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Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian zone (AFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 42 teams entered the competition. The Asian zone was allocated 4.5 places (out of 32) in the final tournament.  Korea Republic and  Japan, the co-hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 2.5 spots open for competition between 40 teams.

There were three rounds of play:

• First Round: The 40 teams were divided into 10 groups of 4 teams each. 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.
• Final Round: 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.

Contents 1 First Round 1.1 Group 1 1.2 Group 2 1.3 Group 3 1.4 Group 4 1.5 Group 5 1.6 Group 6 1.7 Group 7 1.8 Group 8 1.9 Group 9 1.10 Group 10 2 Final Round 2.1 Group A 2.2 Group B 3 Play-off 4 Did not enter 5 External links

[edit] First Round

[edit] Group 1

April 30, 2001, Muscat, Oman -  Oman 12 - 0 Laos 

April 30, 2001, Aleppo, Syria -  Syria 12 - 0 Philippines 

May 4, 2001, Muscat, Oman -  Oman 7 - 0 Laos 

May 4, 2001, Damascus, Syria -  Syria 5 - 1 Philippines 

May 7, 2001, Muscat, Oman -  Oman 7 - 0 Philippines 

May 7, 2001, Aleppo, Syria -  Syria 11 - 0 Laos 

May 11, 2001, Muscat, Oman -  Oman 2 - 0 Philippines 

May 11, 2001, Aleppo, Syria -  Syria 9 - 0 Laos 

May 18, 2001, Aleppo, Syria -  Syria 3 - 3 Oman 

May 19, 2001, Vientiane, Laos -  Laos 2 - 0 Philippines 

May 25, 2001, Muscat, Oman -  Oman 2 - 0 Syria 

May 26, 2001	Philippines	1 - 1	Laos	Manila

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Oman	6	5	1	0	33	3	30	16
2	Syria	6	4	1	1	40	6	34	13
3	Laos	6	1	1	4	3	40	-37	4
4	Philippines	6	0	1	5	2	29	-27	1

Oman advanced to the Final Round.

[edit] Group 2

 Myanmar withdrew.

November 24, 2000, Tabriz, Iran -  Iran 19 - 0 Guam 

November 26, 2000, Tabriz, Iran -  Tajikistan 16 - 0 Guam 

November 28, 2000, Tabriz, Iran -  Iran 2 - 0 Tajikistan 

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iran	2	2	0	0	21	0	21	6
2	Tajikistan	2	1	0	1	16	2	14	3
3	Guam	2	0	0	2	0	35	-35	0

Iran advanced to the Final Round.

[edit] Group 3

March 4, 2001, Hong Kong -  Qatar 5 - 1 Malaysia 

March 4, 2001, Hong Kong -  Hong Kong 1 - 1 Palestine 

March 8, 2001, Hong Kong -  Qatar 2 - 1 Palestine 

March 8, 2001, Hong Kong -  Hong Kong 0 - 2 Malaysia 

March 11, 2001, Hong Kong -  Palestine 1 - 0 Malaysia 

March 11, 2001, Hong Kong -  Hong Kong 0 - 2 Qatar 

March 20, 2001, Doha, Qatar -  Qatar 0 - 0 Malaysia 

March 20, 2001, Doha, Qatar -  Palestine 1 - 0 Hong Kong 

March 23, 2001, Doha, Qatar -  Qatar 2 - 1 Palestine 

March 23, 2001, Doha, Qatar -  Hong Kong 2 - 1 Malaysia 

March 25, 2001, Doha, Qatar -  Malaysia 4 - 3 Palestine 

March 25, 2001, Doha, Qatar -  Qatar 3 - 0 Hong Kong 

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Qatar	6	5	1	0	14	3	11	16
2	Palestine	6	2	1	3	8	9	-1	7
3	Malaysia	6	2	1	3	8	11	-3	7
4	Hong Kong	6	1	1	4	3	10	-7	4

Qatar advanced to the Final Round.

[edit] Group 4

February 3, 2001, Singapore -  Kuwait 2 - 1 Bahrain 

February 3, 2001, Singapore -  Singapore 0 - 1 Kyrgyzstan 

February 6, 2001, Singapore -  Bahrain 1 - 0 Kyrgyzstan 

February 6, 2001, Singapore -  Singapore 1 - 1 Kuwait 

February 9, 2001, Singapore -  Kuwait 3 - 0 Kyrgyzstan 

February 9, 2001, Singapore -  Singapore 1 - 2 Bahrain 

February 21, 2001, Kuwait, Kuwait -  Bahrain 2 - 1 Kyrgyzstan 

February 21, 2001, Kuwait, Kuwait -  Kuwait 1 - 0 Singapore 

February 24, 2001, Kuwait, Kuwait -  Kuwait 2 - 0 Kyrgyzstan 

February 24, 2001, Kuwait, Kuwait -  Singapore 0 - 2 Bahrain 

February 27, 2001, Kuwait, Kuwait -  Singapore 1 - 1 Kyrgyzstan 

February 27, 2001, Kuwait, Kuwait -  Kuwait 0 - 1 Bahrain 

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bahrain	6	5	0	1	9	4	5	15
2	Kuwait	6	4	1	1	9	3	6	13
3	Kyrgyzstan	6	1	1	4	3	9	-6	4
4	Singapore	6	0	2	4	3	8	-5	2

Bahrain advanced to the Final Round.

