2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification

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. Out of all 44 Asian teams who are affiliated with AFC, only Afghanistan didn't enter due to the ban of football in the country, who was controlled by Taliban. Mongolia also didn't enter due to the national team's inactivity.

2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Tournament details
Dates	3 August 1999 – 9 April 2000
Teams	42 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Bashar Abdullah (15 goals)
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Groups

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iraq	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9
2	Tajikistan	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	Oman	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	Kyrgyzstan	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All matches were held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Oman	3–0	Kyrgyzstan
Al-Wahaibi 7' Al-Habsi 39', 90'

3 August 1999

Central Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Saeed Abdullah Ibrahim (United Arab Emirates)

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Tajikistan	1–2	Iraq
Muminov 32' (pen.)		Hamad 28' (pen.) Jafar 90'

3 August 1999

Central Stadium, Dushanbe

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Kyrgyzstan	2–3	Tajikistan
Zhumagulov 45' Berdaly 75'		Muminov 6', 11' (pen.) Nazarov 57'

5 August 1999

Central Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Saeed Abdullah Ibrahim (U.A.E)

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Iraq	2–0	Oman
Farhan 55', 70'

5 August 1999

Central Stadium, Dushanbe

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Tajikistan	2–1	Oman
Knyazev 21' Kulbayev 29'		Al-Balushi 43'

7 August 1999

Central Stadium, Dushanbe

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Iraq	5–1	Kyrgyzstan
Farhan 54' Fawzi 60' Hamad 62' Obeid 67', 80'		Zakirov 51'

7 August 1999

Central Stadium, Dushanbe

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Fereydoun Esfahanian (Iran)

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Iran	6	4	1	1	16	2	+14	13
2	Syria	6	4	1	1	11	3	+8	13
3	Bahrain	6	3	0	3	6	6	0	9
4	Maldives	6	0	0	6	2	24	−22	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Played in Aleppo, Syria.

Maldives	0–8	Iran
		Hasheminasab 2' Dinmohammadi 9' Mahdavikia 14' Estili 19' Daei 20', 27', 30' Mousavi 50'

31 March 2000

Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo

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Syria	1–0	Bahrain
Taleb 64'

31 March 2000

Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo

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Bahrain	4–1	Maldives
Sahinni 2', 43' Jaffer 55', 59'		Izema Katu Mohamed 83'

2 April 2000

Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo

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Syria	0–1	Iran
		Daei 55'

2 April 2000

Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo

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Bahrain	1–0	Iran
Mohammad Salman 17'

4 April 2000

Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo

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Syria	6–0	Maldives
Abaza 10' Azzam 12' Srour 30' Al-Basha 50' Hamami 70' A. John 92' (o.g.)

4 April 2000

Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo

Played in Tehran, Iran.

Maldives	1–2	Syria
Latheef 90'		Al Zaher 10' Kordieh 33'

7 April 2000

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

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Iran	3–0	Bahrain
Fekri 57' Karimi 72' Daei 82'

7 April 2000

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

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Maldives	0–1	Bahrain
		Wahab 47'

9 April 2000

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

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Iran	1–1	Syria
Hasheminasab 40'		Al Sayed 15'

9 April 2000

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

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Bahrain	0–1	Syria
		Haj Moustafa 24'

11 April 2000

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

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Iran	3–0	Maldives
Abolghasempour 3' Estili 32' Daei 63' (pen.)

11 April 2000

Azadi Stadium, Tehran

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Uzbekistan	4	4	0	0	16	2	+14	12
2	United Arab Emirates	4	3	0	1	12	2	+10	9
3	India	4	1	1	2	8	9	−1	4
4	Bangladesh	4	1	1	2	5	12	−7	4
5	Sri Lanka	4	0	0	4	2	18	−16	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All matches played in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Bangladesh	0–6	Uzbekistan
		Kasymov 1' Pirmatov 2' Davletov 3' Statskikh 30', 45+3' Marifaliev 89'

21 November 1999

Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Rashid Al-Hamdan Saudi Arabia

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United Arab Emirates	3–1	India
Al Kass 60', 85' Jumaa 90' (pen.)		Vijayan 21'

21 November 1999

Abu Dhabi, UAE

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Sri Lanka	0–6	Uzbekistan
		Irismetov 3', 21' Davletov 28' Shirshov 29', 55' Bazarov 71'

23 November 1999

Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Referee: Selearajan Subraman (Malaysia)

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United Arab Emirates	3–0	Bangladesh
Abdulrahim Jumaa 4' Mattar 17' Khalil 21'

23 November 1999

Abu Dhabi, UAE

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Sri Lanka	1–3	Bangladesh
Fuad 34'		Dawn 37' Munna 61' (pen.) Faysal 64'

