2002 AFC Youth Championship

The Asian Football Confederation's AFC Youth Championship 2002 was the 32nd instance of the AFC Youth Championship. It was held from 15 October to 31 October 2002 in Qatar.

Qualification competition

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 South Korea 7321030+3
 Uzbekistan 6320196+3
 Qatar 3310278-1
 Thailand 1301227-5

October 15

Qatar  0 - 1  South Korea
Uzbekistan  4 - 0  Thailand

October 18

Qatar  3 - 2  Thailand
South Korea  2 - 0  Uzbekistan

October 21

Qatar  4 - 5  Uzbekistan
Thailand  0 - 0  South Korea

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Japan 9330072+5
 Saudi Arabia 6320192+7
 India 3310276+1
 Bangladesh 03003013-13

October 16

Japan  2 - 1  Saudi Arabia
India  6 - 0  Bangladesh

October 19

Bangladesh  0 - 3  Japan
Saudi Arabia  4 - 0  India

October 22

Saudi Arabia  4 - 0  Bangladesh
India  1 - 2  Japan

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Syria 7321095+4
 China PR 43111660
 United Arab Emirates 43111330
 Vietnam 1301248-4

October 17

United Arab Emirates  2 - 0  Vietnam
China PR  2 - 4  Syria

October 20

United Arab Emirates  1 - 1  Syria
Vietnam  2 - 2  China PR

October 23

United Arab Emirates  0 - 2  China PR
Syria  4 - 2  Vietnam

Third-placed qualifiers

At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third placed teams of each group. The two best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 United Arab Emirates 43111330
 India 3310276+1
 Qatar 3310278-1

UAE (best third-place) and India (second best third-place) qualified for the quarter-finals.

Knockout stages

Quarter-finals

October 25

Japan  3 - 0  United Arab Emirates
South Korea  7 - 0  India

October 26

Saudi Arabia  4 - 1  China PR
Syria  0 - 4  Uzbekistan

Semi-finals

October 29

Japan  1 - 1 (PSO 4-2)  Uzbekistan
South Korea  2 - 1  Saudi Arabia

Third place play-off

October 31

Uzbekistan  0 - 4  Saudi Arabia

Final

October 31

Japan  0 - 1 (AET 0-1)  South Korea

Winners

 AFC Youth Championship 2002 Winners 

South Korea
Tenth title

Countries to participate in FIFA World Youth Championship 2003


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