| | | Last updated: 28-November-2001 |
| ASIAN (AFC) CONFEDERATION |
Group B Table & Matches
| Teams | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | | China P R* | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 19 | | U. A. E.** | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 11 | | Uzbekistan | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 10 | | Qatar | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | | Oman | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -9 | 6 |
| *China P R Qualify For Finals in Korea/Japan |
| **United Arab Emirates Qualify For Confederation Play-Off |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 16-Aug-2001 | | Khalifa Olympic Stadium, Doha | | 15,000 |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 17-Aug-2001 | | Abu Dhabi | | 15,000 | | | | | | United Arab Emirates | 4 (3) | Uzbekistan | 1(1) |
Yaser Salem Ali (21) Hareb Farhan (33pen) Fahad Ali (45) Zuhair Bakhit (85) | Nikolai Shirshov (37) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 25-Aug-2001 | | Shenyang City | | 46,000 | | | | | | China PR | 3 (3) | United Arab Emirates | 0 (0) |
Peng Li Xiao (3) Hong Qi (20) Haidong Hao (33) | |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 26-Aug-2001 | | Pakhtakor, Tashkent | | 40,000 | | | | | | Uzbekistan | 2 (1) | Qatar | 1 (0) |
Jafar Irismetov (37) Mirvjalal Kasimov (52) | Abdulaziz Bujaloof (88) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | 31-Aug-2001 | | Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat | | 35,000 | | | Hong Qi (71) Zhiyi Fan (84pen) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 31-Aug-2001 | | Abu Dhabi | | 20,000 | | | | | | United Arab Emirates | 0 (0) | Qatar | 2 (0) |
| | Ahmed Khalifa Hashim (65) Abdulnasser Al Obaidly (71) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 07-Sep-2001 | | Khalifa Olympic Stadium, Doha | | 30,000 | | Dahi Saad Al Naemi (30) | Wei Feng Li (89) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 08-Sep-2001 | | , Pakhtakor, Tashkent | | 25,000 | Jafar Irismetov (18, 84) Maksim Shatskikh (38pen) Mirvjalal Kasimov (53, 67) | |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | 14-Sep-2001 | | Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat | | 3,000 | | | | | | Oman | 1 (0) | United Arab Emirates | 1 (1) |
| Radhwan Ralim Nairooz (52) | Abdulazeez Mohamed (13) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 15-Sep-2001 | | Shenyang City | | 44,376 | | | | | | China PR | 2 (0) | Uzbekistan | 0 (0) |
Wei Feng Li (63) Zhiyi Fan (75) | |
Red Card | Sergey Lushan (68) (Uzbekistan) Chengying Wu (74) (China PR) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | 21-Sep-2001 | | Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Muscat | | 3,000 | | | Waleed Rasoul (25) Abdulaziz Bujaloof (32) Mohamed Al Enazi (73) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 22-Sep-2001 | | Tashkent, Pakhtakor | | 42,000 | | | | | | Uzbekistan | 0 (0) | United Arab Emirates | 1 (1) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 27-Sep-2001 | | Abu Dhabi | | 15,000 | | | | | | United Arab Emirates | 0 (0) | China PR | 1 (1) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 28-Sep-2001 | | Khalifa Olympic Stadium, Doha | | 6,000 | | | | | | Qatar | 2 (1) | Uzbekistan | 2 (1) |
Mohamed al Enazi (9) Ahmed Khalifa Hashim (86) | Mirvjalal Kasimov (45) Nikolai Shirshov (47) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 04-Oct-2001 | | Khalifa Olympic Stadium, Doha | | 8,000 | | | | | | Qatar | 1 (0) | United Arab Emirates | 2 (1) |
Waleed Rasoul (47) | Sabait Khater (43) Yaser Salem Ali (83) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 07-Oct-2001 | | Shenyang City | | 45,000 |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | 13-Oct-2001 | | Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat | | 400 | Yaqoob Juma Al Mukhaini (50, 82) Fouzi Dorbeen (51) Badar Ali Al Mahrouqi
(88) | Fevzi Davletov (5) Own Goal (27) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 13-Oct-2001 | | Shenyang City | | 43,850 | Maozhen Su (11) Bo Qu (29) Haidong Hao (56) | |
| Red Card | Jassem Al Tamimi (80) (Qatar) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 19-Oct-2001 | | Abu Dhabi | | 10,000 | | | | | | United Arab Emirates | 2 (1) | Oman | 2 (2) |
Abdelrahman Ibrahim Mohamed (45) Mohamed Ahmed (59) | Taqi Mubarak Al Siyabi (21) Hani Al Dhabit (41) |
| Match Date | | Stadium/Venue | | Attendance | | 19-Oct-2001 | | Pakhtakor, Pashkent | | 15,000 | | | | | | Uzbekistan | 1 (0) | China PR | 0 (0) |
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