2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round

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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[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Oman 6 5 1 0 33 3 +30 16 Second round 2–0 12–0 7–0
2  Syria 6 4 1 1 40 6 +34 13 3–3 11–0 12–0
3  Laos 6 1 1 4 3 40 −37 4 0–7 0–9 2–0
4  Philippines 6 0 1 5 2 29 −27 1 0–2 1–5 1–1
Source: [1]
Syria 12–0 Philippines
Bayazid 14', 16', 49', 77', 80'
Jabban 25'
Srour 27' (pen.)
Nihad Al Boushi 45'
Shehadeh 46'
Mouhanad Boushi 59'
Afash 75' (pen.)
Malki 89'
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Siamak Bakhshi (Iran)
Oman 12–0 Laos
Al-Dhabit 6', 23' (pen.), 30', 45', 45+1'
Mubarak Al-Siyabi 21'
Al-Mukhani 39', 44'
Nasser Zayid 62' (pen.)
Fawzi Bashir 81', 85'
Al-Araimi 84'
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ammar Ammar (Lebanon)

Syria 5–1 Philippines
Srour 42', 54'
Bayazid 71'
Moussa 77', 87'
Report Barsales 59'
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Jang Sok Jin (North Korea)
Oman 7–0 Laos
Al-Dhabit 15', 79'
Mubarak Al-Siyabi 36'
Al-Araimi 39', 42'
Al-Mukhaini 43'
Samir 90'
Report
Attendance: 2,099
Referee: Gyanu Shrestha (Nepal)

Syria 11–0 Laos
Afash 15', 89'
Mouhanad Boushi 25', 79'
Bayazid 31', 53', 90'
Moussa 33'
Srour 55', 64'
Nihad Al Boushi 69'
Report
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Ahmad Abu Khadijeh (Jordan)
Oman 7–0 Philippines
Al-Dhabit 43' (pen.), 81'
Al-Mukhaini 45', 61', 68', 79'
Said 83'
Report
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Delawar (Bahrain)

Laos 0–9 Syria
Report Nihad Al Boushi 2', 50'
Srour 34'
Bayazid 37'
Shehadeh 46'
Zaher 55', 65'
Al-Khatib 75'
Al Sayed 81'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Mamed Mamedov (Turkmenistan)
Philippines 0–2 Oman
Report Al-Mukhaini 11', 56'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Sergey Tsaregradskiy (Kazakhstan)

Syria 3–3 Oman
Bayazid 4'
Afash 56'
Srour 68'
Report Al-Araimi 35'
Al-Dhabit 55'
Samir 81'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
Laos 2–0 Philippines
Phounsamay 15'
Dalaphone 55'
Report

Oman 2–0 Syria
Mubarak Al-Siyabi 48'
Samir 67'
Report
Philippines 1–1 Laos
Doña 20' Report Khouphachansy 81'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Jajat Hidayat (Indonesia)

Group 2[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 2 2 0 0 21 0 +21 6 Second round 2–0 19–0
2  Tajikistan 2 1 0 1 16 2 +14 3 16–0
3  Guam 2 0 0 2 0 35 −35 0
4  Myanmar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: [1]
Iran 19–0 Guam
Majidi 12', 75', 79'
Bagheri 13', 23', 33', 48', 67', 77'
Karimi 19', 55', 58', 86'
Vahedi Nikbakht 31'
Daei 34' (pen.), 53', 72'
Bakhtiarizadeh 43', 69'
Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)

Tajikistan 16–0 Guam
Ashurmamadov 3', 16'
Muminov 13'
Knitel 20'
Khojaev 26', 39', 70'
Hamidov 31', 47', 77', 89' (pen.)
Fuzailov 52'
Berdykulov 62', 67'
Jabbarov 77'
Usmonov 87'
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Hani Ballan (Qatar)

Iran 2–0 Tajikistan
Daei 47'
Hasheminasab 54'
Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Mahmoud Al-Rifaee (Syria)

