Football at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's tournament

Men's Football Tournament
at the 2002 Asian Games

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	27 September – 13 October
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	6 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (1st title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	50
Goals scored	154 (3.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht (5) Satoshi Nakayama (5)
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Main article: Football at the 2002 Asian Games

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		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		Yangsan
Gwangju World Cup Stadium	Changwon Stadium	Masan Stadium	Yangsan Stadium
Capacity: 42,880	Capacity: 27,085	Capacity: 21,484	Capacity: 22,061

Squads

Main article: Football at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's team squads

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

Source: RSSSF

27 September

19:03

Maldives	0–4	South Korea
		Choi Tae-uk 5' As. Abdul Ghanee 45' (o.g.) Lee Dong-gook 59' S. Mohamed 89' (o.g.)

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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27 September

19:03

Malaysia	0–1	Oman
		Al-Siyabi 63'

Masan Stadium, Changwon

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30 September

19:03

Malaysia	3–1	Maldives
Jamlus 30', 32', 46'		Fazeel 79'

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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30 September

19:03

South Korea	5–2	Oman
Cho Sung-hwan 24' Kim Do-heon 49' Lee Dong-gook 60' Lee Chun-soo 65', 85'		Saleh 50' Shaaban 76'

Yangsan Stadium, Yangsan

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3 October

19:03

South Korea	4–0	Malaysia
Kim Eun-jung 20', 72' Choi Tae-uk 36' Lee Dong-gook 90'

Masan Stadium, Changwon

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3 October

19:03

Oman	5–0	Maldives
Ashoor 37' Bashir 39' Saleh 76', 88' Ayil 79'

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

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

Source: RSSSF

27 September

16:33

United Arab Emirates	0–0	Vietnam

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

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27 September

16:33

Yemen	0–3	Thailand
		Kiatisuk 41' Narongchai 58' Manit 65'

Masan Stadium, Changwon

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30 September

16:33

Vietnam	0–3	Thailand
		Narongchai 29' Issawa 62' Kiatisuk 83'

Masan Stadium, Changwon

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30 September

16:33

Yemen	1–2	United Arab Emirates
Al-Salimi 59'		Khater 6' Saad 32'

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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3 October

16:33

Thailand	3–1	United Arab Emirates
Manit 30' Kiatisuk 36' Narongchai 68'		Hassan 43'

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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3 October

16:33

Vietnam	0–2	Yemen
		Al-Shehri 44' Al-Salimi 45+1'

Masan Stadium, Changwon

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

Source: RSSSF

27 September

16:33

Turkmenistan	0–4	China
		Xu Liang 13' Yan Song 37' Wang Sheng 57' Sun Xiang 80'

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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27 September

19:03

India	3–0	Bangladesh
Bhutia 46', 65' R. Singh 66'

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

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30 September

16:33

Turkmenistan	1–3	India
W. Baýramow 21'		Bhutia 53', 77' Yadav 56'

Yangsan Stadium, Yangsan

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30 September

19:03

Bangladesh	0–3	China
		Wang Xinxin 35' Yu Tao 45' Gao Ming 87'

Masan Stadium, Changwon

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3 October

19:03

China	2–0	India
Yu Tao 16', 45+1'

Yangsan Stadium, Yangsan

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3 October

19:03

Bangladesh	1–3	Turkmenistan
Sujan 35'		Urazow 21', 42' Nazarow 38'

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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

Source: RSSSF

28 September

16:33

Palestine	0–2	Japan
		T. Tanaka 67' Nemoto 80'

Yangsan Stadium, Yangsan

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28 September

16:33

Uzbekistan	0–3	Bahrain
		Jalal 14' H. Ali 34' Taleb 53'

Changwon Stadium, Changwon

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1 October

16:33

Uzbekistan	2–0	Palestine
Bayramov 31' Haydarov 45+1'

Yangsan Stadium, Yangsan

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1 October

19:03

Japan	5–2	Bahrain
Okubo 16', 40' Nakayama 19' Matsui 26' T. Tanaka 89'		R. Al-Dosari 50' Isa 53'

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

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5 October

19:03

Bahrain	5–0	Palestine
H. Ali 5' Taleb 9', 58' Husain 15' R. Al-Dosari 37'

Changwon Stadium, Changwon

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5 October

19:03

Japan	1–0	Uzbekistan
Nakayama 39' (pen.)

