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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = 
| year = 2004
| other_titles = 2004年亚洲杯足球赛
| image = File:2004 AFC Asian Cup full logo.svg
| size = 200px
| caption = 
| country = China
| dates = 17 July – 7 August
| num_teams = 16
| confederations = 1
| venues = 4
| cities = 4
| champion = JPN
| count = 3
| second = PRC
| third = IRN
| fourth = BHR
| matches = 32
| goals = 96
| attendance = 937650
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|Bahrain}} [[A'ala Hubail]] <br>{{flagicon|Iran}} [[Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1978)|Ali Karimi]]<br />(5 goals each)
| player = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Shunsuke Nakamura]]
| fair_play    = {{fb|CHN}}
| prevseason = [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]]
| nextseason = [[2007 AFC Asian Cup|2007]]
}}

The '''2004 AFC Asian Cup''' was the 13th edition of the men's [[AFC Asian Cup]], a quadrennial international [[association football|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 national football team|Japan]] defeated [[China national football team|China]] in the [[2004 AFC Asian Cup Final|final]] in [[Beijing]].

The tournament was marked by [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]]'s unexpected failure to even make it out of the first round; a surprisingly good performance by [[Bahrain national football team|Bahrain]], which finished in fourth place; [[Jordan national football team|Jordan]], which reached the quarterfinals in its first appearance and [[Indonesia national football team|Indonesia]], which gained their historical first Asian Cup win against [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]]. The final match between China and Japan was marked by post-match rioting by [[China|Chinese]] fans near the north gate of Beijing [[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]], in part due to controversial officiating and [[anti-Japanese sentiment]] resulting from historical tensions.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3541380.stm Chinese riot after Japan victory]</ref>

==Venues==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan="4"| {{location map+|China|float=left|width=300|caption=|places=
{{location map~|China|lat=39.929528|long=116.441139|label='''[[Beijing]]'''|position=left}}
{{location map~|China|lat=29.528611|long=106.502222|label='''[[Chongqing]]'''|position=right}}
{{location map~|China|lat=36.646667|long=117.005833|label='''[[Jinan]]'''|position=left}}
{{location map~|China|lat=30.615778|long=104.307826|label='''[[Chengdu]]'''|position=left}}
}}
! [[Beijing]]
! [[Chongqing]]
! [[Jinan]]
! [[Chengdu]]
|-
| [[Workers' Stadium (1959)|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'''
|-
| [[File:Workers Stadium 2008.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Chongqing Olympic Stadium.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:SHANGDONGSPORTS.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Flag of None.svg|130px]]
|-

