# 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

The AFC first round of 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between 40 AFC members.
The top country in each group at the end of the stage progressed to the second round, where the ten remaining teams were divided into two groups of five.

## Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Oman | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 | +30 | 16 | Second round | — | 2–0 | 12–0 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Syria | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 6 | +34 | 13 | | 3–3 | — | 11–0 | 12–0 |
| 3 | Laos | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 40 | −37 | 4 | | 0–7 | 0–9 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Philippines | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 29 | −27 | 1 | | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | — |

## Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Iran | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | +21 | 6 | Second round | — | 2–0 | 19–0 | — |
| 2 | Tajikistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 3 | | — | — | 16–0 | — |
| 3 | Guam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | −35 | 0 | | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | — | — | — | — |

## Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Qatar | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 16 | Second round | — | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Palestine | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Malaysia | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 7 | | 0–0 | 4–3 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 4 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |

## Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Bahrain | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 15 | Second round | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Kuwait | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 13 | | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 4 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Singapore | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — |

## Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Thailand | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 16 | Second round | — | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Lebanon | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5 | +21 | 13 | | 1–2 | — | 4–0 | 6–0 |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 4 | | 0–3 | 0–5 | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Pakistan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 29 | −24 | 1 | | 0–6 | 1–8 | 3–3 | — |

## Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Iraq | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 5 | +23 | 14 | Second round | — | 1–1 | 4–2 | 8–0 |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 14 | | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Nepal | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 6 | | 1–9 | 0–6 | — | 4–1 |
| 4 | Macau | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 31 | −29 | 0 | | 0–5 | 0–5 | 1–6 | — |
N.B. group originally scheduled to play 6 matches in Kathmandu, 25–29 March 2001. After Nepal withdrew from organising the matches, the AFC assigned the group to Almaty, Kazakhstan. Following a protest by Iraq, it was decided to first play 6 matches in either Amman or Baghdad (later fixed at Baghdad) and the remaining 6 in Almaty.

## Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 14 | Second round | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 12 | | 2–5 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Jordan | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 8 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 6–0 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 25 | −25 | 0 | | 0–4 | 0–5 | 0–2 | — |

## Group 8

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 12 | Second round | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Yemen | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 11 | | 2–1 | — | 3–3 | 1–0 |
| 3 | India | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 11 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | Brunei | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 28 | −28 | 0 | | 0–12 | 0–5 | 0–1 | — |

## Group 9

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | China | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | +22 | 18 | Second round | — | 5–1 | 10–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Indonesia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 12 | | 0–2 | — | 5–0 | 6–0 |
| 3 | Maldives | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 4 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 6–0 |
| 4 | Cambodia | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 1 | | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |

## Group 10

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia (H) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | +30 | 18 | Second round | — | 5–0 | 6–0 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Vietnam | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 | | 0–4 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 5 | | 0–3 | 0–4 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Mongolia | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 1 | | 0–6 | 0–1 | 0–3 | — |

