2000 AFC Asian Cup - Qualification

Qualification

  • Lebanon qualified automatically as host.
  • Saudi Arabia qualified automatically as defending champions.

42 teams participated in a preliminary tournament. It was divided into 10 groups and the first-placed team of each group thus qualified. A total of 84 games were held, starting with the Oman versus Kyrgyzstan game on August 3, 1999.

The other 10 qualifying teams were:

  • China PR
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Japan
  • Kuwait
  • South Korea
  • Qatar
  • Thailand
  • Uzbekistan

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