|}

==Qualification==
{{Main|2004 AFC Asian Cup 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.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:17%;"|Country !! style="width:17%;"|Qualified as!! style="width:17%;"|Date qualification was secured !! style="width:49%;"|Previous appearances in tournament<sup>[[#1|1]], [[#2|2]]</sup>
|-
|{{fb|CHN}} || {{sort|*Hosts|Hosts}} || 28 October 2000 || {{Sort|07|7}} ([[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976]], [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]], [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]], [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]], [[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]], [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]])
|-
|{{fb|JPN}} || [[2000 AFC Asian Cup]] winners || 26 October 2000 || {{Sort|04|4}} ([[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]], '''''[[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]]''''', [[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]], '''[[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]]''')
|-
|{{fb|KUW}} || {{Sort|B1|[[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group B 2|Qualifying round Group B]] winners}} || 5 October 2003 || {{Sort|07|7}} ([[1972 AFC Asian Cup|1972]], [[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976]], '''''[[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]]''''', [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]], [[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]], [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]])
|-
|{{fb|KSA}} || {{Sort|C1|[[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group C 2|Qualifying round Group C]] winners}} || 15 October 2003 || {{Sort|05|5}} ('''[[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]]''', '''[[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]]''', [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]], '''[[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]]''', [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]])
|-
|{{fb|IDN}} || {{Sort|C2|[[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group C 2|Qualifying round Group C]] runners-up}} || 15 October 2003 || {{Sort|02|2}} ([[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]], [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]])
|-
|{{fb|OMA}} || {{Sort|E1|[[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group E 2|Qualifying round Group E]] winners}} || 21 October 2003 || {{Sort|00|0}} (Debut)
|-
|{{fb|IRQ|1991}} || {{Sort|F1|[[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group F 2|Qualifying round Group F]] winners}} || 22 October 2003 || {{Sort|04|4}} ([[1972 AFC Asian Cup|1972]], [[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976]], [[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]], [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]])
|-
|{{fb|BHR}} || {{Sort|F2|[[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group F 2|Qualifying round Group F]] runners-up}} || 22 October 2003 || {{Sort|01|1}} ([[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]])
|-
|{{fb|KOR|1997}} || {{Sort|E2|[[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group E 2|Qualifying round Group E]] runners-up}} || 24 October 2003 || {{Sort|09|9}} ('''[[1956 AFC Asian Cup|1956]]''', '''''[[1960 AFC Asian Cup|1960]]''''', [[1964 AFC Asian Cup|1964]], [[1972 AFC Asian Cup|1972]], [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]], [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]], [[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]], [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]])
|-
|{{fb|JOR}} || {{Sort|D2|[[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group D 2|Qualifying round Group D]] runners-up}} || 18 November 2003 || {{Sort|00|0}} (Debut)
|-
|{{fb|UAE}} || {{Sort|G2|[[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group G 2|Qualifying round Group G]] runners-up}} || 18 November 2003 || {{Sort|05|5}} ([[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]], [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]], [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]], ''[[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]]'')
|-
|{{fb|UZB}} || {{Sort|A1|[[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group A 2|Qualifying round Group A]] winners}} || 19 November 2003 || {{Sort|02|2}} ([[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]], [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]])
|-
|{{fb|QAT}} || {{Sort|B2|[[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group B 2|Qualifying round Group B]] runners-up}} || 19 November 2003 || {{Sort|05|5}} ([[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]], [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], ''[[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]]'', [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]], [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]])
|-
|{{fb|IRN}} || {{Sort|D1|[[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group D 2|Qualifying round Group D]] winners}} || 19 November 2003 || {{Sort|09|9}} ('''''[[1968 AFC Asian Cup|1968]]''''', '''[[1972 AFC Asian Cup|1972]]''', '''''[[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976]]''''', [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]], [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]], [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]], [[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]], [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]])
|-
|{{fb|THA}} || {{Sort|A2|[[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group A 2|Qualifying round Group A]] runners-up}} || 21 November 2003 || {{Sort|04|4}} (''[[1972 AFC Asian Cup|1972]]'', [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]], [[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]], [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]])
|-
|{{fb|TKM}} || {{Sort|G1|[[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group G 2|Qualifying round Group G]] winners}} || 28 November 2003 || {{Sort|00|0}} (Debut)
|}

Notes:
:<div id="1"><sup>1</sup> '''Bold''' indicates champion for that year</div>
:<div id="2"><sup>2</sup> ''Italic'' indicates host</div>

==Seeds==
{| class=wikitable width=90%
!Pot A
!Pot B
!Pot C
!Pot D
|-
|width=25%|
{{fb|China}}<br>{{fb|Japan}}<br>{{fb|South Korea|1997}}<br>{{fb|Saudi Arabia}}
|width=25%|
{{fb|Iran}}<br>{{fb|Iraq|1991}}<br>{{fb|Kuwait}}<br>{{fb|Qatar}}
|width=25%|
{{fb|Indonesia}}<br>{{fb|Thailand}}<br>{{fb|United Arab Emirates}}<br>{{fb|Uzbekistan}}
|width=25%|
{{fb|Bahrain}}<br>{{fb|Jordan}}<br>{{fb|Oman}}<br>{{fb|Turkmenistan}}
|}

==Squads==
{{details|2004 AFC Asian Cup 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 Hubail|Mohamed]] and [[Ala'a Hubail|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.<ref name="Koji handball">{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/the-hand-of-koji/cid/1048127 |title=The 'Hand of Koji' |last= |first= |date=2004-08-09 |website=telegraphindia.com |publisher=Telegraph India |access-date=2022-04-03 |quote=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.}}</ref> 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 (1959)|Workers' Stadium]] over referee's controversial decision allowing the handball goal of Koji Nakata.

