2004 AFC Asian Cup
| 2004年亚洲杯足球赛 | |
|---|---|
| File:2004 AFC Asian Cup full logo.svg | |
| 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 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (3rd title) |
| Runners-up | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China |
| Third place | File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran |
| Fourth place | File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 96 (3 per match) |
| Attendance | 937,650 (29,302 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Bahrain A'ala Hubail Iran Ali Karimi (5 goals each) |
| Best player(s) | Japan Shunsuke Nakamura |
| Fair play award | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China |
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The 2004 AFC Asian Cup was the 13th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). 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 Workers' Stadium, in part due to controversial officiating and anti-Japanese sentiment resulting from historical tensions.[1]
Venues
| Beijing | Chongqing | Jinan | Chengdu | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workers' Stadium | Chongqing Olympic Sports Center | Shandong Sports Center | Chengdu Longquanyi Football Stadium | |
| Capacity: 72,000 | Capacity: 58,680 | Capacity: 43,700 | Capacity: 27,333 | |
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Qualification
The lowest-ranked 20 teams were placed in 6 preliminary qualifying groups of 3 and one group of 2, with the group winners joining the remaining 21 teams in 7 groups of 4. The top two of each of these groups qualified for the finals in China.
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Notes:
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year
- 2 Italic indicates host
Seeds
Squads
Tournament summary
This competition saw a huge number of surprises. The first surprise named Bahrain was in group A, which, despite being just its second tournament, held on China and fellow neighbor Qatar before beating Indonesia 3–1, with the Hubail brothers Mohamed and Ala'a instrumental in bringing Bahrain to the quarter-finals. Host China, after a shock draw to Bahrain, easily progressed to the next round after thrashing Indonesia 5–0 before Xu Yunlong scored the decisive goal in China's hard fought win over Qatar to process. In group B, Jordan emerged as a second surprise, as the country just made its debut in the competition. Jordan surprised the whole tournament by two draws to the United Arab Emirates and, especially, a successful goalless draw to South Korea which had already finished in fourth place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup earlier, between that, Jordan shocked Kuwait with two late goals to seal a 2–0 victory, thus finishing second and progressed to the next round alongside South Korea, which, after being held by Jordan, decisively beat Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates to progress. The two other debutants were Turkmenistan and Oman in group C and D surprised by not finishing bottom in their group, though they failed to progress. Instead, it was the two experienced Saudi Arabia and Thailand which disappointed most of fans, finishing bottom after disastrous performances. In group C, Uzbekistan also surprised by topping the group with three straight 1–0 win while Japan and Iran were able to progress in group D after a final goalless draw and better result than Oman. Iraq was the other qualifier in group C, after beating both Turkmenistan and Saudi Arabia only by one goal margin. The quarter-finals saw Jordan caused significant problem for Japan, and Jordan was thought to have almost qualified for the semi-finals in the penalty shootout. However, four straight misses later cost Jordan's semi-final dream to end. Uzbekistan and Bahrain held on in a 2–2 draw and Bahrain prevailed after penalty shootout. Host China easily crushed Iraq 3–0, with Zheng Zhi scored two penalties to take Iraq home, while South Korea and Iran created the most phenomenon match in the tournament, an insane thriller where Iran prevailed 4–3 in what would be perceived as the greatest Asian Cup match in the history. The first semi-final saw Iran and host China battling for the final, with both being held 1–1, despite Iran was down to ten men. China eventually won in penalty shootout. The other semi-final was another insane thriller between Bahrain and Japan, with the Japanese won after extra times thanked for a goal by Keiji Tamada in early minutes of the first half of extra times, thus sent Japan to the final against host China. Iran overcame Bahrain in a consolidating third place encounter, 4–2, to acquire bronze. The final in Beijing saw China lose to Japan, with a controversial handball goal by Koji Nakata that sealed the game.[2] The win meant Japan had successfully defended their title they achieved four years ago. The outcome frustrated many Chinese supporters, who ended up rioting outside Workers' Stadium over referee's controversial decision allowing the handball goal of Koji Nakata.
Officials
- Referees
- Australia Mark Shield
- Bahrain Abdul Rahman Al-Delawar
- Benin Coffi Codjia
- China Lu Jun
- Iran Masoud Moradi
- Japan Toru Kamikawa
- South Korea Kwon Jong-chul
- Kuwait Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli
- Lebanon Talaat Najm
- Malaysia Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh
- Saudi Arabia Naser Al-Hamdan
- Singapore Shamsul Maidin
- Syria Mohammed Kousa
- Thailand Chaiwat Kunsata
- United Arab Emirates Fareed Al-Marzouqi
- Uzbekistan Ravshan Irmatov
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- Assistant Referees
- Australia Nathan Gibson
- Bangladesh Mahbubur Mahbub
- China Liu Tiejun
- Hong Kong Yau Tak Lee
- India Sankar Komaleeswaran
- Indonesia Aries Soetomo
- Iraq Khalil Ibrahim Abbas
- Jordan Fathi Arabati
- Maldives Mohamed Saeed
- Oman Ali Ahmed Al Qasimi
- State of Palestine Fayez Al Basha
- Qatar Ali Al Khalifi
- Sri Lanka Chandrajith Marasinghe
- Turkmenistan Begench Allaberdyev
- Tunisia Taoufik Adjengui
- Vietnam Trương Thế Toàn
First round
All times are China standard time (UTC+8)
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
| Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg | 1–2 | File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia |
|---|---|---|
| Magid File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' | Report | Budi File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Ponaryo File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' |
| Bahrain File:Flag of Bahrain.svg | 1–1 | File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar |
|---|---|---|
| M. Hubail File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1' | Report | Rizik File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' (pen.) |
| China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar |
|---|---|---|
| Xu Yunlong File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' | Report |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).svg South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 5 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
| Jordan File:Flag of Jordan.svg | 2–0 | File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait |
|---|---|---|
| Saad File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1' Al-Zboun File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2' |
Report |
| Jordan File:Flag of Jordan.svg | 0–0 | File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | File:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg Iraq | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
| Iraq File:Flag of Iraq (1991–2004).svg | 0–1 | File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Qosimov File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' |
| Uzbekistan File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| Geynrikh File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' | Report |
| Turkmenistan File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg | 0–1 | File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Qosimov File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
| Japan File:Flag of Japan.svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman |
|---|---|---|
| Nakamura File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' | Report |
| Iran File:Flag of Iran.svg | 3–0 | File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| Enayati File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' Nekounam File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' Daei File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' (pen.) |
Report |
| Oman File:Flag of Oman.svg | 2–2 | File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Hosni File:Soccerball shade.svg 31', 40' | Report | Karimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Nosrati File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4' |
| Oman File:Flag of Oman.svg | 2–0 | File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| Rangsan File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' (o.g.) Al-Hosni File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' |
Report |
Knockout stage
All times are China standard time (UTC+8)
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Third place playoff
Final
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.
