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. 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 other 10 qualifying teams were:
Country | Qualified as | Date qualification was secured | Previous appearances in tournament[|1], [|2] |
1996 | |||
1996 AFC Asian Cup winners | 21 December 1996 | ||
Qualifying round Group 1 winners | 7 August 1999 | ||
Qualifying round Group 7 winners | 20 November 1999 | ||
Qualifying round Group 3 winners | 26 November 1999 | ||
Qualifying round Group 9 winners | 29 January 2000 | ||
Qualifying round Group 5 winners | 18 February 2000 | ||
Qualifying round Group 10 winners | 20 February 2000 | ||
Qualifying round Group 4 winners | 8 April 2000 | ||
Qualifying round Group 6 winners | 9 April 2000 | ||
Qualifying round Group 8 winners | 9 April 2000 | ||
Qualifying round Group 2 winners | 11 April 2000 |
Notes:
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.Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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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.South Korea and Qatar qualified for the quarter-finals.
Knockout stage
All times are Lebanon summer timeExtra times were played under the golden goal rule.
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Final
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
3 goals
2 goals
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 Fernandez
- Moussa Hojeij
- Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi
- Abdulnasser Al-Obaidly
- Mohammed Gholam
- Marzouk Al-Otaibi
- Sergey Lushan
- Mirjalol Qosimov
- Fan Zhiyi
- Ryuzo Morioka
Awards
- Hiroshi Nanami
Best Defender
- Ryuzo Morioka
Fair Play Award
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 |