==Officials==
;Referees
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Shield]]
* {{flagicon|BHR}} Abdul Rahman Al-Delawar
* {{flagicon|BEN}} [[Coffi Codjia]]
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Lu Jun (referee)|Lu Jun]]
* {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Masoud Moradi]]
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Toru Kamikawa]]
* {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Kwon Jong-chul]]
* {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli]]
* {{flagicon|LIB}} [[Talaat Najm]]
* {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh]]
* {{flagicon|KSA}} Naser Al-Hamdan
* {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Shamsul Maidin]]
* {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} Mohammed Kousa
* {{flagicon|THA}} Chaiwat Kunsata
* {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Fareed Al-Marzouqi]]
* {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Ravshan Irmatov]]
{{colend}}
;Assistant Referees
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
* {{flagicon|AUS}} Nathan Gibson
* {{flagicon|BAN}} Mahbubur Mahbub
* {{flagicon|CHN}} Liu Tiejun
* {{flagicon|HKG}} Yau Tak Lee
* {{flagicon|IND}} Sankar Komaleeswaran
* {{flagicon|IDN}} Aries Soetomo
* {{flagicon|IRQ|1991}} Khalil Ibrahim Abbas
* {{flagicon|JOR}} Fathi Arabati
* {{flagicon|MDV}} Mohamed Saeed
* {{flagicon|OMA}} Ali Ahmed Al Qasimi
* {{flagicon|PLE}} Fayez Al Basha
* {{flagicon|QAT}} Ali Al Khalifi
* {{flagicon|SRI}} Chandrajith Marasinghe
* {{flagicon|TKM}} Begench Allaberdyev
* {{flagicon|TUN}} Taoufik Adjengui
* {{flagicon|VIE}} Trương Thế Toàn
{{colend}}

== First round ==
All times are [[China standard time]] ([[UTC+8]])

=== Group A ===

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|team4=QAT|name_QAT={{fb|QAT}}
|win_CHN=2|draw_CHN=1|loss_CHN=0|gf_CHN=8|ga_CHN=2|status_CHN=H
|win_BHR=1|draw_BHR=2|loss_BHR=0|gf_BHR=6|ga_BHR=4
|win_IDN=1|draw_IDN=0|loss_IDN=2|gf_IDN=3|ga_IDN=9
|win_QAT=0|draw_QAT=1|loss_QAT=2|gf_QAT=2|ga_QAT=4

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
|result1=A|result2=A
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|date= 17 July 2004
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHN}}
|score = 2–2
|report= [http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-a-china-bahrain/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BHR}}
|goals1 = [[Zheng Zhi]] {{goal|58|pen.}}<br />[[Li Jinyu]] {{goal|66}}
|goals2 = [[Mohamed Hubail|M. Hubail]] {{goal|41}}<br />[[Husain Ali|Ali]] {{goal|89}}
|stadium = [[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]], [[Beijing]]
|attendance= 40,000
|referee= [[Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh]] ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]])
}}
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|date= 18 July 2004
|time = 17:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|QAT}}
|score = 1–2
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-a-katar-indonesien/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IDN}}
|goals1 = [[Magid Mohamed|Magid]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2 = [[Budi Sudarsono|Budi]] {{goal|26}}<br />[[Ponaryo Astaman|Ponaryo]] {{goal|48}}
|stadium = [[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]], [[Beijing]]
|attendance=5,000
|referee= [[Masoud Moradi]] ([[Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation|Iran]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date= 21 July 2004
|time = 18:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BHR}}
|score = 1–1
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-a-bahrain-katar/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|QAT}}
|goals1 = [[Mohamed Hubail|M. Hubail]] {{goal|90+1}}
|goals2 = [[Wesam Rizik|Rizik]] {{goal|59|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]], [[Beijing]]
|attendance=48,000
|referee=[[Toru Kamikawa]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
}}
{{football box
|date= 21 July 2004
|time = 21:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|INA}}
|score = 0–5
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-a-china-indonesien/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CHN}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Shao Jiayi]] {{goal|25||66}} <br />[[Hao Haidong]] {{goal|40}}<br />[[Li Ming (footballer, born 1971)|Li Ming]] {{goal|51}}<br />[[Li Yi (footballer)|Li Yi]] {{goal|80}}
|stadium = [[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]], [[Beijing]]
|attendance=48,000
|referee= [[Talaat Najm]] ([[Lebanon Football Association|Lebanon]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date= 25 July 2004
|time = 19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHN}}
|score = 1–0
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-a-china-katar/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|QAT}}
|goals1 = [[Xu Yunlong]] {{goal|77}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]], [[Beijing]]
|attendance= 60,000
|referee= [[Masoud Moradi]] ([[Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation|Iran]])
}}
{{football box
|date= 25 July 2004
|time = 19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BHR}}
|score = 3–1
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-a-bahrain-indonesien/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IDN}}
|goals1 = [[Husain Ali|Ali]] {{goal|43}}<br />[[A'ala Hubail|A. Hubail]] {{goal|57}}<br />[[Talal Yousef|Yousef]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2 = [[Elie Aiboy|Elie]] {{goal|75}}
|stadium = [[Shandong Sports Center]], [[Jinan]]
|attendance= 20,000
|referee= [[Coffi Codjia]] ([[Benin Football Federation|Benin]])
}}

