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agents. For example, the USA squad was
always accompanied by a heavily armed team
of agents, and guards were also present in
team hotels and at the side of referees, VIPs
and high-ranking officials.
Thanks to the close cooperation with the
teams’ security officers, we were able to meet
every security challenge that arose during the
tournament.
The KOWOC and JAWOC teams of security
officers were expertly led by Mr Chang Won
Kyong and Mr Takahisha Ishida respectively.
FIFA also appointed eight security officers
– Hisham Azmy, Cees de Bruin, Walter Gagg,
Indran Rasasingam, Horst R. Schmidt, Hans-
Ulrich Schneider, Hank Steinbrecher and
Bob Stiles – who all worked under the competent
guidance of FIFA Executive Committee
member Dr Antonio Matarrese.
From the point of view of spectators,
there were no major incidents of hooliganism,
which was a great credit to the collaboration
between the two host nations and international
organisations. Potential hooligans
were either prevented from travelling or
immediately sent home upon arrival in Korea
and Japan.
Subsequently, the stadia were full of genuine
football fans, who proved that problems
at football matches are caused not by fans but
trouble-makers. The tournament also showed
that there is no need for fences or metal bars
to keep fans under control. The twenty stadia
in Korea and Japan did not have any fences,
but there were no pitch invasions, and no incidents
of crowd trouble or violence.
Conclusion
Overall, the 2002 FIFA World Cup was a
tournament full of surprises, celebration, passion
and joy. The first ever co-hosted World
Cup brought together not only the people of
Stadia in Korea
Busan: 112,235; per match: 37,412
Daegu: 214,987; per match: 53,747
Daejeon: 96,094; per match: 32,031
Gwangju: 97,929; per match: 32,643
Incheon: 140,638; per match: 46,879
Jeonju: 91,380; per match: 30,460
Seogwipo: 92,102; per match: 30,701
Seoul: 171,422; per match: 57,141
Suwon: 148,374; per match: 37,094
Ulsan: 101,336 per match: 33,779
Korea and Japan, but also people from the
participating nations and football fans from
all around the globe. People felt safe in Korea
and Japan and were able to concentrate on
the football, leading to all of those scenes of
celebration and joy that will live long in the
memory. Each match was a major security
challenge, but the two host nations and LOCs
were able to ensure that the security was felt,
rather than seen.
This will always remain our target,
ensuring that fans are able to watch football
matches without worrying about their safety
and well-being.
Préorganisation
Lors de notre première séance à Munich, le 2
septembre 2001, entre la FIFA et les agents
de sécurité du KOWOC et du JAWOC, le hooliganisme
et la violence avant, durant et après
les matches étaient notre principale source
de préoccupation en matière de sécurité.
Forte de son expérience de France 1998, la
FIFA entendait empêcher toute violence tant à
l’intérieur qu’à l’extérieur des stades.
Aussi, neuf jours plus tard, les dispositions
relatives à la Coupe du Monde de la FIFA
2002 en matière de sécurité prirent-elles
une nouvelle dimension, ce à quoi les tragiques
événements du 11 septembre n’étaient
pas étrangers. La question des actes terroristes
fut érigée en priorité pour la FIFA.
Lors des séances ultérieures à Tokyo,
Busan, Zurich, Strasbourg et Séoul, les discussions
portèrent sur des aspects de la sécurité
encore plus variés et des ressources encore
plus étendues furent déployées pour assurer
la parfaite sécurité de la première Coupe du
Monde en Asie. Outre les représentants de la
FIFA et des gouvernements de la Corée et du
Stadia in Japan
Ibaraki: 106,376; per match: 35,459
Kobe: 107,591; per match: 35,864
Miyagi: 137,053; per match: 45,684
Niigata: 106,500; per match: 35,500
Oita: 118,738; per match: 39,579
Osaka: 134,310; per match: 44,770
Saitama: 221,363; per match: 55,341
Sapporo: 99,226; per match: 33,075
Shizuoka: 141,161; per match: 47,054
Yokohoma: 266,319; per match: 66,580
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