Two or three nations will qualify
from the Asian Football Confederation for the 2002 World Cup. This is in addition
to Japan and the Korea Republic, who qualify automatically as hosts.
Round One is run
as a league system. There will be ten groups, each containing four nations.
The ten group winners
then enter the second stage, another league-based section. They will be
divided into two groups of five, in a draw after the completion of the first
phase, and the winners of these two groups qualify.
The two runners-up in the
groups then compete in a two-legged play-off to win the right to take part in
another play-off with a European team for a further place in the Finals.
| Table
- Group 3: |
| Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
| Qatar |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
3 |
16 |
| Palestine |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
11 |
7 |
| Malaysia |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
8 |
11 |
7 |
| Hong Kong |
6 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
10 |
4 |
*Qatar qualify for the second stage
| Fixtures/Results - Group 3:
|
| 2001 - Venue: Main Stadium, Hong Kong |
| March 4 |
Qatar |
5 - 1 |
Malaysia |
|
Al Enazi (10, 37, 60) |
|
Talib Rosdi (9) |
|
Mustafa (51 pen) |
|
Talib Rosdi sent off (51) |
|
Al Tamimi (75) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| March 4 |
Hong Kong |
1 - 1 |
Palestine |
|
Chan Ho-man (72) |
|
Emad Ayoub El Kair (64) |
|
Jon Moore sent off (87) |
|
Emad Ayoub El
Kair sent off (87) |
|
|
|
|
| March 8 |
Qatar |
2 - 1 |
Palestine |
|
Dahi Saad Al Naemi (31) |
|
Emad Ayoub El Kair (54) |
|
Mubarak Mustafa (65)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| March 8 |
Hong Kong |
0 - 2 |
Malaysia |
|
|
|
Akmal Rizal Rakhli (46, 79)
|
|
|
|
|
| March 11 |
Palestine |
1 - 0 |
Malaysia |
|
Mohammad Al Geesh (36) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| March 11 |
Hong Kong |
0 - 2 |
Qatar |
|
|
|
Mohammed Salem Al Enazi (42)
|
|
|
|
Feng Ji-zhi (og 67) |
|
|
|
|
| Venue: Doha, Qatar |
| March 20 |
Hong Kong |
0 - 1 |
Palestine |
|
|
|
Fadi Abulatifa (58) |
|
|
|
|
| March 20 |
Qatar |
0 - 0 |
Malaysia |
|
|
|
|
| March 23 |
Malaysia |
1 - 2 |
Hong Kong |
|
Omar (86) |
|
Seng Jaizhi (11) |
|
|
|
Keung He Chi (78) |
|
|
|
|
| March 23 |
Palestine |
1 - 2 |
Qatar |
|
Ayoub (30) |
|
Al Enazi (24) |
|
|
|
Hassan (45) |
|
|
|
|
| March 25 |
Qatar |
3-0 |
Hong Kong |
|
Dhahi Noubi (45) |
|
|
|
Mechaal Moubarak (89) |
|
|
|
Jassem Tamimi (90) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| March 25 |
Malaysia |
4-3 |
Palestine |
|
Akmal Rizal (21, 62 pen) |
|
Imad Ayoub (3) |
|
Hairuddin Omar (53) |
|
Jamal Al-Holi (29 pen) |
|
Iswan Fadli Idrus (56) |
|
Jassem Tamimi (90) |
