2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round

International football competition February 2021 The AFC second round of 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between the ten group winners from the first round split across two groups. The top country in each group at the end of the stage progressed to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, with the two runners-up facing each other in the third round (play-off). The winner of this play-off went on to compete for a place in the World Cup in the UEFA–AFC inter-confederation play-off.December 2025 Group A main WDL Group A Q y y KSA KSA IRN IRN BHR BHR 1972 IRQ IRQ 1991 THA THA 5 2 1 17 8 4 3 1 10 7 2 4 2 8 9 2 1 5 9 10 0 4 4 5 15 green1 2002 FIFA World Cup A blue1 Third round B flag 3–1 2–0 0–4 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 4–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 complete FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) 2010, football - table and standings https://soccer365.me/competitions/737/2002/ soccer365.me 23 April 2024 23 April 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240423221752/https://soccer365.me/competitions/737/2002/ dead 17 August 2001 20:00 UTC+04 IRQ 1991 4–0 THA H. Mohammed 23 76E. Mohammed 70Hussein 86 Report Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 20,000 Masayoshi Okada (Japan) 17 August 2001 20:30 UTC+03 KSA 1–1 BHR 1972 Al-Dosari 84 Report Salmeen 18 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh 45,000 Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait) 23 August 2001 18:30 UTC+03 BHR 1972 2–0 IRQ 1991 Yousef 58Al Kuwari 82 Report Bahrain National Stadium, Manama 35,000 Khaled Dalu (Syria) Note: After Iraq's defeat in this match, seven of their players were imprisoned and beaten under order by Uday Hussein.https://www.seneweb.com/fr/news/Sport/war-torture-and-dams-the-incredible-story-of-iraq-which-qualified-for-the-2026-world-cup-after-a-40-year-wait_n_488388.html War, torture and dams: the incredible story of Iraq, which qualified for the 2026 World Cup after a 40-year wait 2 April 2026 SenewebUday's Penalty Kick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX1oWb1SNbk YouTube SBS (Australia) 3 August 2026 24 August 2001 19:15 UTC+04:30 IRN 2–0 KSA Daei 54 pen. 64 Report Azadi Stadium, Tehran 120,000 Simon Micallef (Australia) 31 August 2001 20:30 UTC+03 KSA 1–0 IRQ 1991 Al-Dosari 45 Report Bahrain National Stadium, Manama (Bahrain) 10,000 Lu Jun (China) 1 September 2001 18:30 UTC+07 THA 0–0 IRN Report Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok 30,000 Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates) 6 September 2001 18:30 UTC+03 BHR 1972 1–1 THA Al-Dossari 16 Report Kiatisuk 64 Bahrain National Stadium, Manama 35,000 Kim Tae-Young (South Korea) 7 September 2001 20:00 UTC+04 IRQ 1991 1–2 IRN E. Mohammed 20 Report Karimi 30Daei 84 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 40,000 Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico) 14 September 2001 17:30 UTC+04:30 IRN 0–0 BHR 1972 Report Azadi Stadium, Tehran 50,000 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) 15 September 2001 18:30 UTC+07 THA 1–3 KSA Seksan 28 Report Al-Jaber 47Bin Shehan 63Al-Dosari 70 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok 18,000 Naotsugu Fuse (Japan) 21 September 2001 18:30 UTC+03 BHR 1972 0–4 KSA Report Al-Dosari 26Bin Shehan 28Al-Waked 41Al-Jaber 89 Bahrain National Stadium, Manama 35,000 Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates) 22 September 2001 18:30 UTC+07 THA 1–1 IRQ 1991 Sutee 38 Report E. Mohammed 63 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok 17,000 Sun Baojie (China) 28 September 2001 20:00 UTC+04 IRQ 1991 1–0 BHR 1972 E. Mohammed 10 Report Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 15,000 Kim Young-Joo (South Korea) 28 September 2001 20:30 UTC+03 KSA 2–2 IRN Al-Waked 20 pen.Al-Yami 59 Report Daei 42Dinmohammadi 84 Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah 30,000 Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil) 5 October 2001 16:00 UTC+03:30 IRN 1–0 THA Vahedi Nikbakht 32 Report Azadi Stadium, Tehran 75,000 Taj Addin Fares (Syria) 5 October 2001 18:00 UTC+03 IRQ 1991 1–2 KSA Al-Hail 31 Report Bin Shehan 1 77 Amman International Stadium, Amman (Jordan) 17,000 Óscar Ruiz (Colombia) 12 October 2001 16:00 UTC+03:30 IRN 2–1 IRQ 1991 Mahdavikia 27Karimi 71 Report Chathir 52 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 100,000 Kim Young-Joo (South Korea) 16 October 2001 15:30 UTC+07 THA 1–1 BHR 1972 Worrawoot 21 Report Ali 90+3 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok 20,000 Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia) Note: This match was originally scheduled for 13 October 2001 and started normally, but was interrupted at 25 minutes with Bahrain leading 1–0 due to an electrical fire at Rajamangala Stadium.https://www.dawn.com/news/1889 Thailand denied win by late goal 17 October 2001https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/bahrain-skipper-banned Bahrain skipper banned | the World Game 18 February 2019 18 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190218141711/https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/bahrain-skipper-banned dead 21 October 2001 20:30 UTC+03 KSA 4–1 THA Bin Shehan 40Jumaan 50Al-Jaber 66 pen.Al-Harbi 73 Report Seksan 58 Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh 27,000 Brian Hall (United States) 21 October 2001 20:30 UTC+03 BHR 1972 3–1 IRN Al-Marzooqi 8Ali 45Husain 90 Report Daei 82 Bahrain National Stadium, Manama 25,000 Carlos Batres (Guatemala) Group B main WDL Group B Q y y CHN China UAE UAE UZB Uzbekistan QAT Qatar OMA Oman 1995 6 1 1 13 2 3 2 3 10 11 3 1 4 13 14 2 3 3 10 10 1 3 4 7 16 green1 2002 FIFA World Cup A blue1 Third round B flag 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–2 0–3 1–1 4–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 2–2 0–2 4–1 1–0 5–0 2–1 0–1 complete 16 August 2001 19:00 UTC+03 QAT 0–0 OMA 1995 Report Khalifa International Stadium, Doha 15,000 Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain) 17 August 2001 19:30 UTC+04 UAE 4–1 UZB Salem Ali 21Al-Kuwaiti 33 pen.Al-Shamsi 45Bakhit 85 Report Shirshov 37 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 15,000 Kim Young-Joo (South Korea) 25 August 2001 19:30 UTC+08 CHN 3–0 UAE Li Xiaopeng 2Qi Hong 19Hao Haidong 33 Report Wulihe Stadium, Shenyang 46,000 Mongkol Rungklay (Thailand) 26 August 2001 19:00 UTC+05 UZB 2–1 QAT Irismetov 36Qosimov 52 Report Jalouf 88 Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent 40,000 Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) 31 August 2001 19:15 UTC+04 OMA 1995 0–2 CHN Report Qi Hong 70Fan Zhiyi 84 pen. Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 35,000 Ahmad Khalidi Supian (Malaysia) 31 August 2001 19:15 UTC+04 UAE 0–2 QAT Report Hashim 65Al-Obaidly 71 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 20,000 Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid (Saudi Arabia) 7 September 2001 19:00 UTC+03 QAT 1–1 CHN Al Naemi 31 Report Li Weifeng 89 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha 30,000 Toru Kamikawa (Japan) 8 September 2001 19:00 UTC+05 UZB 5–0 OMA 1995 Irismetov 17 73Shatskikh 38 pen.Qosimov 50 67 