25 November 1999

Abu Dhabi, UAE

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India	2–3	Uzbekistan
Ancheri 18' Vijayan 55'		Rakhmanqulov 17' Fyodorov 77' Shirshov 86'

25 November 1999

Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE

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Sri Lanka	1–3	India
Sabir 76'		Mondal 24' R. Singh 40' Jayasuriya 65'

27 November 1999

Abu Dhabi, UAE

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United Arab Emirates	0–1	Uzbekistan
		Shatskikh 71'

27 November 1999

Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Selearajan Subramaniam (Malaysia)

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India	2–2	Bangladesh
Vijayan 25' Dias 50'		Alfaz 19', 49'

29 November 1999

Abu Dhabi, UAE

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United Arab Emirates	6–0	Sri Lanka
Khalil 28' Al-Hammadi 39' Al-Boloushi 45', 77' Ali 63' Omer 81'

29 November 1999

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Qatar	4	3	1	0	11	3	+8	10
2	Kazakhstan	4	3	0	1	8	3	+5	9
3	Jordan	4	2	1	1	12	4	+8	7
4	Palestine	4	1	0	3	3	8	−5	3
5	Pakistan	4	0	0	4	0	16	−16	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All matches played in Doha, Qatar.

Qatar	1–0	Palestine
Mustafa 16'

31 March 2000

Al-Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar

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Jordan	0–1	Kazakhstan
		Avdeyev 10'

31 March 2000

Al-Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar

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Palestine	2–0	Pakistan
El-Manasri 1' Al-Jaish 62'

2 April 2000

Al-Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar

Attendance: 6,000

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Qatar	3–1	Kazakhstan
Nazmi 36' Mustafa 39' Al Enazi 73'		Avdeyev 82'

2 April 2000

Al-Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar

Referee: Amin Samareh Moradi (Iran)

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Palestine	1–5	Jordan
Fahad 49'		Abu Zema 6', 22' Abdullah 35' Al-Khatib 37', 47'

4 April 2000

Al-Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar

Attendance: 11,000

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Qatar	5–0	Pakistan
Nazmi 25' (pen.), 85' (pen.) Al Kuwari 51', 73' Hassan 68'

4 April 2000

Al-Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar

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Kazakhstan	2–0	Palestine
Kadyrkulov 38' Litvinenko 90'

6 April 2000

Al-Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Amin Samareh Moradi (Iran)

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Pakistan	0–5	Jordan
		Al-Sheikh 6' Abu Raba 11' Ghanem Hamarsheh 13', 34' Al-Khatib 80'

6 April 2000

Al-Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar

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Pakistan	0–4	Kazakhstan
		Zubarev 21', 43' Kucheryavykh 60' Klishin 72'

8 April 2000

Al-Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar

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Qatar	2–2	Jordan
Al Kuwari 66' Al Enazi 67'		Abu Zema 25' Abdullah 45'

8 April 2000

Al-Sadd Stadium, Doha, Qatar

Group 5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kuwait	4	4	0	0	33	1	+32	12
2	Turkmenistan	4	3	0	1	15	6	+9	9
3	Yemen	4	2	0	2	14	5	+9	6
4	Nepal	4	1	0	3	3	13	−10	3
5	Bhutan	4	0	0	4	2	42	−40	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All matches played in Kuwait.

Kuwait	6–1	Turkmenistan
Haji 4' Abdullah 16', 27' Al-Houwaidi 17', 37' Al-Khodari 90'		Agabaýew 89'

10 February 2000

Kuwait

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Nepal	0–3	Yemen
		Tahous 27' Al-Nono 32' Al-Salimi 59' (pen.)

10 February 2000

Kuwait

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Yemen	0–1	Turkmenistan
		Bayramov 79'

12 February 2000

Kuwait

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Bhutan	0–3	Nepal
		Gaba 21' Joshi 29' Rayamajhi 60'

12 February 2000

Kuwait

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Kuwait	20–0	Bhutan
Al-Houwaidi 4', 6' (pen.), 10', 52' (pen.), 60' Abdullah 20', 24', 38', 45' (pen.), 47', 50', 59', 89' Al-Mutairi 21', 51', 63' Bakhit 31' Al-Shammari 21' Sakeen 65' Jassem 77' (pen.)

14 February 2000

Kuwait

Note: At the time this match was the largest score difference in FIFA A-level matches.

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Turkmenistan	5–0	Nepal
Kulyýew 35' Bayramov 39' Muhadow 48', 61' Agabaýew 89'

14 February 2000

Kuwait

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Kuwait	2–0	Yemen
Mubarak 33' Awad 51' (o.g.)

