2002 AFC Youth Championship
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The 2002 AFC Youth Championship was the 32nd edition of the AFC Youth 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 championship which included Uzbekistan who was competing in their first AFC tournament.
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]
Venues
The tournament was held in two stadiums located in the city of Doha.
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| Grand Hamad Stadium | Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium | |
| Capacity: 13,000 | Capacity: 12,000 | |
| File:Grand Hamad stadioni.jpg | File:Flag of None.svg | |
Qualification competition
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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.
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Group stage
Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
| File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 |
| File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 |
| File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 |
October 15 – Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
| Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg | 0 - 1 | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea |
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| Uzbekistan File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg | 4 - 0 | File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand |
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October 18 – Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
| Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg | 3 - 2 | File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand |
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| South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg | 2 - 0 | File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan |
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October 21 – Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
| Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg | 4 - 5 | File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan |
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| Thailand File:Flag of Thailand.svg | 0 - 0 | File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea |
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Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 |
| File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 |
| File:Flag of India.svg India | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 |
| File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | -13 |
October 16 – Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
| Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg | 2 - 1 | File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia |
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| India File:Flag of India.svg | 6 - 0 | File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh |
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October 19 – Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
| Saudi Arabia File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg | 4 - 0 | File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh |
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| India File:Flag of India.svg | 1 - 2 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan |
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October 22 – Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
| Bangladesh File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg | 0 - 3 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan |
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| Saudi Arabia File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg | 4 - 0 | File:Flag of India.svg India |
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Group C
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| File:Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg Syria | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 |
| File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 |
October 17 – Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
| United Arab Emirates File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg | 2 - 0 | File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam |
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| China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg | 2 - 4 | File:Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg Syria |
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October 20 – Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
| United Arab Emirates File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg | 1 - 1 | File:Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg Syria |
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| Vietnam File:Flag of Vietnam.svg | 2 - 2 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China |
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October 23 – Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
| United Arab Emirates File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg | 0 - 2 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China |
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| Syria File:Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg | 4 - 1 | File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam |
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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.
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| File:Flag of India.svg India | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 |
| File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 |
UAE (best third-place) and India (second best third-place) qualified for the quarter-finals.
Knockout stages
Bracket
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Quarter-finals
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Semi finals
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Third-place match
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Final
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Winners
| 2002 AFC Youth Championship winners |
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Qualified teams for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship
The following four teams from AFC qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in United Arab Emirates.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1 |
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| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | Template:Dts | 5 (1979, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001) |
| File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | Template:Dts | 7 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999) |
| File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia | Template:Dts | 5 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1999) |
| File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan | Template:Dts | Debut |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
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