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Article: Soc: 2002 World Cup history
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- May 18, 2006
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AAP Sports News (Australia)
05-18-2006
Soc: 2002 World Cup history
PARIS, AFP - The first World Cup ever to be staged outside Europe or the Americas,
the 2002 finals were also the first to be shared by two nations, with South Korea and
Japan earning co-hosting rights.
The build-up was dominated by fears over security following the September 11 2001 attacks
on New York and Washington, and it was a sign of the times that anti-aircraft missile
batteries were deployed around the gleaming new stadia.
In the event, the tournament passed off peacefully and the only shocks were restricted
to the field of play.
Upsets were to prove the hallmark of the tournament from the outset, when World Cup
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