2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC–CONMEBOL play-off) 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC–CONMEBOL play-off) The 2002 FIFA World Cup CONMEBOL–OFC qualification play-off was a two-legged home-and-away tie between the winners of the Oceania qualifying tournament, Australia, and the fifth-placed team from the South American qualifying tournament, Uruguay. The games were played on 20 November and 25 November 2001 in Melbourne and Montevideo respectively. Australia was hoping to play in the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1974 and Uruguay since 1990. Uruguay qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Finals in South Korea and Japan, and were drawn into Group A with defending champions France,
South Korea at the FIFA World Cup CST () All times local CEST () All times local CEST (UTC+2) All times local KST () All times local CEST () All times local SAST () South Korea at the FIFA World Cup This is a record of South Korea's results at the FIFA World Cup. South Korea have appeared in the FIFA World Cup on ten occasions in 1954 and 1986 to 2018. Their best ever performance is a fourth place in the 2002 tournament co-hosted at home soil and at Japan. This made them the first ever team to end in fourth place in its own World