2004 AFC Asian Cup

May 2016 2004 2004年亚洲杯足球赛 File:2004 AFC Asian Cup full logo.svg 200px China 17 July – 7 August 16 1 4 4 JPN 3 PRC IRN BHR 32 96 937650 Bahrain A'ala Hubail Iran Ali Karimi(5 goals each) Japan Shunsuke Nakamura CHN 2000 2007 The 2004 AFC Asian Cup was the 13th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held from 17 July to 7 August 2004 in China. The defending champions Japan defeated China in the final in Beijing. The tournament was marked by Saudi Arabia's unexpected failure to even make it out of the first round; a surprisingly good performance by Bahrain, which finished in fourth place; Jordan, which reached the quarterfinals in its first appearance and Indonesia, which gained their historical first Asian Cup win against Qatar. The final match between China and Japan was marked by post-match rioting by Chinese fans near the north gate of Beijing Workers' Stadium, in part due to controversial officiating and anti-Japanese sentiment resulting from historical tensions.Chinese riot after Japan victory Venues China left 300 China 39.929528 116.441139 Beijing left China 29.528611 106.502222 Chongqing right China 36.646667 117.005833 Jinan left China 30.615778 104.307826 Chengdu left Beijing Chongqing Jinan Chengdu Workers' Stadium Chongqing Olympic Sports Center Shandong Sports Center Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium Capacity: 72,000 Capacity: 58,680 Capacity: 43,700 Capacity: 27,333 200px 200px 200px 130px Qualification 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification The lowest-ranked 20 teams were placed in 6 preliminary qualifying groups of 3 and one group of 2, with the group winners joining the remaining 21 teams in 7 groups of 4. The top two of each of these groups qualified for the finals in China. Qualified teams Of the 16 teams appearing, 11 teams were returning after appearing in the 2000 edition. Three teams qualified for the first time: Jordan, Oman and Turkmenistan. Bahrain qualified for the first time since 1988. United Arab Emirates qualified for the first time since hosting the 1996 edition, and on merit for the first time since 1992. Country Qualified asDate qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1, 2CHN *Hosts Hosts 28 October 2000 07 7 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)JPN 2000 AFC Asian Cup winners 26 October 2000 04 4 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)KUW B1 Qualifying round Group B winners 5 October 2003 07 7 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000)KSA C1 Qualifying round Group C winners 15 October 2003 05 5 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)IDN C2 Qualifying round Group C runners-up 15 October 2003 02 2 (1996, 2000)OMA E1 Qualifying round Group E winners 21 October 2003 00 0 (Debut)IRQ 1991 F1 Qualifying round Group F winners 22 October 2003 04 4 (1972, 1976, 1996, 2000)BHR F2 Qualifying round Group F runners-up 22 October 2003 01 1 (1988)KOR 1997 E2 Qualifying round Group E runners-up 24 October 2003 09 9 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000)JOR D2 Qualifying round Group D runners-up 18 November 2003 00 0 (Debut)UAE G2 Qualifying round Group G runners-up 18 November 2003 05 5 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)UZB A1 Qualifying round Group A winners 19 November 2003 02 2 (1996, 2000)QAT B2 Qualifying round Group B runners-up 19 November 2003 05 5 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000)IRN D1 Qualifying round Group D winners 19 November 2003 09 9 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)THA A2 Qualifying round Group A runners-up 21 November 2003 04 4 (1972, 1992, 1996, 2000)TKM G1 Qualifying round Group G winners 28 November 2003 00 0 (Debut) Notes: 1 Bold indicates champion for that year 2 Italic indicates