expansion of the competition from 24 to 32 teams starting with the 1998 World Cup. Brazil was crowned the winner after defeating Italy 3–2 in a penalty shootout at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, near Los Angeles, after the game had ended 0–0 after extra time. It was the first World Cup final to be decided on penalties. The victory made Brazil the first nation to win four World Cup titles. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 FIFA World Cup
The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia had been originally chosen to host the competition by FIFA but, largely due to economic reasons, was not able to do so, and resigned in November 1982. Mexico was selected as the new host in May 1983, and became the first country to host the World Cup more than once, after previously 1970 FIFA World Cup, hosting the 1970 edition. The World Cup was won by Argentina national football team, Argentina (their second title, after winning in 1978 FIFA World Cup, 1978). Argentina was captained by the 25-year-old Diego Maradona, who played a large part in his team's success by scoring his "The hand of God, Hand of God" goal, as well as another voted the "Argentina v England (1986 FIFA World Cup)#The Goal of the Century, Goal of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