Group 3[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar 6 5 1 0 14 3 +11 16 Second round 2–1 5–1 2–0
2  Palestine 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7 1–2 1–0 1–0
3  Malaysia 6 2 1 3 8 11 −3 7 0–0 4–3 2–0
4  Hong Kong 6 1 1 4 3 10 −7 4 0–3 1–1 2–1
Source: [1]
Qatar 5–1 Malaysia
Al-Enazi 10', 37', 59'
Mustafa 51' (pen.)
Al-Tamimi 75'
Report Talib 9'
Hong Kong 1–1 Palestine
Ho Man 72' Report Ayoub 64'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Han Byung-Hwa (South Korea)

Palestine 1–2 Qatar
Ayoub 54' Report Al Naemi 31'
Mustafa 65'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ekachai Tanaddernkao (Thailand)
Hong Kong 0–2 Malaysia
Report Rakhli 46', 79'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Musallam Al Bloushi (United Arab Emirates)

Palestine 1–0 Malaysia
Al-Jaish 36' Report
Attendance: 4,540
Referee: Mohammad Tajul Islam (Bangladesh)
Hong Kong 0–2 Qatar
Report Al-Enazi 42'
Feng 67' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Palestine 1–0 Hong Kong
Lafi 58' Report
Qatar 0–0 Malaysia
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Rahim Rahimi (Iran)

Qatar 2–1 Palestine
Al-Enazi 24'
Hassan 45'
Report Ayoub 30'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Naotsugu Fuse (Japan)
Hong Kong 2–1 Malaysia
Feng 11'
Keung 78'
Report Omar 86'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Muflah Mohamed (Oman)

Qatar 3–0 Hong Kong
Al Naemi 45'
Mubarak 89'
Al-Tamimi 90'
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Khader Haj Khader (Syria)
Malaysia 4–3 Palestine
Rakhli 21', 62' (pen.)
Omar 53'
Idrus 56'
Report Ayoub 3'
Al-Holi 29' (pen.)
Al-Jaish 90'

Group 4[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bahrain 6 5 0 1 9 4 +5 15 Second round 1–2 1–0 2–0
2  Kuwait 6 4 1 1 9 3 +6 13 0–1 2–0 1–1
3  Kyrgyzstan 6 1 1 4 3 9 −6 4 1–2 0–3 1–1
4  Singapore 6 0 2 4 3 8 −5 2 1–2 0–1 0–1
Source: [1]
Bahrain 1–2 Kuwait
Al Sadi 90' Report Al Huwaidi 66'
Al-Sauhi 72'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Kim Hoe Sung (South Korea)
Singapore 0–1 Kyrgyzstan
Report Kovalenko 83'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Abdul Aziz A. Al Dokhail (Saudi Arabia)

Bahrain 1–0 Kyrgyzstan
Al Sadi 86' Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)
Kuwait 1–1 Singapore
Abdullah 61' Report Shah 86'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Suresh Srinivasan (India)

Kyrgyzstan 0–3 Kuwait
Report Asel 61'
Al Huwaidi 85'
Al-Mutairi 90'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Zhu Liuyi (China)
Singapore 1–2 Bahrain
Ali 65' Report Al Sadi 15', 25'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura (Japan)

Kyrgyzstan 1–2 Bahrain
Jumagulov 8' Report Salmeen 23'
Hassan 74'
Attendance: 1,099
Referee: Park Sang-Gu (South Korea)
Singapore 0–1 Kuwait
Report Al-Mutairi 52'

Kuwait 2–0 Kyrgyzstan
Al Huwaidi 21'
Laheeb 87'
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Zhang Yeduan (China)
Bahrain 2–0 Singapore
Eid 40'
Al Sadi 43'
Report
Attendance: 800
Referee: Youssuf Al Aqily (Saudi Arabia)

Kyrgyzstan 1–1 Singapore
Kovalenko 77' Report Ali 60'
Attendance: 25,099
Referee: Mohammad Abdur Rakib (Bangladesh)
Kuwait 0–1 Bahrain
Report Mohammed 72'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Zhang Yeduan (China)

Group 5[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Thailand 6 5 1 0 20 5 +15 16 Second round 2–2 4–2 3–0
2  Lebanon 6 4 1 1 26 5 +21 13 1–2 4–0 6–0
3  Sri Lanka 6 1 1 4 8 20 −12 4 0–3 0–5 3–1
4  Pakistan 6 0 1 5 5 29 −24 1 0–6 1–8 3–3
Source: [1]
Thailand 4–2 Sri Lanka
Kiatisuk 46', 51'
Therdsak 53'
Thawatchai 84'
Report Raheem 20', 50'
Lebanon 6–0 Pakistan
Zein 6', 32', 88'
Hojeij 49'
Santos 51' (pen.)
Hamdan 90'
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)