## Goalscorers

There were 481 goals scored in 111 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.
11 goals
* Talal Al-Meshal
* Said Bayazid
10 goals
* Hani Al-Dhabit
9 goals
* Yaqoob Juma Al-Mukhaini
* Kiatisuk Senamuang
8 goals
* Yaser Salem Ali
7 goals
* Xie Hui
* Hesham Mohammed
* Nirajan Rayamajhi
* Bashar Serur
* Jafar Irismetov
6 goals
* Karim Bagheri
* Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail
* Obeid Al-Dosari
5 goals
* Yusuf A'Amer Al Sadi
* Esam Abu Touk
* Roda Antar
* Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi
* Sami Al-Jaber
* Seksan Piturat
* Nguyen Hong Son
* Adel Al-Salimi
4 goals
* Jo Paul Ancheri
* Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto
* Uston Nawawi
* Ali Daei
* Ali Karimi
* Oleg Litvinenko
* Haitham Zein
* Wartan Ghazarian
* Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli
* Mohammed Khamis Al-Araimi
* Nihad Haj
* Mohammed Nasser
* Sukhrob Khamidov
* Kakha Gogoladze
* Saeed Al Kass
* Mirjalol Qosimov
* Ali Al-Nono
3 goals
* Xu Yunlong
* Farhad Majidi
* Ahmad Kadhim
* Igor Avdeyev
* Ruslan Baltiev
* Konstantin Gorovenka
* Jasem Al Huwaidi
* Moussa Hojeij
* Santos
* Taqi Mubarak
* Majdi Shaaban Samir
* Gohar Zaman
* Mohammad Al-Shalhoub
* Imthyas Raheem
* Mouhanad Bouchi
* Jomard Moussa
* Rustam Khojaev
* Vladimir Maminov
* Abdulsalam Al Ghurbani
2 goals
* Alfaz Ahmed
* Mohammed Sujan
* Chea Makara
* Fan Zhiyi
* Li Jinyu
* Li Weifeng
* Ma Mingyu
* Wu Chengying
* Yang Chen
* Jules Alberto
* Baichung Bhutia
* I. M. Vijayan
* Bambang Pamungkas
* Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
* Abbas Hassan Hassun
* Sabah Jeayer
* Emad Mohammed
* Haider Obeid
* Rateb Al Awadat
* Badran Al-Shagran
* Dmitriy Byakov
* Maksim Shevchenko
* Khalaf Al-Mutairi
* Ilia Kovalenko
* Faisal Antar
* Marcílio
* Adam Abdulativ
* Ali Umar
* Hairuddin Omar
* Hari Khadka
* Basanta Thapa
* Fawzi Bashir
* Emad Abou El-Kair
* Mohammed Al-Jeesh
* Imad Ayoub
* Dahi Al Naemi
* Jassem Al-Tamimi
* Mubarak Mustafa
* Hussein Sulaimani
* Channa Ediri Bandanage
* Kasun Jayasuriya
* Raghdan Shehadeh
* Khaled Zaher
* Therdsak Chaiman
* Aliyor Ashurmamadov
* Zaker Berdykulov
* Wladimir Baýramow
* Djumadurdy Meredov
* Subait Khater
* Mohammad Omar
* Georgi Georgiev
* Nguyen Luong Phuc
1 goal
* Khamis Eid
* Mohammad Hassan
* Mohammed Husain
* Mohamed Salmeen
* Rokonuzzaman Kanchan
* Li Bing
* Qi Hong
* Qu Bo
* Chan Ho Man
* Feng Ji-zhi
* Keung He-chi
* Abdul Hakim
* Agung Setyabudi
* Aples Tecuari
* Bima Sakti
* Eko Purdjianto
* Ismed Sofyan
* Mehdi Hasheminasab
* Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
* Habib Jafar
* Haidar Mahmoud
* Amer Mushraf
* Haidar Najim
* Belal Al Laham
* Mahmoud Shelbaieh
* Ghanem Yousef Aldayeh
* Askhat Kadyrkulov
* Yevgeniy Lunev
* Rafael Urazbakhtin
* Bashar Abdullah
* Naser Al-Sauhi
* Ali Asel
* Faraj Laheeb
* Zamirbek Jumagulov
* Valasine Dalaphone
* Phengta Phounsamay
* Chanthy Souksombaph
* Mohammad Kassas
* Korken Yenkibarian
* Kit Leong Cheong
* Kim Meng Leong
* Mohamed Jameel
* Ashraf Luthfy
* Ismail Naseem
* Ali Shiham
* Irwan Fadzli Idrus
* Rosdi Talib
* B. Buman-Uchral
* Bayarzorig Davaa
* Deepak Lama
* Bal Gopal Maharjan
* Samir Said
* Nasser Zayid
* Muhammad Arshad
* Muhammad Riaz
* Fadi Abulatifa
* Jamal Al-Holi
* Yanti Barsales
* Jimmy Dona
* Abdul-Aziz Hassan
* Meshal Mubarak
* Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
* Marzouk Al-Otaibi
* Mohsin Harthi
* Noh Alam Shah
* Mohd Noor Ali
* Ishak Ratna
* Weerarathne Kassun
* Faras Al Khatib
* Maher Al Sayed
* Tarek Jabban
* Maher Malki
* Rahmatullo Fuzailov
* Shukhrat Jabbarov
* Denis Knitel
* Tokhirjon Muminov
* Rustam Usmonov
* Niweat Siriwong
* Surachai Jirasirichote
* Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul
* Totchtawan Sripan
* Rejepmyrat Agabaýew
* Yuri Borodolimov
* Gurbangeldi Durdyýew
* Goçguly Goçgulyýew
* Mohammad Ibrahim Hussain
* Abdulsalaam Jumaa
* Faisal Khalil
* Fahed Masoud
* Andrey Akopyants
* Ulugbek Bakayev
* Alexei Dionisiyev
* Nikolay Shirshov
* Nguyễn Trung Vĩnh
* Nguyen Van Sy
* Ali Aboud Awad
* Anwar Ahmed
1 own goal
* Ali Momin (against the United Arab Emirates)
* Samel Nasa (against Indonesia)
* Feng Ji-zhi (against Qatar)
* Surachai Jirasirichote (against Lebanon)