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2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Asia.

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Tournament details
Dates24 November 2000 - 15 November 2001
Teams39 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played153
Goals scored587 (3.84 per match)
Attendance2,730,506 (17,846 per match)
Top scorer(s)Oman Hani Al-Dhabit
Oman Yaqoob Juma Al-Mukhaini
Saudi Arabia Talal Al-Meshal
Syria Said Bayazid
(11 goals each)
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The Asian Football Confederation was allocated four and half qualifying berths for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, South Korea and Japan, the co-hosts, qualified automatically, leaving two and half spots open for competition between 40 teams. Myanmar withdrew from the tournament after being placed in Group 2 but before any matches had been played, therefore reducing the group to 3 teams.

Afghanistan, Bhutan and North Korea chose not to participate.

Asia's two remaining automatic qualifying berths were taken by Saudi Arabia and China.

Iran defeated United Arab Emirates for the chance to become the possible third Asian qualifier, but lost to Ireland in the inter-continental play-off.

Format edit

There were three rounds of play:

  • First round: The 39 teams were divided into nine groups of four teams each, and one group of three teams. The teams played against each other twice, except in group 2, where the teams played against each other once. The group winners advanced to the second round.
  • Second round: The 10 teams were divided into two groups of five teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners qualified for the World Cup. The runners-up advanced to the AFC play-off.
  • Play-off: The two teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner advanced to the UEFA–AFC inter-continental play-off.

First round edit

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

Group 1 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Oman 6 5 1 0 33 3 +30 16 Second round — 2–0 12–0 7–0
2   Syria 6 4 1 1 40 6 +34 13 3–3 — 11–0 12–0
3   Laos 6 1 1 4 3 40 −37 4 0–7 0–9 — 2–0
4   Philippines 6 0 1 5 2 29 −27 1 0–2 1–5 1–1 —
Source: [1]

Group 2 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Iran 2 2 0 0 21 0 +21 6 Second round — 2–0 19–0 —
2   Tajikistan 2 1 0 1 16 2 +14 3 — — 16–0 —
3   Guam 2 0 0 2 0 35 −35 0 — — — —
4   Myanmar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew — — — —
Source: [1]

Group 3 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Qatar 6 5 1 0 14 3 +11 16 Second round — 2–1 5–1 2–0
2   Palestine 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7 1–2 — 1–0 1–0
3   Malaysia 6 2 1 3 8 11 −3 7 0–0 4–3 — 2–0
4   Hong Kong 6 1 1 4 3 10 −7 4 0–3 1–1 2–1 —
Source: [1]

Group 4 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Bahrain 6 5 0 1 9 4 +5 15 Second round — 1–2 1–0 2–0
2   Kuwait 6 4 1 1 9 3 +6 13 0–1 — 2–0 1–1
3   Kyrgyzstan 6 1 1 4 3 9 −6 4 1–2 0–3 — 1–1
4   Singapore 6 0 2 4 3 8 −5 2 1–2 0–1 0–1 —
Source: [1]

Group 5 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Thailand 6 5 1 0 20 5 +15 16 Second round — 2–2 4–2 3–0
2   Lebanon 6 4 1 1 26 5 +21 13 1–2 — 4–0 6–0
3   Sri Lanka 6 1 1 4 8 20 −12 4 0–3 0–5 — 3–1
4   Pakistan 6 0 1 5 5 29 −24 1 0–6 1–8 3–3 —
Source: [1]

Group 6 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Iraq 6 4 2 0 28 5 +23 14 Second round — 1–1 4–2 8–0
2   Kazakhstan 6 4 2 0 20 2 +18 14 1–1 — 4–0 3–0
3     Nepal 6 2 0 4 13 25 −12 6 1–9 0–6 — 4–1
4   Macau 6 0 0 6 2 31 −29 0 0–5 0–5 1–6 —
Source: [1]

Group 7 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Uzbekistan 6 4 2 0 20 5 +15 14 Second round — 1–0 2–2 7–0
2   Turkmenistan 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12 2–5 — 2–0 1–0
3   Jordan 6 2 2 2 12 7 +5 8 1–1 1–2 — 6–0
4   Chinese Taipei 6 0 0 6 0 25 −25 0 0–4 0–5 0–2 —
Source: [1]

Group 8 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   United Arab Emirates 6 4 0 2 21 5 +16 12 Second round — 3–2 1–0 4–0
2   Yemen 6 3 2 1 14 8 +6 11 2–1 — 3–3 1–0
3   India 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11 1–0 1–1 — 5–0
4   Brunei 6 0 0 6 0 28 −28 0 0–12 0–5 0–1 —
Source: RSSSF

Group 9 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   China 6 6 0 0 25 3 +22 18 Second round — 5–1 10–1 3–1
2   Indonesia 6 4 0 2 16 7 +9 12 0–2 — 5–0 6–0
3   Maldives 6 1 1 4 8 19 −11 4 0–1 0–2 — 6–0
4   Cambodia 6 0 1 5 2 22 −20 1 0–4 0–2 1–1 —
Source: [1]

Group 10 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification        
1   Saudi Arabia 6 6 0 0 30 0 +30 18 Second round — 5–0 6–0 6–0
2   Vietnam 6 3 1 2 9 9 0 10 0–4 — 0–0 4–0
3   Bangladesh 6 1 2 3 5 15 −10 5 0–3 0–4 — 2–2
4   Mongolia 6 0 1 5 2 22 −20 1 0–6 0–1 0–3 —
Source: [1]

Second round edit

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round

Group A edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   Saudi Arabia 8 5 2 1 17 8 +9 17 2002 FIFA World Cup — 2–2 1–1 1–0 4–1
2   Iran 8 4 3 1 10 7 +3 15 Play-off 2–0 — 0–0 2–1 1–0
3   Bahrain 8 2 4 2 8 9 −1 10 0–4 3–1 — 2–0 1–1
4   Iraq 8 2 1 5 9 10 −1 7 1–2 1–2 1–0 — 4–0
5   Thailand 8 0 4 4 5 15 −10 4 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 —
Source: [1]

Group B edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification          
1   China 8 6 1 1 13 2 +11 19 2002 FIFA World Cup — 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–0
2   United Arab Emirates 8 3 2 3 10 11 −1 11 Play-off 0–1 — 4–1 0–2 2–2
3   Uzbekistan 8 3 1 4 13 14 −1 10 1–0 0–1 — 2–1 5–0
4   Qatar 8 2 3 3 10 10 0 9 1–1 1–2 2–2 — 0–0
5   Oman 8 1 3 4 7 16 −9 6 0–2 1–1 4–2 0–3 —
Source: [1]

Play-off edit

Iran  1–0  United Arab Emirates
Bagheri   45' Report
Attendance: 40,000
United Arab Emirates  0–3  Iran
Report Daei   7'
Bagheri   76'
Minavand   79'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Iran won 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the UEFA–AFC inter-confederation play-off.

Inter-confederation play-offs edit

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–AFC play-off)
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Republic of Ireland   2–1   Iran 2–0 0–1

Qualified teams edit

The following four teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
  Japan Hosts 31 May 1996 1 (1998)
  South Korea 5 (1954, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998)
  Saudi Arabia Second round group A winners 21 October 2001 2 (1994, 1998)
  China Second round group B winners 7 October 2001 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Top goalscorers edit

There were 587 goals scored in 153 matches, for an average of 3.84 goals per match.

11 goals

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

Below are full goalscorer lists for each round:

External links edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 2010, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
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