=== Group B ===

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|team2=JOR|name_JOR={{fb|JOR}}
|team3=KUW|name_KUW={{fb|KUW}}
|team4=UAE|name_UAE={{fb|UAE}}
|win_KOR=2|draw_KOR=1|loss_KOR=0|gf_KOR=6|ga_KOR=0
|win_JOR=1|draw_JOR=2|loss_JOR=0|gf_JOR=2|ga_JOR=0
|win_KUW=1|draw_KUW=0|loss_KUW=2|gf_KUW=3|ga_KUW=7
|win_UAE=0|draw_UAE=1|loss_UAE=2|gf_UAE=1|ga_UAE=5

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/saffgold2018.html RSSSF]
}}</onlyinclude>

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|time = 18:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1997}}
|score = 0–0
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-b-suedkorea-jordanien/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|JOR}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Shandong Sports Center]], [[Jinan]]
|attendance= 26,000
|referee= [[Shamsul Maidin]] ([[Football Association of Singapore|Singapore]])
}}

{{football box
|date= 19 July 2004
|time = 21:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}}
|score = 3–1
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-b-kuwait-va-emirate/ Report] <br/> [https://web.archive.org/web/20070125175906/http://2004.afcasiancup.com/en/news/index.asp?aid=36098&cid=1042&sqid=973&amth=7&ayr=2004 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|UAE}}
|goals1 = [[Bashar Abdullah|B. Abdullah]] {{goal|24}}<br />[[Bader Al-Mutawa|Al-Mutawa]] {{goal|39|pen.}} <br/> [[Basheer Saeed|Saeed]] {{goal|45|o.g.}}
|goals2 = [[Mohamed Rashid|Rashid]] {{goal|47}}
|stadium = [[Shandong Sports Center]], [[Jinan]]
|attendance= 31,250
|referee= Naser Al-Hamdan ([[Saudi Arabia Football Federation|Saudi Arabia]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date= 23 July 2004
|time = 18:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JOR}}
|score = 2–0
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-b-jordanien-kuwait/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KUW}}
|goals1 = [[Khaled Saad|Saad]] {{goal|90+1}}<br />[[Anas Al-Zboun|Al-Zboun]] {{goal|90+2}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Shandong Sports Center]], [[Jinan]]
|attendance= 28,000
|referee= [[Lu Jun (referee)|Lu Jun]] ([[Chinese Football Association|China]])
}}

{{football box
|date= 23 July 2004
|time = 21:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}
|score = 0–2
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-b-va-emirate-suedkorea/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KOR|1997}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Lee Dong-gook]] {{goal|41}}<br />[[Ahn Jung-hwan]] {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium = [[Shandong Sports Center]], [[Jinan]]
|attendance= 30,000
|referee= [[Ravshan Irmatov]] ([[Uzbekistan Football Federation|Uzbekistan]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date= 27 July 2004
|time = 19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JOR}}
|score = 0–0
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-b-jordanien-va-emirate/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|UAE}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]], [[Beijing]]
|attendance= 25,000
|referee= [[Talaat Najm]] ([[Lebanon Football Association|Lebanon]])
}}