host Seeds Pot APot BPot CPot DChinaJapanSouth Korea 1997Saudi ArabiaIranIraq 1991KuwaitQatarIndonesiaThailandUnited Arab EmiratesUzbekistanBahrainJordanOmanTurkmenistan Squads 2004 AFC Asian Cup squads Tournament summary This competition saw a huge number of surprises. The first surprise named Bahrain was in group A, which, despite being just its second tournament, held on China and fellow neighbor Qatar before beating Indonesia 3–1, with the Hubail brothers Mohamed and Ala'a instrumental in bringing Bahrain to the quarter-finals. Host China, after a shock draw to Bahrain, easily progressed to the next round after thrashing Indonesia 5–0 before Xu Yunlong scored the decisive goal in China's hard fought win over Qatar to process. In group B, Jordan emerged as a second surprise, as the country just made its debut in the competition. Jordan surprised the whole tournament by two draws to the United Arab Emirates and, especially, a successful goalless draw to South Korea which had already finished in fourth place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup earlier, between that, Jordan shocked Kuwait with two late goals to seal a 2–0 victory, thus finishing second and progressed to the next round alongside South Korea, which, after being held by Jordan, decisively beat Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates to progress. The two other debutants were Turkmenistan and Oman in group C and D surprised by not finishing bottom in their group, though they failed to progress. Instead, it was the two experienced Saudi Arabia and Thailand which disappointed most of fans, finishing bottom after disastrous performances. In group C, Uzbekistan also surprised by topping the group with three straight 1–0 win while Japan and Iran were able to progress in group D after a final goalless draw and better result than Oman. Iraq was the other qualifier in group C, after beating both Turkmenistan and Saudi Arabia only by one goal margin. The quarter-finals saw Jordan caused significant problem for Japan, and Jordan was thought to have almost qualified for the semi-finals in the penalty shootout. However, four straight misses later cost Jordan's semi-final dream to end. Uzbekistan and Bahrain held on in a 2–2 draw and Bahrain prevailed after penalty shootout. Host China easily crushed Iraq 3–0, with Zheng Zhi scored two penalties to take Iraq home, while South Korea and Iran created the most phenomenon match in the tournament, an insane thriller where Iran prevailed 4–3 in what would be perceived as one of the greatest Asian Cup matches in both this tournament and in history. The first semi-final saw Iran and host China battling for the final, with both being held 1–1, despite Iran was down to ten men. China eventually won in penalty shootout. The other semi-final was another insane 4-3 thriller between Bahrain and Japan, in a match that featured 4 lead changes, a Bahraini goal to take a 3-2 lead in the 85th minute, and a Japanese equalizer in extra time. The Japanese eventually won after extra times thanked for a goal by Keiji Tamada in early minutes of the first half of extra time, thus sent Japan to the final against host China. Iran overcame Bahrain in a consolidating third place encounter, 4–2, to acquire bronze. Iran was also a major storyline in this tournament due to several strange storylines that developed over the course of the tournament. After comfortably defeating Thailand 3-0 in their first match, they shockingly fell 2-0 behind tournament debutants Oman before fighting back to earn a 2-2 draw in the 90+3 minute. During that match, Iranian teammates Rahman Rezaei and Ali Badavi got into a heated exchange and would each slap the other in the face before being separated by officials. After managing to advance with a 0-0 draw against eventual