2000 AFC Asian Cup
Asian Cup Lebanon 2000 كأس آسيا 2000 Coupe d'Asie des nations 2000 | |
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![]() Logo of the 2000 Asian Cup | |
Tournament details | |
Host country | Lebanon |
Dates | 12 – 29 October |
Teams | 12 |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 26 |
Goals scored | 77 (2.96 per match) |
Attendance | 276,488 (10,634 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
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.
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:
Stadiums
Beirut | Sidon | Tripoli | |
Sports City Stadium | Saida International Stadium | International Olympic Stadium | |
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Capacity: 47,799 | Capacity: 22,600 | Capacity: 22,400 | |
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Squads
First round
All times are Lebanon summer time (UTC+3).
Key to colours in group tables | |
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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 |
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7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
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2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
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2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 |
Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 |
South Korea ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Lee Young-Pyo ![]() Noh Jung-Yoon ![]() |
Report | Su Maozhen ![]() Fan Zhiyi ![]() |
South Korea ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Al-Huwaidi ![]() |
South Korea ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Lee Dong-Gook ![]() |
Report |
Group C
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | −12 |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Morioka ![]() |
Report | Yanagisawa ![]() Takahara ![]() Nanami ![]() Ono ![]() |
Qatar ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Gholam ![]() |
Report | Qosimov ![]() |
Japan ![]() | 8–1 | ![]() |
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Morishima ![]() Nishizawa ![]() Takahara ![]() Kitajima ![]() |
Report | Lushan ![]() |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Al-Otaibi ![]() Al-Shalhoub ![]() Al-Temyat ![]() |
Report |
Japan ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Nishizawa ![]() |
Report | Al-Obaidly ![]() |
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 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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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-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
23 October – Sidon | ||||||||||
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26 October – Beirut | ||||||||||
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24 October – Beirut | ||||||||||
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29 October – Beirut | ||||||||||
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23 October – Tripoli | ||||||||||
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26 October – Beirut | ||||||||||
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24 October – Beirut | ||||||||||
![]() | 2 | Third place | ||||||||
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29 October – Beirut | ||||||||||
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Quarter-finals
Iran ![]() | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Bagheri ![]() |
Report | Kim Sang-Sik ![]() Lee Dong-Gook ![]() |
Kuwait ![]() | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Bashar Abdullah ![]() Al-Huwaidi ![]() |
Report | Al-Temyat ![]() ![]() Al-Meshal ![]() |
Semi-finals
South Korea ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Lee Dong-Gook ![]() |
Report | Al-Meshal ![]() |
Third place play-off
South Korea ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Lee Dong-Gook ![]() |
Report |
Final
Japan ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Mochizuki ![]() |
Report |
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Winners
AFC Asian Cup 2000 Winners |
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![]() Japan Second title |
Awards
Lee Dong-Gook – 6 goals
Best Defender
Best Goalkeeper
Fair-Play Award
All-Star Team
Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Statistics
Goalscorers
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.
6 goals 5 goals 3 goals 2 goals |
1 goal
Own goal
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Top scoring teams
21 goals 11 goals 9 goals 7 goals
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5 goals 3 goals 2 goals 0 goal
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Tournament team rankings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Eff |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 16 | 88.9% |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 10 | 55.6% |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | 55.6% |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 8 | 44.4% |
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals | ||||||||||
5 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | 58.3% |
6 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 41.7% |
7 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | 33.3% |
8 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | 25.0% |
Eliminated in the First Stage | ||||||||||
9 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | 22.2% |
10 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | 22.2% |
11 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 | 11.1% |
12 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 1 | 11.1% |
References
External links
- RSSSF Details
- "Official Website". Archived from the original on 6 December 2000.
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