2004 AFC Asian Cup

2004 AFC Asian Cup
2004年亚洲杯足球赛
Logo of the 2004 Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	17 July – 7 August
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (3rd title)
Runners-up	China PR
Third place	Iran
Fourth place	Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	96 (3 per match)
Attendance	1,020,050 (31,877 per match)
Top scorer(s)	A'ala Hubail Ali Karimi (5 goals)
Best player	Shunsuke Nakamura
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The 2004 AFC Asian Cup football competition is the thirteenth staging of AFC Asian Cup. It was held from July 17 to August 7, 2004 in China. The defending champions Japan defeated China in the final in Beijing.

The tournament was marked by Saudi Arabia's unexpected failure to even make it out of the first round; a surprisingly good performance by Bahrain, which finished in fourth place; Jordan, which reached the quarterfinals in its first appearance; and Iraq, which reached the quarterfinals. The final match between China and Japan was marked by post-match rioting by Chinese fans near the north gate of Beijing Worker's Stadium, in part due to controversial officiating and anti-Japanese sentiment resulting from historical tensions.^[1]

Host cities and venues

Beijing	Chongqing	Jinan	Chengdu
Workers Stadium	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center	Shandong Sports Center	Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium
Capacity: 66,161	Capacity: 58,680	Capacity: 27,333	Capacity: 30,800

Qualification

Main article: 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Seeds

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
China PR Japan South Korea Saudi Arabia	Iran Iraq Kuwait Qatar	Indonesia Thailand United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan	Bahrain Jordan Oman Turkmenistan

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2004 AFC Asian Cup squads

First round

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China PR	7	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6
Bahrain	5	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2
Indonesia	3	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6
Qatar	1	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2

17 July 2004 20:00	China PR	2 – 2	Bahrain	Workers Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
	Zheng Zhi 58' (pen.) Li Jinyu 66'	Report	M. Hubail 41' Ali 89'

18 July 2004 17:00	Qatar	1 – 2	Indonesia	Workers Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
	M. Mohamed 83'	Report	Sudarsono 26' Astaman 48'

21 July 2004 18:30	Bahrain	1 – 1	Qatar	Workers Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
	M. Hubail 90+1'	Report	Rizik 59' (pen.)

21 July 2004 21:00	Indonesia	0 – 5	China PR	Workers Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)
		Report	Shao Jiayi 25', 66' Hao Haidong 40' Li Ming 51' Li Yi 80'

25 July 2004 19:00	China PR	1 – 0	Qatar	Workers Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran)
	Xu Yunlong 77'	Report

25 July 2004 19:00	Bahrain	3 – 1	Indonesia	Shandong Sports Center, Jinan Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	Ali 43' A. Hubail 57' Yousef 82'	Report	Aiboy 75'

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
South Korea	7	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6
Jordan	5	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2
Kuwait	3	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4
United Arab Emirates	1	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4

19 July 2004 18:30	South Korea	0 – 0	Jordan	Shandong Sports Center, Jinan Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
		Report

19 July 2004 21:00	Kuwait	3 – 1	United Arab Emirates	Shandong Sports Center, Jinan Attendance: 31,250 Referee: Naser Al-Hamdan (Saudi Arabia)
	B. Abdullah 24' Al-Mutawa 39' (pen.), 45'	Report	Rashid 47'

23 July 2004 18:30	Jordan	2 – 0	Kuwait	Shandong Sports Center, Jinan Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Lu Jun (China)
	Saad 90+1' Al-Zboun 90+2'	Report

23 July 2004 21:00	United Arab Emirates	0 – 2	South Korea	Shandong Sports Center, Jinan Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
		Report	Lee Dong-Gook 41' Ahn Jung-Hwan 90+1'

27 July 2004 19:00	Jordan	0 – 0	United Arab Emirates	Workers Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)
		Report

27 July 2004 19:00	South Korea	4 – 0	Kuwait	Shandong Sports Center, Jinan Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
	Lee Dong-Gook 25', 41' Cha Du-Ri 45+1' Ahn Jung-Hwan 75'	Report

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Uzbekistan	9	3	3	0	0	3	0	+3
Iraq	6	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1
Turkmenistan	1	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2
Saudi Arabia	1	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2

18 July 2004 18:45	Saudi Arabia	2 – 2	Turkmenistan	Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu Attendance: 12,400 Referee: Chaiwat Kunsata (Thailand)
	Al-Qahtani 9' (pen.), 59'	Report	N. Bayramov 6' Kuliyev 90+3'

