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2000 AFC Asian Cup

كأس آسيا 2000 Coupe d'Asie des nations 2000
Tournament details
Host country	Lebanon
Dates	12–29 October
Teams	12
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 played	26
Goals scored	77 (2.96 per match)
Attendance	276,488 (10,634 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lee Dong-Gook (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Hiroshi Nanami
Best goalkeeper	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

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 tournament
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:

Bold indicates champion for that year

Italic indicates host

Stadiums

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

Squads

Tournament summary

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

All times are Lebanon summer time (UTC+3).

Group A

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

Iraq	2–0	Thailand
Chathir 27' Mahmoud 60'	Report

Lebanon	0–4	Iran
	Report	Bagheri 19' Estili 75', 87' Daei 90+1'

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'

Group B

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

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

Group C

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

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'

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'

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.

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

South Korea and Qatar, the two best third-placed teams, 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
	China	3
					26 October – Beirut
	Qatar	1
					China	2
	24 October – Beirut
					Japan	3
	Japan	4
									29 October – Beirut
	Iraq	1
									Japan	1
	23 October – Tripoli
									Saudi Arabia	0
	Iran	1
					26 October – Beirut
	South Korea (a.e.t.)	2
					South Korea	1
	24 October – Beirut
					Saudi Arabia	2			Third place
	Kuwait	2
									29 October – Beirut
	Saudi Arabia (a.e.t.)	3
									China	0
									South Korea	1

Quarter-finals

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'

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

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

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

Final

Japan	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Mochizuki 30'	Report

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

• Lee Dong-gook

5 goals

• Akinori Nishizawa
• Naohiro Takahara

3 goals

• Qi Hong
• Yang Chen
• Ali Daei
• Hiroshi Nanami
• Talal Al-Meshal
• Mohammad Al-Shalhoub
• Nawaf Al-Temyat

2 goals

• Li Ming
• Karim Bagheri
• Hamid Estili
• Sabah Jeayer
• Tomokazu Myojin
• Jasem Al-Huwaidi
• Sakesan Pituratana

1 goal

• Fan Zhiyi
• Shen Si
• Su Maozhen
• Qahtan Chathir
• Abbas Obeid
• Haidar Mahmoud
• Hideaki Kitajima
• Shigeyoshi Mochizuki
• Hiroaki Morishima
• Shinji Ono
• Atsushi Yanagisawa
• Kim Sang-sik
• Lee Young-pyo
• Noh Jung-yoon
• Bashar Abdullah
• Abbas Chahrour
• Luís Fernandes
• Moussa Hojeij
• Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi
• Abdulnasser Al-Obaidly
• Mohammed Gholam
• Marzouk Al-Otaibi
• Sergey Lushan
• Mirjalol Qosimov

Own goal

• Fan Zhiyi (for Japan)
• Ryuzo Morioka (for Saudi Arabia)

Awards

Most Valuable Player

• Hiroshi Nanami

Top scorer

• Lee Dong-gook

Best Defender

• Ryuzo Morioka

Best Goalkeeper

• Jiang Jin

Fair Play Award

•  Saudi Arabia

Team of the Tournament

References

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.

External links

• RSSSF Details
• "Official Website". Archived from the original on 6 December 2000.

• 2000 AFC Asian Cup
• AFC Asian Cup tournaments
• 2000 in Asian football
• 2000–01 in Lebanese football
• International association football competitions hosted by Lebanon
• October 2000 sports events in Asia