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The 2002 AFC Youth Championship was the 32nd edition of the AFC U-19 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-19 national teams of Asia. The tournament took place in Qatar, between 15 and 31 October 2002. A total of 12 teams played in the tournament which included Uzbekistan who was competing in their first AFC tournament.
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Katar |
| Dates | 15–31 October |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Südkorea (10th title) |
| Runners-up |  Japan |
| Third place |  Saudi-Arabien |
| Fourth place |  Usbekistan |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 94 (3.62 per match) |
The 12 teams were separated into three groups of four teams with the top two teams and the best two of the third place teams qualifying through to the knockout-stage with the winners of the quarter-finals qualifying through to the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in United Arab Emirates. After they finished top of Group A with seven points, South Korea would go on to claim their tenth continental youth title with a 1–0 win over Japan. Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan also qualified for the 2003 World Youth Championship after they made it to the semi-finals defeating Syria and China in the quarter-finals.[1]
Venues
editThe tournament was held in two stadiums located in the city of Doha.
 Katar
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| Doha | ||
| Grand Hamad Stadium | Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium | |
| Capacity: 13,000 | Capacity: 12,000 | |
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Qualification competition
edit40 teams entered qualifying for the 2002 edition of the youth championship with the qualifying phase being played from the 13 March to 23 July 2002 with the teams being separated into the east and west zone. Before the draw was announced, Afghanistan withdrew with Lebanon and North Korea withdrawing after the draw was announced which meant that their groups only had three teams competing.
The first qualifying match was played on the 13 March in Group 11 when Singapore took on Myanmar in Singapore with Myanmar winning the match 1–0. Four teams who competed in the previous edition didn't qualify for the 2002 edition with them being replaced by Syria, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh and India. With the tournament expanding to 12 teams for the 2002 edition, Vietnam made their first appearance in the Asian competition since 1974 while Uzbekistan was making their debut in the tournament after finishing top of their group ahead of Turkmenistan and Nepal.
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Group stage
editGroup A
edit| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| Südkorea
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7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
| Usbekistan
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6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 |
 Katar
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3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 |
 Thailand
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 |
October 15 – Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
| Katar
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0 - 1 | Südkorea
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| Usbekistan
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4 - 0 | Thailand
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October 18 – Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
| Katar
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3 - 2 | Thailand
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| Südkorea
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2 - 0 | Usbekistan
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October 21 – Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
| Katar
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4 - 5 | Usbekistan
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| Thailand
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0 - 0 | Südkorea
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Group B
edit| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| Japan
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9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 |
| Saudi-Arabien
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6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 |
 Indien
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3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 |
 Bangladesch
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0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | -13 |
October 16 – Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
| Japan
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2 - 1 | Saudi-Arabien
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| Indien
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6 - 0 | Bangladesch
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October 19 – Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
| Saudi-Arabien
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4 - 0 | Bangladesch
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| Indien
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1 - 2 | Japan
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October 22 – Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
| Bangladesch
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0 - 3 | Japan
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| Saudi-Arabien
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4 - 0 | Indien
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Group C
edit| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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 Syria
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7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 |
 China
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4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
 Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
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4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
 Vietnam
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 |
October 17 – Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
| Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
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2 - 0 | Vietnam
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| China
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2 - 4 | Syria
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October 20 – Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
| Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
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1 - 1 | Syria
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| Vietnam
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2 - 2 | China
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October 23 – Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha
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0 - 2 | China
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| Syria
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4 - 1 | Vietnam
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Third-placed qualifiers
editAt 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 |
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| Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
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4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Indien
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3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 |
| Katar
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3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 |
UAE (best third-place) and India (second best third-place) qualified for the quarter-finals.
Knockout stages
editBracket
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 25 October – Doha (GH) | ||||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||
| 29 October – Doha (GH) | ||||||||||
| Vereinigte Arabische Emirate | 0 | |||||||||
| Japan (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| 26 October – Doha (GH) | ||||||||||
| Usbekistan | 1 (2) | |||||||||
| Syria | 0 | |||||||||
| 31 October – Doha (GH) | ||||||||||
| Usbekistan | 4 | |||||||||
| Japan | 0 | |||||||||
| 25 October – Doha (GH) | ||||||||||
| Südkorea (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||
| Südkorea | 7 | |||||||||
| 29 October – Doha (GH) | ||||||||||
| Indien | 0 | |||||||||
| Südkorea | 2 | |||||||||
| 26 October – Doha (GH) | ||||||||||
| Saudi-Arabien | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| Saudi-Arabien | 4 | |||||||||
| 31 October – Doha (GH) | ||||||||||
| China | 1 | |||||||||
| Usbekistan | 0 | |||||||||
| Saudi-Arabien | 4 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
edit| Syria | 0 – 4 | Usbekistan |
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Semi finals
edit| Japan | 1 – 1 | Usbekistan |
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| Penalties | ||
| 4 – 2 | ||
Third-place match
editFinal
editWinners
edit| AFC Youth Championship 2002 winners |
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 Südkorea Tenth title |
Qualified teams for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship
editThe following four teams from AFC qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1 |
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| Japan |
25 October 2002 | 5 (1979, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001) |
| Südkorea |
25 October 2002 | 7 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999) |
| Saudi-Arabien |
26 October 2002 | 5 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1999) |
| Usbekistan |
26 October 2002 | Debut |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
edit- ^ Díaz Rubio, Julián; Burkert, Sturmius (28 July 2003). "Asian U-20 Championship 2002". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 September 2020.