Football at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's tournament

The men's football tournament at the 2002 Asian Games was held from 27 September to Saturday 13 October 2002 in Busan, South Korea.

Men's Football Tournament
at the 2002 Asian Games

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	27 September – 13 October
Teams	24 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	6 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (1st title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	50
Goals scored	154 (3.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht (5) Satoshi Nakayama (5)
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Main article: Football at the 2002 Asian Games

Venues

Daegu	Busan		Ulsan
Daegu World Cup Stadium	Asiad Main Stadium	Gudeok Stadium	Munsu Football Stadium
Capacity: 68,014	Capacity: 53,769	Capacity: 12,349	Capacity: 44,102
Gwangju	Changwon		Yangsan
Gwangju World Cup Stadium	Changwon Stadium	Masan Stadium	Yangsan Stadium
Capacity: 42,880	Capacity: 27,085	Capacity: 21,484	Capacity: 22,061

Squads

Main article: Football at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's team squads

Results

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	9
2	Oman	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6
3	Malaysia	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Maldives	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: RSSSF

Maldives	0–4	South Korea
		Choi Tae-uk 5' As. Abdul Ghanee 45' (o.g.) Lee Dong-gook 59' S. Mohamed 89' (o.g.)

27 September

19:03

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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Malaysia	0–1	Oman
		Al-Siyabi 63'

27 September

19:03

Masan Stadium, Changwon

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Malaysia	3–1	Maldives
Jamlus 30', 32', 46'		Fazeel 79'

30 September

19:03

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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South Korea	5–2	Oman
Cho Sung-hwan 24' Kim Do-heon 49' Lee Dong-gook 60' Lee Chun-soo 65', 85'		Saleh 50' Shaaban 76'

30 September

19:03

Yangsan Stadium, Yangsan

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South Korea	4–0	Malaysia
Kim Eun-jung 20', 72' Choi Tae-uk 36' Lee Dong-gook 90'

3 October

19:03

Masan Stadium, Changwon

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Oman	5–0	Maldives
Ashoor 37' Bashir 39' Saleh 76', 88' Ayil 79'

3 October

19:03

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Thailand	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9
2	United Arab Emirates	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
3	Yemen	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Vietnam	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

Source: RSSSF

United Arab Emirates	0–0	Vietnam

27 September

16:33

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

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Yemen	0–3	Thailand
		Kiatisuk 41' Narongchai 58' Manit 65'

27 September

16:33

Masan Stadium, Changwon

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Vietnam	0–3	Thailand
		Narongchai 29' Issawa 62' Kiatisuk 83'

30 September

16:33

Masan Stadium, Changwon

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Yemen	1–2	United Arab Emirates
Al-Salimi 59'		Khater 6' Saad 32'

30 September

16:33

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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Thailand	3–1	United Arab Emirates
Manit 30' Kiatisuk 36' Narongchai 68'		Hassan 43'

3 October

16:33

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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Vietnam	0–2	Yemen
		Al-Shehri 44' Al-Salimi 45+1'

3 October

16:33

Masan Stadium, Changwon

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	China	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9
2	India	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Turkmenistan	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3
4	Bangladesh	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0

Source: RSSSF

Turkmenistan	0–4	China
		Xu Liang 13' Yan Song 37' Wang Sheng 57' Sun Xiang 80'

27 September

16:33

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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India	3–0	Bangladesh
Bhutia 46', 65' R. Singh 66'

27 September

19:03

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

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Turkmenistan	1–3	India
W. Baýramow 21'		Bhutia 53', 77' Yadav 56'

30 September

16:33

Yangsan Stadium, Yangsan

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Bangladesh	0–3	China
		Wang Xinxin 35' Yu Tao 45' Gao Ming 87'

30 September

19:03

Masan Stadium, Changwon

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China	2–0	India
Yu Tao 16', 45+1'

3 October

19:03

Yangsan Stadium, Yangsan

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Bangladesh	1–3	Turkmenistan
Sujan 35'		Urazow 21', 42' Nazarow 38'

3 October

19:03

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
2	Bahrain	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
3	Uzbekistan	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Palestine	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

Source: RSSSF

Palestine	0–2	Japan
		T. Tanaka 67' Nemoto 80'

28 September

16:33

Yangsan Stadium, Yangsan

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Uzbekistan	0–3	Bahrain
		Jalal 14' H. Ali 34' Taleb 53'

28 September

16:33

Changwon Stadium, Changwon

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Uzbekistan	2–0	Palestine
Bayramov 31' Haydarov 45+1'

1 October

16:33

Yangsan Stadium, Yangsan

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Japan	5–2	Bahrain
Okubo 16', 40' Nakayama 19' Matsui 26' T. Tanaka 89'		R. Al-Dosari 50' Isa 53'

1 October

19:03

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

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Bahrain	5–0	Palestine
H. Ali 5' Taleb 9', 58' Husain 15' R. Al-Dosari 37'

5 October

19:03

Changwon Stadium, Changwon

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Japan	1–0	Uzbekistan
Nakayama 39' (pen.)