champions Japan, Iran made headlines before their quarterfinal match against South Korea when they missed their flight and spent the night before the match sleeping at the airport. Despite this, Iran went on to upset the favorite South Korea side, with Ali Karimi's standout performance in that match being a critical moment on his way to winning Asian Player of the Year for 2004. However, Iran's very next match against China would grab significant headlines again, due to a combination of multiple controversial calls by Lebanese referee Talaat Najm, as well as multiple notable mistakes by Iranian players. The final in Beijing saw China lose to Japan, with a controversial handball goal by Koji Nakata that sealed the game.https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/the-hand-of-koji/cid/1048127 The 'Hand of Koji' 2004-08-09 telegraphindia.com Telegraph India 2022-04-03 Replays showed the midfielder had used his right hand to force the ball over the line, infuriating the Chinese players, coaching staff and a raucous crowd of 65,000. The win meant Japan had successfully defended their title they achieved four years ago. The outcome frustrated many Chinese supporters, who ended up rioting outside Workers' Stadium over referee's controversial decision allowing the handball goal of Koji Nakata. Officials Referees 18em AUS Mark Shield BHR Abdul Rahman Al-Delawar BEN Coffi Codjia CHN Lu Jun IRN Masoud Moradi JPN Toru Kamikawa KOR 1997 Kwon Jong-chul KUW Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli LIB Talaat Najm MAS Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh KSA Naser Al-Hamdan SIN Shamsul Maidin SYR 1980 Mohammed Kousa THA Chaiwat Kunsata UAE Fareed Al-Marzouqi UZB Ravshan Irmatov Assistant Referees 18em AUS Nathan Gibson BAN Mahbubur Mahbub CHN Liu Tiejun HKG Yau Tak Lee IND Sankar Komaleeswaran IDN Aries Soetomo IRQ 1991 Khalil Ibrahim Abbas JOR Fathi Arabati MDV Mohamed Saeed OMA Ali Ahmed Al Qasimi PLE Fayez Al Basha QAT Ali Al Khalifi SRI Chandrajith Marasinghe TKM Begench Allaberdyev TUN Taoufik Adjengui VIE Trương Thế Toàn Group stage All times are China standard time (UTC+8) Group A main WDL Group A Q y CHN CHN BHR BHR IDN IDN QAT QAT 2 1 0 8 2 H 1 2 0 6 4 1 0 2 3 9 0 1 2 2 4 green1 Advance to knockout stage A A complete RSSSF 17 July 2004 20:00 CHN 2–2 Report BHR Zheng Zhi 58 pen.Li Jinyu 66 M. Hubail 41Ali 89 Workers' Stadium, Beijing 40,000 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) 18 July 2004 17:00 QAT 1–2 Report IDN Magid 83 Budi 26Ponaryo 48 Workers' Stadium, Beijing 5,000 Masoud Moradi (Iran) 21 July 2004 18:30 BHR 1–1 Report QAT M. Hubail 90+1 Rizik 59 pen. Workers' Stadium, Beijing 48,000 Toru Kamikawa (Japan) 21 July 2004 21:00 INA 0–5 Report CHN Shao Jiayi 25 66 Hao Haidong 40Li Ming 51Li Yi 80 Workers' Stadium, Beijing 48,000 Talaat Najm (Lebanon) 25 July 2004 19:00 CHN 1–0 Report QAT Xu Yunlong 77 Workers' Stadium, Beijing 60,000 Masoud Moradi (Iran) 25 July 2004 19:00 BHR 3–1 Report IDN Ali 43A. Hubail 57Yousef 82 Elie 75 Shandong Sports Center, Jinan 20,000 Coffi Codjia (Benin) Group B main WDL Group B Q y Advance to the quarter-finals KOR KOR 1997 JOR JOR KUW KUW UAE UAE 2 1 0 6 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 3 7 0 1 2 1 5 green1 Advance to knockout stage A A complete RSSSF 19 July 2004 18:30 KOR 1997 0–0 Report JOR Shandong Sports Center, Jinan 26,000 Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) 19 July 2004 21:00 KUW 3–1 Report Report UAE B. Abdullah 24Al-Mutawa 39 pen. Saeed 45 o.g. Rashid 47 Shandong Sports Center, Jinan 31,250 Naser Al-Hamdan (Saudi Arabia) 23 July 2004 18:30 JOR 2–0 Report KUW Saad 90+1Al-Zboun 90+2 Shandong Sports Center, Jinan 28,000 Lu Jun (China) 23 July 2004 21:00 UAE 0–2 Report KOR 1997 Lee Dong-gook 41Ahn Jung-hwan 90+1 Shandong