2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Tournament details
Dates24 November 2000 - 15 November 2001
Teams39 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played155
Goals scored568 (3.66 per match)
Attendance2,873,044 (18,536 per match)
Top scorer(s)Oman Hani Al-Dhabit
Syria Said Bayazid
Saudi Arabia Talal Al-Meshal (11 goals)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Asia.

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 Iran 2 2 0 0 21 0 +21 6 2–0 19–0
Tajikistan Tajikistan 2 1 0 1 16 2 +14 3 16–0
Guam Guam 2 0 0 2 0 35 −35 0
Myanmar Myanmar[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:
Notes:
  1. ↑ 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
 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
 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
 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

Group 9

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  CHN  INA  MDV  CAM
 China 6 6 0 0 25 3 +22 18 5–1 10–1 3–1
 Indonesia 6 4 0 2 16 7 +9 12 0–2 5–0 6–0
 Maldives 6 1 1 4 8 19 −11 4 0–1 0–2 6–0
 Cambodia 6 0 1 5 2 22 −20 1 0–4 0–2 1–1
Source:

Group 10

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  KSA  VIE  BAN  MGL
 Saudi Arabia 6 6 0 0 30 0 +30 18 5–0 6–0 6–0
 Vietnam 6 3 1 2 9 9 0 10 0–4 0–0 4–0
 Bangladesh 6 1 2 3 5 15 −10 5 0–3 0–4 2–2
 Mongolia 6 0 1 5 2 22 −20 1 0–6 0–1 0–3
Source:

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  KSA  IRN  BHR  IRQ  THA
 Saudi Arabia 8 5 2 1 17 8 +9 17 2–2 1–1 1–0 4–1
 Iran 8 4 3 1 10 7 +3 15 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0
 Bahrain 8 2 4 2 8 9 −1 10 0–4 3–1 2–0 1–1
 Iraq 8 2 1 5 9 10 −1 7 1–2 1–2 1–0 4–0
 Thailand 8 0 4 4 5 15 −10 4 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–1
Source:

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  CHN  UAE  UZB  QAT  OMA
 China 8 6 1 1 13 2 +11 19 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–0
 United Arab Emirates 8 3 2 3 10 11 −1 11 0–1 4–1 0–2 2–2
 Uzbekistan 8 3 1 4 13 14 −1 10 1–0 0–1 2–1 5–0
 Qatar 8 2 3 3 10 10 0 9 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–0
 Oman 8 1 3 4 7 16 −9 6 0–2 1–1 4–2 0–3
Source:

Play-off

Iran 1–0 United Arab Emirates
Bagheri 45' Report
Attendance: 40,000
United Arab Emirates 0–3 Iran
Report Daei 7'
Bagheri 76'
Minavand 79'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

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
 JapanHosts31 May 19961 (1998)
 South Korea5 (1954, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998)
 Saudi ArabiaSecond round group A winners21 October 20012 (1994, 1998)
 ChinaSecond 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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