16 February 2000

Kuwait

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Bhutan	0–8	Turkmenistan
		Bayramov 21', 31', 81' Agabaýew 12', 25' Aleksandr Ignatow 48' Goçgulyýew 66' Kulyýew 85'

16 February 2000

Kuwait

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Yemen	11–2	Bhutan
Briek 4' Al-Salimi 18', 55' Al-Nono 15', 56', 87' Tahous 24', 81' Al-Ghurbani 25', 26' Al-Kahta 82'		Ogissen 42' Won Dei 45'

18 February 2000

Kuwait

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Kuwait	5–0	Nepal
Abdullah 9', 24', 45', 66', 90' (pen.)

18 February 2000

Kuwait

Group 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	19	0	+19	9
2	Myanmar	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Laos	3	1	0	2	2	14	−12	3
4	Mongolia	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All matches played in Seoul, Korea Republic.

Myanmar	2–0	Mongolia
Soe Myat Min 74' Myo Hlaing Win 86'

5 April 2000

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea

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South Korea	9–0	Laos
Sim Jae-won 32' Kim Eun-jung 45', 67', 71' Lee Chun-soo 50' Seol Ki-hyeon 58', 77', 86' Ahn Hyo-yeon 75'

5 April 2000

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea

Attendance: 16,500

Referee: Hisaharu Kitamura (Japan)

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Myanmar	4–0	Laos
Myo Hlaing Win 32', 62' Aung Kyaw Moe 43' Than Toe Aung 51'

7 April 2000

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea

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South Korea	6–0	Mongolia
Ahn Hyo-yeon 21', 24' Choi Tae-uk 37' (pen.), 89' Choi Chul-woo 46' Lee Chun-soo 71'

7 April 2000

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea

Attendance: 2,150

Referee: Sung Ho Liu (Chinese Taipei)

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Laos	2–1	Mongolia
Khenkitisack 26' Homsombath 80'		Buman-Uchral 63'

9 April 2000

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea

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South Korea	4–0	Myanmar
Seol Ki-hyeon 61', 67' Ahn Hyo-yeon 78', 89'		Soe Myat Min  51'

9 April 2000

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea

Attendance: 15,600

Referee: Hisaharu Kitamura (Japan)

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Indonesia	4	3	1	0	18	5	+13	10
2	Hong Kong	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7
3	Cambodia	4	0	0	4	4	19	−15	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Hong Kong	4–1	Cambodia
Chen Sin Syu-Chung 34', 52' Lee Kin Wo 54' Wong Chi Kyung 83'		Sochetra 40'

18 October 1999

Mongkok Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 5,461

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Hong Kong	1–1	Indonesia
Au Wai Lun 62'		Putiray 88'

24 October 1999

Mongkok Stadium, Hong Kong

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Cambodia	1–5	Indonesia
Arunreath 72'		Prasetyo 14' Pamungkas 28' Putiray 39', 46' Sunan 47'

30 October 1999

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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Cambodia	0–1	Hong Kong
		Lai Kai Cheuk 58'

7 November 1999

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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Indonesia	3–1	Hong Kong
Ma'ruf 9' Putiray 48' Pamungkas 72'		Au Wai Lun 62'

14 November 1999

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia

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Indonesia	9–2	Cambodia
Putiray 2', 38', 90' Purjianto 15' Nahumarury 33' Nawawi 40' Pamungkas 53', 70' Putro 85'		Sochetra 13', 58'

20 November 1999

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia

Group 8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Thailand	6	4	1	1	13	8	+5	13
2	North Korea	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	11
3	Malaysia	6	2	1	3	12	13	−1	7
4	Chinese Taipei	6	1	0	5	3	11	−8	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

North Korea	0–0	Thailand

25 March 2000

18:45

Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Attendance: 15,150

Referee: Yam-Ming Chan (Hong Kong)

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Malaysia	3–0	Chinese Taipei
Derus 34' Suparman 82', 86'

25 March 2000

Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Chinese Taipei	0–2	Thailand
		Piturat 74' Cheng Yung-Jen 81' (o.g.)

27 March 2000

Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Malaysia	1–1	North Korea
Yusoff 58'		Ko Jong-Nam 6'

27 March 2000

20:45

Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Naotsugu Fuse (Japan)

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Chinese Taipei	0–2	North Korea
		Ryang Gyu-Sa 12', 21'

29 March 2000

18:45

Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Jerry Andre (Philippines)

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Malaysia	3–2	Thailand
Suparman 14' Derus 21' (pen.) Jusoh 48'		Fuangprakob 55' Surasiang 90'

29 March 2000

Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Played in Bangkok, Thailand.