Sports Center, Jinan 30,000 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) 27 July 2004 19:00 JOR 0–0 Report UAE Workers' Stadium, Beijing 25,000 Talaat Najm (Lebanon) 27 July 2004 19:00 KOR 1997 4–0 Report KUW Lee Dong-gook 25 41Cha Du-ri 45+1Ahn Jung-hwan 75 Shandong Sports Center, Jinan 15,000 Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) Group C main WDL Group C Q y Advance to the quarter-finals UZB UZB IRQ IRQ 1991 TKM TKM KSA KSA 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 5 4 0 1 2 4 6 0 1 2 3 5 green1 Advance to knockout stage A A complete RSSSF 18 July 2004 18:45 KSA 2–2 Report TKM Al-Qahtani 9 pen. 59 N. Baýramow 6Kulyýew 90+3 Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu 12,400 Chaiwat Kunsata (Thailand) 18 July 2004 21:15 IRQ 1991 0–1 Report UZB Qosimov 21 Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu 12,400 Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea) 22 July 2004 18:30 TKM 2–3 Report IRQ 1991 W. Baýramow 14Kulyýew 85 H. M. Mohammed 12Farhan 80Munir 88 Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu 22,000 Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait) 22 July 2004 21:00 UZB 1–0 Report KSA Geynrikh 13 Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu 22,000 Coffi Codjia (Benin) 26 July 2004 19:00 KSA 1–2 Report IRQ 1991 Al-Montashari 57 Akram 51Mahmoud 86 Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu 15,000 Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea) 26 July 2004 19:00 TKM 0–1 Report UZB Qosimov 58 Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing 34,000 Mohammed Kousa (Syria) Group D main WDL Group D Q y Advance to the quarter-finals JPN JPN IRN IRN OMA OMA THA THA 2 1 0 5 1 1 2 0 5 2 1 1 1 4 3 0 0 3 1 9 green1 Advance to knockout stage A A complete RSSSF 20 July 2004 18:00 JPN 1–0 Report OMA Nakamura 33 Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing 35,000 Mark Shield (Australia) 20 July 2004 20:30 IRN 3–0 Report THA Enayati 71Nekounam 80Daei 86 pen. Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing 37,000 Mohammad Kousa (Syria) 24 July 2004 18:00 OMA 2–2 Report IRN Al-Hosni 31 40 Karimi 61Nosrati 90+4 Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing 35,000 Abdul Rahman Al-Delawar (Bahrain) 24 July 2004 20:30 Thailand 1–4 Report Japan Sutee 12 Nakamura 21Nakazawa 57 87Fukunishi 68 Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing 45,000 Fareed Al-Marzouqi (UAE) 28 July 2004 18:15 OMA 2–0 Report THA Rangsan 15 o.g.Al-Hosni 49 Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu 13,000 Lu Jun (China) 28 July 2004 JPN 0–0 Report IRN 18:15 Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing 52,000 Mark Shield (Australia) Knockout stage All times are China standard time (UTC+8) yes yes Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Third place 30 July – Beijing CHN 3 IRQ 1991 0 31 July – Jinan KOR 1997 3 IRN 4 30 July – Chengdu UZB 2 (3) BHR 2 (4) 31 July – Chongqing JPN 1 (4) JOR 1 (3) 3 August – Beijing CHN 1 (4) IRN 1 (3) 3 August – Jinan BHR 3 JPN 4 7 August – Beijing CHN 1 JPN 3 6 August – Beijing IRN 4 BHR 2 Quarter-finals 30 July 2004 18:00 UZB 2–2 yes Report BHR Geynrikh 60Shishelov 86 A. Hubail 71 76 Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu 18,000 Kwon Jong-chul (South Korea) Fyodorov Djeperov Geynrikh Bikmaev Koshelev 3–4 Ali Juma Baba Farhan A. Hubail 30 July 2004 21:00 CHN 3–0 Report IRQ 1991 Hao Haidong 8Zheng Zhi 81 pen. 90+2 pen. Workers' Stadium, Beijing 60,000 Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) 31 July 2004 JPN 1–1 yes Report Jordan 18:00 Suzuki 14 Shelbaieh 11 Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing 52,000 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) Nakamura Alex Fukunishi Nakata Suzuki Nakazawa Miyamoto 4–3 Abu