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

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

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date = 12 November 2000|
team1 = Iran |
score = 2 - 1|
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date = 12 November 2000|
team1 = |
score = 0 - 1|
team2 = |
stadium= Shahid Shiroudi Stadium, Tehranfootballbox|
date = 14 November 2000|
team1 = |
score = 2 - 3|
team2 = Iran|
stadium= Shahid Shiroudi Stadium, Tehranfootballbox|
date = 14 November 2000|
team1 = |
score = 6 - 1|
team2 = |
stadium= Shahid Shiroudi Stadium, Tehranfootballbox|
date = 16 November 2000|
team1 = |
score = 2 - 2|
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stadium= Shahid Shiroudi Stadium, Tehranfootballbox|
date = 16 November 2000|
team1 = |
score = 2 - 5|
team2 = |
stadium= Shahid Shiroudi Stadium, Tehranfootballbox|
date = 18 November 2000|
team1 = |
score = 0 - 3|
team2 = |
stadium= Shahid Shiroudi Stadium, Tehranfootballbox|
date = 18 November 2000|
team1 = |
score = 0 - 3|
team2 = Iran|
stadium= Shahid Shiroudi Stadium, Tehranfootballbox|
date = 20 November 2000|
team1 = |
score = 0 - 0|
team2 = |
stadium= Shahid Shiroudi Stadium, Tehranfootballbox|
date = 20 November 2000|
team1 = Iran |
score = 3 - 1|
team2 = |
stadium= Shahid Shiroudi Stadium, Tehran

Group B

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34103215−13
04004612−6

Qualification to World Youth Championship

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