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Brazil at the 2002 Winter Olympics; IOC code: BRA: NOC: Brazilian Olympic Committee: Website: www.cob.org.br (in Portuguese) in Salt Lake City; Competitors: 10 (8 men, 2 women) in 4 sports: Flag bearers : Mirella Arnhold (opening) Renato Mizoguchi (closing) Medals: Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0: Winter Olympics appearances
In their final game against Costa Rica, Brazil completed a 5–2 win. Ronaldo scored two goals, with Edmílson, Rivaldo and Júnior scoring the others. [29] Brazil finished in first place in their group with nine points and eleven goals. [15] In the round-of-16, Brazil faced Group H runners-up Belgium at the Kobe Wing Stadium in Kobe, Japan. [30]
Brazil has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 1992. Due to Brazil being mostly a tropical nation, to this date no Brazilian athlete has won an Olympic medal in the winter sports and the country's best result at the Winter Olympics was a ninth place by snowboarder Isabel Clark Ribeiro at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
2002 FIFA World Cup is held from May 31 to June 30 in South Korea and Japan, the first time a World Cup is held in Asia and by two countries simultaneously. Brazil wins its fifth title, defeating Germany 2–0 in the final. Surprisingly, Turkey and host nation South Korea take 3rd and 4th.
The final was held at the International Stadium Yokohama in Yokohama, located in the Kanagawa Prefecture.. The stadium had hosted numerous international sporting events. It hosted a semi-final and the final of the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup, as well as three matches of the 2002 FIFA World Cup including the final; Brazil's senior team won the latter.
TV ratings for Canada vs USA gold medal matchup were the highest in Olympic history to that time. [6] In the United States, NBC's live coverage of the gold medal hockey game drew a 10.7 rating, the highest-rated hockey game, Olympic or NHL, since the 1980 Winter Olympics and was the largest network hockey audience in the U.S. in 22 years. [7]
Gilgeous-Alexander was then fouled and went to the free-throw line a final time. Brazil 102, Japan 84 Bruno Caboclo had 33 points and 17 rebounds, sending Brazil to the victory.
At the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Brazil participated for the 17th time in the event. The country remained as the only national team to have participated in every installment of the FIFA World Cup . They are the only team to win all seven matches they played, achieving the highest number of matches won by a team in a single tournament in the history ...