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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = AFC U-17 Championship
| year = 2002
| other_titles =
| image = 
| size = 
| alt = 
| caption = 
| city = 
| country = {{flagdeco|United Arab Emirates}} [[United Arab Emirates]]
| dates = 6–22 September
| num_teams = 12
| confederations = 1
| venues = 
| cities = 
| champion_other = {{fbu|17|KOR}}
| count = 2
| second_other = {{fbu|17|YEM}}
| third_other = {{fbu|17|CHN}}
| fourth_other = {{fbu|17|UZB}}
| matches = 26
| goals = 77
| attendance = 
| top_scorer = 
| player = {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Cha Gi-suk]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://m.sports.naver.com/general/article/001/0000242588 |script-title=ko:-아시아청소년축구- 한국, 16년만에 우승 |lang=ko |via=Naver |work=Yonhap News Agency |date=2002-09-23 |access-date=April 12, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250330122306/https://m.sports.naver.com/general/article/001/0000242588|archive-date=March 30, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
| prevseason = [[2000 AFC U-16 Championship|2000]]
| nextseason = [[2004 AFC U-17 Championship|2004]]
}}

The '''2002 AFC U-17 Championship''' was the 10th [[AFC U-17 Championship]], which was held in the [[United Arab Emirates]]. [[South Korea national under-17 football team|South Korea]] defeated [[Yemen national under-17 football team|Yemen]] in the final round.

==Teams banned==
Following the [[2000 AFC U-17 Championship]], in May 2001, 16 players were banned from international football for two years following X-ray tests that suggested they were at least 19 years old. Of the teams involved, [[Thailand national under-17 football team|Thailand]] had two. [[Nepal national under-17 football team|Nepal]] did not allow its players to be tested. These teams were banned from the 2002 AFC U-17 Championship. 

==Qualification==

{{Main|AFC U-17 Championship 2002 Qualification}}

*Group 1 : {{fbu|17|YEM}}
*Group 2 : {{fbu|17|SYR}}
*Group 3 : {{fbu|17|QAT}}
*Group 4 : {{fbu|16|IND}}
*Group 5 : {{fbu|17|UZB}}
*Group 6 : {{fbu|17|PAK}}
*Group 7 : {{fbu|17|MYA|1974}}
*Group 8 : {{fbu|17|KOR}}
*Group 9 : {{fbu|17|CHN}}
*Group 10 : {{fbu|17|VIE}}
*Group 11 : {{fbu|17|JPN}}
*Host : {{fbu|17|UAE}}

==Group stage==

The first and second placed teams from each group qualified in addition to the two best third-placed teams qualified for the knockout stage.

===Group A===
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===Group B===

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===Group C===

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===Ranking of third-placed teams===
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! width="25"| <abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr title>
! width="150"| Team
! width="25" | Pld
! width="25" | W
! width="25"| D
! width="25"| L
! width="25"| <abbr title="Goal For">GF</abbr title>
! width="25"| <abbr title="Goal Against">GA</abbr title>
! width="25"| <abbr title="Goal Difference">GD</abbr title>
! width="25"| <abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr title> 
! width="200"| Qualification
|- bgcolor = #BBF3BB
| 1 || align="left"|{{fbu|17|India}} || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 6 || 6 || 0 || '''4''' || rowspan=2| Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
|- bgcolor= #BBF3BB
| 2 || align="left"|{{fbu|17|Qatar}} ||  3 ||  1 ||  0 ||  2 ||  3 || 3 || 0 || '''3''' 
|- 
| 3 || align="left"|{{fbu|17|Pakistan}} ||  3 ||  0 ||  1 ||  2 ||  2 ||  6 ||  –4 ||  '''1'''
|- 
|}

==Knockout stage==
===Bracket===
{{#invoke:RoundN|N8
|3rdplace=yes|bold_winner=high|widescore=yes
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals -->
|16 September|{{fbu|17|CHN}}|3|{{fbu|17|QAT}}|1
|17 September|{{fbu|17|YEM}}|2|{{fbu|17|SYR}}|1
|16 September|{{fbu|17|KOR}}|3|{{fbu|17|IND}}|1
|17 September|{{fbu|17|UZB}}|3|{{fbu|17|UAE}}|0
<!--semi finals -->
|20 September|{{fbu|17|CHN}}|0|{{fbu|17|YEM}}|1
|20 September|{{fbu|17|KOR}}|4|{{fbu|17|UZB}}|0
<!--final -->
|22 September|{{fbu|17|YEM}}|1 (3)|{{fbu|17|KOR}} {{pso}}|1 (5)
<!--third place -->
|22 September|{{fbu|17|CHN}}|1|{{fbu|17|UZB}}|0
}}

===Quarter-finals===
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===Semi-finals===
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===Third place match===
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===Final===
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| date         = {{Start date|2002|9|22|df=y}} 
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| team1        = {{fbu-rt|17|YEM}}
| team2        = {{fbu|17|KOR}}
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==Winners==
{{winners|fb|AFC U-17 Championship 2002  winners|South Korea|Second}}
==Teams qualified for [[2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship]]==
*{{fbu|17|KOR}}
*{{fbu|17|YEM}}
*{{fbu|17|CHN}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/as-u17-02.html rsssf.com]

{{AFC U-17 Championship}}

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