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2004 AFC Asian Cup
2004年亚洲杯足球赛
Logo of the 2004 Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host country China
Dates17 July – 7 August
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Japan (3rd title)
Runners-up China
Third place Iran
Fourth place Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored96 (3 per match)
Attendance937,650 (29,302 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bahrain A'ala Hubail
Iran Ali Karimi
(5 goals each)
Best player(s)Japan Shunsuke Nakamura
Fair play award China
2000
2007

The 2004 AFC Asian Cup football competition was the thirteenth edition of the AFC Asian Cup. It was held from 17 July to 7 August 2004 in China. The defending champions Japan defeated China in the final in Beijing.

The tournament was marked by Saudi Arabia's unexpected failure to even make it out of the first round; a surprisingly good performance by Bahrain, which finished in fourth place; Jordan, which reached the quarterfinals in its first appearance and Indonesia, which gained their historical first Asian Cup win against Qatar. The final match between China and Japan was marked by post-match rioting by Chinese fans near the north gate of Beijing Worker's Stadium, in part due to controversial officiating and anti-Japanese sentiment resulting from historical tensions.[1]

Host cities and venues

Beijing Chongqing Jinan Chengdu
Workers Stadium Chongqing Olympic Sports Center Shandong Sports Center Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium
Capacity: 66,161 Capacity: 58,680 Capacity: 27,333 Capacity: 30,800
File:ChongqingOlympicStadium bird's eyes view.png

Qualification

Seeds

Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D

 China
 Japan
 South Korea
 Saudi Arabia

 Iran
 Iraq
 Kuwait
 Qatar

 Indonesia
 Thailand
 United Arab Emirates
 Uzbekistan

 Bahrain
 Jordan
 Oman
 Turkmenistan

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2004 AFC Asian Cup squads.

First round

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 China 7 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6
 Bahrain 5 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2
 Indonesia 3 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6
 Qatar 1 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2
China 2–2 Bahrain
Zheng Zhi 58' (pen.)
Li Jinyu 66'
Report M. Hubail 41'
Ali 89'

Qatar 1–2 Indonesia
M. Mohamed 83' Report Sudarsono 26'
Astaman 48'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Bahrain 1–1 Qatar
M. Hubail 90+1' Report Rizik 59' (pen.)
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Indonesia 0–5 China
Report Shao Jiayi 25', 66'
Hao Haidong 40'
Li Ming 51'
Li Yi 80'
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)

China 1–0 Qatar
Xu Yunlong 77' Report
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)

Bahrain 3–1 Indonesia
Ali 43'
A. Hubail 57'
Yousef 82'
Report Aiboy 75'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 South Korea 7 3 2 1 0 6 0 +6
 Jordan 5 3 1 2 0 2 0 +2
 Kuwait 3 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4
 United Arab Emirates 1 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4
South Korea 0–0 Jordan
Report

Kuwait 3–1 United Arab Emirates
B. Abdullah 24'
Al-Mutawa 39' (pen.), 45'
Report Rashid 47'

Jordan 2–0 Kuwait
Saad 90+1'
Al-Zboun 90+2'
Report
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)


Jordan 0–0 United Arab Emirates
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)

South Korea 4–0 Kuwait
Lee Dong-Gook 25', 41'
Cha Du-Ri 45+1'
Ahn Jung-Hwan 75'
Report

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Uzbekistan 9 3 3 0 0 3 0 +3
 Iraq 6 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1
 Turkmenistan 1 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2
 Saudi Arabia 1 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2
Saudi Arabia 2–2 Turkmenistan
Al-Qahtani 9' (pen.), 59' Report N. Bayramov 6'
Kuliyev 90+3'

Iraq 0–1 Uzbekistan
Report Qosimov 21'

Turkmenistan 2–3 Iraq
V. Bayramov 14'
Kuliyyew 85'
Report H. M. Mohammed 12'
Farhan 80'
Munir 88'

Uzbekistan 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Geynrikh 13' Report

Saudi Arabia 1–2 Iraq
Al-Montashari 57' Report Akram 51'
Mahmoud 86'

Turkmenistan 0–1 Uzbekistan
Report Qosimov 58'

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Japan 7 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4
 Iran 5 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3
 Oman 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1
 Thailand 0 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8
Japan 1–0 Oman
Nakamura 33' Report

Iran 3–0 Thailand
Enayati 71'
Nekounam 80'
Daei 86' (pen.)
Report

Oman 2–2 Iran
Al-Hosni 31', 40' Report Karimi 61'
Nosrati 90+4'

Thailand 1–4 Japan
Suksomkit 12' Report Nakamura 21'
Nakazawa 57', 87'
Fukunishi 68'

Oman 2–0 Thailand
Viwatchaichok 15' (o.g.)
Al-Hosni 49'
Report
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)

Japan 0–0 Iran
Report

Knockout stage

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 July – Beijing
 
 
 China3
 
3 August – Beijing
 
 Iraq0
 
 China (pen.)1 (4)
 
