2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Asia.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 24 November 2000 - 15 November 2001 |
| Teams | 39 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 155 |
| Goals scored | 568 (3.66 per match) |
| Attendance | 2,873,044 (18,536 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Hani Al-Dhabit  Said Bayazid  Talal Al-Meshal (11 goals) |
| AFC Asian Qualifiers |
|---|
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 intercontinental play-off.
There were 588 goals scored in 155 matches (including 2 international play-offs), for an average of 3.79 goals per match.
Tournament structure
There were three rounds of play:
- First stage: The 39 teams were divided into 9 groups of 4 teams each, and 1 group of 3 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 Final Round.
- Second stage: The 10 teams were divided into 2 groups of 5 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 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner advanced to the UEFA/AFC Intercontinental Play-off.
First round
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Group winners qualify for the Second round | |
Group 1
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | OMA | SYR | LAO | PHI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oman |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 | +30 | 16 | 2–0 | 12–0 | 7–0 | ||
| Syria |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 6 | +34 | 13 | 3–3 | 11–0 | 12–0 | ||
 Laos |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 40 | −37 | 4 | 0–7 | 0–9 | 2–0 | ||
 Philippines |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 29 | −27 | 1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 |
Source:
Group 2
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | IRN | TJK | GUM | MYA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Iran |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | +21 | 6 | 2–0 | 19–0 | |||
 Tajikistan |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 3 | 16–0 | ||||
 Guam |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | −35 | 0 | |||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Myanmar[lower-alpha 1] |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source:
Notes:
Notes:
- Myanmar Withdrew
Group 3
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | QAT | PLE | MAS | HKG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Qatar |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 16 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | ||
 Palestine |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
 Malaysia |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 7 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 2–0 | ||
 Hong Kong |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
Source:
Group 4
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BHR | KUW | KGZ | SIN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Bahrain |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 15 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
 Kuwait |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 13 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
 Kyrgyzstan |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | ||
 Singapore |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
Source:
Group 5
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | THA | LBN | SRI | PAK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Thailand |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 16 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | ||
 Lebanon |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5 | +21 | 13 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 6–0 | ||
 Sri Lanka |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 4 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 3–1 | ||
 Pakistan |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 29 | −24 | 1 | 0–6 | 1–8 | 3–3 |
Source:
Group 6
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | IRQ | KAZ | NEP | MAC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Iraq |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 5 | +23 | 14 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 8–0 | ||
 Kazakhstan |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 14 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | ||
 Nepal |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 6 | 1–9 | 0–6 | 4–1 | ||
 Macau |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 31 | −29 | 0 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 1–6 |
Source:
Group 7
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | UZB | TKM | JOR | TPE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Uzbekistan |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 14 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 7–0 | ||
 Turkmenistan |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 12 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||
 Jordan |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 8 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 6–0 | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Chinese Taipei |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 25 | −25 | 0 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 0–2 |
Source:
Group 8
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | UAE | YEM | IND | BRU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United Arab Emirates |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 12 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
 Yemen |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 11 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | ||
 India |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 11 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | ||
 Brunei |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 28 | −28 | 0 | 0–12 | 0–5 | 0–1 |
Source: RSSSF
.svg.png.webp){kind=small}
Second round
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Group winners qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup | |
| Runners-up advance to the AFC play off | |
Play-off
| Iran | 1–0 | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
Bagheri  45' |
Report |
Iran win 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the UEFA–AFC qualification play-off.
Inter-confederation play-offs
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Republic of Ireland  |
2–1 | Iran |
2–0 | 0–1 |
Qualified teams
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) |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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.
