2002 FIFA World Cup

Quality:

2002 FIFA World Cup - 17th FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan. This event is the 47^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events and the 187^th most popular event in Simple English Wikipedia. Article “2002 FIFA World Cup” in Simple English Wikipedia has 32.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 0 references and 21 sections.

This article has the best quality in Dutch Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Achievements in all the time:

Simple English Wikipedia:

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The 5310^th most editable in Simple English Wikipedia.

The 187^th most popular in events in Simple English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 1693^rd most popular in all topics.

The 1924^th most popular in AI.

The 47^th most popular in events.

Achievements in the last month:

Simple English Wikipedia:

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The 969^th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

Global Wikipedia:

The 47^th most popular in all topics in the last month.

The 387^th most popular in AI in the last month.

Since the creation of article “2002 FIFA World Cup”, its content was written by 35 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia (5310^th place) and edited by 5151 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (1924^th place).

2002 FIFA World Cup is on the 187^th place in local ranking of events in Simple English Wikipedia and on the 47^th place in global ranking of events in all the time.

The article is cited 553 times in Simple English Wikipedia (3850^th place) and cited 47881 times in all languages (3425^th place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #27 in June 2010
• Global: #1 in June 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #969 in June 2026
• Global: #18 in June 2014

There are 53 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Dutch (nl) Wereldkampioenschap voetbal 2002		93.4935
2	English (en) 2002 FIFA World Cup		90.1734
3	Italian (it) Campionato mondiale di calcio 2002		84.7943
4	Korean (ko) 2002년 FIFA 월드컵		76.7669
5	Portuguese (pt) Copa do Mundo FIFA de 2002		70.3789
6	Arabic (ar) كأس العالم 2002		70.1396
7	Catalan (ca) Copa del Món de Futbol de 2002		69.9663
8	Hungarian (hu) 2002-es labdarúgó-világbajnokság		68.5814
9	German (de) Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2002		64.7595
10	Spanish (es) Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2002		63.8458

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 2002 FIFA World Cup		26 948 406
2	Spanish (es) Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2002		8 179 560
3	Japanese (ja) 2002 FIFAワールドカップ		5 545 648
4	Portuguese (pt) Copa do Mundo FIFA de 2002		4 911 604
5	French (fr) Coupe du monde de football 2002		4 035 923
6	German (de) Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2002		3 926 869
7	Russian (ru) Чемпионат мира по футболу 2002		3 653 158
8	Italian (it) Campionato mondiale di calcio 2002		3 576 013
9	Polish (pl) Mistrzostwa Świata w Piłce Nożnej 2002		2 060 160
10	Turkish (tr) 2002 FIFA Dünya Kupası		1 638 161

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) 2002 FIFA World Cup		989 531
2	Spanish (es) Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2002		192 704
3	German (de) Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2002		153 575
4	Japanese (ja) 2002 FIFAワールドカップ		136 607
5	Portuguese (pt) Copa do Mundo FIFA de 2002		108 713
6	French (fr) Coupe du monde de football 2002		104 654
7	Russian (ru) Чемпионат мира по футболу 2002		87 083
8	Turkish (tr) 2002 FIFA Dünya Kupası		77 156
9	Italian (it) Campionato mondiale di calcio 2002		59 037
10	Chinese (zh) 2002年國際足協世界盃		49 601

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 2002 FIFA World Cup		1 067
2	German (de) Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2002		384
3	Spanish (es) Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2002		340
4	Japanese (ja) 2002 FIFAワールドカップ		334
5	Italian (it) Campionato mondiale di calcio 2002		333
6	French (fr) Coupe du monde de football 2002		268
7	Korean (ko) 2002년 FIFA 월드컵		267
8	Portuguese (pt) Copa do Mundo FIFA de 2002		204
9	Dutch (nl) Wereldkampioenschap voetbal 2002		171
10	Chinese (zh) 2002年國際足協世界盃		170

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) 2002 FIFA World Cup		22
2	Japanese (ja) 2002 FIFAワールドカップ		14
3	Italian (it) Campionato mondiale di calcio 2002		13
4	Spanish (es) Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2002		11
5	Chinese (zh) 2002年國際足協世界盃		6
6	Persian (fa) جام جهانی فوتبال ۲۰۰۲		5
7	Portuguese (pt) Copa do Mundo FIFA de 2002		5
8	Dutch (nl) Wereldkampioenschap voetbal 2002		3
9	Catalan (ca) Copa del Món de Futbol de 2002		2
10	Czech (cs) Mistrovství světa ve fotbale 2002		2

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In Simple English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: List of European countries, Black, List of sex positions, 2026 Iran war, Suresh Raina, Politics of Germany, Academy Award for Best Director, 2020, DYSS-TV, 2022.

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