From Wikipedia - Reading time: 14 minThe AFC first round of 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between 40 AFC members.
The top country in each group at the end of the stage progressed to the second round, where the ten remaining teams were divided into two groups of five.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 | +30 | 16 | Second round | — | 2–0 | 12–0 | 7–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 6 | +34 | 13 | 3–3 | — | 11–0 | 12–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 40 | −37 | 4 | 0–7 | 0–9 | — | 2–0 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 29 | −27 | 1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | — |
| Syria | 12–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bayazid Jabban Srour Nihad Al Boushi Shehadeh Mouhanad Boushi Afash Malki |
Report |
| Oman | 12–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Dhabit Mubarak Al-Siyabi Al-Mukhani Nasser Zayid Fawzi Bashir Al-Araimi |
Report |
| Syria | 5–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Srour Bayazid Moussa |
Report | Barsales |
| Oman | 7–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Dhabit Mubarak Al-Siyabi Al-Araimi Al-Mukhaini Samir |
Report |
| Syria | 11–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Afash Mouhanad Boushi Bayazid Moussa Srour Nihad Al Boushi |
Report |
| Oman | 7–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Dhabit Al-Mukhaini Said |
Report |
| Laos | 0–9 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Nihad Al Boushi Srour Bayazid Shehadeh Zaher Al-Khatib Al Sayed |
| Philippines | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Al-Mukhaini |
| Syria | 3–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bayazid Afash Srour |
Report | Al-Araimi Al-Dhabit Samir |
| Laos | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Phounsamay Dalaphone |
Report |
| Oman | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mubarak Al-Siyabi Samir |
Report |
| Philippines | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Doña |
Report | Khouphachansy |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | +21 | 6 | Second round | — | 2–0 | 19–0 | — | ||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 3 | — | — | 16–0 | — | |||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | −35 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | — | — | — | — |
| Iran | 19–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Majidi Bagheri Karimi Vahedi Nikbakht Daei Bakhtiarizadeh |
Report |
| Tajikistan | 16–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ashurmamadov Muminov Knitel Khojaev Hamidov Fuzailov Berdykulov Jabbarov Usmonov |
Report |
| Iran | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Daei Hasheminasab |
Report |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 16 | Second round | — | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 7 | 0–0 | 4–3 | — | 2–0 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |
| Qatar | 5–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Enazi Mustafa Al-Tamimi |
Report | Talib |
| Hong Kong | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ho Man |
Report | Ayoub |
| Palestine | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ayoub |
Report | Al Naemi Mustafa |
| Hong Kong | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Rakhli |
| Palestine | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Jaish |
Report |
| Hong Kong | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Al-Enazi Feng |
| Palestine | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lafi |
Report |
| Qatar | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Qatar | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Enazi Hassan |
Report | Ayoub |
| Hong Kong | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Feng Keung |
Report | Omar |
| Qatar | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al Naemi Mubarak Al-Tamimi |
Report |
| Malaysia | 4–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rakhli Omar Idrus |
Report | Ayoub Al-Holi Al-Jaish |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 15 | Second round | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 13 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — |
| Bahrain | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al Sadi |
Report | Al Huwaidi Al-Sauhi |
| Singapore | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kovalenko |
| Bahrain | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al Sadi |
Report |
| Kuwait | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Abdullah |
Report | Shah |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Asel Al Huwaidi Al-Mutairi |
| Singapore | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ali |
Report | Al Sadi |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jumagulov |
Report | Salmeen Hassan |
| Singapore | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Al-Mutairi |
| Kuwait | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al Huwaidi Laheeb |
Report |
| Bahrain | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Eid Al Sadi |
Report |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kovalenko |
Report | Ali |
| Kuwait | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Mohammed |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 16 | Second round | — | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5 | +21 | 13 | 1–2 | — | 4–0 | 6–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 4 | 0–3 | 0–5 | — | 3–1 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 29 | −24 | 1 | 0–6 | 1–8 | 3–3 | — |
| Thailand | 4–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kiatisuk Therdsak Thawatchai |
Report | Raheem |
| Lebanon | 6–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Zein Hojeij Santos Hamdan |
Report |
| Thailand | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Seksan Therdsak |
Report |
| Lebanon | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| R. Antar Hojeij Kassas |
Report |
| Pakistan | 3–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Zaman |
Report | Raheem Bandanage Kassun |
| Lebanon | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| R. Antar |
Report | Seksan Kiatisuk |
| Pakistan | 1–8 | |
|---|---|---|
| Arshad |
Report | F. Antar Ghazarian R. Antar Santos Marcílio |
| Sri Lanka | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Seksan Kiatisuk |
| Sri Lanka | 0–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Ghazarian F. Antar Marcílio Zein Yenkibarian |
| Pakistan | 0–6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kiatisuk Niweat Surachai |
| Sri Lanka | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jayasuriya Bandanage |
Report | Arshad |
| Thailand | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Seksan Tawan |
Report | Ghazarian Hojeij |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 5 | +23 | 14 | Second round | — | 1–1 | 4–2 | 8–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 14 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 6 | 1–9 | 0–6 | — | 4–1 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 31 | −29 | 0 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 1–6 | — |
N.B. group originally scheduled to play 6 matches in Kathmandu, 25–29 March 2001. After Nepal withdrew from organising the matches, the AFC assigned the group to Almaty, Kazakhstan. Following a protest by Iraq, it was decided to first play 6 matches in either Amman or Baghdad (later fixed at Baghdad) and the remaining 6 in Almaty.
