The AFC second round of
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification competition was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. Each confederation — the AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South Americ ...
was contested between the ten group winners from the
first round
First most commonly refers to:
* First, the ordinal form of the number 1
First or 1st may also refer to:
Acronyms
* Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array
* Far Infrared a ...
split across two groups.
The top country in each group at the end of the stage progressed to the
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea/Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams organized by ...
, 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.
Group A
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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.
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Group B
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Goalscorers
References
External links
FIFA.com Reports
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2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)
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