2002 FIFA World Cup Korea Republic 04 Jun KOROL 2:0 (1:0) 10 Jun KOR:USA 1:1 (0:1) 14 Jun POR:KOR 0:1 (0:0) 18 Jun KOR:ITA 2:1 a.e.t. (1:1 0:1) 22 Jun ESP:KOR 0:0 a.e.t. 3:5 PSO 25 Jun GER:KOR 1:0 (0:0) 29 Jun KOR:TUR 2:3 (1:3) 4th place Japan 04 Jun JPN:BEL 2:2 (0:0) 09 Jun JPN:RUS 1:0 (0:0) 14 Jun TUN:JPN 0:2 (0:0) 18 Jun JPN:TUR 0:1 (0:1) Round of 16 China People's Republic 04 Jun CHN:CRC 0:2 (0:0) 08 Jun BRA:CHN 4:0 (3:0) 13 Jun TUR:CHN 3:0 (2:0) 1st Round Elimination Saudi Arabia 01 Jun GER:KSA 8:0 (4:0) 06 Jun CMR:KSA 1:0 (0:0) 11 Jun KSA:IRL 0:3 (0:1) 1st Round Elimination 14th Asian Games Busan QUARTERFINALS 08-Oct-02 [37] Masan 19:00 China PR vs. Japan 0:1 (0:0) 08-Oct-02 [38] Yangsan 19:00 Iran vs. Kuwait 1:0 (0:0) 08-Oct-02 [39] Ulsan 19:00 Korea Republic vs. Bahrain 1:0 (1:0) 08-Oct-02 [40] Busan 19:00 Thailand vs. Korea DPR 1:0 (0:0) SEMIFINALS 10-Oct-02 [41] Ulsan 18:30 Japan vs. Thailand 3:0 (1:0) 10-Oct-02 [42] Busan 20:30 Iran vs. Korea Republic 0:0 a.e.t. 5:3 penalty shoot-out 3RD PLACE 13-Oct-02 [43] Ulsan 16:00 Thailand vs. Korea Republic 0:3 (0:1) FINAL 13-Oct-02 [44] Busan 19:00 Iran vs. Japan 2:1 (0:0) Winner Iran; 2nd place Japan; 3rd place Korea Rep.; 4th place Thailand AFC U-20 Championship Quatar 2002 QUARTERFINALS 25-Oct-02 [19] Al Arabi Club 17:30 Japan vs. United Arab Emirates 3:0 (2:0) Shaban Qasem (KUW) 25-Oct-02 [20] Al Arabi Club 20:30 Korea Republic vs. India 7:0 (0:0) A Karim Jasim (BHR) 26-Oct-02 [21] Al Arabi Club 17:30 Saudi Arabia vs. China PR 4:1 (2:0) Shamsul Maidin (SIN) 26-Oct-02 [22] Al Arabi Club 20:30 Syria vs. Uzbekistan 0:4 (0:0) Halim Abdul Hamid (MAS) SEMIFINALS 29-Oct-02 [23] Al Arabi Club 17:30 Japan vs. Uzbekistan 1:1 a.e.t. (1:1, 1:1) 4:2 penalty shoot-out A Karim Jasim (BHR) 29-Oct-02 [24] Al Arabi Club 20:30 Korea Republic vs. Saudi Arabia 2:1 (1:0) Shamsul Maidin (SIN) THIRD PLACE 31-Oct-02 [25] Al Arabi Club 17:30 Uzbekistan vs. Saudi Arabia 0:4 (0:2) Shaban Qasem (KUW) FINALS 31-Oct-02 [26] Al Arabi Club 20:30 Japan vs. Korea Republic 0:1 a.e.t. (0:0) Shamsul Maidin (SIN) Winner Korea Rep.; 2nd place Japan; 3rd place Saudi Arabia; 4th place Uzbekista [color=yellow\AFC U-17 Championship UAE 2002[/b][/color] QUARTERFINALS 16-Sep-02 [19] Al Wahda Club 17:35 China PR vs. Qatar 3:1 (2:0) Gosh R Krishna (BAN) 16-Sep-02 [20] Al Wahda Club 20:30 Korea Republic vs. India 3:1 (0:0) Kunthama Adunyachart (THA) 17-Sep-02 [21] Al Wahda Club 17:35 Uzbekistan vs. United Arab Emirates 3:0 (1:0) Lazar S Anthony (SIN) 17-Sep-02 [22] Al Wahda Club 20:30 Yemen vs. Syria 2:1 a.e.t. (1:1, 0:1) Rahimi M Rahim (IRN) SEMIFINALS 20-Sep-02 [23] Al Wahda Club 17:35 China PR vs. Yemen 0:1 a.e.t. (0:0) Lazar S Anthony (SIN) 20-Sep-02 [24] Al Wahda Club 20:30 Korea Republic vs. Uzbekistan 4:0 (2:0) Kunthama Adunyachart (THA) THIRD PLACE 22-Sep-02 [25] Al Wahda Club 17:30 China PR vs. Uzbekistan 1:0 (0:0) Gosh R Krishna (BAN) FINALS 22-Sep-02 [26] Al Wahda Club 20:30 Yemen vs. Korea Republic 1:1 a.e.t. (1:1, 0:0) 3:5 penalty shoot-out Rahimi Winner Korea Rep; 2nd place Yemen; 3rd place China; 4th place Uzbekistan
Continued and power-uped dominance of Korea Republic very much present here in the year 2002. They are the winner of U20 and U17 regional youth championships and also the semifinalist of 2002 World Cup. It is also significant to note the continued regional dominance of Korea Republic in U20 level and the fact that they have reclaimed the U17 title as well. The best all-around consistent performer for an inspired Koreans in the year 2002. Japan closely behind in almost all major Asian Championships claiming 2nd place prize in Asian Games and U20 Championships. Very consistent all-around performer in what is very productive year for Japanese NT. It is worthy to mention the revival of Iranian NT in the Asian Games. The visitors played very defensively against Korea Rep. but they have tactically outplayed the home side and after extra-time penalty win progresed to the final to meet Japan. Iran claimed the regional title in U-23 level for the year 2002. It is very interesting to see several new powers emerging in Asia. Particularly Yemen and Uzbekistan have been impressive. Yemen came 2nd in regional U17 championship and Uzbeks pregressed to quarterfinals in regional U17 championship and progressed to semifinals of regional U20 championship. I think Uzebkistan will be the team to watch out for in Asia in the near future. The team of the year has been already discussed in the other post and poll has been done already. The undisputed winner is Korea Republic. No question here. With 4 World Cup tickets placed to Asia let's hope for another inspiring year in 2003 for Asia.