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2000 AFC Asian Cup
Asian Cup Lebanon 2000
كأس آسيا 2000
Coupe d'Asie des nations 2000
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
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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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
Capacity: 47,799 Capacity: 22,600 Capacity: 22,400

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
Chathir 27'
Mahmoud 60'
Report

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'

Lebanon 2–2 Iraq
Chahrour 28'
Hojeij 76'
Report Jeayer 5', 22'

Iran 1–0 Iraq
Daei 77' Report

Lebanon 1–1 Thailand
Fernandez 83' Report Sakesan 58'
Attendance: 50,000
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

Kuwait 0–0 Indonesia
Report

China 4–0 Indonesia
Li Ming 2'
Shen Si 7' (pen.)
Yang Chen 10'
Qi Hong 90'
Report

South Korea 0–1 Kuwait
Report Al-Huwaidi 43'

China 0–0 Kuwait
Report

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'

Qatar 1–1 Uzbekistan
Gholam 61' Report Qosimov 73'

Japan 8–1 Uzbekistan
Morishima 7'
Nishizawa 14', 25', 49'
Takahara 18', 20', 57'
Kitajima 79'
Report Lushan 29'

Saudi Arabia 0–0 Qatar
Report

Saudi Arabia 5–0 Uzbekistan
Al-Otaibi 18'
Al-Shalhoub 35', 78', 86'
Al-Temyat 88'
Report

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
 
          
 
23 October – Sidon
 
 
 China3
 
26 October – Beirut
 
 Qatar1
 
 China2
 
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
 
 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'

China 3–1 Qatar
Li Ming 9'
Qi Hong 38'
Yang Chen 54'
Report Al-Enazi 65'

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' gold-colored soccer ball 109'
Al-Meshal 72'

Semi-finals

South Korea 1–2 Saudi Arabia
Lee Dong-Gook 90+1' Report Al-Meshal 76', 80'

China 2–3 Japan
Qi Hong 30'
Yang Chen 48'
Report Fan Zhiyi 21' (o.g.)
Nishizawa 53'
Myojin 61'

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)
GK 1 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
D 3 Naoki Matsuda
D 4 Ryuzo Morioka
D 6 Toshihiro Hattori
M 8 Hiroshi Nanami
M 10 Shigeyoshi Mochizuki
M 12 Hiroaki Morishima downward-facing red arrow 89'
M 14 Shunsuke Nakamura
M 24 Tomokazu Myojin
F 9 Naohiro Takahara downward-facing red arrow 80'
F 29 Akinori Nishizawa
Substitutions:
M 15 Daisuke Oku upward-facing green arrow 88'
M 30 Shinji Ono upward-facing green arrow 89'
F 13 Atsushi Yanagisawa upward-facing green arrow 80' downward-facing red arrow 88'
Manager:
France 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 downward-facing red arrow 72'
M 17 Abdullah Al-Waked
M 18 Nawaf Al-Temyat
M 23 Saeed Al-Dosari
F 19 Hamzah Idris downward-facing red arrow 46'
F 29 Talal Al-Meshal
Substitutions:
M 20 Mohammad Al-Shalhoub upward-facing green arrow 46'
M 14 Marzouk Al-Otaibi upward-facing green arrow 72'
Manager:
Czech Republic Milan Máčala

Winners

 AFC Asian Cup 2000 Winners 

Japan

Second title

Awards

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

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.

Top scoring teams

Tournament team rankings

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%

References

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