The 2000 AFC Youth Championship was held between November 12 and 26 in Iran. It was won by Iraq 2–1 over Japan.

Participants

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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.Asian Youth Under 19 Championship re-drawn to “maintain peace”
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Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Winners

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The following teams qualified for the

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References

External links

Details on RSSF
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2000 in youth association football