2002 AFC Youth Championship qualification

The 2002 AFC Youth Championship qualifying competition is a men's under-19 football competition that determined the eleven teams joining the automatically qualified hosts Qatar in the 2002 AFC Youth Championship final tournament.

A total of 40 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying competition. Players born on or after 1 January 1983 are eligible to participate.

Format
In each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue. The eleven group winners qualify for the final tournament.

Teams

 * Notes
 * Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.

Groups
The qualifying round was played by 31 July 2002.

Qualified teams
The following twelve teams qualify for the final tournament.


 * 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.