Zema Al-Awadat Aqel Al-Shboul Ibrahim Al-Zboun Bani Yaseen 31 July 2004 21:00 KOR 1997 3–4 Report IRN Seol Ki-hyeon 16Lee Dong-gook 25Kim Nam-il 68 Karimi 10 20 77Park Jin-seop 51 o.g. Shandong Sports Center, Jinan 20,000 Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait) Semi-finals 3 August 2004 18:00 BHR 3–4 yes Report JPN A. Hubail 7 71Naser 85 Nakata 48Tamada 55, 93Nakazawa 90 Shandong Sports Center, Jinan 32,000 Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) 3 August 2004 CHN 1–1 yes Report Iran 21:00 Shao Jiayi 18 Alavi 38 Workers' Stadium, Beijing 55,000 Talaat Najm (Lebanon) Zheng Zhi Zhao Junzhe Li Xiaopeng Sun Xiang Shao Jiayi 4–3 Daei Mahdavikia Nekounam Mobali Golmohammadi Third place playoff 6 August 2004 20:00 IRN 4–2 Report BHR Nekounam 9Karimi 52Daei 80 pen. 90 Yousef 48Farhan 57 Workers' Stadium, Beijing 10,000 Fareed Al-Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates) Final 2004 AFC Asian Cup final 7 August 2004 20:00 CHN 1–3 Report JPN Li Ming 31 Fukunishi 22Nakata 65Tamada 90+1 Workers' Stadium, Beijing 62,000 Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait) Statistics Goalscorers With five goals, A'ala Hubail and Ali Karimi are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 96 goals were scored by 58 different players, with two of them credited as own goals. 5 goals 18em BHR A'ala Hubail IRN Ali Karimi 4 goals KOR 1997 Lee Dong-gook 3 goals 18em CHN Shao Jiayi CHN Zheng Zhi IRN Ali Daei JPN Yuji Nakazawa JPN Keiji Tamada OMN Imad Al-Hosni 2 goals 18em BHR Husain Ali BHR Mohamed Hubail BHR Talal Yousef CHN Hao Haidong CHN Li Ming IRN Javad Nekounam JPN Takashi Fukunishi JPN Shunsuke Nakamura JPN Koji Nakata KOR 1997 Ahn Jung-hwan KSA Yasser Al-Qahtani TKM Begençmuhammet Kulyýew UZB Alexander Geynrikh UZB Mirjalol Qosimov 1 goal 18em BHR Saleh Farhan BHR Duaij Naser CHN Li Jinyu CHN Li Yi CHN Xu Yunlong IDN Elie Aiboy IDN Ponaryo Astaman IDN Budi Sudarsono IRN Mohammad Alavi IRN Reza Enayati IRN Mohammad Nosrati IRQ 1991 Nashat Akram IRQ 1991 Razzaq Farhan IRQ 1991 Younis Mahmoud IRQ 1991 Hawar Mulla Mohammed IRQ 1991 Qusay Munir JPN Takayuki Suzuki JOR Anas Al-Zboun JOR Khaled Saad JOR Mahmoud Shelbaieh KOR 1997 Cha Du-ri KOR 1997 Seol Ki-hyeon KOR 1997 Kim Nam-il KWT Bashar Abdullah KWT Bader Al-Mutawa QAT Magid Mohamed QAT Wesam Rizik KSA Hamad Al-Montashari THA Sutee Suksomkit TKM Nazar Baýramow TKM Wladimir Baýramow UAE Mohamed Rashid UZB Vladimir Shishelov Own goals 18em KOR 1997 Park Jin-seop (1) (for Iran) THA Rangsan Viwatchaichok (1) (for Oman) UAE Basheer Saeed (1) (for Kuwait) Awards Most Valuable Player JPN Shunsuke Nakamura Top Scorer BHR A'ala Hubail IRN Ali Karimi Fair-Play Award China Team of the Tournamenthttps://web.archive.org/web/20070119231744/http://2004.afcasiancup.com/en/news/index.asp?aid=36620&cid=1129&amth=8&ayr=2004 http://2004.afcasiancup.com/en/news/index.asp?aid=36620&cid=1129&amth=8&ayr=2004 Asian Cup 2004 All-Star team named AFC Asian Cup 7 August 2004 19 January 2007 12 February 2020http://anotandofutbol.blogspot.com/2015/01/historia-de-la-copa-asia.html HISTORIA DE LA COPA ASIA es ANOTANDO FÚTBOL 4 January 2015 12 February 2020 GoalkeepersDefendersMidfieldersForwardsJPN Yoshikatsu KawaguchiJPN Tsuneyasu Miyamoto CHN Zheng Zhi JPN Yuji Nakazawa IRN Mehdi Mahdavikia CHN Zhao Junzhe JPN Shunsuke Nakamura BHR Talal Yousef CHN Shao JiayiIRN Ali Karimi BHR A'ala Hubail Marketing Official match ball The official match ball for the tournament was the Adidas Roteiro.Football Year 2004 the Most Successful for Adidas https://www.adidas-group.com/en/media/news-archive/press-releases/2004/football-year-2004-most-successful-adidas/ Adidas 26 September 2023 16 December 2004 26 September 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230926095351/https://www.adidas-group.com/en/media/news-archive/press-releases/2004/football-year-2004-most-successful-adidas/ dead Mascot The tournament's mascot was Bei Bei, a monkey character based on Journey to the West's Sun Wukong. Official song The AFC selected "宣言 (Declaration)", "Take Me To The Sky" (English Version Title) by Chinese singer Tiger Hu as the tournament's official song.