2002 AFC Youth Championship

September 2020 AFC Youth Championship 2002 Qatar 15–31 October 12 1 2 1 South Korea 10 Japan Saudi Arabia Uzbekistan 26 94 KOR Kim Dong-hyunhttps://www.donga.com/news/article/all/20021101/7878164/1 ko:[축구]김동현-정조국 ‘희망 쌍두마차’…亞청소년축구 정상 Dong-A Ilbo ko 2002-11-01 2022-12-22 20 KOR 2000 2004 The 2002 AFC Youth Championship was the 32nd edition of the AFC Youth 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 championship which included Uzbekistan who was competing in their first AFC tournament. 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.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/as-u20-02.html Asian U-20 Championship 2002 28 July 2003 Julián Díaz Rubio Sturmius Burkert RSSSF 9 September 2020 Venues The tournament was held in two stadiums located in the city of Doha. DohaQatar center 300 Location of the host city of the 2002 AFC Youth Championship. Qatar 25.289715 51.523476 Doha right Grand Hamad StadiumHamad bin Khalifa Stadium Capacity: 13,000Capacity: 12,000 192x192px180x180px Qualification competition 2002 AFC Youth Championship qualification 40 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. 20 BAN 20 CHN 20 IND20 JPN 20 KOR 20 KSA20 SYR 1980 20 THA 20 UAE20 UZB 20 VIE 20 QAT (Host) Group stage Group A TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD20 KOR7321030+320 UZB6320196+320 QAT3310278-–120 THA1301227–5 October 15 – Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha 20 QAT0 - 120 KOR 20 UZB4 - 020 THA October 18 – Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha 20 QAT3 - 220 THA 20 KOR2 - 020 UZB October 21 – Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha 20 QAT4 - 520 UZB 20 THA0 - 020 KOR Group B TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDJPN9330072+5KSA6320192+7IND3310276+1BAN03003013–13 October 16 – Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha JPN2 - 1KSA IND6 - 0BAN October 19 – Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha KSA4 - 0BAN IND1 - 2JPN October 22 – Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha BAN0 - 3JPN KSA4 - 0IND Group C TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDSYR 19807321094+5CHN43111660UAE43111330VIE1301238–5 October 17 – Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha UAE2 - 0VIE CHN2 - 4SYR 1980 October 20 – Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha UAE1 - 1SYR 1980 VIE2 - 2CHN October 23 – Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha UAE0 - 2CHN SYR 19804 - 1VIE Third-placed qualifiers At 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. TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGDUAE43111330IND3310276+1QAT3310278–1 UAE (best third-place) and India (second best third-place) qualified for the quarter-finals. Knockout stages Bracket white-space:nowrap yes Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Third place 25 October – Doha (GHS) 20 JPN 3 20 UAE 0 26 October – Doha (GHS) 20 SYR 1980 0 20 UZB 4 25 October – Doha (GHS) 20 KOR 2004 7 20 IND 0 26 October – Doha (GHS) 20 KSA 4 20 CHN 1 29 October – Doha (GHS) 20 JPN 1 (4) 20 UZB 1 (2) 29 October – Doha (GHS) 20 KOR 2 20 KSA 1 31 October – Doha (GHS) 20 JPN 0 20 KOR (a.e.t.) 1 31 October – Doha (GHS) 20 UZB 0 20 KSA 4 Quarter-finals 2002 10 25 y 20 JPN 20 UAE 3 – 0 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha 2002 10 25 y 20 KOR 20 IND 7 – 0 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha 2002 10 26 y 17 KSA 17 CHN 4 – 1 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha 2002 10 26 y 20 SYR 1980 20 UZB 0 – 4 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Semi finals 2002 10 29 y 20 JPN 20 UZB 1 – 1 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha 4 – 2 2002 10 29 y 20 KOR 20 KSA 2 – 1 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Third-place match 2002 10 31 y 20 UZB 20 KSA 0 – 4 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Final 2002 10 31 y 20 JPN 20 KOR 0 – 1 0 – 1 Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha Winners fb 2002 AFC Youth Championship winners South Korea 10th Qualified teams for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship The following four teams from AFC qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in United Arab Emirates. Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1 20 JPN 2002 10 25 2 dmy 5 (1979, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001) 20 KOR 2002 10 25 1 dmy 7 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999) 20 KSA 2002 10 26 2 dmy 5 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1999) 20 UZB 2002 10 26 1 dmy Debut 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. References 2002 Youth Championship Championship Category:2002–03 in Qatari football 2002 Category:October 2002 sports events in Asia Category:October 2002 in Qatar Category:21st century in Doha 2000 2000