Playoff RESULTS First Leg Oct. 25 in Tehran Iran 1 (Bagheri 45) UAE 0.
Second Leg Oct. 31 in Abu Dhabi UAE 0 Iran 3 (Daei 7, Bagheri 75,
Minavand 79). (Iran wins 4-0 on aggregate and advances to playoff against Ireland.)
SCHEDULE Second Leg Oct. 31 in Abu Dhabi UAE-Iran
Group A
RESULTS Oct. 21 in Riyadh Saudi Arabia 4 (Al-Shaihan 40, Al-Jamaan 50, Al-Jaber pen. 66, Al-Harbi 73) Thailand 1 (Tananchai 48).
Oct. 21 in Manama Bahrain 3
(Al-Marzouqi 8, A.Hussain 45, M.Hussain 90) Iran 1 (Daei 83).
Oct. 16 in Bangkok Thailand 1 (Srimaka 21) Bahrain 1 (Ali Ahmed 90).
Oct. 12 in Tehran Iran 2 (Mahdavikia 27,
Karimi 71) Iraq 1 (Drain 52).
Oct. 5 in Amman Iraq 1 (Aboulheil 31) Saudi Arabia 2 (Al-Shaihan 1, 77).
Oct. 5 in Tehran Iran 1 (Nikbakht 32) Thailand 0.
Sept. 28 in
Baghdad Iraq 1 (E.Mohammed 11) Bahrain 0.
Sept. 28 in Jeddah Saudi Arabia 2 (Al-Waked pen. 20, Al-Yami 58) Iran 2 (Daei 42, Dinmohammadi 82).
Sept. 22 in Bangkok Thailand
1 (Suksomkit 38) Iraq 1 (Ridha 63).
Sept. 21 in Manama Bahrain 0 Saudi Arabia 4 (O. Al-Dossari 26, Al-Shaihan 28, Al-Waked 40, Al-Jaber 89).
Sept. 15 in Bangkok Thailand 1
(Senamuang 30) Saudi Arabia 3 (Al Jaber 47, 70, Bin Shahon 55).
Sept. 14 in Tehran Iran 0 Bahrain 0.
Sept. 7 in Baghdad Iraq 1 (I.Mohamed 20) Iran 2 (Karimi 30, Ali Daei 84).
Sept. 6 in Manama Bahrain 1 (Al-Dousari 17) Thailand 1 (Senamuang 64).
Sept. 1 in Bangkok Thailand 0 Iran 0.
Aug. 31 in Manama Saudi Arabia 1 (O. Al-Dossary 45)
Iraq 0.
Aug. 24 in Manama Iran 2 (Daei pen. 54, 64) Saudi Arabia 0.
Aug. 23 in Manama Bahrain 2 (Yosuf 58, Al-Kawari 81) Iraq 0.
Aug. 17 in Riyadh Saudi Arabia 1
(O. Al-Dossari 82) Bahrain 1 (Salmeen 18).
Aug. 17 in Baghdad Iraq 4 (H.Mohammed 23, 76, L.Mohammed 70, Hussien 84) Thailand 0.
STANDINGS | TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| *Saudi
Arabia | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 17 |
| **Iran | 8
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 15 |
| Bahrain | 8 | 2 | 4
| 2 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Iraq | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9
| 10 | 7 |
| Thailand | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 4
|
*Qualifies for Korea/Japan 2002. *Meets UAE in Asian playoff.
Group B RESULTS Oct. 19 in Abu Dhabi UAE 2 (Ibrahim 45, Omar 60) Oman 2 (Mubarak
22, Al-Dhabat 41).
Oct. 19 in Tashkent Uzbekistan 1 (Shirshov 90) China 0.
Oct. 13 in Muscat Oman 4 (Juma 50, 83, Bashir 52, Al-Mahrooqi 89) Uzbekistan 2 (Davletov 5, own goal
27).
Oct. 13 in Shenyang China 3 (Sun Maozhen 11, Qu Bo 29, Hao Haidong 57). Qatar 0.
Oct. 7 in Shenyang China 1 (Yu Genwei 37) Oman 0.
Oct. 4 in Doha Qatar 1
(Hamzah 47) UAE 2 (Khalil 43, Salem 84).
Sept. 28 in Doha Qatar 2 (El-Enazi 11, Hashim 88) Uzbekistan 2 (Kasimov 45, Shirshov 48).
Sept. 27 in Abu Dhabi UAE 0 China 1 (Qi
Hong 42).
Sept. 22 in Tashkent Uzbekistan 0 United Arab Emirates 1 (Omar 5).
Sept. 21 in Muscat Oman 0 Qatar 3 (Rasoul 26, Mustafa 33, Al-Enazi 76).
Sept. 15 in
Shenyang China 2 (Li Weifeng 63, Fan Zhiyi 76) Uzbekistan 0.
Sept. 14 in Muscat Oman 1 (Salim 52) UAE 1 (Ahmed 13).
Sept. 8 in Tashkent Uzbekistan 5 (Irismetov 17, 73,
Shatskikh pen. 38, Kasymov 50, 67) Oman 0.
Sept. 7 in Doha Qatar 1 (Al Noobi 31) China 1 (Li Wei Seng 90).
Aug. 31 in Muscat Oman 0 China 2 (Qi Hong 26, Fan Zhiyi pen. 40).
Aug. 31 in Abu Dhabi UAE 0 Qatar 2 (Khalifa 65, Nasser Ali 71
Aug. 26 in Tashkent Uzbekistan 2 (Irismetov 36, Kasymov 50) Qatar 1 (Al-Tamimi 88).
Aug. 25 in Beijing
China 3 (Li Xiaopeng 4, Qi Hong 20, Hao Haidong 34) UAE 0.
Aug. 17 in Abu Dhabi UAE 4 (Salem 21, Hareb pen. 33, Ali 44, Bakhit 85) Uzbekistan 1 (Shirshov 37).
Aug. 16 in Doha
Qatar 0 Oman 0.
FINAL STANDINGS | TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF
| GA | P |
| *China | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 19
|
| **UAE | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
| Uzbekistan
| 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 |
| Qatar | 8 | 2
| 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Oman | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4
| 7 | 16 | 6 |
*Qualifies for the World Cup. **Meets Iran in Asian playoff.