Masan Stadium, Changwon

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

Source: RSSSF

28 September

16:33

Afghanistan	0–10	Iran
		Vahedi 11', 32', 51', 52', 85' Nekounam 36', 65' Golmohammadi 60' Daei 88', 90'

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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28 September

19:03

Qatar	1–1	Lebanon
Gholam 26'		Al-Jamal 87'

Yangsan Stadium, Yangsan

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1 October

16:33

Qatar	11–0	Afghanistan
Bechir 26', 28', 43', 69' Gholam 31' Abdulrahman 34', 75' Al-Khater 51' Sag. Al-Shammari 65' Hamzah 74' Rizik 77'

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

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1 October

16:33

Iran	2–0	Lebanon
Daei 54' (pen.) Kazemian 61'

Changwon Stadium, Changwon

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5 October

16:33

Lebanon	11–0	Afghanistan
Kassas 8', 16', 80' Al-Jamal 33', 45' Hijazi 35' Ghosn 53', 61', 90' Atwi 74' Zein 87'

Changwon Stadium, Changwon

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5 October

16:33

Iran	1–1	Qatar
Badavi 34'		Al-Ghanim 32'

Masan Stadium, Changwon

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

Source: RSSSF

28 September

19:03

Hong Kong	1–2	North Korea
Poon Yiu Cheuk 66'		Han Song-chol 59' Hong Yong-jo 82'

Changwon Stadium, Changwon

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28 September

19:03

Kuwait	6–0	Pakistan
Abdullah 2', 54', 76' Abdulqoddus 26' Nahar 42' Al-Tayyar 65'

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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1 October

19:03

Kuwait	1–0	Hong Kong
Ali 12'

Changwon Stadium, Changwon

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1 October

19:03

North Korea	5–0	Pakistan
Jon Chol 12', 72' Rim Kun-u 68' Kim Yong-su 71', 85'

Yangsan Stadium, Yangsan

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5 October

19:03

Pakistan	0–3	Hong Kong
		Chan Yiu Lun 49' Lo Chi Kwan 78' Law Chun Bong 90'

Yangsan Stadium, Yangsan

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5 October

19:03

North Korea	0–2	Kuwait
		Al-Salamah 25' Abdullah 26'

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

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

Source: RSSSF

Knockout round

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

Quarterfinals

8 October

19:03

China	0–1	Japan
		Nakayama 60'

Masan Stadium, Changwon

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8 October

19:03

Iran	1–0	Kuwait
Mobali 71'

Yangsan Stadium, Yangsan

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8 October

19:03

South Korea	1–0	Bahrain
Lee Dong-gook 38' (pen.)

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

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8 October

19:03

Thailand	1–0	North Korea
Manit 52'

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

Semifinals

10 October

18:33

Japan	3–0	Thailand
Ikeda 23' Suzuki 47' Nakayama 84'

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

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10 October

20:03

Iran	0–0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
Penalties
Nekounam Kaebi Nosrati Mobali Golmohammadi	5–3	Lee Dong-gook Lee Young-pyo Choi Tae-uk Park Ji-sung

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

Bronze medal match

13 October

16:03

Thailand	0–3	South Korea
		Park Dong-hyuk 15' Lee Chun-soo 73' Choi Tae-uk 74'

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

Gold medal match

13 October

19:03

Japan	1–2	Iran
Nakayama 88'		Kazemian 47' Bayatinia 87'

Asiad Main Stadium, Busan

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

References

• RSSSF

External links

• Official website