{{football box
|date= 27 July 2004
|time = 19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1997}}
|score = 4–0
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-b-suedkorea-kuwait/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KUW}}
|goals1 = [[Lee Dong-gook]] {{goal|25||41}}<br />[[Cha Du-ri]] {{goal|45+1}}<br />[[Ahn Jung-hwan]] {{goal|75}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Shandong Sports Center]], [[Jinan]]
|attendance= 15,000
|referee= [[Shamsul Maidin]] ([[Football Association of Singapore|Singapore]])
}}

=== Group C ===

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|section=Group C
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=y
|ptsfirst=

|status_text_A=Advance to the [[#Knockout stage|quarter-finals]]
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|team2=IRQ|name_IRQ={{fb|IRQ|1991}}
|team3=TKM|name_TKM={{fb|TKM}}
|team4=KSA|name_KSA={{fb|KSA}}
|win_UZB=3|draw_UZB=0|loss_UZB=0|gf_UZB=3|ga_UZB=0
|win_IRQ=2|draw_IRQ=0|loss_IRQ=1|gf_IRQ=5|ga_IRQ=4
|win_TKM=0|draw_TKM=1|loss_TKM=2|gf_TKM=4|ga_TKM=6
|win_KSA=0|draw_KSA=1|loss_KSA=2|gf_KSA=3|ga_KSA=5

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/saffgold2018.html RSSSF]
}}</onlyinclude>

{{football box
|date= 18 July 2004
|time = 18:45
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}
|score = 2–2
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-c-saudi-arabien-turkmenistan/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|TKM}}
|goals1 = [[Yasser Al-Qahtani|Al-Qahtani]] {{goal|9|pen.|59}}
|goals2 = [[Nazar Bayramov|N. Bayramov]] {{goal|6}}<br />[[Begençmuhammet Kulyýew|Kulyýew]] {{goal|90+3}}
|stadium = [[Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium]], [[Chengdu]]
|attendance= 12,400
|referee= Chaiwat Kunsata ([[Football Association of Thailand|Thailand]])
}}

{{football box
|date= 18 July 2004
|time = 21:15
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ|1991}}
|score = 0–1
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-c-irak-usbekistan/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|UZB}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Mirjalol Qosimov|Qosimov]] {{goal|21}}
|stadium = [[Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium]], [[Chengdu]]
|attendance= 12,400
|referee= [[Kwon Jong-chul]] ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date= 22 July 2004
|time = 18:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TKM}}
|score = 2–3
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-c-turkmenistan-irak/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IRQ|1991}}
|goals1 = [[Vladimir Bayramov|V. Bayramov]] {{goal|14}}<br />[[Begençmuhammet Kulyýew|Kulyýew]] {{goal|85}}
|goals2 = [[Hawar Mulla Mohammed|H. M. Mohammed]] {{goal|12}}<br />[[Razzaq Farhan|Farhan]] {{goal|80}}<br />[[Qusay Munir|Munir]] {{goal|88}}
|stadium = [[Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium]], [[Chengdu]]
|attendance= 22,000
|referee= [[Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli]] ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]])
}}

{{football box
|date= 22 July 2004
|time = 21:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UZB}}
|score = 1–0
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-c-usbekistan-saudi-arabien/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}
|goals1 = [[Alexander Geynrikh|Geynrikh]] {{goal|13}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium]], [[Chengdu]]
|attendance= 22,000
|referee= [[Coffi Codjia]] ([[Benin Football Federation|Benin]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date= 26 July 2004
|time = 19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}
|score = 1–2
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-c-saudi-arabien-irak/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IRQ|1991}}
|goals1 = [[Hamad Al-Montashari|Al-Montashari]] {{goal|57}}
|goals2 = [[Nashat Akram|Akram]] {{goal|51}}<br />[[Younis Mahmoud|Mahmoud]] {{goal|86}}
|stadium = [[Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium]], [[Chengdu]]
|attendance= 15,000
|referee= [[Kwon Jong-chul]] ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]])
}}

