Asian Games 2002 / Football

Asian Games 2002
Men
Number of nations	24
winner	Iran Iran (4th title)
venue	Busan , South Korea
Opening game	September 27, 2002
Endgame	October 13, 2002
Games	44
Gates	151 (⌀: 3.43 per game)
Top scorer	Japan Satoshi Nakayama Alireza Nikbakht Vahedi (5 goals each) Iran

Asian Games 2002
Women
Number of nations	6th
winner	Korea North North Korea (1st title)
venue	Busan , South Korea
Opening game	October 2, 2002
Endgame	October 11, 2002
Games	15th
Gates	37 (⌀: 2.47 per game)
Top scorer	Korea North Jin Pyol-hui (4 goals)

At the Asian Games 2002 in South Korea from September 27 to October 13, 2002, two football competitions were held. 26 teams took part in the men's tournament, six teams in the women's tournament. The games were not only played in Busan , but also in the surrounding cities of Changwon , Ulsan and Yangsan .

For the first time, as in the Olympic soccer tournament, only U-23 teams were allowed to join, and they could be reinforced with a maximum of three older athletes. This restriction did not apply to women.

Iran won the men's tournament with a 2-1 win in the final against Japan . In the match for bronze, the hosts from South Korea beat Thailand 3-0 . In the women's category, North Korea won the round-robin tournament ahead of China and Japan .

Venues

The games were played in six different stadiums in South Korea . The men's final took place in Busan in the Asia Main Stadium.

Men's tournament

Attendees

A new record was set with a total of 24 teams. Of the 1998 participants , only six teams were missing: Cambodia, Kazakhstan (switched to UEFA in 2002 ), Laos, Mongolia, Nepal and Tajikistan. Again there were Afghanistan (last time 1954), Bahrain (last time 1994), Bangladesh (last time 1990), Yemen (last time 1994), Malaysia (last time 1994), Pakistan (last time 1990) and Palestine (last time 1994).

Group A	Group B	Group C
Korea South South Korea	United Arab Emirates Ver. Arab. Emirates	China People's Republic China
Malaysia Malaysia	Vietnam Vietnam	India India
Maldives Maldives	Yemen Yemen	Bangladesh Bangladesh
Oman Oman	Thailand Thailand	Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
Group D	Group E	Group F.
Japan Japan	Iran Iran	Kuwait Kuwait
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan	Qatar Qatar	Tajikistan Tajikistan ²
Bahrain Bahrain	Lebanon Lebanon	Hong Kong Hong Kong
Jordan Jordan ¹	Mongolia Mongolia ¹	Pakistan Pakistan

Remarks

¹Jordan and Mongolia withdrew from the competition. They have been replaced by Palestine and Afghanistan .

²Tajikistan was suspended by FIFA and replaced by North Korea .

Group stage

The group winners and the two best runners-up qualified for the quarter-finals, the remaining second, third and fourth placed were eliminated from the competition. If two or more teams were tied, the placement was determined by the following criteria:

Goal difference from all group matches
Number of goals in all group matches
Number of points in direct comparison
Goal difference in direct comparison
Number of goals in direct comparison
Drawing of lots

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Korea South South Korea	3	3	0	013: 200	+11	09
2.	Oman Oman	3	2	1	008: 500	+3	06th
3.	Malaysia Malaysia	3	1	2	003: 600	−3	03
4th	Maldives Maldives	3	0	3	001:120	−11	00

September 27, 2002 in Busan (Gudeok Stadium)
South Korea	-	Maldives	4: 0 (2: 0)
September 27, 2002 in Changwon (Masan Stadium)
Oman	-	Malaysia	1: 0 (0: 0)
September 30, 2002 in Busan (Gudeok Stadium)
Maldives	-	Malaysia	1: 3 (0: 2)
September 30, 2002 in Yangsan
Oman	-	South Korea	2: 5 (0: 1)
October 3, 2002 in Changwon (Masan Stadium)
Malaysia	-	South Korea	0: 4 (0: 2)
October 3, 2002 in Ulsan
Maldives	-	Oman	0: 5 (0: 2)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Thailand Thailand	3	3	0	0	009: 100	+8	09
2.	United Arab Emirates Ver. Arab. Emirates	3	1	1	1	003: 400	−1	04th
3.	Yemen Yemen	3	1	0	2	003: 500	−2	03
4th	Vietnam Vietnam	3	0	1	2	000: 500	−5	01

