Butt was impressive at the finals for England (Allsport)

By Chris Roberts, PA Sport

On Friday FIFA will select their own MasterCard All-Star Team of the 2002 World Cup from a list of 33 players who have graced the stadiums of Japan and South Korea.

But their was one glaring omission from their selected group with Rio Ferdinand being ignored as defensive partner Sol Campbell got in ahead of him.

England star duo David Beckham and Michael Owen were also strangely named among the candidates for the All-Star side despite disappointing campaigns.

Here, PA Sport gives its alternative list of players that have lit up the World Cup and also its final team of the tournament:

Goalkeepers: Oliver Kahn (Germany), Rustu Recber (Turkey), Shay Given (Republic of Ireland), Lee Woon-Jae (South Korea), David Seaman (England).

Unfortunately David Seaman's impressive World Cup campaign will be remembered for Ronaldinho's freak goal that left him in tears at the quarter-final stage.

But let us not forget that he made some vital saves to actually keep England in the competition and even outshone the likes of Brazil's Marcos, Spain's Iker Casillas, South Korea's Lee Woon-Jae, France's Fabien Barthez, Italy's Gianluigi Buffon, America's Brad Friedel, Senegal's Tony Sylva and Sweden's Magnus Hedman.

Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given was another who enhanced his reputation as his side came agonisingly close to knocking Spain out, while Rustu Recber's assured performances in Turkey's success has been noted by Europe's top clubs.

Kahn, however, will not be far from being the overall player of the tournament with so many outfield players unable to live up to their billings. The Bayern Munich goalkeeper has produced some breathtaking stops throughout the campaign.

Central defenders: Sol Campbell (England), Rio Ferdinand (England), Alpay Ozalan (Turkey), Fabio Cannavaro (Italy), Rafael Marquez (Mexico), Myung Bo Hong (South Korea), Edmilson (Brazil), Carsten Ramelow (Germany), Alessandro Nesta (Italy).

Incredibly FIFA have overlooked our defender of the tournament Rio Ferdinand for their final nominations despite him now being valued in the £30million-plus bracket following his fantastic performances for England.

The Leeds United star was solid, read the game well and showed great composure on the ball to spark an inevitable summer transfer scramble for his services.

He was one of a number of truly world-class defenders on show in Asia along with Campbell, Ozalan, Cannavaro, Marquez, Bo Hong and Edmilson.

Republic of Ireland defender Gary Breen also deserves a mention as for keeping some of the best attacking players at the World Cup quiet to suggest that Coventry were too hasty in letting him go.

But even he was not in the same class as Nesta, whose absence through injury ultimately cost Italy, or Ramelow, who got stronger and more confident as the tournament went on to give the Germans a solid rock on which to build success.

Full/Wing-backs: Robert Carlos (Brazil), Cafu (Brazil), Thomas Linke (Germany), Torsten Frings (Germany), Danny Mills (England), Puyol (Spain).

With a central three of Ferdinand, Nesta and Ramelow a team can afford to commit men forward down the flanks and who is there better in the world than Cafu and Roberto Carlos.

They proved against England that even though they like to attack, and are often seen flying past Ronaldo, they can get back to defend as well.

Puyol, Linke and Frings have all impressed while England's Danny Mills has proved his critics wrong, but for class you cannot look beyond the Brazilian duo.

Midfielders: Junichi Inamoto (Japan), Paul Scholes (England), Nicky Butt (England), Papa Boupa Diop (Senegal), Yoo Sang Chul (South Korea), Marc Wilmots (Belgium), Juan Carlos Valeron (Spain), Michael Ballack (Germany), Juninho (Brazil), Bernd Schneider (Germany), Dietmar Hamann (Germany), Claudio Reyna (USA).

Surprisingly the over-hyped midfield stars prior to the World Cup have been put in the shadows by some of the world's lesser-known players.

Italy's Francesco Totti has been the biggest disappointment of the tournament while the world never saw the real Zinedine Zidane or David Beckham, who had battled to overcome injuries even before the drama unfolded.

Football-loving fans never even got to see much of Denilson's brilliant dribbling abilities, or the true Ronaldinho, apart from the fluke which beat Seaman, while Spain's midfield stars struggled to get into their groove.

And so it was left to Japan and South Korea to play some of the best attacking football on home soil with Yoo Sang Chul, Lee Chun Soo, Inamoto, Hidetoshi Nakata and more of their players emerging on the world stage.

Nicky Butt and Paul Scholes showed a great understanding and drove England to the quarter-finals while the reliable Hamann made the challenges to let his German team-mates Ballack and Schneider create the chances.

Attackers: Rivaldo (Brazil), Ronaldo (Brazil), El Hadji Diouf (Senegal), Ahn Jung-Hwan (South Korea), Landon Donovan (USA), Raul (Spain), Hasan Sas (Turkey), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Christian Vieri (Italy), Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark)

Thierry Henry was another star who flattered to deceive as defending champions France crashed out, but Miroslav Klose, Jon Dahl Tomasson and Christian Vieri rose to the occasion with goals to take their countries through the group stages.

Vieri, however, was left to rue his shocking miss against South Korea and fell by the wayside with Tomasson, who was unable to reproduce his early burst.

Klose, on the other hand, has five goals along with Rivaldo, who are one behind top scorer Ronaldo, but the Brazilian pair are a class act when they are in the mood.

Spain also crashed out of the tournament with Raul on the sidelines and he was unable to add to his tally of three, but his pace and movement was breathtaking.

Landon Donovan shone for the USA and El Hadji Diouf's performances have prompted Liverpool to swoop for his talents.

But Ahn Jung-Hwan is now a hero in South Korea and could soon be in Italy despite sending them out of the World Cup and is unlucky not to get in our All-Star side.

Team: Oliver Kahn (Germany), Roberto Carlos (Brazil), Carsten Ramelow (Germany), Rio Ferdinand (England), Alessandro Nesta (Italy), Cafu (Brazil), Nicky Butt (England), Junichi Inamoto (Japan), Rivaldo (Brazil), Raul (Spain), Ronaldo (Brazil).