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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 countryLebanon
DatesOctober 12 – October 29
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
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored77 (2.96 per match)
Attendance276,482 (10,634 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Korea Lee Dong-Gook (6 goals)
Best player(s)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:

 

Stadiums

Beirut Sidon Tripoli
Sports City Stadium Saida International Stadium International Olympic Stadium
Capacity: 47,799 Capacity: 22,600 Capacity: 22,400

Squads

Further information: 2000 AFC Asian Cup squads

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
Iraq 2 – 0 Thailand
Qahtan Chatir 27'
Haidar 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 Pituratana 12'
Attendance: 10,000
Lebanon 2 – 2 Iraq
Chahrour 28'
Hojeij 76'		 Report Sabah Jaeer 5', 22'
Attendance: 30,000
Iran 1 – 0 Iraq
Daei 77' Report
Attendance: 8,582
Lebanon 1 – 1 Thailand
Fernandez 83' Report Pituratana 58'
Attendance: 8,582
Referee: Lu Jun (China)

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 China 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
South Korea 2 – 2 China
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 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 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 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
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 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.

Knockout stage

All times are Lebanon summer time (UTC+3)

Extra times were played under the golden goal rule.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
October 23 - Sidon
 
 
 China3
 
October 26 - Beirut
 
 Qatar1
 
 China2
 
October 24 - Beirut
 
 Japan3
 
 Japan4
 
October 29 - Beirut
 
 Iraq1
 
 Japan1
 
October 23 - Tripoli
 
 Saudi Arabia0
 
 Iran1
 
October 26 - Beirut
 
 South Korea (a.e.t.)2
 
 South Korea1
 
October 24 - Beirut
 
 Saudi Arabia2 Third place
 
 Kuwait2
 
October 29 - Beirut
 
 Saudi Arabia (a.e.t.) 3
 
 China0
 
 
 South Korea1
 

Quarter-finals

Iran 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) South Korea
Bagheri 71' Report Kim Sang-Sik 90'
Lee Dong-Gook gold-colored soccer ball 99'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)
China 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 Abbas Obeid 4'
Attendance: 2,000
Kuwait 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Saudi Arabia
Bashar Abdullah 62'
Al-Huwaidi 68'		 Report Al-Temyat 45+1' gold-colored soccer ball 109'
Al-Meshal 72'
Attendance: 5,000

Semi-finals

South Korea 1 – 2 Saudi Arabia
Lee Dong-Gook 90+1' Report Al-Meshal 76', 80'
Attendance: 7,000
China 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-off

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

Final

Japan 1 – 0 Saudi Arabia
Mochizuki 30' Report
Attendance: 47,400
Referee: Ali Bujsaim (UAE)

Winners

 AFC Asian Cup 2000 Winners 

Japan
Second title

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

Statistics

Scoring players

Top scoring teams

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 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%

External links

  • RSSSF Details
  • "Official Website". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02.
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