September 27, 2002 in Ulsan
Ver. Arab. Emirates	-	Vietnam	0-0
September 27, 2002 in Changwon (Masan Stadium)
Yemen	-	Thailand	0: 3 (0: 1)
September 30, 2002 in Changwon (Masan Stadium)
Vietnam	-	Thailand	0: 3 (0: 1)
September 30, 2002 in Busan (Gudeok Stadium)
Yemen	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates	1: 2 (0: 2)
October 3, 2002 in Busan (Gudeok Stadium)
Thailand	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates	3: 1 (2: 1)
October 3, 2002 in Changwon (Masan Stadium)
Vietnam	-	Yemen	0: 2 (0: 2)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	China People's Republic China	3	3	0	009-000	+9	09
2.	India India	3	2	1	006: 300	+3	06th
3.	Turkmenistan Turkmenistan	3	1	2	004: 800	−4	03
4th	Bangladesh Bangladesh	3	0	3	001: 900	−8	00

September 27, 2002 in Busan (Gudeok Stadium)
Turkmenistan	-	China	0: 4 (0: 2)
September 27, 2002 in Ulsan
India	-	Bangladesh	3: 0 (0: 0)
September 30, 2002 in Yangsan
Turkmenistan	-	India	1: 3 (1: 0)
September 30, 2002 in Changwon (Masan Stadium)
Bangladesh	-	China	0: 3 (0: 2)
October 3, 2002 in Yangsan
China	-	India	2: 0 (2: 0)
October 3, 2002 in Busan (Gudeok Stadium)
Bangladesh	-	Turkmenistan	1: 3 (1: 3)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Japan Japan	3	3	0	008: 200	+6	09
2.	Bahrain Bahrain	3	2	1	010: 500	+5	06th
3.	Uzbekistan Uzbekistan	3	1	2	002: 400	−2	03
4th	Palastina autonomous areas Palestine	3	0	3	000: 900	−9	00

September 28, 2002 in Yangsan
Palestine	-	Japan	0: 2 (0: 0)
September 28, 2002 in Changwon (Civil Stadium)
Uzbekistan	-	Bahrain	0: 3 (0: 2)
October 1, 2002 in Yangsan
Uzbekistan	-	Palestine	2: 0 (2: 0)
October 1, 2002 in Ulsan
Japan	-	Bahrain	5: 2 (4: 0)
October 5, 2002 in Changwon (Civil Stadium)
Bahrain	-	Palestine	5: 0 (4: 0)
October 5, 2002 in Changwon (Masan Stadium)
Japan	-	Uzbekistan	1: 0 (1: 0)

Group E

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Iran Iran	3	2	1	0	013: 100	+12	07th
2.	Qatar Qatar	3	1	2	0	013: 200	+11	05
3.	Lebanon Lebanon	3	1	1	1	012: 300	+9	04th
4th	Afghanistan 2002 Afghanistan	3	0	0	3	000:320	−32	00

September 28, 2002 in Busan (Gudeok Stadium)
Afghanistan	-	Iran	0:10 (0: 3)
September 28, 2002 in Yangsan
Qatar	-	Lebanon	1: 1 (1: 0)
October 1, 2002 in Ulsan
Qatar	-	Afghanistan	11: 0 (5: 0)
October 1, 2002 in Changwon (Civil Stadium)
Iran	-	Lebanon	2: 0 (0: 0)
October 5, 2002 in Changwon (Civil Stadium)
Lebanon	-	Afghanistan	11: 0 (5: 0)
October 5, 2002 in Changwon (Masan Stadium)
Iran	-	Qatar	1: 1 (1: 1)

Group F.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Kuwait Kuwait	3	3	0	009-000	+9	09
2.	Korea North North Korea	3	2	1	007: 300	+4	06th
3.	Hong Kong Hong Kong	3	1	2	004: 300	+1	03
4th	Pakistan Pakistan	3	0	3	000:140	−14	00

September 28, 2002 in Changwon (Civil Stadium)
Hong Kong	-	North Korea	1: 2 (0: 0)
September 28, 2002 in Busan (Gudeok Stadium)
Kuwait	-	Pakistan	6: 0 (3: 0)
October 1, 2002 in Changwon (Civil Stadium)
Kuwait	-	Hong Kong	1: 0 (1: 0)
October 1, 2002 in Yangsan
North Korea	-	Pakistan	5: 0 (1: 0)
October 5, 2002 in Yangsan
Pakistan	-	Hong Kong	0: 3 (0: 0)
October 5, 2002 in Ulsan
North Korea	-	Kuwait	0: 2 (0: 2)

