2000 Asian Cup

THE new millennium saw on 40 countries enter THE Asian Cup hoping has dethrone holders Saudi Arabia, with THE tournament be detained In Lebanon For THE First of all time.

Asian Cup 2000

Winner: Japan

Finalist: Saudi Arabia

Host: Lebanon

As with 1996, THE finals tournament was A 12 teams competition, split In three groups, SO with Lebanon And Saudi Arabia Already confirmed as qualifiers, This LEFT ten groups of qualification Games, with THE band winners manufacturing he has THE finals.

THE 1996 qualification tournament had seen a few inconsistencies And turn off sheet music as more recent country confronted established forces And This proven has be THE case with THE 2000 qualification Games as two world save sheet music were together In A month of each other.

First of all, Guam between THE Band 9 qualification tournament In Vietnam And, After A 11-0 beat by THE the hosts, suffered A humiliating 19-0 defeat has China PR.

SO, A month later In Kuwait, THE hosts took on Bhutan. In A game do famous In THE documentary 'THE Other Final', Kuwait beaten down THE surpassed Bhutanese 20-0, with Bachar Abdullah shelving up eight goals And James Al-Huwaidi six.

Japan overcome Saudi Arabia In THE final has THE Sports City Stadium In Beirut

In both case, THE winner teams qualified For THE finals After winner all band Games, Kuwait After rating 33 goals And China RP 29.

THE gap between established country with THE RIGHT resources And those either new has THE game Or without that Resource was watch during This qualification tournament has to have grown up massively, with teams as Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia, Maldives And Nepal all suffering big defeats as they struggle through THE competition.

With only A team Since each band has to qualify, he lead has a few close battles And a few big names missing out on THE finals, with Uzbekistan beat 1996 finalists United Arab Emirates has THE high place In Band 3, while North Korea finished behind Thailand In Band 8

Somewhere else, Arab And East Asian nation dominated qualification as Iraq won all three Games has high Band 1, while Iran just lined out Syria on aim difference has earn Band 2.

Qatar stayed unbeaten has high Band 4 in front of Kazakhstan, South Korea brand 19 goals In three Games has dominate Band 6, while Japan won three Since three In Band ten In Macau has easily qualify.

Indonesia were THE final qualifiers Since Band 7, sealing qualification in front of Hong Kong After putting nine pass THE besieged Cambodians.

Lebanese finals

With Beirut, Sidon And Tripoli THE places For THE Games, THE teams arrived In Lebanon And prepared For THE challenge in front.

Lebanon, In their First of all tournament, confronted THE unenviable stain of tournament Veterans In Iran And Iraq, more A outsider In Thailand. A 4-0 defeat by Iran In THE First of all game brought up fears of THE hosts be strongly beaten In each game, but they carried out bravely In THE other two band Games, future back Since 2-0 down has draw with Iraq, SO portion has eliminate Thailand Since THE tournament with A late equalizer.

Thailand had lost 2-0 has Iraq In THE tournament First of all game, but A draw with Iran gave them hope of progress through A of THE two Third place tasks if they could beat THE hosts. As he was, THE 1-1 draw saw them finishing third with just two points And on THE path at home.

Japan earn second Asian Cup title

Iran won THE band After remaining unbeaten, beat Iraq In THE final band game, with THE Iraqis grateful For THE earn on THE Thai that saw them to qualify In second.

Band B was A tighter affair For THE high three, with China RP Trim THE band in front of Kuwait on aim difference After beat Indonesia 4-0 In their second game, having drawn 2-2 with THE S...