{{football box
|date= 26 July 2004
|time = 19:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TKM}}
|score = 0–1
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-c-turkmenistan-usbekistan/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|UZB}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Mirjalol Qosimov|Qosimov]] {{goal|58}}
|stadium = [[Chongqing Olympic Sports Center]], [[Chongqing]]
|attendance= 34,000
|referee= Mohammed Kousa ([[Syrian Arab Federation for Football|Syria]])
}}

=== Group D ===


<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group D
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=y
|ptsfirst=

|status_text_A=Advance to the [[#Knockout stage|quarter-finals]]
|team1=JPN|name_JPN={{fb|JPN}}
|team2=IRN|name_IRN={{fb|IRN}}
|team3=OMA|name_OMA={{fb|OMA}}
|team4=THA|name_THA={{fb|THA}}
|win_JPN=2|draw_JPN=1|loss_JPN=0|gf_JPN=5|ga_JPN=1
|win_IRN=1|draw_IRN=2|loss_IRN=0|gf_IRN=5|ga_IRN=2
|win_OMA=1|draw_OMA=1|loss_OMA=1|gf_OMA=4|ga_OMA=3
|win_THA=0|draw_THA=0|loss_THA=3|gf_THA=1|ga_THA=9

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/saffgold2018.html RSSSF]
}}</onlyinclude>

{{football box
|date= 20 July 2004
|time = 18:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN}}
|score = 1–0
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-d-japan-oman/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|OMA}}
|goals1 = [[Shunsuke Nakamura|Nakamura]] {{goal|33}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Chongqing Olympic Sports Center]], [[Chongqing]]
|attendance= 35,000
|referee= [[Mark Shield]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
}}

{{football box
|date= 20 July 2004
|time = 20:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRN}}
|score = 3–0
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-d-iran-thailand/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|THA}}
|goals1 = [[Reza Enayati|Enayati]] {{goal|71}}<br />[[Javad Nekounam|Nekounam]] {{goal|80}}<br />[[Ali Daei|Daei]] {{goal|86|pen.}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Chongqing Olympic Sports Center]], [[Chongqing]]
|attendance= 37,000
|referee= Mohammad Kousa ([[Syrian Arab Federation for Football|Syria]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date= 24 July 2004
|time = 18:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|OMA}}
|score = 2–2
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-d-oman-iran/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IRN}}
|goals1 = [[Amad Al Hosni|Al-Hosni]] {{goal|31||40}}
|goals2 = [[Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1978)|Karimi]] {{goal|61}}<br />[[Mohammad Nosrati|Nosrati]] {{goal|90+4}}
|stadium = [[Chongqing Olympic Sports Center]], [[Chongqing]]
|attendance= 35,000
|referee= Abdul Rahman Al-Delawar ([[Bahrain Football Association|Bahrain]])
}}

{{football box
|date= 24 July 2004
|time = 20:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Thailand}}
|score = 1–4
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-d-thailand-japan/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|Japan}}
|goals1 = [[Sutee Suksomkit|Sutee]] {{goal|12}}
|goals2 = [[Shunsuke Nakamura|Nakamura]] {{goal|21}}<br />[[Yuji Nakazawa|Nakazawa]] {{goal|57||87}}<br />[[Takashi Fukunishi|Fukunishi]] {{goal|68}}
|stadium = [[Chongqing Olympic Sports Center]], [[Chongqing]]
|attendance= 45,000
|referee= [[Fareed Al-Marzouqi]] ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|UAE]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date= 28 July 2004
|time = 18:15
|team1 = {{fb-rt|OMA}}
|score = 2–0
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-d-oman-thailand/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|THA}}
|goals1 = [[Rangsan Viwatchaichok|Rangsan]] {{goal|15|o.g.}}<br />[[Amad Al Hosni|Al-Hosni]] {{goal|49}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium]], [[Chengdu]]
|attendance= 13,000
|referee= [[Lu Jun (referee)|Lu Jun]] ([[Chinese Football Association|China]])
}}

