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In each pool, the 10 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. First Round: The 50 teams were divided into 5 pools of 10 teams each.Guinea was excluded from the competition during the Final Round for government interference with its national association, resulting in their results obtained in final round annulled.Īfrica's five automatic qualifying berths were taken by Cameroon, Senegal, Tunisia, South Africa, and Nigeria. while Niger and Comoros chose not to participate. 51 teams entered the qualification process.īurundi withdrew before the draw was made. The Confederation of African Football was allocated five qualifying berths for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) The winner would advance to the UEFA/AFC Intercontinental Play-off.Ĭountries that qualified for the 2002 World CupĬountries that advanced to the Play-off for 3rd place Play-off: The 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis.The runners-up would advance to the AFC Play-off. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. Second Stage: The 10 teams were divided into 2 groups of 5 teams.The group winners would advance to the Final Round.
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The teams played against each other twice, except in Group 2, where the teams played against each other once. First Stage: The 39 teams were divided into 9 groups of 4 teams each, and 1 group of 3 teams.Iran that defeating United Arab Emirates to become possible fifth Asian qualifier, fails after losing their AFC/UEFA playoff against Republic of Ireland. Myanmar withdrew from the tournament after being placed in Group 2 but before any matches had been played, therefore reducing the group to 3 teams.Īfghanistan, Bhutan and North Korea chose not to participate.Īsia's two remaining automatic qualifying berths were taken by Saudi Arabia and China. The Asian Football Confederation was allocated four and half qualifying berths for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, South Korea and Japan, the co-hosts, qualified automatically, leaving two and half spots open for competition between 40 teams.
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Main article: 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC) A total of 777 qualifying matches were played, and 2452 goals were scored (an average of 3.17 per match).Ĭonfederation qualification AFC The winner of the 0.5 place would advance to the intercontinental play-offs (against a team from CONMEBOL).Ī total of 193 teams played at least one qualifying match. Oceania ( OFC): 0.5 place, contested by 10 teams.The winner of the 0.5 place would advance to the intercontinental play-offs (against a team from UEFA). Asia ( AFC): 4.5 places, 2 of them went to automatic qualifiers South Korea and Japan, while the other 2.5 places were contested by 40 teams.Africa ( CAF): 5 places, contested by 51 teams.North, Central America and Caribbean ( CONCACAF): 3 places, contested by 35 teams.The winner of the 0.5 place would advance to the intercontinental play-offs (against a team from OFC). South America ( CONMEBOL): 4.5 places, contested by 10 teams.
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The winner of the 0.5 place would advance to the intercontinental play-offs (against a team from AFC)