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)
	← 2000 2004 →

Host countriesSyria
United Arab Emirates
Kuwait
India
Pakistan
Uzbekistan
Japan
South Korea
Thailand
Malaysia
Singapore

Dates13 March – 31 July 2002

Teams40 (from 1 confederation)

Venue(s) (in 11 host cities)

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.

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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

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

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

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

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

2002 AFC Youth Championship qualification

Teams

Groups

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

Group 10

Group 11

Qualified teams

References

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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)
← 2000 2004 →

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)