The AFC First Round of 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

A total of 199 teams entered the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 32 spots in the final tournament. and , as the co-hosts, and , as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 29 spots open for competition....

 was contested between 40 AFC

Asian Football Confederation

The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...

 members.

The top country in each group at the end of the stage progressed to the second round

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round

The AFC Second Round of 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between the 10 group winners from the First Round split across 2 groups....

, where the ten remaining teams will be divided into two groups of five.

Group 1

30

34

Team
	6	5	1	0	33	3
16
	6	4	1	1	40	6
13
	6	1	1	4	3	40	−37	4
	6	0	1	5	2	29	−27	1

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Group 2

21

14

Team
	2	2	0	0	21	0
6
	2	1	0	1	16	2
3
	2	0	0	2	0	35	−35	0

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Group 3

11

Team
	6	5	1	0	14	3
16
	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	7
	6	2	1	3	8	11	−3	7
	6	1	1	4	3	10	−7	4

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Group 4

5

6

Team
	6	5	0	1	9	4
15
	6	4	1	1	9	3
13
	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6	4
	6	0	2	4	3	8	−5	2

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Group 5

15

21

Team
	6	5	1	0	20	5
16
	6	4	1	1	26	5
13
	6	1	1	4	8	20	−12	4
	6	0	1	5	5	29	−24	1

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Group 6

23

18

Team
	6	4	2	0	28	5
14
	6	4	2	0	20	2
14
	6	2	0	4	13	25	−12	6
	6	0	0	6	2	31	−29	0

N.B. group originally scheduled to play 6 matches in Kathmandu, March 25–29, 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.
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Group 7

15

5

5

Team
	6	4	2	0	20	5
14
	6	4	0	2	12	7
12
	6	2	2	2	12	7
8
	6	0	0	6	0	25	−25	0

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Group 8

16

6

6

Team
	6	4	0	2	21	5
12
	6	3	2	1	14	8
11
	6	3	2	1	11	5
11
	6	0	0	6	0	28	−28	0

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Group 9

22

9

Team
	6	6	0	0	25	3
18
	6	4	0	2	16	7
12
	6	1	1	4	8	19	−11	4
	6	0	1	5	2	22	−20	1

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Group 10

30

Team
	6	6	0	0	30	0
18
	6	3	1	2	9	9	0	10
	6	1	2	3	5	15	−10	5
	6	0	1	5	2	22	−20	1

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External links

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