Table of runners-up

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Bahrain Bahrain	3	2	0	1	010: 500	+5	06th
2.	Korea North North Korea	3	2	0	1	007: 300	+4	06th
3.	Oman Oman	3	2	0	1	008: 500	+3	06th
4th	India India	3	2	0	1	006: 300	+3	06th
5.	Qatar Qatar	3	1	2	0	013: 200	+11	05
6th	United Arab Emirates Ver. Arab. Emirates	3	1	1	1	003: 400	−1	04th

Quarter finals

October 8, 2002 in Changwon (Masan Stadium)
China People's Republic China	-	Japan Japan	0: 1 (0: 0)
October 8, 2002 in Yangsan
Iran Iran	-	Kuwait Kuwait	1: 0 (0: 0)
October 8, 2002 in Ulsan
Korea South South Korea	-	Bahrain Bahrain	1: 0 (1: 0)
October 8, 2002 in Busan (Gudeok Stadium)
Thailand Thailand	-	Korea North North Korea	1: 0 (0: 0)

Semifinals

October 10, 2002 in Ulsan
Japan Japan	-	Thailand Thailand	3: 0 (1: 0)
October 10, 2002 in Busan (Gudeok Stadium)
Iran Iran	-	Korea South South Korea	0: 0 n.v. , 5: 3 i. E.

Bronze game

October 13, 2002 in Ulsan
Thailand Thailand	-	Korea South South Korea	0: 3 (0: 1)

final

October 13, 2002 in Busan (Asia Main Stadium)
Japan Japan	-	Iran Iran	1: 2 (0: 0)

List of goalscorers

Below are the top scorers of the tournament. If the number of goals is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

space	player	Gates
1	Japan Satoshi Nakayama	5
	Iran Alireza Nikbakht Vahedi	5
3	Kuwait Bashar Abdullah	4th
	Qatar Sayed Ali Bechir	4th
	India Baichung Bhutia	4th
	Korea South Lee Dong-gook	4th

Women's tournament

Instead of a group phase and a subsequent final round, the places were determined in a simple round-robin tournament . Apart from Thailand and India all teams from 1998 took part again.

Table and results

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Korea North North Korea	5	4th	1	0	008-000	+8	13
2.	China People's Republic China	5	3	2	0	011: 300	+8	11
3.	Japan Japan	5	3	1	1	008: 300	+5	10
4th	Korea South South Korea	5	2	0	3	006: 800	−2	06th
5.	Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei	5	0	1	4th	002: 700	−5	01
6th	Vietnam Vietnam	5	0	1	4th	002:160	−14	01

October 2, 2002 in Changwon (Civil Stadium)
South Korea	-	Vietnam	4: 0 (3: 0)
October 2, 2002 in Busan (Gudeok Stadium)
Chinese Taipei	-	China	0: 1 (0: 1)
October 2, 2002 in Busan (Gudeok Stadium)
Japan	-	North Korea	0: 1 (0: 0)
October 4, 2002 in Changwon (Civil Stadium)
Japan	-	Vietnam	3: 0 (2: 0)
October 4, 2002 in Yangsan
Chinese Taipei	-	South Korea	1: 2 (0: 1)
October 4, 2002 in Changwon (Civil Stadium)
North Korea	-	China	0-0
October 7, 2002 in Changwon (Masan Stadium)
South Korea	-	Japan	0: 1 (0: 1)
October 7, 2002 in Busan (Gudeok Stadium)
China	-	Vietnam	4: 1 (2: 1)
October 7, 2002 in Changwon (Masan Stadium)
Chinese Taipei	-	North Korea	0: 1 (0: 0)
October 9, 2002 in Yangsan
Chinese Taipei	-	Vietnam	1: 1 (0: 0)
October 9, 2002 in Changwon (Civil Stadium)
China	-	Japan	2: 2 (0: 2)
October 9, 2002 in Busan (Gudeok Stadium)
North Korea	-	South Korea	2: 0 (2: 0)
October 11, 2002 in Changwon (Civil Stadium)
Vietnam	-	North Korea	0: 4 (0: 2)
October 11, 2002 in Changwon (Masan Stadium)
Chinese Taipei	-	Japan	0: 2 (0: 2)
October 11, 2002 in Changwon (Civil Stadium)
South Korea	-	China	0: 4 (0: 1)

List of goalscorers

Below are the top scorers of the tournament. If the number of goals is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

space	player	Gates
1	Korea North Jin Pyol-hui	4th
2	China People's Republic Bai Jie	3
	China People's Republic Ren Liping	3
	Japan Homare Sawa	3
5	Chinese Taipei Chen Shu-chiung	2
	Japan Mio Otani	2
	Korea North Ri hyang-ok	2

Web links

The men's tournament at RSSSF .com
The women's tournament at RSSSF.com