2000 AFC Youth Championship

Participants

• Iran Iran (qualified as hosts)

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.

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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Group B

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date = 15 November 2000| team1 = | score = 0 – 7| team2 = | stadium= Shahid Shiroudi Stadium, Tehran}}

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Knockout stage

|November 24|Iran Iran|0 (6)|**** (pen)|0 (7) |November 24||0||2 |November 26| (GG)|2||1 |November 26|**** (pen)|2 (6)|Iran Iran|2 (5)

Semi-finals

Third place match

Eman Mobali

Final

Winners

Qualification to World Youth Championship

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

References

References

1. (2023-10-23). "عماد محمد.. نجم أسود الرافدين هداف كأس آسيا للشباب". Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation.
2. [https://web.archive.org/web/20010127234100/http://www.iraqsport.net/articles/html/281000-4.html Asian Youth Under 19 Championship re-drawn to “maintain peace”]