5 October

19:03

Masan Stadium, Changwon

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iran	3	2	1	0	13	1	+12	7
2	Qatar	3	1	2	0	13	2	+11	5
3	Lebanon	3	1	1	1	12	3	+9	4
4	Afghanistan	3	0	0	3	0	32	−32	0

Source: RSSSF

Afghanistan	0–10	Iran
		Vahedi 11', 32', 51', 52', 85' Nekounam 36', 65' Golmohammadi 60' Daei 88', 90'

28 September

16:33

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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Qatar	1–1	Lebanon
Gholam 26'		Al-Jamal 87'

28 September

19:03

Yangsan Stadium, Yangsan

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Qatar	11–0	Afghanistan
Bechir 26', 28', 43', 69' Gholam 31' Abdulrahman 34', 75' Al-Khater 51' Sag. Al-Shammari 65' Hamzah 74' Rizik 77'

1 October

16:33

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

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Iran	2–0	Lebanon
Daei 54' (pen.) Kazemian 61'

1 October

16:33

Changwon Stadium, Changwon

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Lebanon	11–0	Afghanistan
Kassas 8', 16', 80' Al-Jamal 33', 45' Hijazi 35' Ghosn 53', 61', 90' Atwi 74' Zein 87'

5 October

16:33

Changwon Stadium, Changwon

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Iran	1–1	Qatar
Badavi 34'		Al-Ghanim 32'

5 October

16:33

Masan Stadium, Changwon

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kuwait	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9
2	North Korea	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	3
4	Pakistan	3	0	0	3	0	14	−14	0

Source: RSSSF

Hong Kong	1–2	North Korea
Poon Yiu Cheuk 66'		Han Song-chol 59' Hong Yong-jo 82'

28 September

19:03

Changwon Stadium, Changwon

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Kuwait	6–0	Pakistan
Abdullah 2', 54', 76' Abdulqoddus 26' Nahar 42' Al-Tayyar 65'

28 September

19:03

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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Kuwait	1–0	Hong Kong
Ali 12'

1 October

19:03

Changwon Stadium, Changwon

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North Korea	5–0	Pakistan
Jon Chol 12', 72' Rim Kun-u 68' Kim Yong-su 71', 85'

1 October

19:03

Yangsan Stadium, Yangsan

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Pakistan	0–3	Hong Kong
		Chan Yiu Lun 49' Lo Chi Kwan 78' Law Chun Bong 90'

5 October

19:03

Yangsan Stadium, Yangsan

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North Korea	0–2	Kuwait
		Al-Salamah 25' Abdullah 26'

5 October

19:03

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

Second-placed teams

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bahrain	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
2	North Korea	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Oman	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6
4	India	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
5	Qatar	3	1	2	0	13	2	+11	5
6	United Arab Emirates	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4

Source: RSSSF

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	8 October
	China	0
					10 October
	Japan	1
					Japan	3
	8 October
					Thailand	0
	Thailand	1
									13 October
	North Korea	0
									Japan	1
	8 October
									Iran	2
	Iran	1
					10 October
	Kuwait	0
					Iran (p)	0 (5)
	8 October
					South Korea	0 (3)			Bronze medal match
	South Korea	1
									13 October
	Bahrain	0
									Thailand	0
									South Korea	3

Quarterfinals

China	0–1	Japan
		Nakayama 60'

8 October

19:03

Masan Stadium, Changwon

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Iran	1–0	Kuwait
Mobali 71'

8 October

19:03

Yangsan Stadium, Yangsan

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South Korea	1–0	Bahrain
Lee Dong-gook 38' (pen.)

8 October

19:03

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

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Thailand	1–0	North Korea
Manit 52'

8 October

19:03

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

Semifinals

Japan	3–0	Thailand
Ikeda 23' Suzuki 47' Nakayama 84'

10 October

18:33

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

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Iran	0–0 (a.e.t.)	South Korea
Penalties
Nekounam Kaebi Nosrati Mobali Golmohammadi	5–3	Lee Dong-gook Lee Young-pyo Choi Tae-uk Park Ji-sung

10 October

20:03

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

Bronze medal match

Thailand	0–3	South Korea
		Park Dong-hyuk 15' Lee Chun-soo 73' Choi Tae-uk 74'

13 October

16:03

Munsu Football Stadium, Ulsan

Gold medal match

Japan	1–2	Iran
Nakayama 88'		Kazemian 47' Bayatinia 87'

13 October

19:03

Asiad Main Stadium, Busan

Goalscorers

5 goals

•  Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht (IRI)
•  Satoshi Nakayama (JPN)

4 goals

•  Bhaichung Bhutia (IND)
•  Lee Dong-gook (KOR)
•  Bashar Abdullah (KUW)
•  Sayed Ali Bechir (QAT)

