2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification

April 2016 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification was the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2000 AFC Asian Cup. 2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification 3 August 1999 – 9 April 2000 42 1 Kuwait Bashar Abdullah (15 goals) 1996 2004 Format The 42 teams were divided into 6 groups of 4 teams, 3 groups of 5 teams, & 1 group of 3 teams. Each group decided its own system of play. Group 2, Group 7 & Group 8 are the only groups that saw teams play matches against each other twice, while the other groups played against each other once. Winners qualified for the 2000 AFC Asian Cup in Lebanon, joining the hosts as well as the champions, Saudi Arabia. West Asian groups were allocated in Group 1 to Group 5 while East Asian groups were allocated in Group 6 to Group 10. Group 1 main WDL Group 1 Q y IRQ IRQ 1991 TJK TJK OMA OMA 1995 KGZ KGZ 3 0 0 9 2 2 0 1 6 5 H 1 0 2 4 4 0 0 3 3 11 green1 2000 AFC Asian Cup A complete 3 August 1999 OMA 1995 3–0 KGZ Al-Wahaibi 7Al-Habsi 39 90 Central Stadium, Dushanbe 5,000 Saeed Abdullah Ibrahim (United Arab Emirates) 3 August 1999 TJK 1–2 IRQ 1991 Muminov 32 pen. Hamad 28 pen. Jafar 90 Central Stadium, Dushanbe 5 August 1999 KGZ 2–3 TJK Zhumagulov 45Berdaly 75 Muminov 6 11 pen.Nazarov 57 Central Stadium, Dushanbe 6,000 Saeed Abdullah Ibrahim (U.A.E) 5 August 1999 IRQ 1991 2–0 OMA 1995 Farhan 55 70 Central Stadium, Dushanbe 7 August 1999 TJK 2–1 OMA 1995 Knyazev 21Kulbayev 29 Al-Balushi 43 Central Stadium, Dushanbe 7 August 1999 IRQ 1991 5–1 KGZ Farhan 54Fawzi 60Hamad 62Obeid 67 80 Zakirov 51 Central Stadium, Dushanbe 5,000 Fereydoun Esfahanian (Iran) Group 2 All matches played in Syria and Iran on a double round-robin format. main WDL Group 2 Q y IRN IRN SYR SYR 1980 BHR BHR 1972 MDV MDV 4 1 1 16 2 H 4 1 1 11 3 H 3 0 3 6 6 0 0 6 2 24 green1 2000 AFC Asian Cup A complete Played in Aleppo, Syria. 31 March 2000 Maldives 0–8 Iran Hasheminasab 2Dinmohammadi 9Mahdavikia 14Estili 19Daei 20 27 30Mousavi 50 Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo 31 March 2000 Syria 1980 1–0 Bahrain 1972 Taleb 64 Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo 2 April 2000 Bahrain 1972 4–1 Maldives Sahinni 2 43 Jaffer 55 59 Izema Katu Mohamed 83 Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo 2 April 2000 Syria 1980 0–1 Iran Daei 55 Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo 4 April 2000 Bahrain 1972 1–0 Iran Mohammad Salman 17 Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo 4 April 2000 Syria 1980 6–0 Maldives Abaza 10Azzam 12Srour 30Al-Basha 50Hamami 70A. John 92 o.g. Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo Played in Tehran, Iran. 7 April 2000 Maldives 1–2 Syria 1980 Latheef 90 Al Zaher 10Kordieh 33 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 7 April 2000 Iran 3–0 Bahrain 1972 Fekri 57Karimi 72Daei 82 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 9 April 2000 Maldives 0–1 Bahrain 1972 Wahab 47 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 9 April 2000 Iran 1–1 Syria 1980 Hasheminasab 40 Al Sayed 15 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 11 April 2000 Bahrain 1972 0–1 Syria 1980 Haj Moustafa 24 Azadi Stadium, Tehran 11 April 2000 Iran 3–0 Maldives Abolghasempour 3Estili 32Daei 63 pen. Azadi Stadium, Tehran Group 3 All matches played in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. Times listed as UTC+04:00. main WDL Group 3 Q y UZB Uzbekistan UAE United Arab Emirates IND India BAN Bangladesh SRI Sri Lanka 4 0 0 16 2 3 0 1 12 2 H 1 1 2 8 9 1 1 2 5 12 0 0 4 2 18 green1 2000 AFC Asian Cup A complete 21 November 1999 BAN 0–6 UZB Kasymov 1Pirmatov 2Davletov 3Statskikh 30 45+3Marifaliev 89 Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 15,000 Rashid Al-Hamdan Saudi Arabia 21 November 1999 United