Lebanon 2000 - The Asian Nations Cup   SCHEDULE (all groups all matches)

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Group B Korea Rep. Korea have been the pioneers on world level for Asian football. But it was the North who shocked the world by eliminating Italy 1966 at the World Cup at England, before giving away a 3:0 lead at quarter finals against Eusebio's Portugal (3:5). Korea Rep.=South Korea then qualified for 4 consecutive World Cups 1986-1998 withouth making much progress resultwise. They are very ambitious and play a decent football but yet there is always some ingredients missing in the receipe. But four consecutive qualifications on the other side prove that they can be considered a dominant force on the Asian level. Meanwhile the Under 23 team disappointed at the Olympics though it seems a bit unfair to say so: They beat Morocco and Chile 1:0 and lost to Spain 0:3. They then had to go home because there were three teams with 6 points and they had been the one with the worst goal difference. China China, such a big (maybe too big?) country and partly soccer enthusiasts, have neither won this title yet nor qualified for a World Cup. Only on youth level they have already impressed. It was expected that this generation of players would make a big step forward but yet it did not happen. China is one of the countries with a professional football legaue but it is talked of critically because of corruption allegations. Now world wide well known Bora Milotinovic will try his luck to lead China to the title or/and the next World Cup, which will be a togh task: because of the direct qualification of Japan and Korea only 2 more places are guarantueed for Asia (plus a half place which means a playoff against an European team). Kuwait Kuwait are the strongest Arabian challenger for Saudi Arabia and in good years always capable to come close to winning the title. They won 1980 at home and came among the final four two more times. Their Under 23 team just took part at the Olympics, where they were partly responsible for the knock out of Chech Republic which they beat 3:2. The other two matches against Cameroon and USA were lost. Indonesia Indonesia are total outsiders. While there are about ten, twelve Asian teams who play on a quite similar level, the rest looks to be far behind. Indonesia is widely tipped to get punished for having qualified.

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day 1 Kuwait - Indonesia 0:0 dailysoccer/reuters: Attendance: 2,000  Teams:  Kuwait - 21-Falah Majidi, 2-Osama Abdullah, 3-Jamal Abdul-Rahman, 5-Nohayr al-Shammari, 6-Husain Khodhari (17-Esam al-Kandari 6), 7-Bader al-Halabeej, 8-Saleh al-Azemi, 9-Bashar Abdullah (19-Faraj Saeid 73), 11-Abdullah Saihan (14-Khalaf al-Mutairi 59), 13-Ahmad Mutairi, 20-Jasem al-Huwdi  Indonesia - 1-Hendro Kartiko, 3-Aji Santosa, 4-Ismed Sofyan, 6-Eko Purdjianto, 8-Matheus Setanurdiyantara (15-Jaris Riyadi 65), 9-Usten Nawawi (16-Imran Nahumarury 52), 10-Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto, 12-Edward Ivac Dalam (17-I Putu Gede Swi Santoso 25), 14-Djet Donald Laala, 19-Nur Alim, 21-Rochy Melkiano Edfen Putiray  South Korea - China 2:2 dailysoccer/reuters: Scorers:  South Korea - Lee Young-pyo 29, Noh Jung-yooh 57  China - Ma Mingyu 35, Fan Zhiyi 65 pen  Halftime: 1-1; Attendance: 1,000  Red Card: Hong Myung-bo (South Korea) 64  Teams:  South Korea - 18-Kim Yong-Dae, 20-Hong Myung-Bo, 24-Park Jae-Hong, 30-Sim Jae-Won, 4-Park Jin-Sub, 6-Yoo Sang-Chul (23-Park Ji-Sung 61), 10-Noh Jung-Yoon (28-Choi Chul-Woo 76), 11-Lee Dong-Gook, 12-Lee Young-Pyo, 16-Kim Sang-Sik, 9-Seol Ki-Hyeon  China - 22-Jiang Jin, 2-Zhang Enhua, 4-Wu Chengying, 5-Fan Zhiyi, 6-Li Ming, 10-Su Maozhen, 15-Shen Si, 20-Yang Chen (12-Qu Shengoing 68), 8-Li Tie, 9-Ma Mingyu, 13-Chen Gang (21-Xu Yunlong 84)