3 goals

•  Ahmed Hassan Taleb (BRN)
•  Yu Tao (CHN)
•  Ali Daei (IRI)
•  Choi Tae-uk (KOR)
•  Lee Chun-soo (KOR)
•  Nasrat Al-Jamal (LIB)
•  Fadi Ghosn (LIB)
•  Mohammad Kassas (LIB)
•  Muhamad Khalid Jamlus (MAS)
•  Hashim Saleh (OMA)
•  Manit Noywech (THA)
•  Kiatisuk Senamuang (THA)
•  Narongchai Vachiraban (THA)

2 goals

•  Rashid Al-Dosari (BRN)
•  Husain Ali (BRN)
•  Javad Kazemian (IRI)
•  Javad Nekounam (IRI)
•  Yoshito Okubo (JPN)
•  Tatsuya Tanaka (JPN)
•  Kim Eun-jung (KOR)
•  Jon Chol (PRK)
•  Kim Yong-su (PRK)
•  Bilal Abdulrahman (QAT)
•  Mohammed Gholam (QAT)
•  Didargylyç Urazow (TKM)
•  Adel Al-Salimi (YEM)

1 goal

•  Mohammed Sujan (BAN)
•  Mohamed Husain (BRN)
•  Salman Isa (BRN)
•  Sayed Mahmood Jalal (BRN)
•  Gao Ming (CHN)
•  Sun Xiang (CHN)
•  Wang Sheng (CHN)
•  Wang Xinxin (CHN)
•  Xu Liang (CHN)
•  Yan Song (CHN)
•  Chan Yiu Lun (HKG)
•  Law Chun Bong (HKG)
•  Lo Chi Kwan (HKG)
•  Poon Yiu Cheuk (HKG)
•  Renedy Singh (IND)
•  Abhishek Yadav (IND)
•  Ali Badavi (IRI)
•  Mohsen Bayatinia (IRI)
•  Yahya Golmohammadi (IRI)
•  Iman Mobali (IRI)
•  Shohei Ikeda (JPN)
•  Daisuke Matsui (JPN)
•  Yuichi Nemoto (JPN)
•  Keita Suzuki (JPN)
•  Cho Sung-hwan (KOR)
•  Kim Do-heon (KOR)
•  Park Dong-hyuk (KOR)
•  Khaled Abdulqoddus (KUW)
•  Khalaf Al-Salamah (KUW)
•  Hamad Al-Tayyar (KUW)
•  Waleed Ali (KUW)
•  Abdullah Nahar (KUW)
•  Abbas Atwi (LIB)
•  Fouad Hijazi (LIB)
•  Haitham Zein (LIB)
•  Ibrahim Fazeel (MDV)
•  Taqi Mubarak Al-Siyabi (OMA)
•  Nabil Ashoor (OMA)
•  Munir Ayil (OMA)
•  Fawzi Bashir (OMA)
•  Yousuf Shaaban (OMA)
•  Han Song-chol (PRK)
•  Hong Yong-jo (PRK)
•  Rim Kun-u (PRK)
•  Ibrahim Al-Ghanim (QAT)
•  Fawaz Al-Khater (QAT)
•  Saghayer Al-Shammari (QAT)
•  Waleed Hamzah (QAT)
•  Wesam Rizik (QAT)
•  Issawa Singthong (THA)
•  Wladimir Baýramow (TKM)
•  Artýom Nazarow (TKM)
•  Faisal Ali Hassan (UAE)
•  Subait Khater (UAE)
•  Salem Saad (UAE)
•  Renat Bayramov (UZB)
•  Bahromjon Haydarov (UZB)
•  Saleh Al-Shehri (YEM)

1 own goal

•  Assad Abdul Ghanee (MDV) (against KOR)
•  Sabah Mohamed (MDV) (against KOR)

Final standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Iran	6	4	2	0	16	2	+14	14
	Japan	6	5	0	1	13	4	+9	15
	South Korea	6	5	1	0	17	2	+15	16
4	Thailand	6	4	0	2	10	7	+3	12
5	China	4	3	0	1	9	1	+8	9
5	Kuwait	4	3	0	1	9	1	+8	9
7	Bahrain	4	2	0	2	10	6	+4	6
8	North Korea	4	2	0	2	7	4	+3	6
9	Oman	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6
10	India	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
11	Qatar	3	1	2	0	13	2	+11	5
12	Lebanon	3	1	1	1	12	3	+9	4
13	United Arab Emirates	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
14	Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	4	3	+1	3
15	Yemen	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
16	Uzbekistan	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
17	Malaysia	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
18	Turkmenistan	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3
19	Vietnam	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1
20	Bangladesh	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0
21	Palestine	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0
22	Maldives	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0
23	Pakistan	3	0	0	3	0	14	−14	0
24	Afghanistan	3	0	0	3	0	32	−32	0

References

• RSSSF

External links

• Official website