2000 AFC Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Iran
Dates	12–26 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
Fourth place	Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	79 (3.29 per match)
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The 2000 AFC Youth Championship was held between November 12 and 26 in Iran. It was won by Iraq 2–1 over Japan.

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

All Matches in Shahid Shiroudi Stadium, Tehran.

Tehran
Shahid Shiroudi Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

The original draw had Kuwait in the same group as Iraq. Kuwait protested that they did not want to be in Iraq's group due to political tensions, so the AFC did a re-draw to separate Iraq and Kuwait.^[1]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Iran	12	4	4	0	0	11	4	+7
Japan	7	4	2	1	1	12	6	+6
Kuwait	6	4	2	0	2	8	8	±0
Oman	2	4	0	2	2	2	6	−4
Thailand	1	4	0	1	3	4	13	−9

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China	10	4	3	1	0	5	1	+4
Iraq	8	4	2	2	0	9	2	+7
South Korea	7	4	2	1	1	11	3	+8
Pakistan	3	4	1	0	3	2	15	−13
United Arab Emirates	0	4	0	0	4	6	12	−6

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

AFC Youth Championship 2000 winners
Iraq Fifth title

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

•  Iraq
•  Japan
•  China
•  Iran

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