Thailand 3–0 Pakistan
Seksan 35', 52'
Therdsak 86'
Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Sabah Kasim (Iraq)
Lebanon 4–0 Sri Lanka
R. Antar 44', 63'
Hojeij 65'
Kassas 90'
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)

Pakistan 3–3 Sri Lanka
Zaman 45', 80', 85' Report Raheem 45'
Bandanage 72'
Kassun 83'
Lebanon 1–2 Thailand
R. Antar 9' Report Seksan 15'
Kiatisuk 27'

Pakistan 1–8 Lebanon
Arshad 20' Report F. Antar 5'
Ghazarian 10', 60'
R. Antar 32', 42'
Santos 46', 88'
Marcílio 78'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: S. Kumbalingam Kennedy (Singapore)
Sri Lanka 0–3 Thailand
Report Seksan 37'
Kiatisuk 50', 60'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Zhang Jianjun (China)

Sri Lanka 0–5 Lebanon
Report Ghazarian 25'
F. Antar 37'
Marcílio 48'
Zein 64'
Yenkibarian 82'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Zhang Jianjun (China)
Pakistan 0–6 Thailand
Report Kiatisuk 10', 51', 55', 74'
Niweat 78'
Surachai 83'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)

Sri Lanka 3–1 Pakistan
Jayasuriya 6', 48'
Bandanage 11'
Report Arshad 9'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Viktor Kolpakov (Kyrgyzstan)
Thailand 2–2 Lebanon
Seksan 73'
Tawan 77'
Report Ghazarian 35'
Hojeij 87'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Group 6[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iraq 6 4 2 0 28 5 +23 14 Second round 1–1 4–2 8–0
2  Kazakhstan 6 4 2 0 20 2 +18 14 1–1 4–0 3–0
3    Nepal 6 2 0 4 13 25 −12 6 1–9 0–6 4–1
4  Macau 6 0 0 6 2 31 −29 0 0–5 0–5 1–6
Source: [1]

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 Kazakhstan
Report Litvinenko 11', 28'
Urazbakhtin 21'
Lunev 73'
Baltiev 75'
Kadyrkulov 82' (p)
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Mohammed Kousa (Syria)
Iraq 8–0 Macau
H.Mohammed 21', 31', 33', 35', 76'
Jeayer 60', 83'
Kadhim 88'
Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Panya Hanlumyaung (Thailand)

Kazakhstan 3–0 Macau
Avdeyev 11'
Litvinenko 57'
Gorovenka 68'
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Kim Tae-Young (South Korea)
Nepal   1–9 Iraq
Rayamajhi 25' Report Al-Hail 6' (pen.), 20' (pen.)
H.Mohammed 15', 59'
Jafar 21'
Najim 36'
E. Mohammed 55'
Kadhim 65', 75'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Huang Junjie (China)

Nepal   4–1 Macau
Rayamajhi 18', 61'
Thapa 31'
Khadka 74' (pen.)
Report Cheong 28'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Mohamed Senhoub (Yemen)
Kazakhstan 1–1 Iraq
Baltiev 6' Report Al-Hail 31' (pen.)
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Kim Tae-Young (South Korea)

Kazakhstan 4–0   Nepal
Shevchenko 43', 73'
Baltiev 69' (pen.)
Gorovenka 87'
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Abdulla Al Bannai (United Arab Emirates)
Macau 0–5 Iraq
Report Al-Hail 45', 80'
Hassan 57', 90'
Obeid 88'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mongkol Rungklay (Thailand)

Macau 0–5 Kazakhstan
Report Byakov 50', 70'
Avdeyev 51', 72'
Gorovenka 83'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Balu Sundarraj (India)
Iraq 4–2   Nepal
Obeid 27'
Al-Hail 30'
E.Mohammed 33'
Mushraf 54'
Report Khadka 37'
Rayamajhi 63'

Macau 1–6   Nepal
Leong 50' Report Rayamajhi 38', 49', 56'
Maharjan 52'
Lama 67'
Thapa 90'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
Iraq 1–1 Kazakhstan
Mahmoud 42' Report Litvinenko 32'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mongkol Rungklay (Thailand)

