2000 AFC Asian Cup

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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.

2000 AFC Asian Cup
  • كأس آسيا 2000
  • Coupe d'Asie des nations 2000
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
1996
2004

Qualification

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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 12 qualifying teams were:

Country Qualified as Date qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1, 2
  Lebanon Hosts 20 December 1996 0 (Debut)
  Saudi Arabia 1996 AFC Asian Cup winners 21 December 1996 4 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
  Iraq Qualifying round Group 1 winners 7 August 1999 3 (1972, 1976, 1996)
  Indonesia Qualifying round Group 7 winners 20 November 1999 1 (1996)
  Uzbekistan Qualifying round Group 3 winners 26 November 1999 1 (1996)
  China Qualifying round Group 9 winners 29 January 2000 6 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
  Kuwait Qualifying round Group 5 winners 18 February 2000 6 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)
  Japan Qualifying round Group 10 winners 20 February 2000 3 (1988, 1992, 1996)
  Qatar Qualifying round Group 4 winners 8 April 2000 4 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992)
  South Korea Qualifying round Group 6 winners 9 April 2000 8 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)
  Thailand Qualifying round Group 8 winners 9 April 2000 3 (1972, 1992, 1996)
  Iran Qualifying round Group 2 winners 11 April 2000 8 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)

Notes:

1 Bold indicates champion for that year
2 Italic indicates host

Stadiums

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

Squads

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Tournament summary

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Lebanon participated in the country's first ever football competition in the history as host, but began disappointingly, losing 0–4 to Iran. Lebanon sought to reinvigorate the team against Iraq and Thailand, but all ended up in just draws, and Lebanon finished bottom in the group, the first host nation since Qatar 1988 to not progress from the group stage. Iran and Iraq managed to survive in the group A with seven and four points respectively, and Thailand took the third, but did not progress due to inferior points, having won no match in their group. Group B saw South Korea failed to achieve a top two finish, falling behind group winner China and Kuwait, but qualified as the best third place team, with the team's only win was against Indonesia. Indonesia was the only team to not score a single goal in the tournament, being beaten by South Korea and China, and a goalless draw with Kuwait. Group C witnessed Uzbekistan to become the worst-performed team in the tournament, being heavily beaten 1–8 by Japan and 0–5 by defending champions Saudi Arabia. The Japanese scrambled to top the group with a famous 4–1 win over the Saudis, though Saudi Arabia would go on to progress together after an unpromising group stage performance. Qatar, another participant in the group, finished in third and progressed thanked for one point ahead of Thailand, having drawn in all three matches.

The quarter-finals saw Iran lost 1–2 to South Korea by a golden goal of Lee Dong-gook, and the same happened in Saudi Arabia's victory over Kuwait, also by a golden goal of Nawaf Al-Temyat. China and Japan easily passed through their Arab rivals Qatar and Iraq, with 3–1 and 4–1 wins respectively, to set up an entirely East Asian affair in the semi-finals, with Saudi Arabia being the only non-East Asian team to be here.

The first semi-finals saw Saudi Arabia sealed the victory over the South Koreans, with two goals by Talal Al-Meshal at 76' and 80' meant Lee Dong-gook's late equalizer was too little, too late. Japan beat China in a thriller in Beirut, 3–2, to once again face the Saudis in the final. In the third place match, South Korea won bronze with a 1–0 win over China.

The final in Beirut was filled with majority of Saudi supporters, and was seen as the rematch of the 1992 final and earlier group stage encounter. Hamzah Idris had a chance to take the Saudis ahead of Japan at 10', but he missed the opportunity. Eventually, the missing penalty was what the Saudis regretted the most, because Shigeyoshi Mochizuki, who had accidentally given the Saudis the failed opportunity on the penalty earlier, became the hero of Japan with a goal in 30'. Saudi attempt proved to be fruitless, and Japan won the game by just one goal margin, to conquer its second Asian trophy, repeating Japan's victory over Saudi Arabia eight years ago. Subsequently, Japan, the winner, automatically qualified for the 2004 AFC Asian Cup.

First round

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All times are Lebanon summer time (UTC 3).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iran 3 2 1 0 6 1 5 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Iraq 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 4
3   Thailand 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
4   Lebanon (H) 3 0 2 1 3 7 −4 2
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
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'
Lebanon  2–2  Iraq
Chahrour   28'
Hojeij   76'
Report Jeayer   5', 22'

Iran  1–0  Iraq
Daei   77' Report
Lebanon  1–1  Thailand
Fernandes   83' Report Sakesan   58'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   China 3 1 2 0 6 2 4 5 Advance to knockout stage
2   Kuwait 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 5
3   South Korea 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 4
4   Indonesia 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
Source: RSSSF
South Korea  2–2  China
Lee Young-pyo   30'
Noh Jung-yoon   58'
Report Su Maozhen   36'
Fan Zhiyi   66' (pen.)
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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 3 2 1 0 13 3 10 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 6 4 2 4
3   Qatar 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
4   Uzbekistan 3 0 1 2 2 14 −12 1
Source: RSSSF
Saudi Arabia  1–4  Japan
Morioka   90 1' (o.g.) Report Yanagisawa   26'
Takahara   39'
Nanami   54'
Ono   90'
Qatar  1–1  Uzbekistan
Gholam   61' Report Qosimov   73'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

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

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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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   South Korea 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 4 Advance to knockout stage
2   Qatar 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
3   Thailand 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
Source: RSSSF

South Korea and Qatar, the two best third-placed teams, qualified for the quarter-finals.

Knockout stage

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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

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Iran  1–2 (a.e.t./g.g.)  South Korea
Bagheri   71' Report Kim Sang-sik   90'
Lee Dong-gook   99'

China  3–1  Qatar
Li Ming   9'
Qi Hong   38'
Yang Chen   54'
Report Al-Enazi   65'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

Japan  4–1  Iraq
Nanami   8', 29'
Takahara   11'
Myojin   62'
Report Obeid   4'
Attendance: 2,000

Kuwait  2–3 (a.e.t./g.g.)  Saudi Arabia
Bashar Abdullah   62'
Al-Huwaidi   68'
Report Al-Temyat   45 1'   109'
Al-Meshal   72'

Semi-finals

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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

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

Final

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Japan  1–0  Saudi Arabia
Mochizuki   30' Report

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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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

Awards

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Most Valuable Player

Top scorer

Best Defender

Best Goalkeeper

Fair Play Award

Team of the Tournament[1][2]

Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards

  Jiang Jin

  Hong Myung-bo
  Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
  Jamal Mubarak

  Hiroshi Nanami
  Nawaf Al-Temyat
  Abbas Obeid
  Karim Bagheri
  Shunsuke Nakamura

  Lee Dong-gook
  Naohiro Takahara

References

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  1. ^ [아시안컵] 이동국,홍명보 베스트 11선정 (in Korean). JoongAng Ilbo. 25 February 2002. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  2. ^ アジアカップ2000・レバノン大会 (in Japanese). WorldCup's world. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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