2004 AFC Asian Cup Final

2004 AFC Asian Cup Final

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Event	2004 AFC Asian Cup
China PR Japan 1 3
20:00
Date	7 August 2004
Venue	Workers Stadium, Beijing
Man of the Match	Shunsuke Nakamura (Japan)
Referee	Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)
Attendance	62,000
Weather	Overcast 19°C <31% humidity

The AFC Asian Cup 2004 Final was an association football match that took place on 7 August 2004 at the Workers Stadium in Beijing, People's Republic of China, to determine the winner of the 2004 AFC Asian Cup.

Japan defeated China PR 3–1. This was third time that Japan won the AFC Asian Cup tournament.

Chinese fans jeered during Japan's national anthem and also during Japanese possession of the ball. Following the match, rioting by Chinese fans erupted near the north gate of Beijing's Workers Stadium and Japanese fans were transported to safety by bus.

Japanese player Koji Nakata's handball goal at 68th minute was not picked up by the referee, which led to great dissatisfaction of Chinese fans.

The tournament's closing ceremony was held immediately prior to kickoff.

Route to the final

China PR		Round	Japan
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Bahrain	2–2	Match 1	Oman	1–0
Indonesia	5–0	Match 2	Thailand	4–1
Qatar	1–0	Match 3	Iran	0–0
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		Final standing	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
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Iraq	3–0	Quarterfinals	Jordan	1–1 (4–3 pen.)
Iran	1–1 (4–3 pen.)	Semifinals	Bahrain	4–3

Match

Details

China PR v Japan

7 August 2004 20:00

China PR	1–3	Japan
Li Ming  31'	Report	Takashi Fukunishi  22' Koji Nakata  65' Keiji Tamada  90+1'

Workers Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait)

China PR

Japan

GK 1 Liu Yunfei RB 12 Wei Xin CB 4 Zhang Yaokun CB 5 Zheng Zhi LB 3 Sun Xiang RM 21 Li Ming CM 6 Shao Jiayi CM 15 Zhao Junzhe LM 22 Yan Song  68' CF 9 Hao Haidong  57' CF 29 Li Jinyu  75' Substitutions: FW 11 Li Yi  57' DF 7 Sun Jihai  68' FW 13 Xu Yunlong  75' Manager: Arie Haan

GK 23 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi RB 21 Akira Kaji CB 3 Makoto Tanaka CB 5 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto LB 6 Koji Nakata SW 22 Yuji Nakazawa CM 15 Takashi Fukunishi RW 10 Shunsuke Nakamura LW 14 Alex CF 11 Takayuki Suzuki CF 20 Keiji Tamada Manager: Zico

Man of the Match: Shunsuke Nakamura (Japan) Assistant referees: Saad Al Fadhli (Kuwait) Ali Al Khalifi (Qatar) Fourth official: Fathi Arabati (Jordan)

AFC Asian Cup 2004 Winners
Japan Third title