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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

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

Iran	4–3	Yemen

Syria	5–1	Oman

Oman	2–1	Iran

Syria	1–1	Yemen

Yemen	2–2	Oman

Syria	3–1	Iran
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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

United Arab Emirates	3–0	Iraq

Iraq	3–1	Palestine

United Arab Emirates	5–2	Palestine

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

Kuwait	1–1	Bahrain

Saudi Arabia	5–0	Jordan

Kuwait	10–0	Jordan

Saudi Arabia	3–0	Bahrain

Jordan	1–0	Bahrain

Kuwait	2–3	Saudi Arabia

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

Kyrgyzstan	0–2	Tajikistan

India	4–1	Bhutan

India	0–0	Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan	0–0	Bhutan

Tajikistan	3–0	Bhutan

India	4–0	Kyrgyzstan

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

Sri Lanka	0–2	Bangladesh

Pakistan	4–0	Maldives

Maldives	0–4	Bangladesh

Pakistan	2–1	Sri Lanka

Maldives	0–3	Sri Lanka

Bangladesh	2–2	Pakistan

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

Turkmenistan	1–0	Nepal

Uzbekistan	7–0	Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan	12–0	Nepal

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

Laos	1–2	Chinese Taipei

Mongolia	0–12	Japan

Laos	7–0	Mongolia

Chinese Taipei	0–5	Japan

Mongolia	0–11	Chinese Taipei

Laos	0–5	Japan

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

South Korea	9–0	Brunei

Brunei	6–0	Guam

South Korea	17–0	Guam

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

Hong Kong	0–1	Indonesia

Thailand	12–0	Philippines

Hong Kong	4–2	Philippines

Thailand	0–0	Indonesia

Philippines	0–4	Indonesia

Thailand	3–1	Hong Kong

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

Cambodia	0–5	Vietnam

Malaysia	6–0	Macau

Vietnam	7–1	Macau

Cambodia	0–0	Malaysia

Cambodia	2–0	Macau

Malaysia	1–3	Vietnam

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

Singapore	0–1	Myanmar

China	1–1	Myanmar

Singapore	0–2	China

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)

Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

1. "Asian U-20 Championship 2002". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
2. "سوريا تتأهل لنهائي كأس آسيا للشباب". www.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). 24 July 2002. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2019.

• AFC U-19 Championship qualification
• 2002 in Asian football
• 2002 in youth association football