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ASIA (AFC) FINAL ROUND 2002 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING RESULTS

Posted: Thu Nov 15 19:33:44 2001 EST

Playoff match

2nd leg: Nov. 15

Iran 1, Ireland 0 [Ireland wins, 2-1 on aggregate] 1st leg: Nov. 10

Ireland 2, Iran 0

Asia Qualifying Playoff

1st leg -- October 25: Iran 1, UAE  0
2nd leg -- October 31: UAE  0, Iran 3

[Iran wins 4-0 on aggregate score] Note: Group winners qualified for the 2002 World Cup finals in Korea/Japan. Iran won the playoff against the United Arab Emirates for the right to meet European Group 2 runner-up Ireland for a World Cup berth. Japan and South Korea automatically qualified as hosts.

q-qualified p-playoff

GROUP A

                       W   L   T   GF  GA  PTS
q-Saudi Arabia         5   1   2   17   8   17
p-Iran                 4   1   3   10   7   15
Bahrain                2   2   4    8   9   10
Iraq                   2   5   1    9  10    7
Thailand               0   4   4    5  15    4

Results

Iraq 4, Thailand 0 Saudi Arabia 1, Bahrain 1 Bahrain 2, Iraq 0 Iran 2, Saudi Arabia 0 Saudi Arabia 1, Iraq 0 Thailand 0, Iran 0 Bahrain 1, Thailand 1 Iraq 1, Iran 2 Iran 0, Bahrain 0 Thailand 1, Saudi Arabia 3 Bahrain 0, Saudi Arabia 4 Thailand 1, Iraq 1 Iraq 1, Bahrain 0 Saudi Arabia 2, Iran 2 Iran 1, Thailand 0 Iraq 1, Saudi Arabia 2 Iran 2, Iraq 1 Thailand 0, Bahrain 1 Bahrain 3, Iran 1 Saudi Arabia 4, Thailand 1

GROUP B

                         W   L   T   GF  GA  PTS
q-China                  6   1   1   13   2   19
p-United Arab Emirates   3   3   2   10  11   11
Uzbekistan               3   4   1   13  14   10
Qatar                    2   3   3   10  10    9
Oman                     1   4   3    7  16    6

Results

Qatar 0, Oman 0 United Arab Emirates 4, Uzbekistan 1 China 3, UAE 0 Uzbekistan 2, Qatar 1 Oman 0, China 2 UAE 0, Qatar 2 Qatar 1, China 1 Uzbekistan 5, Oman 0 Oman 1, UAE 1 China 2, Uzbekistan 0 Oman 0, Qatar 3 Uzbekistan 0, UAE 1 UAE 0, China 1 Qatar 2, Uzbekistan 2 Qatar 1, UAE 2 China 1, Oman 0 Oman 4, Uzbekistan 2 China 3, Qatar 0 UAE 2, Oman 2 Uzbekistan 1, China 0