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day 2 Kuwait - Korea  1:0 Scorer: Jasem al-Huwdi 42  att.: 5,000  Kuwait - 21-Falah Majidi; 2-Osama Abdullah, 3-Jamal Abdul-Rahman, 4-Ali Asel, 5-Nohayr al-Shammari, 7-Bader al-Halabeej (11-Abdullah Saihan 63), 8-Saleh al-Azemi, 9-Bashar  Abdullah, 13-Ahmad Mutairi, 16-Naser al-Othman (17-Esam al-Kandari 78), 20-Jasem al-Huwdi (19-Faraj Saeid 71)  South Korea - 1-Lee Woon-jae; 2-Kang Chul, 4-Park Jin-jub (3-Ha Seok-ju 45), 6-Yoo Sang-chul, 9-Seol Ki-hyeon, 10-Noh Jung-yoon (8-Yoon Jong-hwan 67), 11-Lee Dong-gook, 12-Lee Young-pyo, 16-Kim Sang-sik, 24-Park Jae-hong, 30-Sim Jae-won  Indonesia - China  0:4 Scorers: Li Ming 1, Shen Si 7 pen, Yang Chen 15, Qi Hong 89  att.: 2,000  China - 22-Jiang Jin; 2-Zhang Enhua (5-Fan Zhiyi 33), 4-Wu Chengying, 6-Li Ming, 8-Li Tie, 9-Ma Mingyu, 10-Su Maozhen (12-Qu Shengqing 77), 14-Li Weifeng, 15-Shen Si, 20-Yang Chen (19-Qi Hong 81), 21-Xu Yunlong  Indonesia - 1-Hendro Kartiko; 3-Aji Santosa (17-I Putu Gede Santoso 46), 4-Ismed Sofyan, 6-Eko Purdjianto, 8-Matheus Setanurdiyantara, 10-Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto, 11-Bima Sakti, 14-Djet Donald Laala (23-Selamet Riadi 20), 16-Imran Nahumarury, 19-Nur Alim, 21-Rochy Melkiano Edfen Putiray (20-Bambang Pamungkas 69)

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day 3 Korea - Indonesia 3:0 Scorer: Lee Dong-Gook 30, 75, 89  Attendance: 500  South Korea - 1-Lee Woon-Jae; 2-Kang Chul, 7-Kim Tae-Young, 9-Seol Ki-Hyeon, 10-Noh Jung-Hoon (6-Yoo Sang-Chul 57), 11-Lee Dong-Gook, 12-Lee Young-Pyo, 16-Kim Sang-Sik (8-Yoon Jong-Hwan  46), 17-Choi Sung-Yong (15-Lee Min-Sung 74), 20-Hong Myung-Bo, 23-Park Ji-Sung  Indonesia - 13-Komang Putra Adnyana; 4-Ismed Sofyan, 5-Sugiyantoro, 6-Eko Purdjianto, 8-Matheus Setanurdiyantara (16-Imran Nahumarury 79), 9-Uston Nawawi, 10-Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto, 11-Bima Sakti, 12-Edward Ivak Dalam (21-Rochi Putiray 46), 17-I Putu Gede Santoso (19-Nur'alim), 23-Selamet Riadi  China - Kuwait 0:0 Attendance: 5,000  China - 22-Jiang Jin; 4-Wu Chengying, 6-Li Ming, 9-Ma Mingyu, 11-Xie Hui (12-Qu Shengqing 66), 13-Chen Gang (18-Xu Yang 46), 14-Li Weifeng, 15-Shen Si (27-Shao Jiay 46), 19-Qi Hong, 20-Yang Chen, 21-Xu Yunlong  Kuwait - 21-Falah Majidi; 2-Osama Abdullah, 3-Jamal Abdul-Rahman, 4-Ali Asel, 5-Nohayr al-Shammari, 7-Bader al-Halabeej (18-Amhed Musaa 60), 8-Saleh al-Azemi, 9-Bashar Abdullah, 13-Ahmad Mutairi, 16-Naser al-Othman (11-Abdullah Wabran 86), 20-Jasem al-Huwdi (19-Faraj Laheeb 75)  China, Kuwait, and South Korea are qualified for quarter finals

 

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