| Team | Player (injury) |
| Argentina | Nelson Vivas (foot)
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| Belgium | Emile Mpenza (thigh); Walter Baseggio (hernia); Philippe Clement (leg); Joos Valgaeren (back); Bob Peeters (foot)
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| Costa Rica | Reynaldo Parks (knee) |
| Croatia | Igor Tudor (ankle); Igor Stimac (back); Tomislav Sokota (achilles tendon)
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| Denmark | Peter Nielsen (broken fibula)
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| England | Gary Neville (foot); Steven Gerrard (groin); Danny Murphy (foot)
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| France | Christian Karembeu (groin); Robert Pires (knee)
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| Germany | Sebastian Deisler (knee); Christian Woerns (knee); Jens Nowotny (knee); Mehmet Scholl (groin, ankle)
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| Ireland | Mark Kennedy (groin); Stephen Carr (knee)
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| Italy | Gianluca Pessotto (knee); Demetrio Albertini (achilles tendon)
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| Mexico | Claudio Suarez (broken leg)
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| Poland | Bartosz Karwan (thigh)
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| Saudi Arabia | Talal al-Meshal (knee)
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| South Africa | Shaun Bartlett (ankle); Mark Fish (knee), Matthew Booth (knee)
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| Spain | Santiago Canizares (foot); Sergi Barjuan (ankle); Pep Guardiola (knee); Joseba Etxeberria (groin)
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| Sweden | Hakan Mild (achilles tendon)
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| Tunisia | Oussama Sellami (broken toe); Chokri El Ouaer (back)
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| United States | Chris Armas (knee); Greg Vanney (knee)
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