Asia:

Korea and Japan as co-hosts, plus Saudi Arabia and China as group winners, qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Iran and the United Arab Emirates, as the two second place teams, met in a playoff match at the end of October:
October 25: Iran 1, United Arab Emirates 0
October 31: Iran 3, United Arab Emirates 0

Iran played Ireland, as the second place team from Europe's Group 2, for a place in the 2002 FIFA World Cup:
November 10: Ireland 2, Iran 0
November 15: Iran 1, Ireland 0
Ireland qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Group A	Games	Wins	Draws	Lost	GF:GA	Pts
x-Saudi Arabia	8	5	2	1	17:8	17
y-Iran	8	4	3	1	10:7	15
Bahrain	8	2	4	2	8:9	10
Iraq	8	2	1	5	9:10	7
Thailand	8	0	4	4	5:15	4
Group B	Games	Wins	Draws	Lost	GF:GA	Pts
x-China	8	6	1	1	13:2	19
y-United Arab Emirates	8	3	2	3	10:11	11
Uzbekistan	8	3	1	4	13:14	10
Qatar	8	2	3	3	10:10	9
Oman	8	1	3	4	7:16	6

x = Qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup

y = Advanced to Playoff Round