UAE qualified as hosts.
NB: Iran, Oman, Thailand, Nepal and Bangladesh are banned from the 2002 tournament
due to players failing X-ray age tests after the U-16 Championship 2000.
Qualifying
Group 1 (in Sanaa, Yemen)
26 Jul Yemen 2-0 Bahrain
26 Jul Palestine 1-2 Kuwait
28 Jul Bahrain 1-1 Kuwait
28 Jul Yemen 3-0 Palestine
30 Jul Bahrain 3-2 Palestine
30 Jul Yemen 4-1 Kuwait
1.YEMEN 3 3 0 0 9- 1 9
2.Bahrain 3 1 1 1 4- 5 4
3.Kuwait 3 1 1 1 4- 6 4
4.Palestine 3 0 0 3 3- 8 0
Group 2 (in Ahsa, Saudi Arabia and Damascus)
26 Jul Saudi Arabia 0-0 Syria
31 Jul Syria 1-0 Saudi Arabia
1.SYRIA 2 1 1 0 1- 0 4
2.Saudi Arabia 2 0 1 1 0- 1 1
-.Lebanon withdrew
Group 3 (in Doha, Qatar)
26 Jul Iraq 1-2 Jordan
28 Jul Qatar 4-1 Iraq
31 Jul Jordan 0-1 Qatar
1.QATAR 2 2 0 0 5- 1 6
2.Jordan 2 1 0 1 2- 2 3
3.Iraq 2 0 0 2 2- 6 0
Group 4 (in Chennai, India)
5 May Maldives 0-10 India
7 May India 2-0 Maldives
1.INDIA 2 2 0 0 12- 0 6
2.Maldives 2 0 0 2 0-12 0
3.Bhutan withdrew
Group 5 (in Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
6 May Kyrgyzstan 1-1 Sri Lanka
8 May Uzbekistan 4-0 Sri Lanka
10 May Uzbekistan 6-2 Kyrgyzstan
1.UZBEKISTAN 2 2 0 0 10- 2 6
2.Kyrgyzstan 2 0 1 1 3- 7 1
3.Sri Lanka 2 0 1 1 1- 5 1
Group 6 (in Dushanbe, Tajikistan)
13 May Tajikistan 3-0 Turkmenistan
15 May Turkmenistan 0-2 Pakistan
17 May Pakistan 0-4 Tajikistan
1.TAJIKISTAN 2 2 0 0 7- 0 6
2.Pakistan 2 1 0 1 2- 4 3
3.Turkmenistan 2 0 0 2 0- 5 0
NB: due to suspension of Tajikistan, their place is taken by Pakistan.
Group 7 (in Yangon, Myanmar)
13 Mar Myanmar 9-0 Hongkong
15 Mar Hongkong 3-0 Singapore
17 Mar Myanmar 6-0 Singapore
1.MYANMAR 2 2 0 0 15- 0 6
2.Hongkong 2 1 0 1 3- 9 3
3.Singapore 2 0 0 2 0- 9 0
Group 8 (in Seoul, South Korea)
15 Apr Philippines 0-3 Cambodia
15 Apr South Korea 11-1 Laos
17 Apr Cambodia 1-3 Laos
17 Apr South Korea 8-0 Philippines
19 Apr Laos 5-0 Philippines
19 Apr South Korea 6-0 Cambodia
1.SOUTH KOREA 3 3 0 0 25- 1 9
2.Laos 3 2 0 1 9-12 6
3.Cambodia 3 1 0 2 4- 9 3
4.Philippines 3 0 0 3 0-16 0
Group 9 (in Pyongyang, North Korea)
20 May China 17-0 Mongolia
22 May North Korea 21-0 Mongolia
24 May North Korea 2-3 China
1.CHINA 2 2 0 0 20- 2 6
2.North Korea 2 1 0 1 23- 3 3
3.Mongolia 2 0 0 2 0-38 0
-.Guam withdrew
Group 10 (in Taipeh, Taiwan)
19 May Indonesia 1-1 Vietnam
21 May Taiwan 1-1 Indonesia
23 May Taiwan 1-2 Vietnam
1.VIETNAM 2 1 1 0 3- 2 4
2.Indonesia 2 0 2 0 2- 2 2
3.Taiwan 2 0 1 1 2- 3 1
Group 11 (in Kelana Jaya, Malaysia)
11 May Brunei 0-11 Japan
11 May Malaysia 7-0 Macao
13 May Macao 0-9 Japan
13 May Malaysia 9-0 Brunei
15 May Macao 1-2 Brunei
15 May Malaysia 0-2 Japan
1.JAPAN 3 3 0 0 22- 0 9
2.Malaysia 3 2 0 1 16- 2 6
3.Brunei 3 1 0 2 2-21 3
4.Macao 3 0 0 3 1-18 0
FINAL ROUND
NB: Pakistan are replacing Tajikistan who were suspended by AFC
and FIFA due to 'internal problems'.
September 6-22, 2002 in UAE.
Group A (in Abu Dhabi)
6 Sep China 4-1 India
6 Sep UAE 4-2 Myanmar
9 Sep China 1-0 UAE
9 Sep India 4-1 Myanmar
12 Sep China 4-1 Myanmar
12 Sep India 1-1 UAE
1.CHINA 3 3 0 0 9- 2 9
2.UAE 3 1 1 1 5- 4 4
3.INDIA 3 1 1 1 6- 6 4
4.Myanmar 3 0 0 3 4-12 0
Group B (in Dubai)
7 Sep Vietnam 0-2 Yemen
7 Sep Pakistan 0-3 South Korea
10 Sep Vietnam 1-1 Pakistan
10 Sep Yemen 2-2 South Korea
13 Sep Vietnam 1-4 South Korea
13 Sep Yemen 2-1 Pakistan
1.SOUTH KOREA 3 2 1 0 9- 3 7
2.YEMEN 3 2 1 0 6- 3 7
3.Pakistan 3 0 1 2 2- 6 1
4.Vietnam 3 0 1 2 2- 7 1
Group C (Abu Dhabi)
8 Sep Uzbekistan 2-1 Japan
8 Sep Syria 1-0 Qatar
11 Sep Uzbekistan 1-1 Syria
11 Sep Japan 1-3 Qatar
14 Sep Uzbekistan 1-0 Qatar
14 Sep Japan 1-0 Syria
1.UZBEKISTAN 3 2 1 0 4- 2 7
2.SYRIA 3 1 1 1 2- 2 4
3.QATAR 3 1 0 2 3- 3 3
4.Japan 3 1 0 2 3- 5 3
Quarterfinals (Abu Dhabi)
16 Sep China 3-1 Qatar
16 Sep South Korea 3-1 India
17 Sep Uzbekistan 3-0 UAE
17 Sep Yemen 2-1 Syria [asdet]
Semifinals (Abu Dhabi)
20 Sep China 0-1 Yemen
20 Sep South Korea 4-0 Uzbekistan
Third Place Match (Abu Dhabi)
22 Sep China 1-0 Uzbekistan
Final (Abu Dhabi)
22 Sep Yemen 1-1 South Korea [asdet, 3-5 pen]
NB: following x-ray examinations, Pakistan and Yemen were penalised for
using over-age players (Pakistan 8, Yemen 4) and banned for the 2004
edition. However, Pakistan were grouped with Tajikistan and Nepal
in the 2004 qualifying tournament.
Prepared and maintained by Julián Díaz Rubio and Sturmius Burkert for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Authors: Julián Díaz Rubio
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Last updated: 28 Jul 2003
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