2002 AFC Youth Championship
The 2002 AFC Youth Championship was the 32nd edition of the AFC U-19 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-19 national teams of Asia. The tournament took place in Qatar, between 15 to 31 October 2002. A total of 12 teams played in the tournament which included Uzbekistan who was competing in their first AFC tournament.
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Qatar |
| Dates | 15 – 31 October |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  South Korea (10th title) |
| Runners-up |  Japan |
| Third place |  Saudi Arabia |
| Fourth place |  Uzbekistan |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 94 (3.62 per match) |
The 12 teams were separated into three groups of four teams with the top two teams and the best two of the third place teams qualifying through to the knockout-stage with the winners of the quarter-finals qualifying through to the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in United Arab Emirates. After they finished top of Group A with seven points, South Korea would go on to claim their tenth continental youth title with a 1–0 win over Japan. Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan also qualified for the 2003 World Youth Championship after they made it to the semi-finals defeating Syria and China in the quarter-finals.[1]
Qualification competition
40 teams entered qualifying for the 2002 edition of the youth championship with the qualifying phase being played from the 13 March to 23 July 2002 with the teams being separated into the east and west zone. Before the draw was announced, Afghanistan withdrew with Lebanon and North Korea withdrawing after the draw was announced which meant that their groups only had three teams competing.
The first qualifying match was played on the 13 March in Group 11 when Singapore took on Myanmar in Singapore with Myanmar winning the match 1-0. Four teams who competed in the previous edition didn't qualify for the 2002 edition with them being replaced by Syria, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh and India. With the tournament expanding to 12 teams for the 2002 edition, Vietnam made their first appearance in the Asian competition since 1974 while Uzbekistan was making their debut in the tournament after finishing top of their group ahead of Turkmenistan and Nepal.
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Group stage
Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| South Korea |
7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
| Uzbekistan |
6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 |
 Qatar |
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 |
 Thailand |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 |
October 15
| Qatar |
0 - 1 | South Korea |
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| Uzbekistan |
4 - 0 | Thailand |
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October 18
| Qatar |
3 - 2 | Thailand |
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| South Korea |
2 - 0 | Uzbekistan |
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October 21
| Qatar |
4 - 5 | Uzbekistan |
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| Thailand |
0 - 0 | South Korea |
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Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| Japan |
9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 |
| Saudi Arabia |
6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 |
 India |
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 |
 Bangladesh |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | -13 |
October 16
| Japan |
2 - 1 | Saudi Arabia |
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| India |
6 - 0 | Bangladesh |
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October 19
| Saudi Arabia |
4 - 0 | Bangladesh |
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| India |
1 - 2 | Japan |
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October 22
| Bangladesh |
0 - 3 | Japan |
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| Saudi Arabia |
4 - 0 | India |
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Group C
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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 Syria |
7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 |
 China PR |
4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
 United Arab Emirates |
4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Vietnam |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 |
October 17
| United Arab Emirates |
2 - 0 | Vietnam |
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| China PR |
2 - 4 | Syria |
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October 20
| United Arab Emirates |
1 - 1 | Syria |
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| Vietnam |
2 - 2 | China PR |
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October 23
| United Arab Emirates |
0 - 2 | China PR |
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| Syria |
4 - 1 | Vietnam |
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Third-placed qualifiers
At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third placed teams of each group. The two best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals.
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| United Arab Emirates |
4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| India |
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 |
| Qatar |
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 |
UAE (best third-place) and India (second best third-place) qualified for the quarter-finals.
Knockout stages
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 25 October | ||||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||
| 29 October | ||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | |||||||||
| Japan(p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| 25 October | ||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 1 (2) | |||||||||
| Syria | 0 | |||||||||
| 31 October | ||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 4 | |||||||||
| Japan | 0 | |||||||||
| 26 October | ||||||||||
| South Korea(a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | |||||||||
| 29 October | ||||||||||
| China PR | 1 | |||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | |||||||||
| 26 October | ||||||||||
| South Korea | 2 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 7 | |||||||||
| India | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-Finals
| Japan | 3 – 0 | United Arab Emirates |
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| South Korea | 7 – 0 | India |
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| Saudi Arabia | 4 – 1 | China PR |
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| Syria | 0 – 4 | Uzbekistan |
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Third place match
| Uzbekistan | 0 – 4 | Saudi Arabia |
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Qualified teams for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship
The following four teams from AFC qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1 |
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| Japan | 25 October 2002 | 5 (1979, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001) |
| South Korea | 25 October 2002 | 7 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999) |
| Saudi Arabia | 26 October 2002 | 5 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1999) |
| Uzbekistan | 26 October 2002 | Debut |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
- Díaz Rubio, Julián; Burkert, Sturmius (28 July 2003). "Asian U-20 Championship 2002". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 September 2020.