2000 AFC Asian Cup

2000 AFC Asian Cup
Asian Cup Lebanon 2000
كأس الأمم الآسيوية لكرة القدم 2000
Coupe d'Asie des nations de football 2000

Logo of the 2000 Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host country Lebanon
Dates October 12 – October 29
Teams 12
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Japan (2nd title)
Runners-up  Saudi Arabia
Third place  South Korea
Fourth place  China PR
Tournament statistics
Matches played 26
Goals scored 77 (2.96 per match)
Attendance 276,482 (10,634 per match)
Top scorer(s) South Korea Lee Dong-Gook (6 goals)
Best player Japan Hiroshi Nanami
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The Asian Football Confederation's 2000 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Lebanon between October 12 and October 29. Japan defeated defending champion Saudi Arabia in the final match in Beirut.

Qualification

Main article: 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
  •  Lebanon qualified automatically as host.
  •  Saudi Arabia qualified automatically as defending champions.

42 teams participated in a preliminary tournament. It was divided into 10 groups and the first-placed team of each group thus qualified. A total of 84 games were held, starting with the Oman versus Kyrgyzstan game on August 3, 1999.

The other 10 qualifying teams were:

 
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Stadiums

Beirut Sidon Tripoli
Sports City Stadium Saida International Stadium International Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 47,799 Capacity: 22,600 Capacity: 22,400
Saida International Stadium with beachgoers.jpg Tripoli (Lebanon) - El Ma'rad 1.jpg
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Squads

For more details on this topic, see 2000 AFC Asian Cup squads.
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First round

All times are Lebanon summer time (UTC+3)

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners, runners-up, and best two third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iran 7 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5
 Iraq 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1
 Thailand 2 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2
 Lebanon 2 3 0 2 1 3 7 −4
12 October 2000
15:05
 Iraq  2 – 0  Thailand Saida International Stadium, Sidon
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Qahtan Chatir Goal 27'
Haidar Mahmoud Goal 60'		 Report
12 October 2000
20:45
 Lebanon  0 – 4  Iran Sports City Stadium, Beirut
Attendance: 52,418
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
Report Bagheri Goal 19'
Estili Goal 75', 87'
Daei Goal 90+1'
15 October 2000
17:05
 Iran  1 – 1  Thailand Sports City Stadium, Beirut
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)
Daei Goal 73' Report Pituratana Goal 12'
15 October 2000
19:45
 Lebanon  2 – 2  Iraq Sports City Stadium, Beirut
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (Korea Republic)
Chahrour Goal 28'
Hojeij Goal 76'		 Report Sabah Jaeer Goal 5', 22'
18 October 2000
19:35
 Iran  1 – 0  Iraq Saida International Stadium, Sidon
Attendance: 8,582
Referee: Omer Al-Mehannah (Saudi Arabia)
Daei Goal 77' Report
18 October 2000
19:35
 Lebanon  1 – 1  Thailand Saida International Stadium, Sidon
Attendance: 8,582
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
Fernandez Goal 83' Report Pituratana Goal 58'

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 China PR 5 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4
 Kuwait 5 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1
 South Korea 4 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2
 Indonesia 1 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7
13 October 2000
17:05
 South Korea  2 – 2  China PR International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Omer Al-Mehannah (Saudi Arabia)
Lee Young-Pyo Goal 30'
Noh Jung-Yoon Goal 58'		 Report Su Maozhen Goal 36'
Fan Zhiyi Goal 66' (pen.)
13 October 2000
19:45
 Kuwait  0 – 0  Indonesia International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Tajaddin Fares (Syria)
Report
16 October 2000
17:05
 China PR  4 – 0  Indonesia International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)
Li Ming Goal 2'
Shen Si Goal 7' (pen.)
Yang Chen Goal 10'
Qi Hong Goal 90'		 Report
16 October 2000
19:45
 South Korea  0 – 1  Kuwait International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Brian Hall (United States)
Report Al-Huwaidi Goal 43'
19 October 2000
19:35
 China PR  0 – 0  Kuwait International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Report
19 October 2000
19:35
 South Korea  3 – 0  Indonesia Sports City Stadium, Beirut
Attendance: 500
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Lee Dong-Gook Goal 30', 76', 90+1' Report

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Japan 7 3 2 1 0 13 3 +10
 Saudi Arabia 4 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2
 Qatar 3 3 0 3 0 2 2 0
 Uzbekistan 1 3 0 1 2 2 14 −12
14 October 2000
17:05
 Saudi Arabia  1 – 4  Japan Saida International Stadium, Sidon
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)
Morioka Goal 90' (o.g.) Report Yanagisawa Goal 22'
Takahara Goal 37'
Nanami Goal 53'
Ono Goal 88'
14 October 2000
19:45
 Qatar  1 – 1  Uzbekistan Saida International Stadium, Sidon
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Gholam Goal 61' Report Qosimov Goal 73'
17 October 2000
17:05
 Japan  8 – 1  Uzbekistan Saida International Stadium, Sidon
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Morishima Goal 7'
Nishizawa Goal 14', 25', 49'
Takahara Goal 18', 20', 57'
Kitajima Goal 79'		 Report Lushan Goal 29'
17 October 2000
19:45
 Saudi Arabia  0 – 0  Qatar Saida International Stadium, Sidon
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Tajaddin Fares (Syria)
Report
20 October 2000
19:35
 Saudi Arabia  5 – 0  Uzbekistan Saida International Stadium, Sidon
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (Korea Republic)
Al-Otaibi Goal 18'
Al-Shalhoub Goal 35', 78', 86'
Al-Temyat Goal 88'		 Report
20 October 2000
19:35
 Japan  1 – 1  Qatar Sports City Stadium, Beirut
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)
Nishizawa Goal 61' Report Al-Obaidly Goal 22'

