Just in case you weren't excited enough about the prospect of the world's favourite sporting event, we've collected the best online information to hype things up. These sites have what it takes to get you to the World Cup Finals, from historic information to build the mood, team strategy and even real-time score keeping and audio.
Comment: A site from the Football Association dedicated to providing all the details on the English campaign for World Cup glory. Fixture guide, team members, breaking news and plenty of nostalgia all focused fairly and squarely on the English Team.
Comment: There can only be one official site and this is it. A selection of quality information on all areas of the World Cup from archives to current player profiles, with an attention to detail few sites can match.Heaps of souvenirs and memorabilia available and a lot of it won't actually cost you money.
Comment: Based in Leeds, this is the UK's most popular multi-sports website. The site was conceived as a sister product to the racing newspaper of the same name, combining the benefits of the medium with the reputation of the newspaper for authority. Sporting Life features lots of sports results, competitions and a diary.
Comment: Plenty of background information and opinion on the teams making up the WC2002 Finals. All the breaking news, plus a player ranking system based on how the English team should be made up. Online shopping also available if you need it.
Comment: An excellent sporting site covering all the major sports in depth. Sky Sports provides sporting fixtures, results, live scores, competitions and league tables. The site also features news alerts for breaking sports news. You can watch video clips, listen to audio, and sign up to Sky Active for even more online sporting action.
Comment: The BBC's reporting talent keeps this site powered with all the latest stories on the World Cup 2002. It also includes an indepth fixture guide plus an extensive photo gallery as well as the BBC's audio and video bulletins to ensure that you keep up to date. Useful coverage of all the qualifying rounds leading up to the finals in Japan and Korea.
Comment: True to its name, this site specialises in the history of the World Cup. Plenty of painstakingly researched statistics. Full run down of match tournaments from 1930-2002. Profile of teams, players to watch out for, predictions, top 10 lists, and profiles of historic legend players. The limited news is possibly the only area you could fault this site.
Comment: A solid collection of information on the World Cup. From archival information on World Cups past and the qualifying road to the 2002 finals through to news items grouped by team, this site provides a lot of quality information. Includes an up to date interactive function via a number of chat rooms.
Comment: Possibly the World Cup site with the largest serving of humour. Plenty of quality information including fixture guides, the qualifying rounds, a great venue guide and a very active chat/forum room. If you thought the World Cup was the most serious football event in the world, this site could possibly prove you wrong.
Comment: Quite detailed information on the history and the teams making up the World Cup finals. Great to create the atmosphere for WC 2002 - news however is provided by an outside group. There is even a brief travel guide to help out those fortunate enough to be making the trip.