2000 AFC Youth Championship
# 2000 AFC Youth Championship

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

## Participants

* Iran (qualified as hosts)
* China
* Iraq
* Japan
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Thailand
* United Arab Emirates

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

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.

### Group A

| 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 |

### Group B

| 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 |

## Knockout stage

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

## 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.

* Iraq
* Japan
* China
* Iran