31 July – Jinan
 
 Iran1 (3)
 
 South Korea3
 
7 August – Beijing
 
 Iran4
 
 China1
 
30 July – Chengdu
 
 Japan3
 
 Uzbekistan2 (3)
 
3 August – Jinan
 
 Bahrain (pen.)2 (4)
 
 Bahrain3
 
31 July – Chongqing
 
 Japan (a.e.t.)4 Third place
 
 Japan (pen.)1 (4)
 
6 August – Beijing
 
 Jordan1 (3)
 
 Iran4
 
 
 Bahrain2
 

Quarter-finals


China 3–0 Iraq
Hao Haidong 8'
Zheng Zhi 81' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 60,000


South Korea 3–4 Iran
Seol Ki-Hyeon 16'
Lee Dong-Gook 25'
Kim Nam-Il 68'
Report Karimi 10', 20', 77'
Park Jin-Seop 51' (o.g.)

Semi-finals

Bahrain 3–4 (a.e.t.) Japan
A. Hubail 7', 71'
Naser 85'
Report Nakata 48'
Tamada 55', 93'
Nakazawa 90'

Third place playoff

Iran 4–2 Bahrain
Nekounam 9'
Karimi 52'
Daei 80' (pen.), 90'
Report Yousef 48'
Farhan 57'
Attendance: 10,000

Final

China 1–3 Japan
Li Ming 31' Report Fukunishi 22'
Nakata 65'
Tamada 90+1'
Attendance: 62,000

Winners

 AFC Asian Cup 2004 Winners 

Japan

Third title

Awards

Most Valuable Player Top Scorer Fair Play Award
Japan Shunsuke Nakamura Bahrain A'ala Hubail
Iran Ali Karimi
 China

All-Star Team

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Japan Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi

Japan Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Japan Yuji Nakazawa
China Zheng Zhi
Iran Mehdi Mahdavikia

Japan Shunsuke Nakamura
China Shao Jiayi
China Zhao Junzhe
Bahrain Talal Yousef

Bahrain A'ala Hubail
Iran Ali Karimi

Statistics

Goalscorers

With five goals, A'ala Hubail and Ali Karimi are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 96 goals were scored by 58 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.

Tournament team rankings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Eff
1  Japan 6 4 2 0 13 6 +7 14 77.8%
2  China 6 3 2 1 13 6 +7 11 61.1%
3  Iran 6 3 3 0 14 8 +6 12 66.7%
4  Bahrain 6 1 3 2 13 14 −1 6 33.3%
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
5  Uzbekistan 4 3 1 0 5 2 +3 10 83.3%
6  South Korea 4 2 1 1 9 4 +5 7 58.3%
7  Jordan 4 1 3 0 3 1 +2 6 50.0%
8  Iraq 4 2 0 2 5 7 −2 6 50.0%
Eliminated in the First Stage
9  Oman 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4 44.4%
10  Kuwait 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3 33.3%
11  Indonesia 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3 33.3%
12  Turkmenistan 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1 11.1%
13  Saudi Arabia 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1 11.1%
14  Qatar 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1 11.1%
15  United Arab Emirates 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1 11.1%
16  Thailand 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0 0.0%

Views

Like other sports events, the Asian Cup 2004 was publicised as evidence of China's economic and athletic progress, being referred to by some as a prelude to the 2008 Summer Olympics. Many Chinese see the tournament as a success and take great pride in having showcased such an important sporting event in advance of the Olympics Games. However, the Japanese media and many other international observers have pointed out bad manners on the part of Chinese fans, and sparse attendance at the tournament, raising questions on China's ability to hold such sporting events.

Throughout the tournament, most Chinese fans in the stadia expressed anti-Japanese sentiments by drowning out the Japanese national anthem, displaying political banners and booing whenever Japan got the ball, regardless of the score or opponent. This was reported by the international media, and was aggravated when Koji Nakata apparently knocked in the ball with his right hand in the final against China.[2] The PRC government responded by calling for restraint and increasing police numbers to maintain order. The Japanese government also called on the PRC to ensure the safety of Japanese fans,[3] while specifically asking Japanese nationals or people of Japanese origin to not display any form of excessive pride, especially wearing Japan national football team uniforms. Despite the Chinese government's campaign, a riot started by Chinese fans broke out near the north gate of the Beijing Worker's Stadium, though reports differ as to the extent of the riot. As a result, some media groups have said that displays of "excessive Chinese nationalism during the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics have become a cause for concern for Chinese officials".

References

  1. ^ Chinese riot after Japan victory
  2. ^ Bodeen, Christopher (7 August 2004). "Japan beats China to win Asian Cup again". USA Today. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
  3. ^ Embassy of Japan in the People's Republic of China (5 August 2004). "(緊急)サッカー・アジアカップの決勝戦に関連したご注意 ((Urgency) Attention on the Final Game of Soccer Asian Cup)" (in Japanese). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Retrieved 22 January 2011.