WORLD CUP DRAW: THE EIGHT GROUPS ARE SET
Just in case you missed it, here is the offical draw for the 2002 World Cup coming this summer in Asia. More than a few groups offer very tantalizinng first-round match-ups, not the least of which is England vs. Argentina in the Group of Death.

 

THE EIGHT GROUPS:
Group A: A1 - France A2 - Senegal A3 - Uruguay A4 - Denmark

May 31 - FRA vs. SEN (Seoul, 6:30 a.m. ET)
June 1 - URU - DEN (Ulsan, 4:00 a.m. ET)
June 6 - FRA - URU (Busan, 1:30 a.m. ET)
June 6 - DEN - SEN (Daegu, 6:30 a.m. ET)
June 11 - DEN - FRA (Incheon, 1:30 a.m. ET)
June 11 - SEN - URU (Suwon, 1:30 a.m. ET)

Group B: B1 - Spain B2 - Slovenia B3 - Paraguay B4 - South Africa

June 2 - PAR - SAF (Busan, 2:30 a.m. ET)
June 2 - SPA - SLO (Gwangju, 6:30 a.m. ET) June 7 - SPA - PAR (Jeonju, 4:00 a.m. ET) June 8 - SAF - SLO (Daegu, 1:30 a.m. ET) June 12 - SAF - SPA (Daejeon, 6:30 a.m. ET)
June 12 - SLO - PAR (Seogwipo, 6:30 a.m. ET)

Group C: C1 - Brazil C2 - Turkey C3 - China C4 - Costa Rica

June 3 - BRA - TUR (Ulsan, 4:00 a.m. ET )
June 4 - CHI - COS (Gwangju, 1:30 a.m. ET)
June 8 - BRA - CHI (Seogwipo, 6:30 a.m. ET)
June 9 - COS - TUR (Incheon, 4:00 a.m. ET)
June 13 - COS - BRA (Suwon, 1:30 a.m. ET)
June 13 - TUR - CHI (Seoul, 1:30 a.m. ET)

Group D: D1 - Korea D2 - Poland D3 - United States D4 - Portugal

June 4 - KOR - POL (Busan, 6:30 a.m. ET)
June 5 - USA - POR (Suwon, 4:00 a.m. ET)
June 10 - KOR - USA (Daegu, 1:30 a.m. ET)
June 10 - POR - POL (Jeonju, 6:30 a.m. ET)
June 14 - POR - KOR (Incheon, 6:30 a.m. ET)
June 14 - POL - USA (Daejeon, 6:30 a.m. ET)

Group E: E1 - Germany E2 - Saudi Arabia E3 - Ireland E4 - Cameroon

June 1 - IRE - CAM (Niigata, 1:30 a.m. ET)
June 1 - GER - SAU (Sapporo, 6:30 a.m. ET)
June 5 - GER - IRE (Ibaraki, 6:30 a.m. ET)
June 6 - CAM - SAU (Saitama, 4:00 a.m. ET)
June 11 - CAM - GER (Shizuoka, 6:30 a.m. ET)
June 11 - SAU - IRE (Yokohama, 6:30 a.m. ET)

Group F: F1 - Argentina F2 - Nigeria F3 - England F4 - Sweden

June 2 - ENG - SWE (Saitama, 12:30 a.m. ET)
June 2 - ARG - NIG (Ibaraki, 4:30 a.m. ET)
June 7 - SWE - NIG (Kobe, 1:30 a.m. ET)
June 7 - ARG - ENG (Sapporo, 6:30 a.m. ET)
June 12 - SWE - ARG (Miyagi, 1:30 a.m. ET)
June 12 - NIG - ENG (Osaka, 1:30 a.m. ET)

Group G: G1 - Italy G2 - Ecuador G3 - Croatia G4 - Mexico

June 3 - CRO - MEX (Niigata, 1:30 a.m. ET) June 3 - ITA - ECU (Sapporo, 6:30 a.m. ET) June 8 - ITA - CRO (Ibaraki, 4:00 a.m. ET) June 9 - MEX - ECU (Miyagi, 1:30 a.m. ET)
June 13 - MEX - ITA (Oita, 6:30 a.m. ET)
June 13 - ECU - CRO (Yokohama, 6:30 a.m. ET)

Group H: H1 - Japan H2 - Belgium H3 - Russia H4 - Tunisia

June 4 - JAP - BEL (Saitama, 4:00 a.m. ET)
June 5 - RUS - TUN (Kobe, 1:30 a.m. ET)
June 9 - JAP - RUS (Yokohama, 6:30 a.m. ET)
June 10 - TUN - BEL (Oita, 4:00 a.m. ET)
June 14 - TUN - JAP (Osaka, 1:30 a.m. ET)
June 14 - BEL - RUS (Shizuoka, 1:30 a.m. ET)