Arab Emirates 3–1 India Al Kass 60 85Jumaa 90 pen. Vijayan 21 Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 23 November 1999 SRI 0–6 UZB Irismetov 3 21Davletov 28Shirshov 29 55Bazarov 71 Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE Selearajan Subraman (Malaysia) 23 November 1999 United Arab Emirates 3–0 Bangladesh Abdulrahim Jumaa 4Mattar 17Khalil 21 Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 25 November 1999 Sri Lanka 1–3 Bangladesh Amanulla 34 Dawn 37Munna61 pen.Faysal 64 Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 25 November 1999 IND 2–3 UZB Ancheri 18Vijayan 55 Rakhmanqulov 17Fyodorov 77Shirshov 86 Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 27 November 1999 Sri Lanka 1–3 India Perera 76 Mondal 24R. Singh 40Pasha 65 Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 27 November 1999 UAE 0–1 UZB Shatskikh 71 Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 23,000 Selearajan Subramaniam (Malaysia) 29 November 1999 India 2–2 Bangladesh Vijayan 25Dias 50 Alfaz 19 49 Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE 29 November 1999 United Arab Emirates 6–0 Sri Lanka Khalil 28Al-Hammadi 39Al-Boloushi 45 77Ali 63Omer 81 Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE Group 4 main WDL Group 4 Q y QAT Qatar KAZ Kazakhstan JOR Jordan PAL Palestine PAK Pakistan 3 1 0 11 3 H 3 0 1 8 3 2 1 1 12 4 1 0 3 3 8 0 0 4 0 16 green1 2000 AFC Asian Cup A complete All matches played in Doha, Qatar. 31 March 2000 QAT 1–0 PLE Mustafa 16 Al-Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar 31 March 2000 Jordan 0–1 Kazakhstan Avdeyev 10 Al-Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar 2 April 2000 PLE 2–0 PAK El-Manasri 1Al-Jaish 62 Al-Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar 6,000 2 April 2000 Qatar 3–1 Kazakhstan Nazmi 36Mustafa 39Al Enazi 73 Avdeyev 82 Al-Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar Amin Samareh Moradi (Iran) 4 April 2000 PLE 1–5 JOR Fahad 49 Abu Zema 6 22Abdullah 35Al-Khatib 37 47 Al-Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar 11,000 4 April 2000 Qatar 5–0 Pakistan Nazmi 25 pen. 85 pen.Al Kuwari 51 73Hassan 68 Al-Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar 6 April 2000 KAZ 2–0 PLE Kadyrkulov 38Litvinenko 90 Al-Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar 2,500 Amin Samareh Moradi (Iran) 6 April 2000 Pakistan 0–5 Jordan Al-Sheikh 6Abu Raba 11Ghanem Hamarsheh 13 34Al-Khatib 80 Al-Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar 8 April 2000 Pakistan 0–4 Kazakhstan Zubarev 21 43Kucheryavykh 60Klishin 72 Al-Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar 8 April 2000 Qatar 2–2 Jordan Al Kuwari 66Al Enazi 67 Abu Zema 25Abdullah 45 Al-Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar Group 5 main WDL Group 5 Q y KUW KUW TKM TKM 1997 YEM YEM NEP NEP BHU BHU 4 0 0 33 1 H 3 0 1 15 6 2 0 2 14 5 1 0 3 3 13 0 0 4 2 42 green1 2000 AFC Asian Cup A complete All matches played in Kuwait. 10 February 2000 Kuwait 6–1 TKM 1997 Haji 4Abdullah 16 27Al-Houwaidi 17 37Al-Khodari 90 Agabaýew 89 Kuwait 10 February 2000 Nepal 0–3 Yemen Tahous 27Al-Nono 32Al-Salimi 59 pen. Kuwait 12 February 2000 Yemen 0–1 TKM 1997 Bayramov 79 Kuwait 12 February 2000 Bhutan 0–3 Nepal Thapa 21Joshi 29Rayamajhi 60 Kuwait 14 February 2000 Kuwait 20–0 Bhutan Al-Houwaidi 4 6 pen. 10 52 pen. 60Abdullah 20 24 38 45 pen. 47 50 59 89Al-Mutairi 21 51 63Bakhit 31Al-Shammari 21Sakeen 65Jassem 77 pen. Kuwait Note: At the time this match was the largest score difference in FIFA A-level matches. 