2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round

The AFC second round of 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between the ten group winners from the first round split across two groups.

The top country in each group at the end of the stage progressed to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, with the two runners-up facing each other in the third round (play-off). The winner of this play-off went on to compete for a place in the World Cup in the UEFA–AFC inter-confederation play-off.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	8	5	2	1	17	8	+9	17	2002 FIFA World Cup	—	2–2	1–1	1–0	4–1
2	Iran	8	4	3	1	10	7	+3	15	Third round	2–0	—	0–0	2–1	1–0
3	Bahrain	8	2	4	2	8	9	−1	10		0–4	3–1	—	2–0	1–1
4	Iraq	8	2	1	5	9	10	−1	7		1–2	1–2	1–0	—	4–0
5	Thailand	8	0	4	4	5	15	−10	4		1–3	0–0	1–1	1–1	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	8	6	1	1	13	2	+11	19	2002 FIFA World Cup	—	3–0	2–0	3–0	1–0
2	United Arab Emirates	8	3	2	3	10	11	−1	11	Third round	0–1	—	4–1	0–2	2–2
3	Uzbekistan	8	3	1	4	13	14	−1	10		1–0	0–1	—	2–1	5–0
4	Qatar	8	2	3	3	10	10	0	9		1–1	1–2	2–2	—	0–0
5	Oman	8	1	3	4	7	16	−9	6		0–2	1–1	4–2	0–3	—

Group A