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- Bahrain Husain Ali
- Bahrain Mohamed Hubail
- Bahrain Talal Yousef
- China Hao Haidong
- China Li Ming
- Iran Javad Nekounam
- Japan Takashi Fukunishi
- Japan Shunsuke Nakamura
- Japan Koji Nakata
- South Korea Ahn Jung-hwan
- Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Qahtani
- Turkmenistan Begench Kuliyev
- Uzbekistan Alexander Geynrikh
- Uzbekistan Mirjalol Qosimov
- 1 goal
- Bahrain Saleh Farhan
- Bahrain Duaij Naser
- China Li Jinyu
- China Li Yi
- China Xu Yunlong
- Indonesia Elie Aiboy
- Indonesia Ponaryo Astaman
- Indonesia Budi Sudarsono
- Iran Mohammad Alavi
- Iran Reza Enayati
- Iran Mohammad Nosrati
- Iraq Nashat Akram
- Iraq Razzaq Farhan
- Iraq Younis Mahmoud
- Iraq Hawar Mulla Mohammed
- Iraq Qusay Munir
- Japan Takayuki Suzuki
- Jordan Anas Al-Zboun
- Jordan Khaled Saad
- Jordan Mahmoud Shelbaieh
- South Korea Cha Du-ri
- South Korea Seol Ki-hyeon
- South Korea Kim Nam-il
- Kuwait Bashar Abdullah
- Kuwait Bader Al-Mutawa
- Qatar Magid Mohamed
- Qatar Wesam Rizik
- Saudi Arabia Hamad Al-Montashari
- Thailand Sutee Suksomkit
- Turkmenistan Nazar Bayramov
- Turkmenistan Vladimir Bayramov
- United Arab Emirates Mohamed Rashid
- Uzbekistan Vladimir Shishelov
- Own goals
- South Korea Park Jin-seop (1) (for Iran)
- Thailand Rangsan Viwatchaichok (1) (for Oman)
- United Arab Emirates Basheer Saeed (1) (for Kuwait)
Awards
Most Valuable Player
Top Scorer
Fair-Play Award
| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Japan Tsuneyasu Miyamoto |
Iran Mehdi Mahdavikia |
Marketing
Official match ball
The official match ball for the tournament was the Adidas Roteiro.[5]
Official mascot
Official mascot was Bei Bei
Official song
The AFC selected "宣言 (Declaration)", "Take Me To The Sky" (English Version Title) by Chinese singer Tiger Hu as the tournament's official song.[6][7]
Controversies
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 Olympic 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. [citation needed] There was also significant controversy over the refereeing of various matches in the tournament relating to the host China PR, specifically on China 3-0 Iraq and China 1-1 Iran. The match between China and Iraq featured a controversial penalty awarded to Zheng Zhi, while the two red cards awarded to Iran and the neglection of Zhang Yaokun's deliberate violent conduct during the second half of the match was also questioned by authorities such as the head coach of Islamic Republic of Iran. 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.[8] 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,[9] while specifically asking Japanese nationals or people of Japanese origin to not display any form of excessive pride. Despite the Chinese government's campaign, a riot started by Chinese fans broke out near the north gate of the Workers' 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
- ↑ "The 'Hand of Koji'". telegraphindia.com. Telegraph India. 9 August 2004. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
Replays showed the midfielder had used his right hand to force the ball over the line, infuriating the Chinese players, coaching staff and a raucous crowd of 65,000.
- ↑ "Asian Cup 2004 All-Star team named". AFC Asian Cup. 7 August 2004. Archived from the original on 19 January 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ↑ "HISTORIA DE LA COPA ASIA" (in español). ANOTANDO FÚTBOL. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ↑ "Football Year 2004 the Most Successful for Adidas". Adidas. 16 December 2004. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ↑ 宣言—―2004亚洲杯歌曲合辑（单碟装CD
- ↑ 胡彦斌唱出2004亚洲杯“宣言"
- ↑ Bodeen, Christopher (7 August 2004). "Japan beats China to win Asian Cup again". USA Today. Retrieved 21 April 2010.
- ↑ Embassy of Japan in the People's Republic of China (5 August 2004). "（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 Asian Cup)" (in 日本語). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
External links
- RSSSF Details
- Official website (Archived)
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