宣言—―2004亚洲杯歌曲合辑（单碟装CD胡彦斌唱出2004亚洲杯“宣言" Controversies Like other sports events, the Asian Cup 2004 was publicised as evidence of China's economic and athletic progress, being referred to by some as a prelude to the 2008 Summer Olympics. Many Chinese see the tournament as a success and take great pride in having showcased such an important sporting event in advance of the Olympic Games. However, the Japanese media and many other international observers have pointed out bad manners on the part of Chinese fans, and sparse attendance at the tournament, raising questions on China's ability to hold such sporting events. February 2018 There was also significant controversy over the refereeing of various matches in the tournament relating to the host China PR, specifically on China 3-0 Iraq and China 1-1 Iran. The match between China and Iraq featured a controversial penalty awarded to Zheng Zhi, while the two red cards awarded to Iran and the neglection of Zhang Yaokun's deliberate violent conduct during the second half of the match was also questioned by authorities such as the head coach of Islamic Republic of Iran. Throughout the tournament, most Chinese fans in the stadia expressed anti-Japanese sentiments by drowning out the Japanese national anthem, displaying political banners and booing whenever Japan got the ball, regardless of the score or opponent. This was reported by the international media, and was aggravated when Koji Nakata apparently knocked in the ball with his right hand in the final.https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/world/2004-08-07-asian-cup-final_x.htm USA Today Japan beats China to win Asian Cup again Christopher Bodeen 7 August 2004 21 April 2010 The PRC government responded by calling for restraint and increasing police numbers to maintain order. The Japanese government also called on the PRC to ensure the safety of Japanese fans,5 August 2004 http://www.pubanzen.mofa.go.jp/info/info.asp?num=2004C329 （緊急）サッカー・アジアカップの決勝戦に関連したご注意 ((Urgency) Attention on the Final Game of Soccer Asian Cup) Embassy of Japan in the People's Republic of China Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 22 January 2011 ja https://web.archive.org/web/20071030182203/http://www.pubanzen.mofa.go.jp/info/info.asp?num=2004C329 30 October 2007 dead while specifically asking Japanese nationals or people of Japanese origin to not display any form of excessive pride. Despite the Chinese government's campaign, a riot started by Chinese fans broke out near the north gate of the Workers' Stadium, though reports differ as to the extent of the riot. As a result, some media groups have said that displays of "excessive Chinese nationalism during the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics have become a cause for concern for Chinese officials". References External links RSSSF Details Official website (Archived) 2004 Asian Cup Asian Cup Category:2004 in Chinese football Category:Men's international association football competitions hosted by China Category:July 2004 sports events in Asia Category:August 2004 sports events in Asia Category:July 2004 in China Category:August 2004 in China Category:2000s in Beijing Category:2000s in Chongqing Category:2000s in Jinan Category:2000s in Chengdu Category:Football in Beijing Category:Football in Chongqing Category:Sport in Jinan Category:Sport in Chengdu Category:Sports competitions in Sichuan Category:Sports competitions in Beijing