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2002 World Cup
Awards
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 Brazil: World Champion (for the 5th time)
 Germany: 2nd Place
 Turkey: 3rd Place
 S.Korea: 4th Place
Ronaldo, the Golden Boot Award, for the top scorer (8 goals).
Kahn: the Yashin Award, for the best goalkeeper.
Kahn: the Golden Ball Award, for the best individual player (147 media votes)
 This is the first time ever that a goalkeeper has been awarded this prize.
In the past two decades, for example,
Ronaldo (1998), Romário (1994),  Schillaci (1990),
 Maradona (1986) and Paolo Rossi (1982), all goal scorers,
received the Golden Ball Award.
 Belgium: the Fair Play Award
S.Korea: the Most Entertaining Team Award
Ronaldo: runner-up for the Golden Ball Award (126 votes)
Hong Myung-Bo: third in number of votes for the Golden Ball Award (108 votes)
Rivaldo: fourth in number of votes for the Golden Ball Award (93 votes)
Ronaldinho Gaúcho: fifth in number of votes for the Golden Ball Award (54 votes)
 Dutch coach Guus Hiddink: awarded free first class air travel for four years by Korean Air
(as a token of recognition for his work in taking the S.Korean Team to the Quarter-Finals).
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