Football in Asia, Asian Soccer: World Cup 2002

	World Cup 2002 - Asian qualifiers

A preliminary round with 10 groups determined 10 teams

2 groups with 5 teams each were drawn.
10 weeks of qualifiers played on 10 consecutive weekends

The group winners qualify for Korea Japan 2002.

The two second placed teams will play off a team that will play Ireland or Portugal for a possible additional place for Asia

Group A
Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Thailand, Bahrain
10 weeks of qualifiers played on 10 consecutive weekends
week1
Saudi Arabia - Bahrain 1:1
Iraq - Thailand 4:0
week2
Bahrain - Iraq 2:0
Iran - Saudi Arabia 2:0
week3
Saudi Arabia - Iraq 1:0
Thailand - Iran 0:0
week4
Bahrain - Thailand 1:1
Iraq - Iran 1:2
week5
Iran - Bahrain 0:0
Thailand - Saudi Arabia 1:3
week6
Bahrain - Saudi Arabia 0:4
Thailand - Iraq 1:1
week7
Iraq - Bahrain 1:0
Saudi Arabia - Iran 2:2
week8
Iraq - Saudi Arabia 1:2
Iran - Thailand 1:0
week9
Thailand - Bahrain 1:1
Iran - Iraq 2:1
week10
Bahrain - Iran 3:1
Saudi Arabia - Thailand 4:1

	M	G	P	ptsavg.*	hai**
Saudi Arabia	8	17-8	17	2.125	+5
Iran	8	10-7	15	1.875	+3
Bahrain	8	8-9	10	1.250	-2
Iraq	8	9-10	7	0.875	-5
Thailand	8	5-15	4	0.500	-8

group winner qualifies for World Cup 2002
second for additional play-offs
*ptsavg = average points per match played (this is an unofficial value to compensate for the different numbers of matches played by the teams, it does not count)
**hai=the new 'the-shot.com home away indicator': based on the assumption all teams win their home matches and lose their away matches, lost points at home here get substracted, won points in away games added. This is in SOME cases a very good indicator compensating for different schedules

Group B
China, Qatar, U.A.E., Uzbekistan, Oman
10 weeks of qualifiers played on 10 consecutive weekends
week1
U.A.E. - Uzbekistan 4:1
Qatar - Oman 0:0
week2
Uzbekistan - Qatar 2:1
China PR - U.A.E. 3:0
week3
U.A.E. - Qatar 0:2
Oman - China PR 0:2
week4
Uzbekistan - Oman 5:0
Qatar - China PR 1:1
week5
China PR - Uzbekistan 2:0
Oman - U.A.E. 1:1
week6
Uzbekistan - U.A.E. 0:1
Oman - Qatar 0:3
week7
Qatar - Uzbekistan 2:2
U.A.E. - China PR 0:1
week8
Qatar - U.A.E. 1:2
China PR - Oman 1:0
week9
Oman - Uzbekistan 4:2
China PR - Qatar 3:0
week10
Uzbekistan - China PR 1:0
U.A.E. - Oman 2:2

	M	G	P	ptsavg.*	hai**
China PR	8	13-2	19	2.375	+7
U.A.E.	8	10-11	11	1.375	-1
Uzbekistan	8	13-14	10	1.250	-2
Qatar	8	10-10	9	1.125	-3
Oman	8	7-16	6	0.750	-6

The two second placed teams will play off a team that will play Ireland or Portugal for a possible additional place for Asia:

Oct 25 + Oct 31 Iran - United Arab Emirates
1st leg: 1:0 Karim Bagheri ('45)
Reports speak of a handful of chances for Iran and two second half opportunities for the Emirates. The goal was scored after a insufficiently cleared corner.
2nd leg Oct 31
United Arab Emirates - Iran 0:3
> live-ticker here

Ireland - Iran 2:0 + 0:1

Please consult either the official sites of
FIFA
or
AFC
or the statistic club
RSSSF
for the results and tables of the preliminary round.

There you may as well find historical data, for example on former qualifyers.

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