Goalscorers
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
- Yusuf A'Amer Al Sadi
- Esam Abu Touk
- Mubarak Mustafa
- Roda Antar
- Fawzi Bashir
- Abdullah Bin Shehan
Nguyen Hong Son
4 goals
3 goals
- Xu Yunlong
- Farhad Majidi
- Ahmad Kadhim
- Ruslan Baltiev
- Igor Avdeyev
- Konstantin Gorovenka
- Jasem Al Huwaidi
- Moussa Hojeij
- Santos
- Taqi Mubarak
- Mohammed Khamis Al-Araimi
- Majdi Shaaban Samir
- Gohar Zaman
- Mohammad Al-Shalhoub
- Imthyas Raheem
- Mouhanad Bouchi
- Jomard Moussa
- Rustam Khojaev
- Mohammad Omar
- Vladimir Maminov
- Abdulsalam Al Ghurbani
2 goals
- Mohamed Salmeen
- Husain Mohammed
- Hussain Ali Ahmed
Rokonuzzaman Kanchan
Chea Makara- Wu Chengying
- Yang Chen
- Li Jinyu
- Qu Bo
- Ma Mingyu
- Hao Haidong
- Jules Alberto
- Baichung Bhutia
- I. M. Vijayan
Bambang Pamungkas- Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
- Sabah Jeayer
- Badran Al-Shagran
- Rateb Al Awadat
- Maksim Shevchenko
- Dmitriy Byakov
- Khalaf Al-Mutairi
- Ilia Kovalenko
- Faisal Antar
- Marcílio
Ali Umar- Adam Abdulativ
- Hairuddin Omar
- Basanta Thapa
- Hari Khadka
- Emad Abou El-Kair
- Mohammed Al-Jeesh
- Imad Ayoub
- Ahmed Khalifa
- Waleed Hamza
- Jassem Al-Tamimi
- Abdul-Aziz Hassan
- Dhahi Noubi
- Hussein Sulaimani
- Abdullah Al-Waked
- Kasun Jayasuriya
- Channa Ediri Bandanage
- Raghdan Shehadeh
- Khaled Zaher
- Therdsak Chaiman
- Aliyor Ashurmamadov
- Zaker Berdykulov
.svg.png.webp)
Djumadurdy Meredov- Wladimir Baýramow
- Subait Khater
- Faisal Khalil
- Georgi Georgiev
- Nguyen Luong Phuc
1 goal
- Khamis Eid
- Mohammad Hassan
- Talal Yousef
- Ghazi Alkhwari
- Khaled Al-Dossari
- Abdallah Marzouki
- Li Bing
- Li Xiaopeng
- Yu Genwei
- Su Maozhen
- Chan Ho Man
- Feng Ji-zhi
- Keung He-chi
- Abdul Hakim
- Agung Setyabudi
- Bima Sakti
- Aples Tecuari
- Eko Purdjianto
- Ismed Sofyan
- Habib Jafar
- Haider Abdullah
- Amer Mushraf
- Haidar Najim
- Leith Hussein
- Qahtan Chathir
- Mehdi Hasheminasab
- Sirous Dinmohammadi
- Yahya Golmohammadi
- Mehdi Mahdavikia
- Mehrdad Minavand
- Belal Al Laham
- Mahmoud Shelbaieh
- Ghanem Yousef Aldayeh
- Rafael Urazbakhtin
- Yevgeniy Lunev
- Askhat Kadyrkulov
- Naser Al-Sauhi
- Bashar Abdullah
- Ali Asel
- Faraj Laheeb
- Zamirbek Jumagulov
- Phengta Phounsamay
- Valasine Dalaphone
- Chanthy Souksombaph
- Mohammad Kassas
- Korken Yenkibarian
- Kit Leong Cheong
- Kim Meng Leong
- Ali Shiham
- Ashraf Luthfy
- Ismail Naseem
- Mohamed Jameel
- Rosdi Talib
- Irwan Fadzli Idrus
Bayarzorig Davaa- B. Buman-Uchral
- Bal Gopal Maharjan
- Deepak Lama
- Nasser Zayid
- Mohammed Khamis
- Taqi Al Siyabi
- Samir Said
- R. Salem
- Badr al-Mahrooqi
- Muhammad Arshad
- Muhammad Riaz
- Fadi Abulatifa
- Jamal Al-Holi
- Yanti Barsales
- Jimmy Dona
- Dahi Al Naemi
- Abdul Nasser Ali Al Obaidly
- Marzouk Al-Otaibi
- Mohsin Harthi
- Al Hasan Al-Yami
- Abdullah Jumaan Al-Dosari
- Ibrahim Al-Harbi
- Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
- Noh Alam Shah
- Mohd Noor Ali
- Ishak Ratna
- Weerarathne Kassun
- Tarek Jabban
- Maher Malki
- Faras Al Khatib
- Maher Al Sayed
- Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul
- Niweat Siriwong
- Surachai Jirasirichote
- Surachai Jirasirichote
- Sutee Suksomkit
- Worrawoot Srimaka
- Tokhirjon Muminov
- Denis Knitel
- Rahmatullo Fuzailov
- Shukhrat Jabbarov
- Rustam Usmonov
- Rejepmyrat Agabaýew
- Goçguly Goçgulyýew
- Yuri Borodolimov
- Gurbangeldi Durdyýew
- Mohammad Ibrahim Hussain
- Abdulsalaam Jumaa
- Fahed Masoud
- Gharib Hareb
- Fahd Ali
- Zuhair Bakhit
- Aziz Al-Anbari
- Abdulrahman Ibrahim
- Maxim Shatskikh
- Alexei Dionisiyev
- Ulugbek Bakayev
- Andrey Akopyants
- Nguyễn Trung Vĩnh
- Nguyen Van Sy
- Anwar Ahmed
- Adel Abdullah
- Ali Aboud Awad
1 own goal
- Feng Ji-zhi (playing against Qatar)
- Surachai Jirasirichote (playing against Lebanon)
- Samel Nasa (playing against Indonesia)
- Nabil Ashoor (playing against Uzbekistan)
- Ali Momin (playing against the United Arab Emirates)
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.