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2000 AFC Asian Cup

The 2000 AFC Asian Cup was the 12th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Lebanon between 12 and 29 October 2000. Japan defeated defending champion Saudi Arabia in the final match in Beirut.

2000 AFC Asian Cup
Asian Cup Lebanon 2000
كأس آسيا 2000
Coupe d'Asie des nations 2000
2000 AFC Asian Cup logo.svg
Logo of the 2000 Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host countryLebanon
Dates12 – 29 October
Teams12
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 played26
Goals scored77 (2.96 per match)
Attendance276,488 (10,634 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Korea Lee Dong-Gook (6 goals)
Best player(s)Japan Hiroshi Nanami
Best goalkeeperChina Jiang Jin
Fair play award Saudi Arabia
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QualificationEdit

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 3 August 1999.

The other 10 qualifying teams were:

 

StadiumsEdit

SquadsEdit

Further information: 2000 AFC Asian Cup squads

First roundEdit

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 AEdit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Iran 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
  Iraq 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
  Thailand 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
  Lebanon 3 0 2 1 3 7 −4 2
Source:[citation needed]
Iraq  2–0  Thailand
Chathir   27'
Mahmoud   60'		 Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Lebanon  0–4  Iran
Report Bagheri   19'
Estili   75', 87'
Daei   90+1'
Attendance: 52,418
Referee: Lu Jun (China)
Iran  1–1  Thailand
Daei   73' Report Sakesan   12'
Attendance: 10,000
Lebanon  2–2  Iraq
Chahrour   28'
Hojeij   76'		 Report Jeayer   5', 22'
Attendance: 30,000
Iran  1–0  Iraq
Daei   77' Report
Attendance: 8,582
Lebanon  1–1  Thailand
Fernandez   83' Report Sakesan   58'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)

Group BEdit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  China PR 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 5
  Kuwait 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5
  South Korea 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
  Indonesia 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
Source:[citation needed]
South Korea  2–2  China PR
Lee Young-Pyo   30'
Noh Jung-Yoon   58'		 Report Su Maozhen   36'
Fan Zhiyi   66' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,000
Kuwait  0–0  Indonesia
Report
Attendance: 2,000
China PR  4–0  Indonesia
Li Ming   2'
Shen Si   7' (pen.)
Yang Chen   10'
Qi Hong   90'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)
South Korea  0–1  Kuwait
Report Al-Huwaidi   43'
Attendance: 5,000
China PR  0–0  Kuwait
Report
Attendance: 5,000
South Korea  3–0  Indonesia
Lee Dong-Gook   30', 76', 90+1' Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Group CEdit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Japan 3 2 1 0 13 3 +10 7
  Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
  Qatar 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
  Uzbekistan 3 0 1 2 2 14 −12 1
Source:[citation needed]
Saudi Arabia  1–4  Japan
Morioka   90' (o.g.) Report Yanagisawa   22'
Takahara   37'
Nanami   53'
Ono   88'
Attendance: 5,000
Qatar  1–1  Uzbekistan
Gholam   61' Report Qosimov   73'
Attendance: 5,000
Japan  8–1  Uzbekistan
Morishima   7'
Nishizawa   14', 25', 49'
Takahara   18', 20', 57'
Kitajima   79'		 Report Lushan   29'
Attendance: 2,000
Saudi Arabia  0–0  Qatar
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Saudi Arabia  5–0  Uzbekistan
Al-Otaibi   18'
Al-Shalhoub   35', 78', 86'
Al-Temyat   88'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Japan  1–1  Qatar
Nishizawa   61' Report Al-Obaidly   22'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)

Third-placed qualifiersEdit

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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  South Korea 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
  Qatar 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
  Thailand 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
Source:[citation needed]

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

Knockout stageEdit

All times are Lebanon summer time (UTC+3)

Extra times were played under the golden goal rule.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
23 October – Sidon
 
