2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round
The AFC first round of 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between 40 AFC members.
The top country in each group at the end of the stage progressed to the second round, where the ten remaining teams were divided into two groups of five.
Group 1
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 3 | +30 | 16 | Second round | — | 2–0 | 12–0 | 7–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 6 | +34 | 13 | 3–3 | — | 11–0 | 12–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 40 | −37 | 4 | 0–7 | 0–9 | — | 2–0 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 29 | −27 | 1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | — |
| Syria | 12–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bayazid Jabban Srour Nihad Al Boushi Shehadeh Mouhanad Boushi Afash Malki |
Report |
| Oman | 12–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Dhabit Mubarak Al-Siyabi Al-Mukhani Nasser Zayid Fawzi Bashir Al-Araimi |
Report |
| Oman | 7–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Dhabit Mubarak Al-Siyabi Al-Araimi Al-Mukhaini Samir |
Report |
| Syria | 11–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Afash Mouhanad Boushi Bayazid Moussa Srour Nihad Al Boushi |
Report |
| Oman | 7–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Dhabit Al-Mukhaini Said |
Report |
| Laos | 0–9 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Nihad Al Boushi Srour Bayazid Shehadeh Zaher Al-Khatib Al Sayed |
| Philippines | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Al-Mukhaini |
| Laos | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Phounsamay Dalaphone |
Report |
| Oman | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mubarak Al-Siyabi Samir |
Report |
| Philippines | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Doña |
Report | Khouphachansy |
Group 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | +21 | 6 | Second round | — | 2–0 | 19–0 | — | ||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 3 | — | — | 16–0 | — | |||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | −35 | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | — | — | — | — |
| Iran | 19–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Majidi Bagheri Karimi Vahedi Nikbakht Daei Bakhtiarizadeh |
Report |
| Tajikistan | 16–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ashurmamadov Muminov Knitel Khojaev Hamidov Fuzailov Berdykulov Jabbarov Usmonov |
Report |
| Iran | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Daei Hasheminasab |
Report |
Group 3
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 16 | Second round | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 7 | 1–5 | 4–3 | — | 2–0 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — |
| Malaysia | 4–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rakhli Omar Idrus |
Report | Ayoub Al-Holi Al-Jaish |
Group 4
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 15 | Second round | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 13 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — | 1–1 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — |
| Bahrain | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al Sadi |
Report | Al Huwaidi Al-Sauhi |
| Singapore | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kovalenko |
| Bahrain | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al Sadi |
Report |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Asel Al Huwaidi Al-Mutairi |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Jumagulov |
Report | Salmeen Hassan |
| Singapore | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Al-Mutairi |
| Kuwait | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al Huwaidi Laheeb |
Report |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kovalenko |
Report | Ali |
Group 5
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 16 | Second round | — | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5 | +21 | 13 | 1–2 | — | 4–0 | 6–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 4 | 0–3 | 0–5 | — | 3–1 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 29 | −24 | 1 | 0–6 | 1–8 | 3–3 | — |
| Pakistan | 1–8 | |
|---|---|---|
| Arshad |
Report | F. Antar Ghazarian R. Antar Santos Marcílio |
Group 6
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 5 | +23 | 14 | Second round | — | 1–1 | 4–2 | 8–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 14 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | 3–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 25 | −12 | 6 | 1–9 | 0–6 | — | 4–1 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 31 | −29 | 0 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 1–6 | — |
N.B. group originally scheduled to play 6 matches in Kathmandu, 25–29 March 2001. After Nepal withdrew from organising the matches, the AFC assigned the group to Almaty, Kazakhstan. Following a protest by Iraq, it was decided to first play 6 matches in either Amman or Baghdad (later fixed at Baghdad) and the remaining 6 in Almaty.
