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 Juli�n D�az Rubio and Sturmius Burkert for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
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