# 2002 AFC Youth Championship qualification

The 2002 AFC Youth Championship qualifying competition is a men's under-19 football competition that determined the eleven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Qatar in the 2002 AFC Youth Championship final tournament.
A total of 40 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying competition. Players born on or after 1 January 1983 are eligible to participate.

## Format

In each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue. The eleven group winners qualify for the final tournament.

## Teams

| Zone | Berths | Automatic qualifiers | Teams entering qualification |
| West Zone | 7 | Qatar | Bahrain  Bangladesh  Bhutan  India  Iran  Iraq  Jordan  Kuwait  Kyrgyzstan  Lebanon  Maldives  Nepal  Oman  Pakistan  Palestine  Saudi Arabia  Sri Lanka  Syria  Tajikistan  Turkmenistan  United Arab Emirates  Uzbekistan  Yemen |
| East Zone | 5 | | Brunei  Cambodia  China  Chinese Taipei  Guam  Hong Kong  Indonesia  Japan  Laos  Macau  Malaysia  Mongolia  Myanmar  Philippines  Singapore  South Korea  Thailand  Vietnam |

### Notes

* Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.

## Groups

The qualifying round was played by 31 July 2002.

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Syria (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Oman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | |
| 3 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Yemen | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 2 | |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Iraq | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Palestine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 | |
| 4 | Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Kuwait (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 4 | |
| 3 | Jordan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Tajikistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 | |
| 3 | Bhutan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 1 | |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 1 | |

### Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bangladesh | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Pakistan (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Maldives | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 | |

### Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Uzbekistan (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | +19 | 6 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 3 | |
| 3 | Nepal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | |

### Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | +22 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 6 | |
| 3 | Laos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Mongolia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | −30 | 0 | |

### Group 8

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | +26 | 6 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Brunei | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | |
| 3 | Guam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | −23 | 0 | |
| 4 | North Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

### Group 9

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Thailand (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Indonesia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 | |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Philippines | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 0 | |

### Group 10

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Vietnam | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Malaysia (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 4 | |
| 3 | Cambodia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Macau | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 0 | |

### Group 11

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Myanmar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Singapore (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |

## Qualified teams

The following twelve teams qualify for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in AFC Youth Championship |
| Qatar | Hosts | 2002 | 8 (1980, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998) |
| Syria | Group 1 winners | 23 July 2002 | 5 (1975, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996) |
| United Arab Emirates | Group 2 winners | 31 July 2002 | 6 (1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000) |
| Saudi Arabia | Group 3 winners | 22 July 2002 | 7 (1973, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1998) |
| India | Group 4 winners | 14 July 2002 | 19 (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998) |
| Bangladesh | Group 5 winners | 29 April 2002 | 5 (1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1996) |
| Uzbekistan | Group 6 winners | 10 May 2002 | 0 (debut) |
| Japan | Group 7 winners | 12 May 2002 | 28 (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000) |
| South Korea | Group 8 winners | 31 March 2002 | 29 (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000) |
| Thailand | Group 9 winners | 6 April 2002 | 24 (1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1985, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000) |
| Vietnam | Group 10 winners | 8 May 2002 | 11 (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974) |
| China | Group 11 winners | 17 March 2002 | 9 (1975, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1996, 1998, 2000) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.