2002 AFC Youth Championship qualification

2002 AFC Youth Championship qualification

Tournament details
Host countries	Syria United Arab Emirates Kuwait India Pakistan Uzbekistan Japan South Korea Thailand Malaysia Singapore
Dates	13 March – 31 July 2002
Teams	40 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	(in 11 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	57
Goals scored	252 (4.42 per match)
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The 2002 AFC Youth Championship qualifying competition is a men's under-19 football competition that determined the eleven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Qatar in the 2002 AFC Youth Championship final tournament.^[1]

A total of 40 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying competition. Players born on or after 1 January 1983 are eligible to participate.

In each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue. The eleven group winners qualify for the final tournament.

Zone	Berths	Automatic qualifiers	Teams entering qualification
West Zone	7	Qatar	Bahrain  Bangladesh  Bhutan  India  Iran  Iraq  Jordan  Kuwait  Kyrgyzstan  Lebanon  Maldives    Nepal  Oman  Pakistan  Palestine  Saudi Arabia  Sri Lanka  Syria  Tajikistan  Turkmenistan  United Arab Emirates  Uzbekistan  Yemen
East Zone	5		Brunei  Cambodia  China  Chinese Taipei  Guam  Hong Kong  Indonesia  Japan  Laos  Macau  Malaysia  Mongolia  Myanmar  Philippines  Singapore  South Korea  Thailand  Vietnam

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.

Did not enter

West Zone	Afghanistan  Lebanon (withdrew)
East Zone	North Korea (withdrew)

The qualifying round was played by 31 July 2002.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Syria (H)	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	7	Final tournament
2	Oman	3	1	1	1	5	8	−3	4
3	Iran	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	3
4	Yemen	3	0	2	1	6	7	−1	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United Arab Emirates (H)	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6	6	Final tournament
2	Iraq	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
3	Palestine	2	0	0	2	3	8	−5	0
4	Lebanon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Final tournament
2	Kuwait (H)	3	1	1	1	13	4	+9	4
3	Jordan	3	1	0	2	1	15	−14	3
4	Bahrain	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India (H)	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7	Final tournament
2	Tajikistan	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7
3	Bhutan	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1
4	Kyrgyzstan	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bangladesh	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Final tournament
2	Pakistan (H)	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7
3	Sri Lanka	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	Maldives	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan (H)	2	2	0	0	19	0	+19	6	Final tournament
2	Turkmenistan	2	1	0	1	1	7	−6	3
3	Nepal	2	0	0	2	0	13	−13	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	3	3	0	0	22	0	+22	9	Final tournament
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	0	1	13	6	+7	6
3	Laos	3	1	0	2	8	7	+1	3
4	Mongolia	3	0	0	3	0	30	−30	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea (H)	2	2	0	0	26	0	+26	6	Final tournament
2	Brunei	2	1	0	1	6	9	−3	3
3	Guam	2	0	0	2	0	23	−23	0
4	North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand (H)	3	2	1	0	15	1	+14	7	Final tournament
2	Indonesia	3	2	1	0	5	0	+5	7
3	Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
4	Philippines	3	0	0	3	2	20	−18	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vietnam	3	3	0	0	15	2	+13	9	Final tournament
2	Malaysia (H)	3	1	1	1	7	3	+4	4
3	Cambodia	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3	4
4	Macau	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	Final tournament
2	Myanmar	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
3	Singapore (H)	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

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The following twelve teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in AFC Youth Championship1
Qatar	Hosts	2002	8 (1980, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)
Syria	Group 1 winners	23 July 2002	5 (1975, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996)
United Arab Emirates	Group 2 winners	31 July 2002	6 (1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)
Saudi Arabia	Group 3 winners	22 July 2002	7 (1973, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1998)
India	Group 4 winners	14 July 2002	19 (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998)
Bangladesh	Group 5 winners	29 April 2002	5 (1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1996)
Uzbekistan	Group 6 winners	10 May 2002	0 (debut)
Japan	Group 7 winners	12 May 2002	28 (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
South Korea	Group 8 winners	31 March 2002	29 (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Thailand	Group 9 winners	6 April 2002	24 (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000)
Vietnam	Group 10 winners	8 May 2002	11 (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974)
China	Group 11 winners	17 March 2002	9 (1975, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1996, 1998, 2000)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.