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	937,650 (29,302 per match)
Top scorer(s)	A'ala Hubail Ali Karimi (5 goals each)
Best player	Shunsuke Nakamura
Fair play award	China PR

The 2004 AFC Asian Cup football competition was the thirteenth edition of the AFC Asian Cup. It was held from 17 July to 7 August 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 Indonesia, which gained their historical first Asian Cup win against Qatar. 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	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

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

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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

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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

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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

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Knockout stage

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	30 July – Beijing
	China PR	3
					3 August – Beijing
	Iraq	0
					China PR (pen.)	1 (4)
	31 July – Jinan
					Iran	1 (3)
	South Korea	3
									7 August – Beijing
	Iran	4
									China PR	1
	30 July – Chengdu
									Japan	3
	Uzbekistan	2 (3)
					3 August – Jinan
	Bahrain (pen.)	2 (4)
					Bahrain	3			Third place
	31 July – Chongqing
					Japan (a.e.t.)	4			6 August – Beijing
	Japan (pen.)	1 (4)
									Iran	4
	Jordan	1 (3)
									Bahrain	2

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place playoff

Final

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 Mehdi Mahdavikia	Shunsuke Nakamura Shao Jiayi Zhao Junzhe Talal Yousef	A'ala Hubail Ali Karimi

Statistics

Goalscorers

With five goals, A'ala Hubail and Ali Karimi are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 96 goals were scored by 58 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.

Tournament team rankings

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

External links

• RSSSF Details
• Official website (Archived)