Asian Cup in February 2002

IranMania- The Asian Cup championship of the West Asia group will take place in UAE in February 2002.

Estehglal, who qualified for the next round by defeating Al Etehad, will represent Iran in the tournament. Esteghlal will engage the 3 other teams of Western Asia in Abu Dhabi from the 6th to 10th of February.

The match schedule is as follows:

Wednesday, 6th February 2002

Al Kuwait (Kuwait) v Nasaf Qarshi (Uzbekistan)  17:35 (19:05 Tehran time)

Al Vahdeh (UAE) v Esteghlal (Iran)   20:05 (21:35 Tehran time)

Friday, 8th February 2002

Nasaf Qarshi (Uzbekistan) v Esteghlal (Iran)   17:35 (19:05 Tehran time)

Al Vahdeh (UAE) v Al Kuwait (Kuwait)     20:05 (21:35 Tehran time)

Sunday, 10th February 2002

Al Kuwait (Kuwait) v Esteghlal (Iran)   17:35 (19:05 Tehran time)

Al Vahdeh (UAE) v Nasaf Qarshi (Uzbekistan)  20:05 (21:35 Tehran time)

The match schedule for the Eastern Asian group is as below:

Wednesday, 20th February 2002

Dalien (China) - Kashima Antlers (Japan)

Samsung Suwon (Korea) - Anyang LG (Korea)
Samsung Suwon became the champions of the last Asian Cup.

Friday 22nd February 2002

Kashima Antlers (Japan) - Samsung Suwon (Korea)

Anyang LG (Korea) - Dalien (China)

Sunday 24th Febuary 2002

Samsung Suwon (Korea) - Dalien (China)

Anyang LG (Korea) - Kashima Antlers (Japan)

The top two teams from each group will qualify for the finals and the final 4 teams will play each other to determine the champion of the tournament.