14 February 2000 TKM 1997 5–0 Nepal Kulyýew 35 Bayramov 39Muhadow 48 61Agabaýew 89 Kuwait 16 February 2000 Kuwait 2–0 Yemen Mubarak 33Awad 51 o.g. Kuwait 16 February 2000 Bhutan 0–8 TKM 1997 Bayramov 21 31 81 Agabaýew 12 25 Aleksandr Ignatow 48 Goçgulyýew 66 Kulyýew 85 Kuwait 18 February 2000 Yemen 11–2 Bhutan Briek 4Al-Salimi 18 55Al-Nono 15 56 87Tahous 24 81Al-Ghurbani 25 26Al-Kahta 82 Ogissen 42Won Dei 45 Kuwait 18 February 2000 Kuwait 5–0 Nepal Abdullah 9 24 45 66 90 pen. Kuwait Group 6 main WDL Group 6 Q y KOR South Korea 1997 MYA Myanmar 1974 LAO Laos MNG Mongolia 1992 3 0 0 19 0 H 2 0 1 6 4 1 0 2 2 14 0 0 3 1 10 green1 2000 AFC Asian Cup A complete All matches played in Seoul, Korea Republic. 5 April 2000 MYA 1974 2–0 MGL 1992 Soe Myat Min 74Myo Hlaing Win 86 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 5 April 2000 KOR 1997 9–0 LAO Sim Jae-won 32Kim Eun-jung 45 67 71Lee Chun-soo 50Seol Ki-hyeon 58 77 86Ahn Hyo-yeon 75 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 16,500 Hisaharu Kitamura (Japan) 7 April 2000 MYA 1974 4–0 LAO Myo Hlaing Win 32 62Aung Kyaw Moe 43Than Toe Aung 51 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 7 April 2000 KOR 1997 6–0 MGL 1992 Ahn Hyo-yeon 21 24Choi Tae-uk 37 pen. 89Choi Chul-woo 46Lee Chun-soo 71 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 2,150 Sung Ho Liu (Chinese Taipei) 9 April 2000 LAO 2–1 MGL 1992 Khenkitisack 26Homsombath 80 Buman-Uchral 63 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 9 April 2000 KOR 1997 4–0 MYA 1974 Seol Ki-hyeon 61 67Ahn Hyo-yeon 78 89 Soe Myat Min 0 51 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 15,600 Hisaharu Kitamura (Japan) Group 7 main WDL Group 7 Q y IDN Indonesia HKG Hong Kong CAM Cambodia 3 1 0 18 5 2 1 1 7 5 0 0 4 4 19 green1 2000 AFC Asian Cup A complete 18 October 1999 Hong Kong 4–1 Cambodia Chen Sin Syu-Chung 34 52Lee Kin Wo 54Wong Chi Kyung 83 Sochetra 40 Mongkok Stadium, Hong Kong 5,461 24 October 1999 HKG 1–1 IDN Au Wai Lun 62 Putiray 88 Mongkok Stadium, Hong Kong 30 October 1999 CAM 1–5 IDN Arunreath 72 Prasetyo 14Pamungkas 28Putiray 39 46Sunan 47 Phnom Penh, Cambodia 7 November 1999 Cambodia 0–1 Hong Kong Lai Kai Cheuk 58 Phnom Penh, Cambodia 14 November 1999 IDN 3–1 HKG Ma'ruf 9Putiray 48Pamungkas 72 Au Wai Lun 62 Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia 20 November 1999 IDN 9–2 CAM Putiray 2 38 90Purjianto 15Nahumarury 33Nawawi 40Pamungkas 53 70Putro 85 Sochetra 13 58 Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia Group 8 main WDL Group 8 Q y THA Thailand PRK North Korea MYS Malaysia TPE Chinese Taipei 4 1 1 13 8 3 2 1 11 7 2 1 3 12 13 1 0 5 3 11 green1 2000 AFC Asian Cup A complete Played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 25 March 2000 18:45 PRK 0–0 THA Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 15,150 Yam-Ming Chan (Hong Kong) 25 March 2000 20:45 Malaysia 3–0 Chinese Taipei Derus 34Suparman 82 86 Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 27 March 2000 18:45 Chinese Taipei 0–2 Thailand Piturat 74Cheng Yung-Jen 81 o.g. Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 27 March 2000 20:45 MAS 1–1 PRK Yusoff 58 Ko Jong-Nam 6 Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18,000 Naotsugu Fuse (Japan) 29 March 2000 18:45 TPE 0–2 PRK Ryang Gyu-Sa 12 21 Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 4,000 Jerry Andre (Philippines) 29 March 2000 20:45 Malaysia 3–2 Thailand Suparman 14Derus 21 pen.Jusoh 48 Fuangprakob 55Surasiang 90 Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Played in Bangkok, Thailand. 4 April 2000 Chinese Taipei 3–2 Malaysia R.C 14 Ming Tuan 29 34 Derus 21 90+13 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 4 April 2000 18:30 THA 5–3 PRK Damrong-Ontrakul 34Surasiang 35Piturat 73Noosarung 86Thonkanya 88 Ju Song-Il 28Kim Ho-Gun 53Ko Jong-Nam 60 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 6 April 2000 16:30 PRK 4–1 MAS Ri Kyong-Min 16Ryang Gyu-Sa 49Ri Hyok-Choi 73 84 Ooi Hoe Guan 26 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 20,000 6 April 2000 Thailand 1–0 Chinese Taipei Damrong-Ontrakul 43 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 9 April 2000 16:30 PRK 1–0 TPE Ri Hyok-Choi 53 