[edit] Group 5

May 13, 2001, Beirut, Lebanon -  Lebanon 6 - 0 Pakistan 

May 13, 2001, Beirut, Lebanon -  Sri Lanka 2 - 4 Thailand 

May 15, 2001, Beirut, Lebanon -  Thailand 3 - 0 Pakistan 

May 15, 2001, Beirut, Lebanon -  Lebanon 4 - 0 Sri Lanka 

May 17, 2001, Beirut, Lebanon -  Pakistan 3 - 3 Sri Lanka 

May 17, 2001, Beirut, Lebanon -  Lebanon 1 - 2 Thailand 

May 26, 2001, Bangkok, Thailand -  Thailand 3 - 0 Sri Lanka 

May 26, 2001, Bangkok, Thailand -  Pakistan 1 - 8 Lebanon 

May 28, 2001, Bangkok, Thailand -  Lebanon 5 - 0 Sri Lanka 

May 28, 2001, Bangkok, Thailand -  Thailand 6 - 0 Pakistan 

May 30, 2001, Bangkok, Thailand -  Sri Lanka 3 - 1 Pakistan 

May 30, 2001, Bangkok, Thailand -  Thailand 2 - 2 Lebanon 

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Thailand	6	5	1	0	20	5	15	16
2	Lebanon	6	4	1	1	26	5	21	13
3	Sri Lanka	6	1	1	4	8	20	-12	4
4	Pakistan	6	0	1	5	5	29	-24	1

Thailand advanced to the Final Round.

[edit] Group 6

April 12, 2001, Baghdad, Iraq -  Iraq 8 - 0 Macau 

April 12, 2001, Baghdad, Iraq -  Kazakhstan 6 - 0 Nepal 

April 14, 2001, Baghdad, Iraq -  Kazakhstan 3 - 0 Macau 

April 14, 2001, Baghdad, Iraq -  Iraq 9 - 1 Nepal 

April 16, 2001, Baghdad, Iraq -  Nepal 4 - 1 Macau 

April 16, 2001, Baghdad, Iraq -  Iraq 1 - 1 Kazakhstan 

April 21, 2001, Almaty, Kazakhstan -  Kazakhstan 4 - 0 Nepal 

April 21, 2001, Almaty, Kazakhstan -  Iraq 5 - 0 Macau 

April 23, 2001, Almaty, Kazakhstan -  Kazakhstan 5 - 0 Macau 

April 23, 2001, Almaty, Kazakhstan -  Iraq 4 - 2 Nepal 

April 25, 2001, Almaty, Kazakhstan -  Kazakhstan 1 - 1 Iraq 

April 25, 2001, Almaty, Kazakhstan -  Macau 1 - 6 Nepal 

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iraq	6	4	2	0	28	5	23	14
2	Kazakhstan	6	4	2	0	20	2	18	14
3	Nepal	6	2	0	4	13	25	-12	6
4	Macau	6	0	0	6	2	31	-29	0

Iraq advanced to the Final Round.

[edit] Group 7

April 23, 2001, Tashkent, Uzbekistan -  Turkmenistan 2 - 0 Jordan 

April 23, 2001, Tashkent, Uzbekistan -  Uzbekistan 7 - 0 Chinese Taipei 

April 25, 2001, Tashkent, Uzbekistan -  Jordan 2 - 0 Chinese Taipei 

April 25, 2001, Tashkent, Uzbekistan -  Uzbekistan 1 - 0 Turkmenistan 

April 27, 2001, Tashkent, Uzbekistan -  Chinese Taipei 0 - 5 Turkmenistan 

April 27, 2001, Tashkent, Uzbekistan -  Uzbekistan 2 - 2 Jordan 

May 3, 2001, Amman, Jordan -  Jordan 6 - 0 Chinese Taipei 

May 3, 2001, Amman, Jordan -  Turkmenistan 2 - 5 Uzbekistan 

May 5, 2001, Amman, Jordan -  Uzbekistan 4 - 0 Chinese Taipei 

May 5, 2001, Amman, Jordan -  Jordan 1 - 2 Turkmenistan 

May 7, 2001, Amman, Jordan -  Turkmenistan 1 - 0 Chinese Taipei 

May 7, 2001, Amman, Jordan -  Jordan 1 - 1 Uzbekistan 

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Uzbekistan	6	4	2	0	20	5	15	14
2	Turkmenistan	6	4	0	2	12	7	5	12
3	Jordan	6	2	2	2	12	7	5	8
4	Chinese Taipei	6	0	0	6	0	25	-25	0

Uzbekistan advanced to the Final Round.

