Английская Википедия:2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
Шаблон:Infobox international football competition Шаблон:Qualification for championships (AFC) Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for Asia.
The Asian Football Confederation was allocated four and half qualifying berths for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, South Korea and Japan, the co-hosts, qualified automatically, leaving two and half spots open for competition between 40 teams. Myanmar withdrew from the tournament after being placed in Group 2 but before any matches had been played, therefore reducing the group to 3 teams.
Afghanistan, Bhutan and North Korea chose not to participate.
Asia's two remaining automatic qualifying berths were taken by Saudi Arabia and China.
Iran defeated United Arab Emirates for the chance to become the possible third Asian qualifier, but lost to Ireland in the intercontinental play-off.
There were 588 goals scored in 155 matches (including 2 international play-offs), for an average of 3.79 goals per match.
Tournament structure
There were three rounds of play:
- First stage: The 39 teams were divided into 9 groups of 4 teams each, and 1 group of 3 teams. The teams played against each other twice, except in Group 2, where the teams played against each other once. The group winners advanced to the Final Round.
- Second stage: The 10 teams were divided into 2 groups of 5 teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners qualified for the World Cup. The runners-up advanced to the AFC Play-off.
- Play-off: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner advanced to the UEFA/AFC Intercontinental Play-off.
First round
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Group winners qualify for the Second round | |
Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3
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Group 4
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Group 5
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Group 6
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Group 7
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Group 8
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Group 9
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Group 10
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Second round
| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Group winners qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup | |
| Runners-up advance to the AFC play off | |
Group A
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Group B
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Play-off
Iran win 4–0 on aggregate and advanced to the UEFA–AFC qualification play-off.
Inter-confederation play-offs
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Qualified teams
The following four teams from AFC qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:Fb | Шаблон:Sort | Шаблон:Dts | 1 (1998) |
| Шаблон:Fb | 5 (1954, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998) | ||
| Шаблон:Fb | Шаблон:Sort | Шаблон:Dts | 2 (1994, 1998) |
| Шаблон:Fb | Шаблон:Sort | Шаблон:Dts | 0 (debut) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
External links
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