2000 AFC Youth Championship

2000 AFC Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host country Iran
Dates 12 November – 26 November
Teams 10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Iraq (5th title)
Runners-up  Japan
Third place  China PR
Fourth place  Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 79 (3.29 per match)

The 2000 AFC Youth Championship was held between November 12 and 26 in Iran. It was won by Iraq 2-1 over Japan.

Participants

The teams that reached the semi-final qualified for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina.

Venues

All Matches in Shahid Shiroudi Stadium, Tehran.

Tehran
Shahid Shiroudi Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Iran Iran 12 4400114+7
 Japan 7 4211126+6
 Kuwait 6420288±0
 Oman 2 4022264
 Thailand 1 40134139

November 12, 2000
Iran Iran 2 1  Thailand

November 12, 2000
Oman  0 1  Kuwait

November 14, 2000
Kuwait  2 3 Iran Iran

November 14, 2000
Japan  6 1  Thailand

November 16, 2000
Japan  2 2  Oman

November 16, 2000
Thailand  2 5  Kuwait

November 18, 2000
Kuwait  0 3  Japan

November 18, 2000
Oman  0 3 Iran Iran

November 20, 2000
Thailand  0 0  Oman

November 20, 2000
Iran Iran 3 1  Japan

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 China PR 10431051+4
 Iraq 8422092+7
 South Korea 74211113+8
 Pakistan 3410321513
 United Arab Emirates 040046126

November 15, 2000
Iraq  0 0  China PR

November 17, 2000
China PR  1 0  Pakistan

November 19, 2000
Pakistan  0 6  Iraq

November 21, 2000
South Korea  0 0  Iraq

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
November 24
 Iran Iran  0 (6)  
  Iraq (pen)  0 (7)  
 
November 26
      Iraq (GG)  2
    Japan  1
Third place
November 24 November 26
  China PR  0   China PR (pen)  2 (6)
  Japan  2    Iran Iran  2 (5)

Semi-finals

November 24, 2000
Iran  0 0 (a.e.t.)  Iraq
  Penalties  
6 7


November 24, 2000
China PR  0 2  Japan


Third place match

November 26, 2000
China PR  2 2 (a.e.t.)  Iran
Qu Bo , Javad Kazemian  pen'
Eman Mobali
  Penalties  
6 5


Final

November 26, 2000
Iraq  2 1 (a.e.t.)  Japan
Emad Mohammed  16',  104' (gg) Yutaka Tahara  61'

Winners

 AFC Youth Championship 2000 Winners 

Iraq
Fifth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The following teams qualified for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.

External links

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