| Nepal | 0–6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Litvinenko Urazbakhtin Lunev Baltiev Kadyrkulov |
| Kazakhstan | 3–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Avdeyev Litvinenko Gorovenka |
Report |
| Nepal | 1–9 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rayamajhi |
Report | Al-Hail H.Mohammed Jafar Najim E. Mohammed Kadhim |
| Kazakhstan | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Shevchenko Baltiev Gorovenka |
Report |
| Iraq | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mahmoud |
Report | Litvinenko |
Group 7
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 14 | Second round | — | 1–0 | 2–2 | 7–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 12 | 2–5 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 8 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 6–0 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 25 | −25 | 0 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 0–2 | — |
| Turkmenistan | 2–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Meredov Agabaýew |
Report |
| Uzbekistan | 7–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Irismetov Dionisiev Maminov Georgiev |
Report |
| Chinese Taipei | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Al-Laham Shelbaieh |
| Uzbekistan | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Qosimov |
Report |
| Chinese Taipei | 0–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Goçgulyýew Meredov Gogoladze Borodolimov |
| Uzbekistan | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Maminov Shirshov |
Report | Al-Shagran Abu Touk |
| Jordan | 6–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Abu Touk Al-Shagran Al-Awadat Hamarsheh |
Report |
| Turkmenistan | 2–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Baýramow |
Report | Qosimov Irismetov Bakayev Akopyants Georgiev |
| Chinese Taipei | 0–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Irismetov Qosimov |
| Turkmenistan | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Gogoladze |
Report |
Group 8
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 12 | Second round | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 11 | 2–1 | — | 3–3 | 1–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 11 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 5–0 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 28 | −28 | 0 | 0–12 | 0–5 | 0–1 | — |
| Brunei | 0–5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Ahmed Al-Salimi Awad Al-Nono |
| India | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Alberto |
Report |
| Brunei | 0–12 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Salem Ali Omar Hussain Khater Jumaa Momin Masoud |
| India | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bhutia |
Report | Al Ghurbani |
| United Arab Emirates | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Khater |
Report |
| Yemen | 1–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al Ghurbani |
Report |
| Yemen | 2–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al Ghurbani Al-Nono |
Report | Al Kass |
Group 9
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | +22 | 18 | Second round | — | 5–1 | 10–1 | 3–1 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 12 | 0–2 | — | 5–0 | 6–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 19 | −11 | 4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 6–0 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 1 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |
| China | 10–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Xu Yunlong Wu Chengying Xie Hui Fan Zhiyi Yang Chen Li Weifeng |
Report | Jameel |
| Cambodia | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Purdjianto Pamungkas |
| Indonesia | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Xie Hui Wu Chengying |
Group 10
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | +30 | 18 | Second round | — | 5–0 | 6–0 | 6–0 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0–4 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 5 | 0–3 | 0–4 | — | 2–2 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 1 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 0–3 | — |
| Vietnam | 0–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Saudi Arabia | 6–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Shalhoub Al-Dosari Abdulghani Al-Otaibi |
Report |
| Mongolia | 0–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Nguyễn Hồng Sơn |