Report Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent 25,000 Masoud Moradi (Iran) 14 September 2001 19:00 UTC+04 OMA 1995 1–1 UAE Nairooz 52 Report Al Anbari 13 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 3,000 Hassan Marshoud (Jordan) 15 September 2001 19:30 UTC+08 CHN 2–0 UZB Li Weifeng 63Fan Zhiyi 76 Report Wulihe Stadium, Shenyang 44,376 Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea) 21 September 2001 19:00 UTC+04 OMA 1995 0–3 QAT Report Hamzah 26Mustafa 33Al Enazi 74 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 3,000 Qasem Shaban (Kuwait) 22 September 2001 19:00 UTC+05 UZB 0–1 UAE Report Mohammad Omar 5 Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent 42,000 Masayoshi Okada (Japan) 27 September 2001 18:45 UTC+04 UAE 0–1 CHN Report Qi Hong 43 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 15,000 Peter Prendergast (Jamaica) 28 September 2001 19:00 UTC+03 QAT 2–2 UZB Al Enazi 9Hashim 89 Report Qosimov 45Shirshov 47 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha 6,000 Mongkol Rungklay (Thailand) 4 October 2001 19:00 UTC+03 QAT 1–2 UAE Hamzah 47 Report Khalil 43Salem Ali 84 Khalifa International Stadium, Doha 8,000 Abdul Aziz A. Al Dokhail (Saudi Arabia) 7 October 2001 19:30 UTC+08 CHN 1–0 OMA 1995 Yu Genwei 36 Report Wulihe Stadium, Shenyang 45,000 Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) 13 October 2001 18:30 UTC+04 OMA 1995 4–2 UZB Al-Mukhaini 50 83Bashir 52Al-Mahruqy 89 Report Davletov 5Ashoor 27 o.g. Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat 400 Masayoshi Okada (Japan) 13 October 2001 19:30 UTC+08 CHN 3–0 QAT Su Maozhen 11Qu Bo 29Hao Haidong 57 Report Wulihe Stadium, Shenyang 43,850 Benito Archundia (Mexico) 19 October 2001 18:30 UTC+04 UAE 2–2 OMA 1995 Ibrahim 45Omar 60 Report Mubarak 22Al-Dhabit 41 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 40,000 Ali Abdulla Mandani (Kuwait) 19 October 2001 19:30 UTC+05 UZB 1–0 CHN Shirshov 90 Report Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent 15,000 Rodrigo Badilla (Costa Rica) Goalscorers 102 40 IRN Ali Daei KSA Abdullah Bin Shehan IRQ 1991 Emad Mohammed KSA Obeid Al-Dosari UZB Mirjalol Qosimov CHN Qi Hong KSA Sami Al-Jaber UZB Jafar Irismetov UZB Nikolay Shirshov BHR 1972 Husain Ali CHN Fan Zhiyi CHN Hao Haidong CHN Li Weifeng IRN Ali Karimi IRQ 1991 Hesham Mohammed OMA 1995 Yaqoob Juma Al-Mukhaini QAT Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi QAT Waleed Hamzah QAT Ahmad Khalifa Hashim KSA Abdullah Al-Waked THA Seksan Piturat UAE Mohammad Omar UAE Yaser Salem Ali BHR 1972 Ghazi Al Kuwari BHR 1972 Khaled Al-Dossari BHR 1972 Abdulla Al-Marzooqi BHR 1972 Mohammed Husain BHR 1972 Mohamed Salmeen BHR 1972 Talal Yousef CHN Li Xiaopeng CHN Qu Bo CHN Su Maozhen CHN Yu Genwei IRN Sirous Dinmohammadi IRN Mehdi Mahdavikia IRN Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht IRQ 1991 Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail IRQ 1991 Qahtan Chathir IRQ 1991 Laith Hussein OMA 1995 Hani Al-Dhabit OMA 1995 Badar Al-Mahruqy OMA 1995 Fawzi Bashir OMA 1995 Taqi Mubarak OMA 1995 Radhwan Nairooz QAT Dahi Al Naemi QAT Abdulnasser Al-Obaidly QAT Abdulaziz Hassan Bujaloof QAT Mubarak Mustafa KSA Ibrahim Al-Harbi KSA Al Hasan Al-Yami KSA Abdullah Jumaan Al-Dosari THA Kiatisuk Senamuang THA Sutee Suksomkit THA Worrawoot Srimaka UAE Abdulaziz Al Anbari UAE Zuhair Bakhit UAE Fahad Ali Al-Shamsi UAE Gharib Al-Kuwaiti UAE Abdulrahman Ibrahim UAE Faisal Khalil UZB Fevzi Davletov UZB Maxim Shatskikh OMA 1995 Nabil Ashoor (against Uzbekistan) References External links FIFA.com Reports RSSSF Page Category:2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) Qual