18 July 2004 21:15	Iraq	0 – 1	Uzbekistan	Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu Attendance: 12,400 Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)
		Report	Qosimov 21'

22 July 2004 18:30	Turkmenistan	2 – 3	Iraq	Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)
	V. Bayramov 14' Kuliyyew 85'	Report	Hawar Mohammed 12' Razzaq Farhan 80' Qusay Munir 88'

22 July 2004 21:00	Uzbekistan	1 – 0	Saudi Arabia	Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
	Geynrikh 13'	Report

26 July 2004 19:00	Saudi Arabia	1 – 2	Iraq	Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)
	Al-Montashari 57'	Report	Nashat Akram 51' Younis Mahmoud 86'

26 July 2004 19:00	Turkmenistan	0 – 1	Uzbekistan	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Mohammed Kousa (Syria)
		Report	Qosimov 58'

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Japan	7	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4
Iran	5	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3
Oman	4	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
Thailand	0	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8

20 July 2004 18:00	Japan	1 – 0	Oman	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
	Nakamura 33'	Report

20 July 2004 20:30	Iran	3 – 0	Thailand	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Mohammad Kousa (Syria)
	Enayati 71' Nekounam 80' Daei 86' (pen.)	Report

24 July 2004 18:00	Oman	2 – 2	Iran	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Delawar (Bahrain)
	Al-Hosni 31', 40'	Report	Karimi 61' Nosrati 90+4'

24 July 2004 20:30	Thailand	1 – 4	Japan	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi (UAE)
	Suksomkit 12'	Report	Nakamura 21' Nakazawa 57', 87' Fukunishi 68'

28 July 2004 18:15	Oman	2 – 0	Thailand	Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Lu Jun (China)
	Viwatchaichok 15' (o.g.) Al-Hosni 49'	Report

28 July 2004 18:15	Japan	0 – 0	Iran	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
		Report

Knockout stage

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

July 30 - Beijing

China PR

August 3 - Beijing

Iraq

China PR (pen.)

1 (4)

July 31 - Jinan

Iran

1 (3)

South Korea

August 7 - Beijing

Iran

China PR

July 30 - Chengdu

Japan

Uzbekistan

2 (3)

August 3 - Jinan

Bahrain (pen.)

2 (4)

Bahrain

Third place

July 31 - Chongqing

Japan (a.e.t.)

Japan (pen.)

1 (4)

Iran

Jordan

1 (3)

Bahrain

August 6 - Beijing

Quarter-finals

30 July 2004 18:00	Uzbekistan	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Bahrain	Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (Korea Republic)
	Geynrikh 60' Shishelov 86'	Report	A. Hubail 71', 76'
		Penalties
	Fyodorov Djeperov Geynrikh Bikmoev Koshelev	3 – 4	Ali Juma Baba Farhan A. Hubail

30 July 2004 21:00	China PR	3 – 0	Iraq	Workers Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
	Hao Haidong 8' Zheng Zhi 81' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.)	Report

31 July 2004 18:00	Japan	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Jordan	Chongqing Olympic Sports Center, Chongqing Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
	Suzuki 14'	Report	Shelbaieh 11'
		Penalties
	Nakamura Alex Fukunishi Nakata Suzuki Nakazawa Miyamoto	4 – 3	Abu Zema Al-Awadat Aqel Al-Shboul Ibrahim Al-Zboun Bani Yaseen

31 July 2004 21:00	South Korea	3 – 4	Iran	Shandong Sports Center, Jinan Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)
	Seol Ki-Hyeon 16' Lee Dong-Gook 25' Kim Nam-Il 68'	Report	Karimi 10', 20', 77' Park Jin-Seop 51' (o.g.)

Semi-finals

3 August 2004 18:00	Bahrain	3 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Japan	Shandong Sports Center, Jinan Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
	A. Hubail 7', 71' Naser 85'	Report	Nakata 48' Tamada 55', 93' Nakazawa 90'

3 August 2004 21:00	China PR	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Iran	Workers Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 55,000 Referee: Talaat Najm (Lebanon)
	Shao Jiayi 18'	Report	Alavi 38'
		Penalties
	Zheng Zhi Zhao Junzhe Li Xiaopeng Sun Xiang Shao Jiayi	4 – 3	Daei Mahdavikia Nekounam Mobali Golmohammadi

Third place playoff

6 August 2004 20:00	Iran	4 – 2	Bahrain	Workers Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Fareed Al-Marzouqi (UAE)
	Nekounam 9' Karimi 52' Daei 80' (pen.), 90'	Report	Yousef 48' Farhan 57'