[edit] Group 8

April 7, 2001, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei -  Brunei 0 - 5 Yemen 

April 8, 2001, Bangalore, India -  India 1 - 0 United Arab Emirates 

April 14, 2001, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei -  Brunei 0 - 12 United Arab Emirates 

April 15, 2001, Bangalore, India -  India 1 - 1 Yemen 

April 26, 2001, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates -  United Arab Emirates 1 - 0 India 

April 27, 2001, Sanaá, Yemen -  Yemen 1 - 0 Brunei 

May 4, 2001, Sanaá, Yemen -  Yemen 3 - 3 India 

May 4, 2001, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates -  United Arab Emirates 4 - 0 Brunei 

May 11, 2001, Sanaá, Yemen -  Yemen 2 - 1 United Arab Emirates 

May 12, 2001, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei -  Brunei 0 - 1 India 

May 18, 2001, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates -  United Arab Emirates 3 - 2 Yemen 

May 20, 2001, Bangalore, India -  India 5 - 0 Brunei 

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United Arab Emirates	6	4	0	2	21	5	16	12
2	Yemen	6	3	2	1	14	8	6	11
3	India	6	3	2	1	11	5	6	11
4	Brunei	6	0	0	6	0	28	-28	0

United Arab Emirates advanced to the Final Round.

[edit] Group 9

April 1, 2001, Malé, Maldives -  Maldives 6 - 0 Cambodia 

April 8, 2001, Jakarta, Indonesia -  Indonesia 5 - 0 Maldives 

April 15, 2001, Phnom Penh, Cambodia -  Cambodia 1 - 1 Maldives 

April 22, 2001, Jakarta, Indonesia -  Indonesia 6 - 0 Cambodia 

April 22, 2001, Xi'an, China -  China PR 10 - 1 Maldives 

April 28, 2001, Malé, Maldives -  Maldives 0 - 1 China PR 

April 29, 2001, Phnom Penh, Cambodia -  Cambodia 0 - 2 Indonesia 

May 6, 2001, Phnom Penh, Cambodia -  Cambodia 0 - 4 China PR 

May 6, 2001, Malé, Maldives -  Maldives 0 - 2 Indonesia 

May 13, 2001, Beijing, China -  China PR 5 - 1 Indonesia 

May 20, 2001, Beijing, China -  China PR 3 - 1 Cambodia 

May 27, 2001, Jakarta, Indonesia -  Indonesia 0 - 2 China PR 

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	China PR	6	6	0	0	25	3	22	18
2	Indonesia	6	4	0	2	16	7	12	12
3	Maldives	6	1	1	4	8	19	-11	4
4	Cambodia	6	0	1	5	2	22	-20	1

China PR advanced to the Final Round.

[edit] Group 10

February 8, 2001, Dammam, Saudi Arabia -  Vietnam 0 - 0 Bangladesh 

February 8, 2001, Dammam, Saudi Arabia -  Saudi Arabia 6 - 0 Mongolia 

February 10, 2001, Dammam, Saudi Arabia -  Vietnam 1 - 0 Mongolia 

February 10, 2001, Dammam, Saudi Arabia -  Saudi Arabia 3 - 0 Bangladesh 

February 12, 2001, Dammam, Saudi Arabia -  Mongolia 0 - 3 Bangladesh 

February 12, 2001, Dammam, Saudi Arabia -  Saudi Arabia 5 - 0 Vietnam 

February 15, 2001, Dammam, Saudi Arabia -  Bangladesh 0 - 4 Vietnam 

February 15, 2001, Dammam, Saudi Arabia -  Saudi Arabia 6 - 0 Mongolia 

February 17, 2001, Dammam, Saudi Arabia -  Vietnam 4 - 0 Mongolia 

February 17, 2001, Dammam, Saudi Arabia -  Saudi Arabia 6 - 0 Bangladesh 

February 19, 2001, Dammam, Saudi Arabia -  Bangladesh 2 - 2 Mongolia 

February 19, 2001, Dammam, Saudi Arabia -  Saudi Arabia 4 - 0 Vietnam 

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Saudi Arabia	6	6	0	0	30	0	30	18
2	Vietnam	6	3	1	2	9	9	0	10
3	Bangladesh	6	1	2	3	5	15	-10	5
4	Mongolia	6	0	1	5	2	22	-20	1

Saudi Arabia advanced to the Final Round.

