The 2002 AFC Youth Championship qualifying competition is a men's under-19
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competition that determined the eleven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts
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in the
2002 AFC Youth Championship
The 2002 AFC Youth Championship was the 32nd edition of the AFC Youth Championship, the biennial international youth Association football, football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-19 national t ...
final tournament.
A total of 40 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying competition. Players born on or after 1 January 1983 are eligible to participate.
Format
In each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue. The eleven group winners qualify for the final tournament.
Teams
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*Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
Groups
The qualifying round was played by 31 July 2002.
Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3
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Group 4
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Group 5
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Group 6
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Group 7
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Group 8
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Group 9
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Group 10
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Group 11
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Qualified teams
The following twelve teams qualify for the final tournament.
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1 Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.
References
{{AFC U-19 Championship
Qualification
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Processes
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AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification
Youth Championship qualification
Youth Championship qualification
Championship qualification