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2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
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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.
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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.
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Group 1
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Group 2
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- All matches played in Syria and Iran on a double round-robin format.
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Group 3
- All matches played in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
- Times listed as UTC+04:00.
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rashid Al-Hamdan Saudi Arabia
Referee: Selearajan Subraman (Malaysia)
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Selearajan Subramaniam (Malaysia)
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Group 4
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All matches played in Doha, Qatar.
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Amin Samareh Moradi (Iran)
Attendance: 11,000
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Group 5
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All matches played in Kuwait.
Note: At the time this match was the largest score difference in FIFA A-level matches.
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Group 6
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All matches played in Seoul, Korea Republic.
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Group 7
Attendance: 5,461
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Group 8
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Played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Attendance: 20,000
Attendance: 45,000
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Group 9
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All matches played in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Referee: Duraman Zulkifle (Brunei)
Referee: U Tun Tun (Myanmar)
Note: At the time this match was the largest score difference in FIFA A-level matches.
Attendance: 16,000
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Group 10
All matches played in Macau.
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Qualified teams
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