| Bangladesh | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Al-Meshal Al-Jaber |
| Mongolia | 0–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Alfaz Kanchan |
| Saudi Arabia | 5–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Meshal Al-Jaber |
Report |
| Mongolia | 0–6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Al-Jaber Al-Shalhoub Al-Meshal Al-Dosari Al-Khilaiwi |
| Bangladesh | 0–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Nguyễn Văn Sỹ Nguyễn Hồng Sơn Nguyễn Trung Vĩnh |
| Vietnam | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nguyễn Lương Phúc Nguyễn Hồng Sơn |
Report |
| Saudi Arabia | 6–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Harthi Al-Meshal Al-Dosari |
Report |
| Bangladesh | 2–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sujan |
Report | Davaa Buman-Uchral |
| Vietnam | 0–4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Al-Meshal Al-Dosari |
Goalscorers
There were 481 goals scored in 111 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
Xie Hui
Hesham Mohammed
Nirajan Rayamajhi
Bashar Serur
Jafar Irismetov
6 goals
5 goals
Yusuf A'Amer Al Sadi
Esam Abu Touk
Roda Antar
Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi
Sami Al-Jaber
Seksan Piturat
Nguyen Hong Son
Adel Al-Salimi
4 goals
Jo Paul Ancheri
Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto
Uston Nawawi
Ali Daei
Ali Karimi
Oleg Litvinenko
Haitham Zein
Wartan Ghazarian
Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli
Mohammed Khamis Al-Araimi
Nihad Haj
Mohammed Nasser
Sukhrob Khamidov
Kakha Gogoladze
Saeed Al Kass
Mirjalol Qosimov
Ali Al-Nono
3 goals
Xu Yunlong
Farhad Majidi
Ahmad Kadhim
Igor Avdeyev
Ruslan Baltiev
Konstantin Gorovenka
Jasem Al Huwaidi
Moussa Hojeij
Santos
Taqi Mubarak
Majdi Shaaban Samir
Gohar Zaman
Mohammad Al-Shalhoub
Imthyas Raheem
Mouhanad Bouchi
Jomard Moussa
Rustam Khojaev
Vladimir Maminov
Abdulsalam Al Ghurbani
2 goals
Alfaz Ahmed
Mohammed Sujan
Chea Makara
Fan Zhiyi
Li Jinyu
Li Weifeng
Ma Mingyu
Wu Chengying
Yang Chen
Jules Alberto
Baichung Bhutia
I. M. Vijayan
Bambang Pamungkas
Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
Abbas Hassan Hassun
Sabah Jeayer
Emad Mohammed
Haider Obeid
Rateb Al Awadat
Badran Al-Shagran
Dmitriy Byakov
Maksim Shevchenko
Khalaf Al-Mutairi
Ilia Kovalenko
Faisal Antar
Marcílio
Adam Abdulativ
Ali Umar
Hairuddin Omar
Hari Khadka
Basanta Thapa
Fawzi Bashir
Emad Abou El-Kair
Mohammed Al-Jeesh
Imad Ayoub
Dahi Al Naemi
Jassem Al-Tamimi
Mubarak Mustafa
Hussein Sulaimani
Channa Ediri Bandanage
Kasun Jayasuriya
Raghdan Shehadeh
Khaled Zaher
Therdsak Chaiman
Aliyor Ashurmamadov
Zaker Berdykulov
Wladimir Baýramow
Djumadurdy Meredov
Subait Khater
Mohammad Omar
Georgi Georgiev
Nguyen Luong Phuc
1 goal
Khamis Eid
Mohammad Hassan
Mohammed Husain
Mohamed Salmeen
Rokonuzzaman Kanchan
Li Bing
Qi Hong
Qu Bo
Chan Ho Man
Feng Ji-zhi
Keung He-chi
Abdul Hakim
Agung Setyabudi
Aples Tecuari
Bima Sakti
Eko Purdjianto
Ismed Sofyan
Mehdi Hasheminasab
Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
Habib Jafar
Haidar Mahmoud
Amer Mushraf
Haidar Najim
Belal Al Laham
Mahmoud Shelbaieh
Ghanem Yousef Aldayeh
Askhat Kadyrkulov
Yevgeniy Lunev
Rafael Urazbakhtin
Bashar Abdullah
Naser Al-Sauhi
Ali Asel
Faraj Laheeb
Zamirbek Jumagulov
Valasine Dalaphone
Phengta Phounsamay
Chanthy Souksombaph
Mohammad Kassas
Korken Yenkibarian
Kit Leong Cheong
Kim Meng Leong
Mohamed Jameel
Ashraf Luthfy
Ismail Naseem
Ali Shiham
Irwan Fadzli Idrus
Rosdi Talib
B. Buman-Uchral
Bayarzorig Davaa
Deepak Lama
Bal Gopal Maharjan
Samir Said
Nasser Zayid
Mohammad Arshad
Muhammad Riaz
Fadi Abulatifa
Jamal Al-Holi
Yanti Barsales
Jimmy Dona
Abdul-Aziz Hassan
Meshal Mubarak
Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
Marzouk Al-Otaibi
Mohsin Harthi
Noh Alam Shah
Mohd Noor Ali
Ishak Ratna
Weerarathne Kassun
Faras Al Khatib
Maher Al Sayed
Tarek Jabban
Maher Malki
Rahmatullo Fuzailov
Shukhrat Jabbarov
Denis Knitel
Tokhirjon Muminov
Rustam Usmonov
Niweat Siriwong
Surachai Jirasirichote
Thawatchai Damrong-Ongtrakul
Totchtawan Sripan
Rejepmyrat Agabaýew
Yuri Borodolimov
Gurbangeldi Durdyýew
Goçguly Goçgulyýew
Mohammad Ibrahim Hussain
Abdulsalaam Jumaa
Faisal Khalil
Fahed Masoud
Andrey Akopyants
Ulugbek Bakayev
Alexei Dionisiyev
Nikolay Shirshov
Nguyễn Trung Vĩnh
Nguyen Van Sy
Ali Aboud Awad
Anwar Ahmed
1 own goal
Ali Momin (against the United Arab Emirates)
Samel Nasa (against Indonesia)
Feng Ji-zhi (against Qatar)
Surachai Jirasirichote (against Lebanon)