[edit] Final Round

[edit] Group A

August 17, 2001, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -  Saudi Arabia 1 - 1 Bahrain 

August 17, 2001, Baghdad, Iraq -  Iraq 4 - 0 Thailand 

August 23, 2001, Manama, Bahrain -  Bahrain 2 - 0 Iraq 

August 24, 2001, Tehran, Iran -  Iran 2 - 0 Saudi Arabia 

August 31, 2001, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -  Saudi Arabia 1 - 0 Iraq 

September 1, 2001, Bangkok, Thailand -  Thailand 0 - 0 Iran 

September 6, 2001, Manama, Bahrain -  Bahrain 1 - 1 Thailand 

September 7, 2001, Baghdad, Iraq -  Iraq 1 - 2 Iran 

September 14, 2001, Tehran, Iran -  Iran 0 - 0 Bahrain 

September 15, 2001, Bangkok, Thailand -  Thailand 1 - 3 Saudi Arabia 

September 21, 2001, Manama, Bahrain -  Bahrain 0 - 4 Saudi Arabia 

September 22, 2001, Bangkok, Thailand -  Thailand 1 - 1 Iraq 

September 28, 2001, Baghdad, Iraq -  Iraq 1 - 0 Bahrain 

September 28, 2001, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia -  Saudi Arabia 2 - 2 Iran 

October 5, 2001, Amman, Jordan -  Iraq 1 - 2 Saudi Arabia 

October 5, 2001, Tehran, Iran -  Iran 1 - 0 Thailand 

October 12, 2001, Tehran, Iran -  Iran 2 - 1 Iraq 

October 16, 2001, Bangkok, Thailand -  Thailand 1 - 1 Bahrain 

October 21, 2001, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -  Saudi Arabia 4 - 1 Thailand 

October 21, 2001, Manama, Bahrain -  Bahrain 3 - 1 Iran 

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Saudi Arabia	8	5	2	1	17	8	9	17
2	Iran	8	4	3	1	10	7	3	15
3	Bahrain	8	2	4	2	8	9	-1	10
4	Iraq	8	2	1	5	9	10	-1	7
5	Thailand	8	0	4	4	5	15	-10	4

Saudi Arabia qualified. Iran advanced to the AFC Play-off.

[edit] Group B

August 16, 2001, Doha, Qatar -  Qatar 0 - 0 Oman 

August 17, 2001, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -  United Arab Emirates 4 - 1 Uzbekistan 

August 25, 2001, Shenyang, China -  China PR 3 - 0 United Arab Emirates 

August 26, 2001, Tashkent, Uzbekistan -  Uzbekistan 2 - 1 Qatar 

August 31, 2001, Muscat, Oman -  Oman 0 - 2 China PR 

August 31, 2001, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -  United Arab Emirates 0 - 2 Qatar 

September 7, 2001, Doha, Qatar -  Qatar 1 - 1 China PR 

September 8, 2001, Tashkent, Uzbekistan -  Uzbekistan 5 - 0 Oman 

September 14, 2001, Muscat, Oman -  Oman 1 - 1 United Arab Emirates 

September 15, 2001, Shenyang, China -  China PR 2 - 0 Uzbekistan 

September 21, 2001, Muscat, Oman -  Oman 0 - 3 Qatar 

September 22, 2001, Tashkent, Uzbekistan -  Uzbekistan 0 - 1 United Arab Emirates 

September 27, 2001, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -  United Arab Emirates 0 - 1 China PR 

September 28, 2001, Doha, Qatar -  Qatar 2 - 2 Uzbekistan 

October 4, 2001, Doha, Qatar -  Qatar 1 - 2 United Arab Emirates 

October 7, 2001, Shenyang, China -  China PR 1 - 0 Oman 

October 13, 2001, Shenyang, China -  China PR 3 - 0 Qatar 

October 13, 2001, Muscat, Oman -  Oman 4 - 2 Uzbekistan 

October 19, 2001, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -  United Arab Emirates 2 - 2 Oman 

October 19, 2001, Tashkent, Uzbekistan -  Uzbekistan 1 - 0 China PR 

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	China PR	8	6	1	1	13	2	11	19
2	United Arab Emirates	8	3	2	3	10	11	-1	11
3	Uzbekistan	8	3	1	4	13	14	-1	10
4	Qatar	8	2	3	3	10	10	0	9
5	Oman	8	1	3	4	7	16	-9	6

China PR qualified. United Arab Emirates advanced to the AFC Play-off.

[edit] Play-off

October 25, 2001, Tehran, Iran -  Iran 1 - 0 United Arab Emirates 

October 31, 2001, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -  United Arab Emirates 0 - 3 Iran 

Iran advanced to the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off by the aggregate score of 4-0.

[edit] Did not enter

 Afghanistan, Bhutan, Korea DPR, Timor-Leste

[edit] External links

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