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
Teams39 (from 1 confederation)
AFC Asian Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
AFC Asian Cup

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 fifth Asian qualifier, but lost to Ireland in the intercontinental play-off.

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 would advance 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 would qualify. The runners-up would advance to the AFC Play-off.
  • Play-off: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would advance to the UEFA/AFC Intercontinental Play-off.

First round
Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC 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
Oman 6510333+3016
Syria 6411406+3413
Laos 6114340−374
Philippines 6015229−271
 
Laos – 0–7 2–0 0–9
Oman 12–0 – 7–0 2–0
Philippines 1–1 0–2 – 1–5
Syria 11–0 3–3 12–0 –

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Iran 2200210+216
Tajikistan 2101162+143
Guam 2002035−350
 
Guam – – –
Iran 19–0 – 2–0
Tajikistan 16–0 – –

Group 3
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Qatar 6510143+1116
Palestine 621389−17
Malaysia 6213811−37
Hong Kong 6114310−74
 
Hong Kong – 2–1 1–1 0–3
Malaysia 2–0 – 4–3 0–0
Palestine 1–0 1–0 – 1–2
Qatar 2–0 5–1 2–1 –

Group 4
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Bahrain 650194+515
Kuwait 641193+613
Kyrgyzstan 611439−64
Singapore 602438−52
 
Bahrain – 1–2 1–0 2–0
Kuwait 0–1 – 2–0 1–1
Kyrgyzstan 1–2 0–3 – 1–1
Singapore 1–2 0-1 0–1 –

Group 5
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Thailand 6510205+1516
Lebanon 6411265+2113
Sri Lanka 6114820−124
Pakistan 6015529−241
 
Lebanon – 6–0 4–0 1–2
Pakistan 1–8 – 3–3 0–6
Sri Lanka 0–5 3–1 – 0–3
Thailand 2–2 3–0 4–2 –

Group 6
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Iraq 6420285+2314
Kazakhstan 6420202+1814
Nepal 62041325−126
Macau 6006231−290
 
Iraq – 1–1 8–0 4–2
Kazakhstan 1–1 – 3–0 4–0
Macau 0–5 0–5 – 1–6
Nepal 1–9 0-6 4–1 –

Group 7
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Uzbekistan 6420205+1514
Turkmenistan 6402127+512
Jordan 6222127+58
Chinese Taipei 6006025−250
 
Chinese Taipei – 0–2 0–5 0–4
Jordan 6–0 – 1–2 1–1
Turkmenistan 1–0 2–0 – 2–5
Uzbekistan 7–0 2–2 1–0 –

Group 8
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United Arab Emirates 6402215+1612
Yemen 6321148+611
India 6321115+611
Brunei 6006028−280
 
Brunei – 0–1 0–12 0–5
India 5–0 – 1–0 1–1
United Arab E. 4–0 1–0 – 3–2
Yemen 1–0 3–3 2–1 –

Group 9
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
China 6600253+2218
Indonesia 6402167+912
Maldives 6114819−114
Cambodia 6015222−201
 
Cambodia – 0–4 0–2 1–1
China 3–1 – 5–1 10–1
Indonesia 6–0 0–2 – 5–0
Maldives 6–0 0-1 0–2 –

Group 10
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Saudi Arabia 6600300+3018
Vietnam 631299+010
Bangladesh 6123515−105
Mongolia 6015222−201
 
Bangladesh – 2–2 0–3 0–4
Mongolia 0–3 – 0–6 0–1
Saudi Arabia 6–0 6–0 – 5–0
Vietnam 0–0 4–0 0–4 –

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

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Saudi Arabia 8521178+917
Iran 8431107+315
Bahrain 824289−110
Iraq 8215910−17
Thailand 8044515−104
 
Bahrain – 3–1 2–0 0–4 1–1
Iran 0–0 – 2–1 2–0 1–0
Iraq 1–0 1–2 – 1–2 4–0
Saudi Arabia 1–1 2–2 1–0 – 4–1
Thailand 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 –

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
China 8611132+1119
United Arab Emirates 83231011−111
Uzbekistan 83141314−110
Qatar 82331010+09
Oman 8134716−96
 
China – 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–0
Oman 0–2 – 0–3 1–1 4–2
Qatar 1–1 0–0 – 1–2 2–2
United Arab E. 0–1 2–2 0–2 – 4–1
Uzbekistan 1–0 5–0 2–1 0–1 –

Play-off
Iran 1 – 0 United Arab Emirates
Bagheri  45' Report
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (KOR)
United Arab Emirates 0 – 3 Iran
Report Daei  7'
Bagheri  76'
Minavand  79'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (JPN)

Iran win 4-0 on aggregate and qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–AFC play-off)

Intercontinental play-off
Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA–AFC play-off)
Team 1 Agg. 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
 JapanHosts31 May 19961 (1998)
 South KoreaHosts31 May 19965 (1954, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998)
 Saudi ArabiaSecond Round Group A winners21 October 20012 (1994, 1998)
 China PRSecond Round Group B winners7 October 20010 (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
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
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