# Football at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's tournament

The men's football tournament at the 2002 Asian Games was held from 27 September to Saturday 13 October 2002 in Busan, South Korea.

## Venues

| Daegu | Busan | Busan | Ulsan |
| Daegu World Cup Stadium | Asiad Main Stadium | Gudeok Stadium | Munsu Football Stadium |
| Capacity: 68,014 | Capacity: 53,769 | Capacity: 12,349 | Capacity: 44,102 |
| Gwangju | Changwon | Changwon | Yangsan |
| Gwangju World Cup Stadium | Changwon Stadium | Masan Stadium | Yangsan Stadium |
| Capacity: 42,880 | Capacity: 27,085 | Capacity: 21,484 | Capacity: 22,061 |

## Results

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | CHN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Oman | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 |
| 3 | Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
| 4 | Maldives | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Thailand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
| 3 | Yemen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
| 4 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 9 |
| 2 | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| 3 | Turkmenistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 |
| 2 | Bahrain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| 4 | Palestine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |

#### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 7 |
| 2 | Qatar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 5 |
| 3 | Lebanon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 4 |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | −32 | 0 |

#### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Kuwait | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 9 |
| 2 | North Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 |

#### Second-placed teams

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Bahrain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 |
| 2 | North Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 |
| 3 | Oman | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 |
| 4 | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| 5 | Qatar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 5 |
| 6 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |

### Knockout round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 8 October | 8 October | | | |
| China | 0 | | | |
| China | 0 | 10 October | 10 October | | |
| Japan | 1 | 10 October | 10 October | |
| Japan | 1 | Japan | 3 | |
| 8 October | 8 October | | Japan | 3 | |
| 8 October | 8 October | Thailand | 0 | |
| Thailand | 1 | Thailand | 0 | |
| Thailand | 1 | | | | 13 October | 13 October |
| North Korea | 0 | | | | 13 October | 13 October |
| North Korea | 0 | | | | Japan | 1 |
| 8 October | 8 October | | | | | Japan | 1 |
| 8 October | 8 October | | | | Iran | 2 |
| Iran | 1 | | | | Iran | 2 |
| Iran | 1 | 10 October | 10 October | | | |
| Kuwait | 0 | 10 October | 10 October | | | |
| Kuwait | 0 | Iran (p) | 0 (5) | | | |
| 8 October | 8 October | | Iran (p) | 0 (5) | | | |
| 8 October | 8 October | South Korea | 0 (3) | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| South Korea | 1 | South Korea | 0 (3) | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| South Korea | 1 | | | | 13 October | 13 October |
| Bahrain | 0 | | | | 13 October | 13 October |
| Bahrain | 0 | | | | Thailand | 0 |
| | | | | | South Korea | 3 |

#### Gold medal match
## Goalscorers

5 goals
* Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht (IRI)
* Satoshi Nakayama (JPN)
4 goals
* Bhaichung Bhutia (IND)
* Lee Dong-gook (KOR)
* Bashar Abdullah (KUW)
* Sayed Ali Bechir (QAT)
3 goals
* Ahmed Hassan Taleb (BRN)
* Yu Tao (CHN)
* Ali Daei (IRI)
* Choi Tae-uk (KOR)
* Lee Chun-soo (KOR)
* Nasrat Al-Jamal (LIB)
* Fadi Ghosn (LIB)
* Mohammad Kassas (LIB)
* Muhamad Khalid Jamlus (MAS)
* Hashim Saleh (OMA)
* Manit Noywech (THA)
* Kiatisuk Senamuang (THA)
* Narongchai Vachiraban (THA)
2 goals
* Rashid Al-Dosari (BRN)
* Husain Ali (BRN)
* Javad Kazemian (IRI)
* Javad Nekounam (IRI)
* Yoshito Okubo (JPN)
* Tatsuya Tanaka (JPN)
* Kim Eun-jung (KOR)
* Jon Chol (PRK)
* Kim Yong-su (PRK)
* Bilal Abdulrahman (QAT)
* Mohammed Gholam (QAT)
* Didargylyç Urazow (TKM)
* Adel Al-Salimi (YEM)
1 goal
* Mohammed Sujan (BAN)
* Mohamed Husain (BRN)
* Salman Isa (BRN)
* Sayed Mahmood Jalal (BRN)
* Gao Ming (CHN)
* Sun Xiang (CHN)
* Wang Sheng (CHN)
* Wang Xinxin (CHN)
* Xu Liang (CHN)
* Yan Song (CHN)
* Chan Yiu Lun (HKG)
* Law Chun Bong (HKG)
* Lo Chi Kwan (HKG)
* Poon Yiu Cheuk (HKG)
* Renedy Singh (IND)
* Abhishek Yadav (IND)
* Ali Badavi (IRI)
* Mohsen Bayatinia (IRI)
* Yahya Golmohammadi (IRI)
* Iman Mobali (IRI)
* Shohei Ikeda (JPN)
* Daisuke Matsui (JPN)
* Yuichi Nemoto (JPN)
* Keita Suzuki (JPN)
* Cho Sung-hwan (KOR)
* Kim Do-heon (KOR)
* Park Dong-hyuk (KOR)
* Khaled Abdulqoddus (KUW)
* Khalaf Al-Salamah (KUW)
* Hamad Al-Tayyar (KUW)
* Waleed Ali (KUW)
* Abdullah Nahar (KUW)
* Abbas Atwi (LIB)
* Fouad Hijazi (LIB)
* Haitham Zein (LIB)
* Ibrahim Fazeel (MDV)
* Taqi Mubarak Al-Siyabi (OMA)
* Nabil Ashoor (OMA)
* Munir Ayil (OMA)
* Fawzi Bashir (OMA)
* Yousuf Shaaban (OMA)
* Han Song-chol (PRK)
* Hong Yong-jo (PRK)
* Rim Kun-u (PRK)
* Ibrahim Al-Ghanim (QAT)
* Fawaz Al-Khater (QAT)
* Saghayer Al-Shammari (QAT)
* Waleed Hamzah (QAT)
* Wesam Rizik (QAT)
* Issawa Singthong (THA)
* Wladimir Baýramow (TKM)
* Artýom Nazarow (TKM)
* Faisal Ali Hassan (UAE)
* Subait Khater (UAE)
* Salem Saad (UAE)
* Renat Bayramov (UZB)
* Bahromjon Haydarov (UZB)
* Saleh Al-Shehri (YEM)
1 own goal
* Assad Abdul Ghanee (MDV) (against KOR)
* Sabah Mohamed (MDV) (against KOR)

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| | Iran | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 14 |
| | Japan | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 15 |
| | South Korea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 16 |
| 4 | Thailand | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 12 |
| 5 | China | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 |
| 5 | Kuwait | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 |
| 7 | Bahrain | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 |
| 8 | North Korea | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
| 9 | Oman | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 |
| 10 | India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| 11 | Qatar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 5 |
| 12 | Lebanon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 4 |
| 13 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
| 14 | Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
| 15 | Yemen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| 17 | Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
| 18 | Turkmenistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
| 19 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
| 21 | Palestine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
| 22 | Maldives | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |
| 23 | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 |
| 24 | Afghanistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | −32 | 0 |