The 2002 AFF U-17 Youth Championship was the inaugural edition of the tournament. It took place from 19 February to 2 March 2002 with all 10 ASEAN Football Federation members taking part. It was co-hosted by Malaysia and Indonesia.

• All matches played in Malaysia.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Myanmar	4	4	0	0	28	2	+26	12
Malaysia	4	3	0	1	12	8	+4	9
Vietnam	4	1	1	2	14	11	+3	4
Singapore	4	1	1	2	11	11	0	4
Brunei	4	0	0	4	0	33	−33	0

19 February 2002

Vietnam	2 – 6	Myanmar

Kuala Lumpur

19 February 2002

Malaysia	4 – 1	Singapore

Kuala Lumpur

20 February 2002

Brunei	0 – 6	Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

20 February 2002

Singapore	3 – 3	Vietnam

Kuala Lumpur

21 February 2002

Myanmar	11 – 0	Brunei

Kuala Lumpur

22 February 2002

Malaysia	2 – 0	Vietnam

Kuala Lumpur

22 February 2002

Singapore	0 – 4	Myanmar

Kuala Lumpur

24 February 2002

Brunei	0 – 7	Singapore

Kuala Lumpur

24 February 2002

Myanmar	7 – 0	Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur

25 February 2002

Vietnam	9 – 0	Brunei

Kuala Lumpur

• All matches played in Indonesia

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Laos	4	2	2	0	7	4	+3	8
Indonesia	4	2	1	1	8	2	+6	7
Thailand	4	1	2	1	13	6	+7	5
Cambodia	4	1	2	1	1	2	−1	5
Philippines	4	0	1	3	2	17	−15	1

19 February 2002

Indonesia	2 – 1	Thailand

Medan

Attendance: 15.000

19 February 2002

Laos	1 – 1	Philippines

Medan

20 February 2002

Cambodia	0 – 0	Indonesia

Medan

Attendance: 15.000

20 February 2002

Thailand	3 – 3	Laos

Medan

22 February 2002

Philippines	0 – 1	Cambodia

Medan

22 February 2002

Indonesia	0 – 1	Laos

Medan

Attendance: 15.000

24 February 2002

Thailand	9 – 1	Philippines

Medan

24 February 2002

Cambodia	0 – 0	Thailand

Medan

25 February 2002

Philippines	0 – 6	Indonesia

Medan

Attendance: 15.000

25 February 2002

Laos	2 – 0	Cambodia

Medan

• All matches played in Malaysia.

	Semi-finals				Final
	28 February – Kuala Lumpur
	Myanmar	6
					2 March – Kuala Lumpur
	Indonesia	0
					Myanmar	4
	28 February – Kuala Lumpur
					Laos	1
	Laos (p)	2 (7)
	Malaysia	2 (6)
					Third place
					2 March – Kuala Lumpur
					Indonesia	1
					Malaysia	0

28 February 2002

Myanmar	6 – 0	Indonesia

Kuala Lumpur

28 February 2002

Laos	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Malaysia
Penalties
	7 – 6

Kuala Lumpur

2 March 2002

Malaysia	0 – 1	Indonesia

Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 50.000

2 March 2002

Myanmar	4 – 1	Laos

Kuala Lumpur

2002 AFF U-17 Youth Championship winners
Myanmar First title

• Indonesia have protested against their semi-final loss against Myanmar claiming their opponents fielded over-age players.

• Burkert, Sturmius. "ASEAN U-17 Championship 2002" RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-12-11.