The Asian Football Confederation

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...

s AFC Youth Championship 2002 was the 30rd instance of the AFC Youth Championship

AFC Youth Championship

The AFC U-19 Championship, formerly known as AFC Youth Championship, is an annual football competition organised by the sport's Asian governing body, Asian Football Confederation . The competition has been held since 1959...

. It was held from October 15 to October 31, 2004 in Qatar

Qatar

Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...

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Qualification Competition

(Host)

GroupA

3

3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	7	3	2	1	0	3	0
	6	3	2	0	1	9	6
	3	3	1	0	2	7	8
	1	3	0	1	2	2	7

October 15

	0 - 1

	4 - 0

October 18

	3 - 2

	2 - 0

October 21

	4 - 5

	0 - 0

GroupB

5

7

1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	9	3	3	0	0	7	2
	6	3	2	0	1	9	2
	3	3	1	0	2	7	6
	0	3	0	0	3	0	13

October 16

	2 - 1

	6 - 0

October 19

	0 - 3

	4 - 0

October 22

	4 - 0

	1 - 2

GroupC

4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
	7	3	2	1	0	9	5
	4	3	1	1	1	6	6	0
	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
	1	3	0	1	2	4	8

October 17

	2 - 0

	2 - 4

October 20

	1 - 1

	2 - 2

October 23

	0 - 2

	4 - 2

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
	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
	3	3	1	0	2	7	8
	3	3	1	0	2	7	8

UAE

United Arab Emirates national football team

The United Arab Emirates national football team represents United Arab Emirates in association football and is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association, the governing body for football in United Arab Emirates...

 (best third-place) and India

India national football team

The Indian national football team is the national football team of India and is governed by the All India Football Federation. It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation. Since 1948, the AIFF has been affiliated with FIFA, the international governing body for football. In 1954, AIFF became...

 (second best third-place) qualified for the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

October 25

	3 - 0

	7 - 0

October 26

	4 - 1

	0 - 4

Semi-finals

October 29

	1 - 1 (PSO 4-2)

	2 - 1

Third place play-off

October 31

	0 - 4

Final

October 31

	0 - 1 (AET 0-1)

Countries to participate in FIFA World Youth Championship 2003

2003 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in United Arab Emirates between November 27 and December 19, 2003. The 2003 championship was the 14th contested...