UAE qualified as hosts. NB: Iran, Oman, Thailand, Nepal and Bangladesh are banned from the 2002 tournament due to players failing X-ray age tests after the U-16 Championship 2000. Qualifying Group 1 (in Sanaa, Yemen) 26 Jul Yemen 2-0 Bahrain 26 Jul Palestine 1-2 Kuwait 28 Jul Bahrain 1-1 Kuwait 28 Jul Yemen 3-0 Palestine 30 Jul Bahrain 3-2 Palestine 30 Jul Yemen 4-1 Kuwait 1.YEMEN 3 3 0 0 9- 1 9 2.Bahrain 3 1 1 1 4- 5 4 3.Kuwait 3 1 1 1 4- 6 4 4.Palestine 3 0 0 3 3- 8 0 Group 2 (in Ahsa, Saudi Arabia and Damascus) 26 Jul Saudi Arabia 0-0 Syria 31 Jul Syria 1-0 Saudi Arabia 1.SYRIA 2 1 1 0 1- 0 4 2.Saudi Arabia 2 0 1 1 0- 1 1 -.Lebanon withdrew Group 3 (in Doha, Qatar) 26 Jul Iraq 1-2 Jordan 28 Jul Qatar 4-1 Iraq 31 Jul Jordan 0-1 Qatar 1.QATAR 2 2 0 0 5- 1 6 2.Jordan 2 1 0 1 2- 2 3 3.Iraq 2 0 0 2 2- 6 0 Group 4 (in Chennai, India) 5 May Maldives 0-10 India 7 May India 2-0 Maldives 1.INDIA 2 2 0 0 12- 0 6 2.Maldives 2 0 0 2 0-12 0 3.Bhutan withdrew Group 5 (in Tashkent, Uzbekistan) 6 May Kyrgyzstan 1-1 Sri Lanka 8 May Uzbekistan 4-0 Sri Lanka 10 May Uzbekistan 6-2 Kyrgyzstan 1.UZBEKISTAN 2 2 0 0 10- 2 6 2.Kyrgyzstan 2 0 1 1 3- 7 1 3.Sri Lanka 2 0 1 1 1- 5 1 Group 6 (in Dushanbe, Tajikistan) 13 May Tajikistan 3-0 Turkmenistan 15 May Turkmenistan 0-2 Pakistan 17 May Pakistan 0-4 Tajikistan 1.TAJIKISTAN 2 2 0 0 7- 0 6 2.Pakistan 2 1 0 1 2- 4 3 3.Turkmenistan 2 0 0 2 0- 5 0 NB: due to suspension of Tajikistan, their place is taken by Pakistan. Group 7 (in Yangon, Myanmar) 13 Mar Myanmar 9-0 Hongkong 15 Mar Hongkong 3-0 Singapore 17 Mar Myanmar 6-0 Singapore 1.MYANMAR 2 2 0 0 15- 0 6 2.Hongkong 2 1 0 1 3- 9 3 3.Singapore 2 0 0 2 0- 9 0 Group 8 (in Seoul, South Korea) 15 Apr Philippines 0-3 Cambodia 15 Apr South Korea 11-1 Laos 17 Apr Cambodia 1-3 Laos 17 Apr South Korea 8-0 Philippines 19 Apr Laos 5-0 Philippines 19 Apr South Korea 6-0 Cambodia 1.SOUTH KOREA 3 3 0 0 25- 1 9 2.Laos 3 2 0 1 9-12 6 3.Cambodia 3 1 0 2 4- 9 3 4.Philippines 3 0 0 3 0-16 0 Group 9 (in Pyongyang, North Korea) 20 May China 17-0 Mongolia 22 May North Korea 21-0 Mongolia 24 May North Korea 2-3 China 1.CHINA 2 2 0 0 20- 2 6 2.North Korea 2 1 0 1 23- 3 3 3.Mongolia 2 0 0 2 0-38 0 -.Guam withdrew Group 10 (in Taipeh, Taiwan) 19 May Indonesia 1-1 Vietnam 21 May Taiwan 1-1 Indonesia 23 May Taiwan 1-2 Vietnam 1.VIETNAM 2 1 1 0 3- 2 4 2.Indonesia 2 0 2 0 2- 2 2 3.Taiwan 2 0 1 1 2- 3 1 Group 11 (in Kelana Jaya, Malaysia) 11 May Brunei 0-11 Japan 11 May Malaysia 7-0 Macao 13 May Macao 0-9 Japan 13 May Malaysia 9-0 Brunei 15 May Macao 1-2 Brunei 15 May Malaysia 0-2 Japan 1.JAPAN 3 3 0 0 22- 0 9 2.Malaysia 3 2 0 1 16- 2 6 3.Brunei 3 1 0 2 2-21 3 4.Macao 3 0 0 3 1-18 0 FINAL ROUND NB: Pakistan are replacing Tajikistan who were suspended by AFC and FIFA due to 'internal problems'. September 6-22, 2002 in UAE. Group A (in Abu Dhabi) 6 Sep China 4-1 India 6 Sep UAE 4-2 Myanmar 9 Sep China 1-0 UAE 9 Sep India 4-1 Myanmar 12 Sep China 4-1 Myanmar 12 Sep India 1-1 UAE 1.CHINA 3 3 0 0 9- 2 9 2.UAE 3 1 1 1 5- 4 4 3.INDIA 3 1 1 1 6- 6 4 4.Myanmar 3 0 0 3 4-12 0 Group B (in Dubai) 7 Sep Vietnam 0-2 Yemen 7 Sep Pakistan 0-3 South Korea 10 Sep Vietnam 1-1 Pakistan 10 Sep Yemen 2-2 South Korea 13 Sep Vietnam 1-4 South Korea 13 Sep Yemen 2-1 Pakistan 1.SOUTH KOREA 3 2 1 0 9- 3 7 2.YEMEN 3 2 1 0 6- 3 7 3.Pakistan 3 0 1 2 2- 6 1 4.Vietnam 3 0 1 2 2- 7 1 Group C (Abu Dhabi) 8 Sep Uzbekistan 2-1 Japan 8 Sep Syria 1-0 Qatar 11 Sep Uzbekistan 1-1 Syria 11 Sep Japan 1-3 Qatar 14 Sep Uzbekistan 1-0 Qatar 14 Sep Japan 1-0 Syria 1.UZBEKISTAN 3 2 1 0 4- 2 7 2.SYRIA 3 1 1 1 2- 2 4 3.QATAR 3 1 0 2 3- 3 3 4.Japan 3 1 0 2 3- 5 3 Quarterfinals (Abu Dhabi) 16 Sep China 3-1 Qatar 16 Sep South Korea 3-1 India 17 Sep Uzbekistan 3-0 UAE 17 Sep Yemen 2-1 Syria [asdet] Semifinals (Abu Dhabi) 20 Sep China 0-1 Yemen 20 Sep South Korea 4-0 Uzbekistan Third Place Match (Abu Dhabi) 22 Sep China 1-0 Uzbekistan Final (Abu Dhabi) 22 Sep Yemen 1-1 South Korea [asdet, 3-5 pen] NB: following x-ray examinations, Pakistan and Yemen were penalised for using over-age players (Pakistan 8, Yemen 4) and banned for the 2004 edition. However, Pakistan were grouped with Tajikistan and Nepal in the 2004 qualifying tournament.
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