| Nepal | 0–6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Litvinenko Urazbakhtin Lunev Baltiev Kadyrkulov |
| Iraq | 8–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| H.Mohammed Jeayer Kadhim |
Report |
| Kazakhstan | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Avdeyev Litvinenko Gorovenka |
Report |
| Nepal | 1–9 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rayamajhi |
Report | Al-Hail H.Mohammed Jafar Najim E. Mohammed Kadhim |
| Nepal | 4–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rayamajhi Thapa Khadka |
Report | Cheong |
| Kazakhstan | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Baltiev |
Report | Al-Hail |
| Kazakhstan | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Shevchenko Baltiev Gorovenka |
Report |
| Macau | 0–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Al-Hail Hassan Obeid |
| Macau | 0–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Byakov Avdeyev Gorovenka |
| Iraq | 4–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Obeid Al-Hail E.Mohammed Mushraf |
Report | Khadka Rayamajhi |
| Macau | 1–6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Leong |
Report | Rayamajhi Maharjan Lama Thapa |
| Iraq | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mahmoud |
Report | Litvinenko |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 14 | Second round | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 7–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 12 | 2–5 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 8 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 6–0 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 25 | −25 | 0 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 0–2 | — |
| Turkmenistan | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Meredov Agabaýew |
Report |
| Uzbekistan | 7–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Irismetov Dionisiev Maminov Georgiev |
Report |
| Chinese Taipei | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Al-Laham Shelbaieh |
| Uzbekistan | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Qosimov |
Report |
| Chinese Taipei | 0–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Goçgulyýew Meredov Gogoladze Borodolimov |
| Uzbekistan | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Maminov Shirshov |
Report | Al-Shagran Abu Touk |
| Jordan | 6–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Abu Touk Al-Shagran Al-Awadat Hamarsheh |
Report |
| Turkmenistan | 2–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Baýramow |
Report | Qosimov Irismetov Bakayev Akopyants Georgiev |
| Chinese Taipei | 0–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Irismetov Qosimov |
| Jordan | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Abu Touk |
Report | Gogoladze Durdyýew |
| Turkmenistan | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gogoladze |
Report |
| Jordan | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Abu Touk |
Report | Maminov |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 12 | Second round | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 11 | 2–1 | — | 3–3 | 1–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 11 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 5–0 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 28 | −28 | 0 | 0–12 | 0–5 | 0–1 | — |
| Brunei | 0–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Ahmed Al-Salimi Awad Al-Nono |
| India | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Alberto |
Report |
| Brunei | 0–12 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Salem Ali Omar Hussain Khater Jumaa Momin Masoud |
| India | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bhutia |
Report | Al Ghurbani |
| United Arab Emirates | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Khater |
Report |
| Yemen | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al Ghurbani |
Report |
| Yemen | 3–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Salimi |
Report | Ancheri Vijayan |
| United Arab Emirates | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Salem Ali Al Kass Khalil |
Report |
| Yemen | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al Ghurbani Al-Nono |
Report | Al Kass |
| Brunei | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Ancheri |
| United Arab Emirates | 3–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al Kass Salem Ali |
Report | Al-Nono Al-Salimi |
| India | 5–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Alberto Vijayan Bhutia Ancheri Hakim |
Report |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | +22 | 18 | Second round | — | 5–1 | 10–1 | 3–1 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 12 | 0–2 | — | 5–0 | 6–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 6–0 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |
| Maldives | 6–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Umar Abdulativ Shiham Luthfy |
Report |
| Indonesia | 5–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Setyabudi Yulianto Sakti Nawawi Pamungkas |
Report |
| Cambodia | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Makara |
Report | Naseem |
| Indonesia | 6–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nasa Nawawi Tecuari Yulianto |
Report |
| China | 10–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Xu Yunlong Wu Chengying Xie Hui Fan Zhiyi Yang Chen Li Weifeng |
Report | Jameel |
| Maldives | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Xie Hui |
| Cambodia | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Purdjianto Pamungkas |
| Cambodia | 0–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Li Jinyu Qu Bo Ma Mingyu |
| Maldives | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Yulianto Sofyan |
| China | 5–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Li Weifeng Yang Chen Xie Hui Qi Hong |
Report | Yulianto |
| China | 3–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ma Mingyu Xu Yunlong Li Bing |
Report | Makara |
| Indonesia | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Xie Hui Wu Chengying |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | +30 | 18 | Second round | — | 5–0 | 6–0 | 6–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0–4 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 5 | 0–3 | 0–4 | — | 2–2 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 1 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 0–3 | — |
| Vietnam | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Saudi Arabia | 6–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Shalhoub Al-Dosari Abdulghani Al-Otaibi |
Report |
| Mongolia | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Nguyễn Hồng Sơn |
| Bangladesh | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Al-Meshal Al-Jaber |
| Mongolia | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Alfaz Kanchan |
| Saudi Arabia | 5–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Meshal Al-Jaber |
Report |
| Mongolia | 0–6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Al-Jaber Al-Shalhoub Al-Meshal Al-Dosari Al-Khilaiwi |
| Bangladesh | 0–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Nguyễn Văn Sỹ Nguyễn Hồng Sơn Nguyễn Trung Vĩnh |
| Vietnam | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nguyễn Lương Phúc Nguyễn Hồng Sơn |
Report |
| Saudi Arabia | 6–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Harthi Al-Meshal Al-Dosari |
Report |
| Bangladesh | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sujan |
Report | Davaa Buman-Uchral |
| Vietnam | 0–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Al-Meshal Al-Dosari |
There were 481 goals scored in 111 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal