The Asian Football Confederation's 2000 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Lebanon between October 12 and October 29. Japan defeated defending champion Saudi Arabia in the final match in Beirut.
Qualification
- qualified automatically as host.
- qualified automatically as defending champions.
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 August 3, 1999.
The other 10 qualifying teams were:
Stadiums
Asian Cup 2000 was held in three venues:
- Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut Capacity: 57,600
- Saida International Stadium, Sidon Capacity: 22,600
- International Olympic Stadium, Tripoli Capacity: 22,400
Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2000 AFC Asian Cup squadsGroup Stages
In the following tables- Pts = total points accumulated
- Pld = total games played
- W = total games won
- D = total games drawn (tied)
- L = total games lost
- GF = total goals scored (goals for)
- GA = total goals conceded (goals against)
- GD = goal difference (GF−GA)
Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 |
Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | |
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 |
Group C
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | −12 |
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 | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Group B) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
| (Group C) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| (Group A) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
Rep. of Korea (best third-place) and Qatar (second best third-place) qualified for the quarter-finals.
Knockout Stages
Knockout Map
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Winners
Awards
MVP (Most Valuable Player)
Top Scorer
- Lee Dong-Gook - 6 goals
Best Defender
Best Goalkeeper
Fair-Play Award
All-Star Team
| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jiang Jin | Hong Myung-Bo Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi Jamal Mubarek | Hiroshi Nanami Nawaf Al-Temyat Abbas Obeid Jassim Karim Bagheri Shunsuke Nakamura | Lee Dong-Gook Naohiro Takahara |
Scoring players
6 goals5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
- Li Ming
- Karim Bagheri
- Hamid Reza Estili
- Sabah Jadir Khalaf
- Tomokazu Myojin
- Jassem Al-Houwaidi
- Sakesan Pituratana
1 goal
- Fan Zhiyi
- Shen Si
- Su Maozhen
- Qathan Ch. Drain
- Abbas Obeid Jassim
- Haydar Mahmoud Majid
- Hideaki Kitajima
- Shigeyoshi Mochizuki
- Hiroaki Morishima
- Shinji Ono
- Atsushi Yanagisawa
- Bashar Abdullah
- Abbas Chahrour
- Luis Fernandez
- Moussa Hojeij
- Mohamed Gholam Al-Balooshi
- Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi
- Abdul-Nasser Ali Al-Obaidly
- Marzouk Mohammed Al-Otaibi
- Kim Sang-Sik
- Lee Young-Pyo
- Noh Jung-Yoon
- Mirdjalal Kasimov
- Sergey Lushan
1 own goal
- Fan Zhiyi (for Japan)
- Ryuzo Morioka (for Saudi Arabia)
Top scoring teams
21 goals11 goals
9 goals
7 goals
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
0 goal
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