 
  China PR3
 
26 October – Beirut
 
  Qatar1
 
  China PR2
 
24 October – Beirut
 
  Japan3
 
  Japan4
 
29 October – Beirut
 
  Iraq1
 
  Japan1
 
23 October – Tripoli
 
  Saudi Arabia0
 
  Iran1
 
26 October – Beirut
 
  South Korea (a.e.t.)2
 
  South Korea1
 
24 October – Beirut
 
  Saudi Arabia2 Third place
 
  Kuwait2
 
29 October – Beirut
 
  Saudi Arabia (a.e.t.) 3
 
  China PR0
 
 
  South Korea1
 

Quarter-finalsEdit

Iran  1–2 (a.e.t.)  South Korea
Bagheri   71' Report Kim Sang-Sik   90'
Lee Dong-Gook   99'
Attendance: 5,000
China PR  3–1  Qatar
Li Ming   9'
Qi Hong   38'
Yang Chen   54'		 Report Al-Enazi   65'
Attendance: 3,000
Japan  4–1  Iraq
Nanami   8', 29'
Takahara   11'
Myojin   62'		 Report A. Obeid   4'
Attendance: 2,000
Kuwait  2–3 (a.e.t.)  Saudi Arabia
Bashar Abdullah   62'
Al-Huwaidi   68'		 Report Al-Temyat   45+1'   109'
Al-Meshal   72'
Attendance: 5,000

Semi-finalsEdit

South Korea  1–2  Saudi Arabia
Lee Dong-Gook   90+1' Report Al-Meshal   76', 80'
Attendance: 7,000
China PR  2–3  Japan
Qi Hong   30'
Yang Chen   48'		 Report Fan Zhiyi   21' (o.g.)
Nishizawa   53'
Myojin   61'
Attendance: 5,000

Third place play-offEdit

South Korea  1–0  China PR
Lee Dong-Gook   76' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)

FinalEdit

Japan  1–0  Saudi Arabia
Mochizuki   30' Report
Attendance: 47,400
GK 1 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
CB 3 Naoki Matsuda
CB 4 Ryuzo Morioka
CB 6 Toshihiro Hattori
RM 8 Shigeyoshi Mochizuki
CM 24 Tomokazu Myojin
CM 10 Hiroshi Nanami
LM 14 Shunsuke Nakamura
AM 12 Hiroaki Morishima   89'
CF 9 Naohiro Takahara   80'
CF 29 Akinori Nishizawa
Substitutions:
MF 15 Daisuke Oku   88'
MF 30 Shinji Ono   89'
FW 13 Atsushi Yanagisawa   80'   88'
Manager:
  Philippe Troussier
GK 1 Mohamed Al-Deayea
D 3 Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
D 12 Ahmed Dokhi
D 13 Saleh Al-Saqri
M 9 Sami Al-Jaber
M 16 Fouzi Al-Shehri   72'
M 17 Abdullah Al-Waked
M 18 Nawaf Al-Temyat
M 23 Saeed Al-Dosari
F 19 Hamzah Idris   46'
F 29 Talal Al-Meshal
Substitutions:
M 20 Mohammad Al-Shalhoub   46'
M 14 Marzouk Al-Otaibi   72'
Manager:
  Milan Máčala

WinnersEdit

 AFC Asian Cup 2000 Winners 
 
Japan
Second title

AwardsEdit

StatisticsEdit

GoalscorersEdit

With six goals, Lee Dong-Gook is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 77 goals were scored by 43 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.

Top scoring teamsEdit

Tournament team rankingsEdit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1   Japan 6 5 1 0 21 6 +15 16 Champions
2   Saudi Arabia 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10 Runner-ups
3   South Korea 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 Third place
4   China PR 6 2 2 2 11 7 +4 8 Fourth place
5   Iran 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 7 Eliminated
in the
Quarterfinals
6   Kuwait 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 5
7   Iraq 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4
8   Qatar 4 0 3 1 3 5 −2 3
9   Thailand 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2 Eliminated
in the
First Stage
10   Lebanon 3 0 2 1 3 7 −4 2
11   Indonesia 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
12   Uzbekistan 3 0 1 2 2 14 −12 1
Source:[citation needed]

ReferencesEdit

External linksEdit

  • RSSSF Details
  • "Official Website". Archived from the original on 6 December 2000.
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