29 June 2002, 22:31 Seoul - Tokyo
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Hakan Sukur´s opener for Turkey in the third-place match against Korea Republic after just eleven seconds was clearly the fastest goal ever scored in a FIFA World Cup final competition.
The previous record had been held for forty year´s by Vaclav Masek who had hit the net after 15 seconds for Czechoslovakia´s in their last group match against Mexico in Vina del Mar (Chile) in 1962.
In the history of the World Cup, only San Marino´s Davide Gualtieri had been faster when he surprised England´s defence in a qualifying match nine years ago.
FASTEST GOALS IN WORLD CUP HISTORY:
1´ (11") Hakan Sukur, TUR 2002 KOR-TUR
1' (15") Vaclav Masek, TCH 1962 MEX-TCH
1' (27") Bryan Robson, ENG 1982 ENG-FRA
1' (37") Bernard Lacombe, FRA 1978 FRA-ITA
Preliminary Competition:
1' (7") Davide Gualtieri, SMR 17.11.93 SMR-ENG