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BELGIUM
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GROUP H STANDINGS
Team W L T GF GA Pts
x-Japan 2 0 1 5 2 7
q-Belgium 1 0 2 6 5 5
Russia 1 2 0 4 4 3
Tunisia 0 2 1 1 5 1
x-group winner, q-qualified for 2nd round
SCOREBOARD
FINAL
Belgium 0
Brazil 2
Recap | Match Summary
BRA - Vitor Borba Rivaldo, 67th min.
BRA - Luiz Ronaldo, 88th min.

BELGIUM HEADLINES
June 29, 11:47 p.m. ET Belgium win 2002 Fair Play award (Reuters)
June 29, 11:47 p.m. ET Belgium wins FIFA's Fair Play award (The Associated Press)
BELGIUM SCHEDULE
Date Time* Teams Stories
Tue. June 4th 05:00 a.m. ET Belgium 2, Japan 2
at Saitama, Japan
Recap | Match Summary
Mon. June 10th 05:00 a.m. ET Tunisia 1, Belgium 1
at Oita, Japan
Recap | Match Summary
Fri. June 14th 02:30 a.m. ET Belgium 3, Russia 2
at Shizuoka, Japan
Recap | Match Summary
Mon. June 17th 07:30 a.m. ET Brazil 2, Belgium 0
at Kobe, Japan
Recap | Match Summary
* - GMT is ET + 4 hrs.; Tokyo/Seoul local time is ET + 13 hrs.

Belgium Team Information
 
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  Belgium
Perhaps the world's foremost perpetrators of boring, defensive soccer, the Belgians leave us asking: Why did you have to qualify instead of the neighboring Dutch?
--Grant Wahl (More)

  • Pedro Pinto: Belgium Team Spotlight 
  • Belgium World Cup History 
  • Player Profiles 
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    Features
  • In absence of stars, Belgium relies on team spirit 
  • Sonck looking for perfect finish at World Cup 
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    From World Soccer Magazine
    Gert Verheyen Player Profile: A new role has elevated Club Brugge skipper Gert Verheyen to the Belgian national team top table. Until recently, Verheyen was exclusively used as a right-sided midfielder or winger, and while nobody ever doubted his industry, determination and ability to cut inside and go for goal, he was rarely acknowledged as a key man for the Red Devils. (More
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