Third-placed qualifiers

At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third placed teams of each group. The two best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 South Korea 4 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2
 Qatar 3 3 0 3 0 2 2 0
 Thailand 2 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2

Korea Republic (best third-place) and Qatar (second best third-place) qualified for the quarter-finals.

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Knockout stage

All times are Lebanon summer time (UTC+3)

Extra times were played under the golden goal rule.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
October 23 - Sidon        
  China PR  3
October 26 - Beirut
  Qatar  1  
  China PR  2
October 24 - Beirut
    Japan  3  
  Japan  4
October 29 - Beirut
  Iraq  1  
  Japan  1
October 23 - Tripoli
    Saudi Arabia  0
  Iran  1
October 26 - Beirut
  South Korea (a.e.t.)  2  
  South Korea  1 Third place
October 24 - Beirut
    Saudi Arabia  2  
  Kuwait  2   China PR  0
  Saudi Arabia (a.e.t.)  3     South Korea  1
October 29 - Beirut

Quarter-finals

23 October 2000
16:45
 Iran  1 – 2 (a.e.t.)  South Korea International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
Bagheri Goal 71' Report Kim Sang-Sik Goal 90'
Lee Dong-Gook Golden goal in the 99th minute 99'
23 October 2000
19:45
 China PR  3 – 1  Qatar Saida International Stadium, Sidon
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)
Li Ming Goal 9'
Qi Hong Goal 38'
Yang Chen Goal 54'		 Report Al-Enazi Goal 65'
24 October 2000
16:45
 Japan  4 – 1  Iraq Sports City Stadium, Beirut
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Tajaddin Fares (Syria)
Nanami Goal 8', 29'
Takahara Goal 11'
Myojin Goal 62'		 Report Abbas Obeid Goal 4'
24 October 2000
19:45
 Kuwait  2 – 3 (a.e.t.)  Saudi Arabia Sports City Stadium, Beirut
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Brian Hall (United States)
Bashar Abdullah Goal 62'
Al-Huwaidi Goal 68'		 Report Al-Temyat Goal 45+1' Golden goal in the 109th minute 109'
Al-Meshal Goal 72'

Semi-finals

26 October 2000
16:45
 South Korea  1 – 2  Saudi Arabia Sports City Stadium, Beirut
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)
Lee Dong-Gook Goal 90+1' Report Al-Meshal Goal 76', 80'
26 October 2000
19:45
 China PR  2 – 3  Japan Sports City Stadium, Beirut
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
Qi Hong Goal 30'
Yang Chen Goal 48'		 Report Fan Zhiyi Goal 21' (o.g.)
Nishizawa Goal 53'
Myojin Goal 61'

Third place play-off

29 October 2000
17:05
 South Korea  1 – 0  China PR Sports City Stadium, Beirut
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)
Lee Dong-Gook Goal 76' Report

Final

29 October 2000
19:45
 Japan  1 – 0  Saudi Arabia Sports City Stadium, Beirut
Attendance: 47,400
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
Mochizuki Goal 30' Report
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Winners

 AFC Asian Cup 2000 Winners 

Japan
Second title
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Awards

MVP (Most Valuable Player)

Top Scorer

Best Defender

Best Goalkeeper

Fair-Play Award

All-Star Team

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

China Jiang Jin

South Korea Hong Myung-Bo
Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
Kuwait Jamal Mubarak

Japan Hiroshi Nanami
Saudi Arabia Nawaf Al-Temyat
Iraq Abbas Obeid
Iran Karim Bagheri
Japan Shunsuke Nakamura

South Korea Lee Dong-Gook
Japan Naohiro Takahara
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Statistics

Scoring players

6 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Top scoring teams

21 goals

11 goals

9 goals

7 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

0 goal

Final positions

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Eff
1  Japan 6 5 1 0 21 6 +15 16 88.9%
2  Saudi Arabia 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10 55.6%
3  South Korea 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 55.6%
4  China PR 6 2 2 2 11 7 +4 8 44.4%
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
5  Iran 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 7 58.3%
6  Kuwait 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 5 41.7%
7  Iraq 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4 33.3%
8  Qatar 4 0 3 1 3 5 −2 3 25.0%
Eliminated in the First Stage
9  Thailand 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2 22.2%
10  Lebanon 3 0 2 1 3 7 −4 2 22.2%
11  Indonesia 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1 11.1%
12  Uzbekistan 3 0 1 2 2 14 −12 1 11.1%
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