2002 AFC Youth Championship

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2002 AFC Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates15–31 October
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (10th title)
Runners-upFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Third placeFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Fourth placeFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored94 (3.62 per match)
2000
2004

The 2002 AFC Youth Championship was the 32nd edition of the AFC U-19 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-19 national teams of Asia. The tournament took place in Qatar, between 15 and 31 October 2002. A total of 12 teams played in the tournament which included Uzbekistan who was competing in their first AFC tournament.

Contents

The 12 teams were separated into three groups of four teams with the top two teams and the best two of the third place teams qualifying through to the knockout-stage with the winners of the quarter-finals qualifying through to the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in United Arab Emirates. After they finished top of Group A with seven points, South Korea would go on to claim their tenth continental youth title with a 1–0 win over Japan. Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan also qualified for the 2003 World Youth Championship after they made it to the semi-finals defeating Syria and China in the quarter-finals. [1]

Qualification competition

40 teams entered qualifying for the 2002 edition of the youth championship with the qualifying phase being played from the 13 March to 23 July 2002 with the teams being separated into the east and west zone. Before the draw was announced, Afghanistan withdrew with Lebanon and North Korea withdrawing after the draw was announced which meant that their groups only had three teams competing.

The first qualifying match was played on the 13 March in Group 11 when Singapore took on Myanmar in Singapore with Myanmar winning the match 1–0. Four teams who competed in the previous edition didn't qualify for the 2002 edition with them being replaced by Syria, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh and India. With the tournament expanding to 12 teams for the 2002 edition, Vietnam made their first appearance in the Asian competition since 1974 while Uzbekistan was making their debut in the tournament after finishing top of their group ahead of Turkmenistan and Nepal.

Group stage

Group A

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 7321030+3
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 6320196+3
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 3310278-1
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1301227-5

October 15 – Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha

Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg0 - 1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg4 - 0Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand

October 18 – Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg3 - 2Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg2 - 0Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan

October 21 – Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha

Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg4 - 5Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg0 - 0Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea

Group B

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 9330072+5
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 6320192+7
Flag of India.svg  India 3310276+1
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 03003013-13

October 16 – Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2 - 1Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
India  Flag of India.svg6 - 0Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh

October 19 – Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha

Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg4 - 0Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
India  Flag of India.svg1 - 2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

October 22 – Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg0 - 3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg4 - 0Flag of India.svg  India

Group C

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 7321094+5
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 43111660
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 43111330
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 1301238-5

October 17 – Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha

United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg2 - 0Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg2 - 4Flag of Syria.svg  Syria

October 20 – Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg1 - 1Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svg2 - 2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

October 23 – Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha

United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg0 - 2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Syria  Flag of Syria.svg4 - 1Flag of Vietnam.svg  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.

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 43111330
Flag of India.svg  India 3310276+1
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 3310278-1

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

Knockout stages

Bracket

 
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
          
 
25 October – Doha
 
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3
 
29 October – Doha
 
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 0
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (p) 1 (4)
 
26 October – Doha
 
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 1 (2)
 
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 0
 
31 October – Doha
 
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 4
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0
 
25 October – Doha
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (a.e.t.) 1
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 7
 
29 October – Doha
 
Flag of India.svg  India 0
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2
 
26 October – Doha
 
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 1 Third place
 
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 4
 
31 October – Doha
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1
 
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 0
 
 
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 4
 

Quarter-finals

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3 – 0Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates

South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg7 – 0Flag of India.svg  India

Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg4 – 1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Syria  Flag of Syria.svg0 – 4Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan

Semi finals

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1 – 1Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Penalties
4 – 2

South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg2 – 1Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia

Third-place match

Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg0 – 4Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia

Final

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0 – 1 (a.e.t.)Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea

Winners

 AFC Youth Championship 2002 winners 
Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea

Tenth title

Qualified teams for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship

The following four teams from AFC qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup 1
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 25 October 20025 ( 1979 , 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 25 October 20027 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 26 October 20025 (1985, 1987, 1989 , 1993, 1999)
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 26 October 2002Debut
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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