Chinese Taipei	3–2	Malaysia
R.C 14' Ming Tuan 29', 34'		Derus 21', 90+13'

4 April 2000

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

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Thailand	5–3	North Korea
Damrong-Ontrakul 34' Surasiang 35' Piturat 73' Noosarung 86' Thonkanya 88'		Ju Song-Il 28' Kim Ho-Gun 53' Ko Jong-Nam 60'

4 April 2000

18:30

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

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North Korea	4–1	Malaysia
Ri Kyong-Min 16' Ryang Gyu-Sa 49' Ri Hyok-Choi 73', 84'		Ooi Hoe Guan 26'

6 April 2000

16:30

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

Attendance: 20,000

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Thailand	1–0	Chinese Taipei
Damrong-Ontrakul 43'

6 April 2000

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

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North Korea	1–0	Chinese Taipei
Ri Hyok-Choi 53'

9 April 2000

16:30

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

Attendance: 45,000

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Thailand	3–2	Malaysia
Noosarung 14' Baribarn 24' (pen.), 67'		Suparman 35' Yusoff 60'

9 April 2000

Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand

Group 9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	China	3	3	0	0	29	0	+29	9
2	Vietnam	3	2	0	1	14	2	+12	6
3	Philippines	3	1	0	2	2	11	−9	3
4	Guam	3	0	0	3	0	32	−32	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All matches played in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Vietnam	11–0	Guam
Phạm Như Thuần 1' Vũ Công Tuyền 2', 12', 13', 19', 90+3' Văn Sỹ Hùng 39', 81' Võ Minh Hiếu 45' Đặng Phương Nam 59' Ngô Quang Trường 75'

23 January 2000

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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China	8–0	Philippines
Su Maozhen 3', 12', 19', 35', 45' Hao Haidong 26' Yao Xia 41' Li Tie 80'

23 January 2000

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Referee: Duraman Zulkifle (Brunei)

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China	19–0	Guam
Hao Haidong 2', 56', 58', 63' Ma Mingyu 12' Su Maozhen 20', 40', 80' Li Weifeng 23' Yao Xia 38', 55' Qu Shengqing 55', 61', 73', 83', 87' Li Tie 75' Shen Si 84' Qi Hong 85'

26 January 2000

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Referee: U Tun Tun (Myanmar)

Note: At the time this match was the largest score difference in FIFA A-level matches.

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Vietnam	3–0	Philippines
Vũ Công Tuyền 21' Ngô Quang Trường 72', 88'

26 January 2000

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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Guam	0–2	Philippines
		N. Fegidero 63' T. Fegidero 86'

29 January 2000

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

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Vietnam	0–2	China
		Su Maozhen 27' Zhang Enhua 89'

29 January 2000

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Attendance: 16,000

Group 10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9
2	Singapore	3	2	0	1	2	3	−1	6
3	Macau	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3
4	Brunei	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All matches played in Macau.

Macau	1–0	Brunei
Fi Fai 77'

13 February 2000

Macau

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Singapore	0–3	Japan
		Nakazawa 13', 90', Nakayama 42' (pen.)

13 February 2000

Macau

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Macau	0–1	Singapore
		Mohd Salem 40' (pen.)

16 February 2000

Macau

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Japan	9–0	Brunei
Nakayama 1', 2', 4' Kazu 36' Nakamura 45' Hirano 66' Takahara 75', 88' Sawanobori 85'

16 February 2000

Macau

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Macau	0–3	Japan
		Nakayama 35', 65' Takahara 57'

20 February 2000

Macau

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Singapore	1–0	Brunei
Mohd Ali 88'

20 February 2000

Macau

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Date qualification was secured	Previous appearances in tournament
Lebanon	Hosts	20 December 1996	0 (Debut)
Saudi Arabia	1996 AFC Asian Cup winners	21 December 1996	4 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
Iraq	Qualifying round Group 1 winners	7 August 1999	3 (1972, 1976, 1996)
Indonesia	Qualifying round Group 7 winners	20 November 1999	1 (1996)
Uzbekistan	Qualifying round Group 3 winners	26 November 1999	1 (1996)
China	Qualifying round Group 9 winners	29 January 2000	6 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
Kuwait	Qualifying round Group 5 winners	18 February 2000	6 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)
Japan	Qualifying round Group 10 winners	20 February 2000	3 (1988, 1992, 1996)
Qatar	Qualifying round Group 4 winners	8 April 2000	4 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992)
South Korea	Qualifying round Group 6 winners	9 April 2000	8 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)
Thailand	Qualifying round Group 8 winners	9 April 2000	3 (1972, 1992, 1996)
Iran	Qualifying round Group 2 winners	11 April 2000	8 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)

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