| Football at the 2002 Asian Games | |||||||
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| Venues | Munsu Football Stadium Masan Stadium Gudeok Stadium Yangsan Stadium Changwon Stadium Asiad Main Stadium | ||||||
| Dates | 27 September – 13 October | ||||||
| Competitors | 573 from 25 nations | ||||||
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Football at the2002 Asian Games was held inBusan,Changwon,Yangsan andUlsan,South Korea from 27 September to 13 October 2002.
Age limit for the men teams is under-23, same as the age limit in football competitions inOlympic Games, while three overage players are allowed among each squad.
| Busan | Ulsan | |
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| Asiad Main Stadium | Gudeok Stadium | Munsu Football Stadium |
| Capacity:53,769 | Capacity:12,349 | Capacity:44,102 |
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| Changwon | Yangsan | |
| Changwon Stadium | Masan Stadium | Yangsan Stadium |
| Capacity:27,085 | Capacity:21,484 | Capacity:22,061 |
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| ● | Round | ● | Last round | P | Preliminary round | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 27th Fri | 28th Sat | 29th Sun | 30th Mon | 1st Tue | 2nd Wed | 3rd Thu | 4th Fri | 5th Sat | 6th Sun | 7th Mon | 8th Tue | 9th Wed | 10th Thu | 11th Fri | 12th Sat | 13th Sun |
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| Men | P | P | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||||||
| Women | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Iran (IRI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 North Korea (PRK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
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* Mongolia and Jordan withdrew from the competition and were replaced by Afghanistan and Palestine. Tajikistan was suspended by FIFA and was replaced by North Korea.
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 | Iran | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 14 |
 | Japan | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 15 |
 | South Korea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 16 |
| 4 |  Thailand | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 12 |
| 5 | China | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 |
| 5 |  Kuwait | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 |
| 7 |  Bahrain | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 |
| 8 | North Korea | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
| 9 |  Oman | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 |
| 10 |  India | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
| 11 |  Qatar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 5 |
| 12 |  Lebanon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 4 |
| 13 |  United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
| 14 |  Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
| 15 |  Yemen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
| 16 |  Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| 17 |  Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 |
| 18 |  Turkmenistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
| 19 |  Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 1 |
| 20 |  Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
| 21 |  Palestine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
| 22 |  Maldives | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |
| 23 |  Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 |
| 24 |  Afghanistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | −32 | 0 |
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| North Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 13 |
| China | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 11 |
| Japan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 10 |
| 4 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 |
| 5 |  Chinese Taipei | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
| 6 | Vietnam | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 1 |
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