2002 AFC U-17 Championship

The 2002 AFC U-17 Championship was the 10th AFC U-17 Championship, which was held in the United Arab Emirates. South Korea defeated Yemen in the final round.

Qualification

Group 1 : Yemen
Group 2 : Syria
Group 3 : Qatar
Group 4 : India
Group 5 : Uzbekistan
Group 6 : Pakistan
Group 7 : Myanmar
Group 8 : South Korea
Group 9 : China
Group 10 : Vietnam
Group 11 : Japan
Host : United Arab Emirates

Group stage

The first and second placed teams from each group qualified in addition to the two best third-placed teams qualified for the knockout stage.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	United Arab Emirates	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	India	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
4	Myanmar	0	0	0	0	4	12	−8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

6 September 2002

China	4–1	India

6 September 2002

United Arab Emirates	4–2	Myanmar

9 September 2002

China	1–0	United Arab Emirates

9 September 2002

India	4–1	Myanmar

12 September 2002

China	4–1	Myanmar

12 September 2002

India	1–1	United Arab Emirates

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Yemen	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
3	Pakistan	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
4	Vietnam	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

7 September 2002

Vietnam	0–2	Yemen

7 September 2002

Pakistan	0–3	South Korea

10 September 2002

Vietnam	1–1	Pakistan

10 September 2002

Yemen	2–2	South Korea

13 September 2002

Vietnam	1–4	South Korea

13 September 2002

Yemen	2–1	Pakistan

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Syria	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Qatar	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3	Advance to knockout stage
4	Japan	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

8 September 2002

Uzbekistan	2–1	Japan

8 September 2002

Syria	1–0	Qatar

11 September 2002

Uzbekistan	1–1	Syria

11 September 2002

Japan	1–3	Qatar

14 September 2002

Uzbekistan	1–0	Qatar

14 September 2002

Japan	1–0	Syria

Knockout stage

Quarter-Finals

16 September 2002

China	3–1	Qatar

16 September 2002

South Korea	3–1	India

17 September 2002

Uzbekistan	3–0	United Arab Emirates

17 September 2002

Yemen	2–1	Syria

Semi finals

20 September 2002

China	0–1	Yemen

20 September 2002

South Korea	4–0	Uzbekistan

Third place match

22 September 2002

China	1–0	Uzbekistan

Final

22 September 2002

Yemen	1–1	South Korea

Penalties
	3–5

Winners

AFC U-17 Championship 2002 Winners
South Korea Second title

Teams qualified for 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship

Sources

Rssf.com