2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round

The AFC Second Round of 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between the 10 group winners from the First Round split across 2 groups.

Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

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 a play off. The winner of this play off went on to compete for a place in the World Cup in the UEFA / AFC Intercontinental Play-off.[1]

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
Runners-up advance to the AFC play off

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 8521178+917
 Iran 8431107+315
 Bahrain 824289−110
 Iraq 8215910−17
 Thailand 8044515−104
Iraq 4–0 Thailand
H. Mohammed  23', 76'
E. Mohammed  70'
Hussein  86'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Saudi Arabia 1–1 Bahrain
Al-Dosari  84' Report Salmeen  18'
Attendance: 45,000
Bahrain 2–0 Iraq
Yousef  58'
Al Kuwari  82'		 Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Khaled Dalu (Syria)
Iran 2–0 Saudi Arabia
Daei  54' (pen.), 64' Report
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Simon Micallef (Australia)
Saudi Arabia 1–0 Iraq
Al-Dosari  45' Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
Thailand 0–0 Iran
Report
Attendance: 30,000
Bahrain 1–1 Thailand
Al-Dossari  16' Report Senamuang  64'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Kim Tae-Young (South Korea)
Iraq 1–2 Iran
E. Mohammed  20' Report Karimi  30'
Daei  84'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Felipe Ramos Rizo (Mexico)
Iran 0–0 Bahrain
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Thailand 1–3 Saudi Arabia
Pituratana  28' Report Al-Jaber  47'
Bin Shehan  63'
Al-Dosari  70'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Naotsugu Fuse (Japan)
Bahrain 0–4 Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Dosari  26'
Bin Shehan  28'
Al-Waked  41'
Al-Jaber  89'
Attendance: 35,000
Thailand 1–1 Iraq
Suksomkit  38' Report E. Mohammed  63'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)
Iraq 1–0 Bahrain
E. Mohammed  10' Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)
Saudi Arabia 2–2 Iran
Al-Waked  20' (pen.)
Al-Yami  59'		 Report Daei  42'
Dinmohammadi  84'
Prince Abdullah al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 30,000
Iran 1–0 Thailand
Nikbakht  32' Report
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Taj Addin Fares (Syria)
Iraq 1–2 Saudi Arabia
Al-Hail  31' Report Shehan  1', 77'
Attendance: 17,000
Iran 2–1 Iraq
Mahdavikia  27'
Karimi  71'		 Report Chathir  52'
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)
Thailand 1–1 Bahrain
Srimaka  21' Report Ali  90+3'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)

Note: This match was originally scheduled for 13 October 2001 and started normally, but was interrupted at 25 minutes when Bahrain won 1–0 due to an electrical fire at Rajamangala Stadium.[2][3]

Saudi Arabia 4–1 Thailand
Shehan  40'
Jumaan  50'
Al-Jaber  66' (pen.)
Al-Harbi  73'		 Report Piturat  58'
Attendance: 27,000
Bahrain 3–1 Iran
Al Marzooqi  8'
Ali  45'
Husain  90'		 Report Daei  82'
Attendance: 25,000

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 China PR 8611132+1119
 United Arab Emirates 83231011−111
 Uzbekistan 83141314−110
 Qatar 8233101009
 Oman 8134716−96
Qatar 0–0 Oman
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Abdulhameed Ebrahim (Bahrain)
United Arab Emirates 4–1 Uzbekistan
Salem Ali  21'
Hareb  33' (pen.)
Fahd  45'
Bakhit  85'		 Report Shirshov  37'
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)
China PR 3–0 United Arab Emirates
Li Xiaopeng  2'
Qi Hong  19'
Hao Haidong  33'		 Report
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Mongkol Rungklay (Thailand)
Uzbekistan 2–1 Qatar
Irismetov  36'
Qosimov  52'		 Report Jaloof  88'
Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 40,000
Oman 0–2 China PR
Report Qi Hong  70'
Fan Zhiyi  84' (pen.)
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Ahmad Khalidi Supian (Malaysia)
United Arab Emirates 0–2 Qatar
Report Hashim  65'
Al-Obaidly  71'
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 20,000
Qatar 1–1 China PR
Al Naemi  31' Report Li Weifeng  90'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Uzbekistan 5–0 Oman
Irismetov  17', 73'
Shatskikh  38' (pen.)
Qosimov  50', 67'		 Report
Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Oman 1–1 United Arab Emirates
Nairooz  52' Report Abdulazeez  13'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Hassan Marshoud (Jordan)
China PR 2–0 Uzbekistan
Li Weifeng  63'
Fan Zhiyi  76'		 Report
Attendance: 44,376
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea)
Oman 0–3 Qatar
Report Hamzah  26'
Mustafa  33'
Al Enazi  74'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait)
Uzbekistan 0–1 United Arab Emirates
Report Mohammad Omar  5'
Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 42,000
United Arab Emirates 0–1 China PR
Report Qi Hong  43'
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 15,000
Qatar 2–2 Uzbekistan
Al Enazi  9'
Hashim  89'		 Report Qosimov  45'
Shirshov  47'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Mongkol Rungklay (Thailand)
Qatar 1–2 United Arab Emirates
Hamzah  47' Report Khalil  43'
Salem Ali  84'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Abdul Aziz A. Al Dokhail (Saudi Arabia)
China PR 1–0 Oman
Yu Genwei  36' Report
Attendance: 45,000
Oman 4–2 Uzbekistan
Al-Mukhaini  50', 83'
Bashir  52'
Al-Mahrouqi  89'		 Report Davletov  5'
Ashoor  27' (o.g.)
Attendance: 400
China PR 3–0 Qatar
Su Maozhen  11'
Qu Bo  29'
Hao Haidong  57'		 Report
Attendance: 43,850
United Arab Emirates 2–2 Oman
Ibrahim  45'
Omar  60'		 Report Mubarak  22'
Al-Dhabit  41'
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Ali Abdulla Mandani (Kuwait)
Uzbekistan 1–0 China PR
Shirshov  90' Report
Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 15,000

References
  1. "Play-off AFC/UEFA 2002 :: Fase Final:: ogol.com.br". www.ogol.com.br (in Breton). Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  2. https://www.dawn.com/news/1889
  3. https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/bahrain-skipper-banned
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