2000 AFC Asian Cup

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
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 PR
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored77 (2.96 per match)
Attendance276,488 (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

Qualification
Main article: 2000 AFC Asian Cup 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 other 10 qualifying teams were:

CountryQualified asDate qualification was securedPrevious appearances in tournament1, 2
 LebanonHosts19960 (Debut)
 Saudi Arabia1996 AFC Asian Cup winners21 December 19964 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 IraqQualifying round Group 1 winners7 August 19993 (1972, 1976, 1996)
 IndonesiaQualifying round Group 7 winners20 November 19991 (1996)
 UzbekistanQualifying round Group 3 winners26 November 19991 (1996)
 China PRQualifying round Group 9 winners29 January 20006 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 KuwaitQualifying round Group 5 winners18 February 20006 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)
 JapanQualifying round Group 10 winners20 February 20003 (1988, 1992, 1996)
 QatarQualifying round Group 4 winners8 April 20004 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992)
 South KoreaQualifying round Group 6 winners9 April 20008 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)
 ThailandQualifying round Group 8 winners9 April 20003 (1972, 1992, 1996)
 IranQualifying round Group 2 winners11 April 20008 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)

Notes:

1 Bold indicates champion for that year
2 Italic indicates host

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

Squads
Further information: 2000 AFC Asian Cup 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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran (A) 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
 Iraq (A) 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
 Thailand 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
 Lebanon 3 0 2 1 3 7 −4 2
Source:
(A) Advanced to knockout round.
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'
Attendance: 10,000
Lebanon 2–2 Iraq
Chahrour  28'
Hojeij  76'		 Report Jeayer  5', 22'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)
Iran 1–0 Iraq
Daei  77' Report
Attendance: 8,582
Referee: Omer Al-Mehannah (Saudi Arabia)
Lebanon 1–1 Thailand
Fernandez  83' Report Sakesan  58'
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 China PR (A) 3 1 2 0 6 2 +4 5
 Kuwait (A) 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5
 South Korea (A) 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
 Indonesia 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
Source:
(A) Advanced to knockout round.
South Korea 2–2 China PR
Lee Young-Pyo  30'
Noh Jung-Yoon  58'		 Report Su Maozhen  36'
Fan Zhiyi  66' (pen.)
International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Omer Al-Mehannah (Saudi Arabia)
Kuwait 0–0 Indonesia
Report
International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Tajaddin Fares (Syria)
China PR 4–0 Indonesia
Li Ming  2'
Shen Si  7' (pen.)
Yang Chen  10'
Qi Hong  90'		 Report
International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)
South Korea 0–1 Kuwait
Report Al-Huwaidi  43'
International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli
Attendance: 5,000
China PR 0–0 Kuwait
Report
International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli
Attendance: 5,000
South Korea 3–0 Indonesia
Lee Dong-Gook  30', 76', 90+1' Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan (A) 3 2 1 0 13 3 +10 7
 Saudi Arabia (A) 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
 Qatar (A) 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
 Uzbekistan 3 0 1 2 2 14 −12 1
Source: AFC
(A) Advanced to knockout round.
Saudi Arabia 1–4 Japan
Morioka  90' (o.g.) Report Yanagisawa  22'
Takahara  37'
Nanami  53'
Ono  88'
Attendance: 5,000
Qatar 1–1 Uzbekistan
Gholam  61' Report Qosimov  73'
Attendance: 5,000
Japan 8–1 Uzbekistan
Morishima  7'
Nishizawa  14', 25', 49'
Takahara  18', 20', 57'
Kitajima  79'		 Report Lushan  29'
Attendance: 2,000
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Qatar
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Tajaddin Fares (Syria)
Saudi Arabia 5–0 Uzbekistan
Al-Otaibi  18'
Al-Shalhoub  35', 78', 86'
Al-Temyat  88'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kim Young-Joo (South Korea)
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea (A) 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
 Qatar (A) 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
 Thailand 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
Source:
(A) Advanced to knockout round.

South Korea (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
 
 
 China PR3
 
26 October – Beirut
 
 Qatar1
 
 China PR2
 
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
 
 China PR0
 
 
 South Korea1
 

Quarter-finals
Iran 1–2 (a.e.t.) South Korea
Bagheri  71' Report Kim Sang-Sik  90'
Lee Dong-Gook  99'
International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli
Attendance: 5,000
China PR 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
Referee: Tajaddin Fares (Syria)
Kuwait 2–3 (a.e.t.) Saudi Arabia
Bashar Abdullah  62'
Al-Huwaidi  68'		 Report Al-Temyat  45+1'  109'
Al-Meshal  72'
Attendance: 5,000

Semi-finals
South Korea 1–2 Saudi Arabia
Lee Dong-Gook  90+1' Report Al-Meshal  76', 80'
Attendance: 7,000
China PR 2–3 Japan
Qi Hong  30'
Yang Chen  48'		 Report Fan Zhiyi  21' (o.g.)
Nishizawa  53'
Myojin  61'
Attendance: 5,000

Third place play-off
South Korea 1–0 China PR
Lee Dong-Gook  76' Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Nabil Ayad (Lebanon)

Final
Main article: 2000 AFC Asian Cup Final
Japan 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Mochizuki  30' Report
Attendance: 47,400

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

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

Awards

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

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Result
1  Japan 6 5 1 0 21 6 +15 16 Champions
2  Saudi Arabia 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10 Runner-ups
3  South Korea 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 Third place
4  China PR 6 2 2 2 11 7 +4 8 Fourth place
5  Iran 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 7 Eliminated
in the
Quarterfinals
6  Kuwait 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 5
7  Iraq 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4
8  Qatar 4 0 3 1 3 5 −2 3
9  Thailand 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2 Eliminated
in the
First Stage
10  Lebanon 3 0 2 1 3 7 −4 2
11  Indonesia 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
12  Uzbekistan 3 0 1 2 2 14 −12 1
Source: rsssf.com

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.
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