Final

Main article: 2004 AFC Asian Cup Final

7 August 2004 20:00	China PR	1 – 3	Japan	Workers Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)
	Li Ming 31'	Report	Fukunishi 22' Nakata 65' Tamada 90+1'

Winners

AFC Asian Cup 2004 Winners
Japan Third title

Awards

Most Valuable Player	Top Scorer	Fair Play Award
Shunsuke Nakamura	A'ala Hubail Ali Karimi	China PR

All-Star Team

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto Yuji Nakazawa Zheng Zhi	Shunsuke Nakamura Shao Jiayi Zhao Junzhe Talal Yousef	A'ala Hubail Ali Karimi Mehdi Mahdavikia

Statistics

Goalscorers

5 goals

4 goals

Lee Dong-Gook

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Park Jin-Seop (1) (for Iran)
Rangsan Viwatchaichok (1) (for Oman)

Top scoring teams

14 goals

Iran

13 goals

9 goals

South Korea

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

Qatar

1 goal

Final positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Eff
1	Japan	6	4	2	0	13	6	+7	14	77.8%
2	China PR	6	3	2	1	13	6	+7	11	61.1%
3	Iran	6	3	3	0	14	8	+6	12	66.7%
4	Bahrain	6	1	3	2	13	14	−1	6	33.3%
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
5	Uzbekistan	4	3	1	0	5	2	+3	10	83.3%
6	South Korea	4	2	1	1	9	4	+5	7	58.3%
7	Jordan	4	1	3	0	3	1	+2	6	50.0%
8	Iraq	4	2	0	2	5	7	−2	6	50.0%
Eliminated in the First Stage
9	Oman	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4	44.4%
10	Kuwait	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3	33.3%
11	Indonesia	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3	33.3%
12	Turkmenistan	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1	11.1%
13	Saudi Arabia	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1	11.1%
14	Qatar	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1	11.1%
15	United Arab Emirates	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1	11.1%
16	Thailand	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0	0.0%

Views

Like other sports events, the Asian Cup 2004 was publicised as evidence of China's economic and athletic progress, being referred to by some as a prelude to the 2008 Summer Olympics. Many Chinese see the tournament as a success and take great pride in having showcased such an important sporting event in advance of the Olympics Games. However, the Japanese media and many other international observers have pointed out bad manners on the part of Chinese fans, and sparse attendance at the tournament, raising questions on China's ability to hold such sporting events.

Throughout the tournament, most Chinese fans in the stadia expressed anti-Japanese sentiments by drowning out the Japanese national anthem, displaying political banners and booing whenever Japan got the ball, regardless of the score or opponent. This was reported by the international media, and was aggravated when Koji Nakata apparently knocked in the ball with his right hand in the final against China.^[2] The PRC government responded by calling for restraint and increasing police numbers to maintain order. The Japanese government also called on the PRC to ensure the safety of Japanese fans^[3], while specifically asking Japanese nationals or people of Japanese origin to not display any form of excessive pride, especially wearing Japan national football team uniforms. Despite the Chinese government's campaign, a riot started by Chinese fans broke out near the north gate of the Beijing Worker's Stadium, though reports differ as to the extent of the riot. As a result, some media groups have said that displays of "excessive Chinese nationalism during the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics have become a cause for concern for Chinese officials".

References

^ Chinese riot after Japan victory
^ Bodeen, Christopher (2004-08-07). "Japan beats China to win Asian Cup again". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/world/2004-08-07-asian-cup-final_x.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
^ Embassy of Japan in the Republic of China (2004-08-05). "（緊急）サッカー・アジアカップの決勝戦に関連したご注意 ((Urgency) Attention on the Final Game of Soccer Asia Cup)" (in Japanese). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. http://www.pubanzen.mofa.go.jp/info/info.asp?num=2004C329. Retrieved 2011-01-22.

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2004 AFC Asian Cup finalists

Champions	Japan

Runners-Up	China PR

Thhird Place	Iran

Fourth Place	Bahrain

Eliminated in Quarterfinals	Iraq · Jordan · South Korea · Uzbekistan

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2004 AFC Asian Cup

Contents

Host cities and venues

Qualification

Seeds

Squads

First round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third place playoff

Final

Winners

Awards

All-Star Team

Statistics

Goalscorers

Top scoring teams

Final positions

Views

References

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