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 45,000 9 April 2000 Thailand 3–2 Malaysia Noosarung 14Baribarn 24 pen. 67 Suparman 35Yusoff 60 Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Group 9 main WDL Group 9 Q y CHN China VIE Vietnam PHI Philippines GUA Guam 3 0 0 29 0 2 0 1 14 2 H 1 0 2 2 11 0 0 3 0 32 green1 2000 AFC Asian Cup A complete All matches played in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 23 January 2000 Vietnam 11–0 Guam Phạm Như Thuần 1Vũ Công Tuyền 2 12 13 19 90+3Văn Sỹ Hùng 39 81Võ Minh Hiếu 45Đặng Phương Nam 59Ngô Quang Trường 75 Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 23 January 2000 CHN 8–0 PHI Su Maozhen 3 12 19 35 45Hao Haidong 26Yao Xia 41Li Tie 80 Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Duraman Zulkifle (Brunei) 26 January 2000 CHN 19–0 GUM Hao Haidong 2 56 58 63Ma Mingyu 12Su Maozhen 20 40 80Li Weifeng 23Yao Xia 38 55Qu Shengqing 55 61 73 83 87Li Tie 75Shen Si 84Qi Hong 85 Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam U Tun Tun (Myanmar) Note: At the time this match was the largest score difference in FIFA A-level matches. 26 January 2000 Vietnam 3–0 Philippines Vũ Công Tuyền 21Ngô Quang Trường 72 88 Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 29 January 2000 Guam 0–2 Philippines N. Fegidero 63T. Fegidero 86 Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 29 January 2000 VIE 0–2 CHN Su Maozhen 27Zhang Enhua 89 Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 16,000 Group 10 main WDL Group 10 Q JPN Japan SIN Singapore MAC Macau BRU Brunei 3 0 0 15 0 2 0 1 2 3 1 0 2 1 4 H 0 0 3 0 11 green1 2000 AFC Asian Cup A complete All matches played in Macau. 13 February 2000 Macau 1–0 Brunei Fi Fai 77 Centro Desportivo Olímpico - Estádio Macau 13 February 2000 Singapore 0–3 Japan https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/22217/Japan_Singapore.html Nakazawa 13 90,Nakayama 42 pen. Centro Desportivo Olímpico - Estádio Macau 1,000 Kim Hoe Sung (South Korea) 16 February 2000 Macau 0–1 Singapore https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/23053/Macau_Singapore.html Zulkarnaen 12 pen Centro Desportivo Olímpico - Estádio Macau 16 February 2000 Japan 9–0 Brunei Nakayama 1 2 4Kazu 36Nakamura 45Hirano 66Takahara 75 88Sawanobori 85 Centro Desportivo Olímpico - Estádio Macau 20 February 2000 Macau 0–3 Japan Nakayama 35 65Takahara 57 Centro Desportivo Olímpico - Estádio Macau 20 February 2000 Singapore 1–0 Brunei https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/23054/Singapore_Brunei.html Mohd Ali 88 Centro Desportivo Olímpico - Estádio Macau Qualified teams Country Qualified asDate qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournamentLIB *Hosts Hosts 20 December 1996 00 0 (Debut)KSA 961 1996 AFC Asian Cup winners 21 December 1996 04 4 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)IRQ 1991 A1 Qualifying round Group 1 winners 7 August 1999 03 3 (1972, 1976, 1996)IDN G1 Qualifying round Group 7 winners 20 November 1999 01 1 (1996)UZB C1 Qualifying round Group 3 winners 26 November 1999 01 1 (1996)CHN I1 Qualifying round Group 9 winners 29 January 2000 06 6 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)KUW E1 Qualifying round Group 5 winners 18 February 2000 06 6 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)JPN J1 Qualifying round Group 10 winners 20 February 2000 03 3 (1988, 1992, 1996)QAT D1 Qualifying round Group 4 winners 8 April 2000 04 4 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992)KOR 1997 F1 Qualifying round Group 6 winners 9 April 2000 08 8 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)THA H1 Qualifying round Group 8 winners 9 April 2000 03 3 (1972, 1992, 1996)IRN B1 Qualifying round Group 2 winners 11 April 2000 08 8 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996) External links RSSSF Details Q Qual Category:AFC Asian Cup qualification