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AFC Asian Cup 2000

12 Oct 2000 – 29 Oct 2000 · Lebanon · ← AFC Asian Cup 1996 · AFC Asian Cup 2004 →

Winner: Japan
Runner-up: Saudi Arabia
Teams: 12
Matches: 26
Goals: 77
Per match: 2.96

Final: Japan 1–0 Saudi Arabia · Biggest win: Japan 8–1 Uzbekistan

Knockout bracket

The side that went through is in bold. Click a match to open it.

Quarter-finals

China PR3Qatar1

Iran1South Korea2aet

Kuwait2Saudi Arabia3aet

Semi-finals

China PR2Japan3

South Korea1Saudi Arabia2

Final

Japan1Saudi Arabia0

Third place

China PR0South Korea1

Groups3

Points, then goal difference, then goals — three for a win. Head-to-head tie-breaks and lots aren't applied.

Group A

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Iran	3	2	1	0	+5	7
2Iraq	3	1	1	1	+1	4
3Thailand	3	0	2	1	-2	2
4Lebanon	3	0	2	1	-4	2

Group B

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1China PR	3	1	2	0	+4	5
2Kuwait	3	1	2	0	+1	5
3South Korea	3	1	1	1	+2	4
4Indonesia	3	0	1	2	-7	1

Group C

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Japan	3	2	1	0	+10	7
2Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	+2	4
3Qatar	3	0	3	0	0	3
4Uzbekistan	3	0	1	2	-12	1

Where everyone finished12


Japan	Winner	6	5	1	0	21	6	+15	C · 1
Saudi Arabia	Runner-up	6	3	1	2	11	8	+3	C · 2
South Korea	Third place	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	B · 3
China PR	Fourth place	6	2	2	2	11	7	+4	B · 1
Iran	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	A · 1
Kuwait	Quarter-finals	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	B · 2
Iraq	Quarter-finals	4	1	1	2	5	7	-2	A · 2
Qatar	Quarter-finals	4	0	3	1	3	5	-2	C · 3
Thailand	Group stage	3	0	2	1	2	4	-2	A · 3
Lebanon	Group stage	3	0	2	1	3	7	-4	A · 4
Indonesia	Group stage	3	0	1	2	0	7	-7	B · 4
Uzbekistan	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	14	-12	C · 4

Scorers41

Own goals aside.


Lee Dong-gook	South Korea	6	0
Akinori Nishizawa	Japan	5	0
Naohiro Takahara	Japan	5	0
Ali Daei	Iran	3	0
Chen Yang	China PR	3	0
Hiroshi Nanami	Japan	3	0
Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	Saudi Arabia	3	0
Nawaf Al-Temyat	Saudi Arabia	3	0
Qi Hong	China PR	3	0
Talal Al-Meshal	Saudi Arabia	3	0
Hamid Estili	Iran	2	0
Jasem Al-Huwaidi	Kuwait	2	0
Karim Bagheri	Iran	2	0
Li Ming	China PR	2	0
Sabah Jeayer	Iraq	2	0

Goals per match

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Tallest: 5 · Goals in the match

Every match26


12 Oct 2000	Group stage	Lebanon	0–4	Iran
12 Oct 2000	Group stage	Iraq	2–0	Thailand
13 Oct 2000	Group stage	South Korea	2–2	China PR
13 Oct 2000	Group stage	Kuwait	0–0	Indonesia
14 Oct 2000	Group stage	Saudi Arabia	1–4	Japan
14 Oct 2000	Group stage	Qatar	1–1	Uzbekistan
15 Oct 2000	Group stage	Lebanon	2–2	Iraq
15 Oct 2000	Group stage	Iran	1–1	Thailand
16 Oct 2000	Group stage	South Korea	0–1	Kuwait
16 Oct 2000	Group stage	China PR	4–0	Indonesia
17 Oct 2000	Group stage	Saudi Arabia	0–0	Qatar
17 Oct 2000	Group stage	Japan	8–1	Uzbekistan
18 Oct 2000	Group stage	Iran	1–0	Iraq
18 Oct 2000	Group stage	Lebanon	1–1	Thailand
19 Oct 2000	Group stage	China PR	0–0	Kuwait
19 Oct 2000	Group stage	South Korea	3–0	Indonesia
20 Oct 2000	Group stage	Japan	1–1	Qatar
20 Oct 2000	Group stage	Saudi Arabia	5–0	Uzbekistan
23 Oct 2000	Quarter-final	China PR	3–1	Qatar
23 Oct 2000	Quarter-final	Iran	1–2	South Korea
24 Oct 2000	Quarter-final	Japan	4–1	Iraq
24 Oct 2000	Quarter-final	Kuwait	2–3	Saudi Arabia
26 Oct 2000	Semi-final	China PR	2–3	Japan
26 Oct 2000	Semi-final	South Korea	1–2	Saudi Arabia
29 Oct 2000	Third-place play-off	China PR	0–1	South Korea
29 Oct 2000	Final	Japan	1–0	Saudi Arabia

Every AFC Asian Cup18


AFC Asian Cup 2024	Qatar	3–1	Jordan	Qatar	24
AFC Asian Cup 2019	Qatar	1–3	Japan	United Arab Emirates	24
AFC Asian Cup 2015	Australia	2–1	South Korea	Australia	16
AFC Asian Cup 2011	Japan	0–1	Australia	Qatar	16
AFC Asian Cup 2007	Iraq	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam	16
AFC Asian Cup 2004	Japan	1–3	China PR	China PR	16
AFC Asian Cup 2000	Japan	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Lebanon	12
AFC Asian Cup 1996	Saudi Arabia	0–0 (pens)	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	12
AFC Asian Cup 1992	Japan	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Japan	8
AFC Asian Cup 1988	Saudi Arabia	0–0 (pens)	South Korea	Qatar	10
AFC Asian Cup 1984	Saudi Arabia	2–0	China PR	Singapore	10
AFC Asian Cup 1980	Kuwait	3–0	South Korea	Kuwait	10