2002 AFC Youth Championship qualification explained

Tourney Name:	AFC Youth Championship qualification
Year:	2002
Country:	Syria
Country2:	United Arab Emirates
Country3:	Kuwait
Country4:	India
Country5:	Pakistan
Country6:	Uzbekistan
Country7:	Japan
Country8:	South Korea
Country9:	Thailand
Country10:	Malaysia
Country11:	Singapore
Dates:	13 March – 31 July 2002
Num Teams:	40
Confederations:	1
Cities:	11
Matches:	57
Goals:	252
Prevseason:	2000
Nextseason:	2004

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.^[1]

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	width=650	Teams entering qualification
West Zone	7	valign=top		valign=top
East Zone	5	valign=top		valign=top

Notes

Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.

+Did not enter
West Zone	valign=top	(withdrew)
East Zone	valign=top	(withdrew)

Groups

The qualifying round was played by 31 July 2002.

Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Group 5

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Group 6

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Group 7

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Group 8

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Group 9

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Group 10

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Group 11

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Qualified teams

The following twelve teams qualify for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	data-sort-type="number"	Previous appearances in AFC Youth Championship¹
			8 (1980, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)
			5 (1975, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996)
			6 (1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)
			7 (1973, 1977, 1978, 1985, *1986, 1992*, 1998)
			19 (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998)
			5 (1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1996)
			0 (debut)
			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)
			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)
			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)
			11 (1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974)
			9 (1975, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1996, 1998, 2000)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Notes and References

Web site: Asian U-20 Championship 2002. RSSSF.