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.
[1] A total of 40 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying competition.
In each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue.
The eleven group winners qualify for the final tournament.
The following twelve teams qualify for the final tournament.