Group 7[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan 6 4 2 0 20 5 +15 14 Second round 1–0 2–2 7–0
2  Turkmenistan 6 4 0 2 12 7 +5 12 2–5 2–0 1–0
3  Jordan 6 2 2 2 12 7 +5 8 1–1 1–2 6–0
4  Chinese Taipei 6 0 0 6 0 25 −25 0 0–4 0–5 0–2
Source: [1]
Turkmenistan 2–0 Jordan
Meredov 52'
Agabaýew 81'
Report
Uzbekistan 7–0 Chinese Taipei
Irismetov 3', 23', 68', 74'
Dionisiev 21'
Maminov 35'
Georgiev 43'
Report
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Mohamed Al Saeedi (United Arab Emirates)

Chinese Taipei 0–2 Jordan
Report Al-Laham 16'
Shelbaieh 57'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Yoshitsugu Katayama (Japan)
Uzbekistan 1–0 Turkmenistan
Qosimov 63' Report
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Jalal Moradi (Iran)

Uzbekistan 2–2 Jordan
Maminov 53' (pen.)
Shirshov 65'
Report Al-Shagran 13'
Abu Touk 24'
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Ahmad Khalidi Supian (Malaysia)

Jordan 6–0 Chinese Taipei
Abu Touk 45', 49' (pen.)
Al-Shagran 61'
Al-Awadat 85'
Hamarsheh 87', 89'
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Selearajen Subramaniam (Malaysia)
Turkmenistan 2–5 Uzbekistan
Baýramow 42', 44' Report Qosimov 21' (pen.)
Irismetov 35'
Bakayev 48'
Akopyants 82'
Georgiev 88'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Deshapryia Arambekade (Sri Lanka)

Chinese Taipei 0–4 Uzbekistan
Report Irismetov 15', 90'
Qosimov 59', 87'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Khaled Sadeq (Kuwait)
Jordan 1–2 Turkmenistan
Abu Touk 7' Report Gogoladze 25'
Durdyýew 85'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Santhan Nagalingam (Singapore)

Turkmenistan 1–0 Chinese Taipei
Gogoladze 37' Report
Attendance: 20
Referee: Hiroshi Tanabe (Japan)
Jordan 1–1 Uzbekistan
Abu Touk 54' (pen.) Report Maminov 77' (pen.)
Attendance: 100
Referee: Khaled Sadeq (Kuwait)

Group 8[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United Arab Emirates 6 4 0 2 21 5 +16 12 Second round 3–2 1–0 4–0
2  Yemen 6 3 2 1 14 8 +6 11 2–1 3–3 1–0
3  India 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11 1–0 1–1 5–0
4  Brunei 6 0 0 6 0 28 −28 0 0–12 0–5 0–1
Source: RSSSF
Brunei 0–5 Yemen
Report Ahmed 8'
Al-Salimi 52'
Awad 82'
Al-Nono 86', 88'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Hsu Chao-Lo (Chinese Taipei)
India 1–0 United Arab Emirates
Alberto 71' Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Sun Baojie (China)

Brunei 0–12 United Arab Emirates
Report Salem Ali 1', 58', 67', 75', 81'
Omar 12', 45'
Hussain 27'
Khater 38'
Jumaa 49'
Momin 50' (o.g.)
Masoud 90'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Fong Yau Fat Jame (Hong Kong)
India 1–1 Yemen
Bhutia 53' Report Al Ghurbani 43'
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Chalach Piromya (Thailand)

United Arab Emirates 1–0 India
Khater 63' Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Halim Abdul Hamid (Malaysia)
Yemen 1–0 Brunei
Al Ghurbani 75' Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Jassem Al-Khori (Qatar)

Yemen 3–3 India
Al-Salimi 13' (pen.), 20', 62' Report Ancheri 16', 38'
Vijayan 51'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Suleman Abo Allo (Syria)
United Arab Emirates 4–0 Brunei
Salem Ali 20', 50'
Al Kass 70'
Khalil 86'
Report
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Menfi Redha Falah (Iraq)

Yemen 2–1 United Arab Emirates
Al Ghurbani 52'
Al-Nono 73'

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