June 1st 2002 (3:30pm)                         Niigata, Niigata Big Swan Stadium

     REP. OF IRELAND - CAMEROON             1-1 (0-1)

      Goals             38'55   0-1   Patrick Mboma (assist - Samuel Eto'o)
                        51'43   1-1   Matt Holland


      Referee           Toru Kamikawa (Japan)   7
      Linesmen          Mat Lazim Awang Hamat (Malaysia)
                        Roland van Nylen (Belgium)
      4th official      Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

      Yellow cards      29'38   Jason McAteer (foul on Salomon Olembe)
                        50'05   Steve Finnan (foul on Patrick Mboma)
                        81'10   Steven Reid (foul on Pierre Wome)
                        88'43   Raymond Kalla (foul on Damien Duff)

      Attendance        33,679

      Playtime          First half     47'27
                        Second half    49'04
                        Total          96'31

      Quality           6
      Intensity         7
      Excitement        7



      REP. OF IRELAND (formation 4-4-2)   CLUB                     AGE   CAPS   Pts
       1 Shay Given                       Newcastle United          26     40   6,5
      18 Gary Kelly                       Leeds United              27     47   5,5
      14 Gary Breen                       Coventry City             28     43   6  
       5 Steve Staunton (c)               Aston Villa               33     99   5,5
       3 Ian Harte             (-78)      Leeds United              24     41   6  
       7 Jason McAteer         (-HT)      Sunderland                30     48   5  
      12 Mark Kinsella                    Charlton Athletic         29     29   6,5
       8 Matt Holland                     Ipswich Town              28     20   7  
      11 Kevin Kilbane                    Sunderland                25     34   5  
      10 Robbie Keane                     Leeds United              21     34   6,5
       9 Damien Duff                      Blackburn Rovers          23     26   6  

      Substitutes
       2 Steve Finnan          (+HT)      Fulham                    26     16   6  
      21 Steven Reid           (+78)      Millwall                  21      6   -  

      Coach: Mick McCarthy                                             Average  5,96



      CAMEROON (formation 4-4-2)          CLUB                     AGE   CAPS   Pts
       1 Alioum Boukar                    Samsunspor                30     74   6  
       4 Rigobert Song (c)                FC Köln                   25     82   6,5
       5 Raymond Kalla                    Extremadura               27     82   6  
       2 Bill Tchato                      Montpellier               27     26   6  
       8 Geremi Njitap                    Real Madrid               23     41   6  
      12 Lauren Etame-Mayer               Arsenal                   24     50   6,5
      17 Marc-Vivien Foe                  Olympique Lyon            27     50   5,5
      20 Salomon Olembe                   Nantes                    21     51   5  
       3 Pierre Wome                      Bologna                   23     42   5  
       9 Samuel Eto'o                     Real Mallorca             21     34   6,5
      10 Patrick Mboma         (-69)      Sunderland                31     51   6,5

      Substitutes
      18 Patrick Duffo         (+69)      Sheffield United          24     25   7  

      Coach: Winfried Schäfer                                          Average  6,04



* Numbers in blue are points set by us after
  performance in the match (0=worst, 10=best).