{{football box
|date= 28 July 2004
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN}}
|score = 0–0
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-gruppe-d-japan-iran/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IRN}}
|time = 18:15
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Chongqing Olympic Sports Center]], [[Chongqing]]
|attendance= 52,000
|referee= [[Mark Shield]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
}}

== Knockout stage ==
All times are [[China standard time]] ([[UTC+8]])

{{Round8|3rdplace=yes|widescore=yes
|RD1=[[#Quarter-finals|Quarter-finals]]
|RD2=[[#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
|RD3=[[#Final|Final]]
|Consol=[[#Third place playoff|Third place]]
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals  -->
|30 July – [[Beijing]]|'''{{fb|CHN}}'''|'''3'''|{{fb|IRQ|1991}}|0
|31 July – [[Jinan]]|{{fb|KOR|1997}}|3|'''{{fb|IRN}}'''|'''4'''
|30 July – [[Chengdu]]|{{fb|UZB}}|2 (3)|{{nobr|'''{{fb|BHR}}''' {{pso}}}}|{{nobr|'''2 (4)'''}}
|31 July – [[Chongqing]]|{{nobr|'''{{fb|JPN}}''' {{pso}}}}|'''1 (4)'''|{{fb|JOR}}|1 (3)
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|3 August – [[Beijing]]|'''{{fb|CHN}}''' {{pso}}|{{nobr|'''1 (4)'''}}|{{fb|IRN}}|1 (3)
|3 August – [[Jinan]]|{{fb|BHR}}|3|{{nobr|'''{{fb|JPN}}''' {{aet}}}}|'''4'''
<!--final  -->
|7 August – [[Beijing]]|{{fb|CHN}}|1|'''{{fb|JPN}}'''|'''3'''
<!--third place  -->
|{{nobr|6 August – [[Beijing]]}}|'''{{fb|IRN}}'''|'''4'''|{{fb|BHR}}|2
}}

=== Quarter-finals ===
{{football box
|date= 30 July 2004
|time = 18:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UZB}}
|score = 2–2
|aet = yes
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-viertelfinale-usbekistan-bahrain/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BHR}}
|goals1 = [[Alexander Geynrikh|Geynrikh]] {{goal|60}}<br />[[Vladimir Shishelov|Shishelov]] {{goal|86}}
|goals2 = [[A'ala Hubail|A. Hubail]] {{goal|71||76}}
|stadium = [[Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium]], [[Chengdu]]
|attendance= 18,000
|referee= [[Kwon Jong-chul]] ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]])
|penalties1 = [[Andrei Fyodorov (footballer)|Fyodorov]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Server Djeparov|Djeperov]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Alexander Geynrikh|Geynrikh]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Marat Bikmaev|Bikmaev]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Leonid Koshelev|Koshelev]] {{penmiss}}
|penaltyscore = 3–4
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Husain Ali|Ali]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Mohamed Juma (footballer)|Juma]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Hussain Ali Baba|Baba]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Saleh Ahmed Farhan|Farhan]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[A'ala Hubail|A. Hubail]]
}}
----
{{football box
|date= 30 July 2004
|time = 21:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHN}}
|score = 3–0
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-viertelfinale-china-irak/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IRQ|1991}}
|goals1 = [[Hao Haidong]] {{goal|8}}<br />[[Zheng Zhi]] {{goal|81|pen.|90+2|pen.}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]], [[Beijing]]
|attendance= 60,000
|referee= [[Shamsul Maidin]] ([[Football Association of Singapore|Singapore]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date= 31 July 2004
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN}}
|score = 1–1
|aet = yes
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-viertelfinale-japan-jordanien/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|Jordan}}
|time = 18:00
|goals1 = [[Takayuki Suzuki|Suzuki]] {{goal|14}}
|goals2 = [[Mahmoud Shelbaieh|Shelbaieh]] {{goal|11}}
|stadium = [[Chongqing Olympic Sports Center]], [[Chongqing]]
|attendance= 52,000
|referee= [[Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh]] ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]])
|penalties1 = [[Shunsuke Nakamura|Nakamura]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Alessandro dos Santos|Alex]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Takashi Fukunishi|Fukunishi]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Koji Nakata|Nakata]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Takayuki Suzuki|Suzuki]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Yuji Nakazawa|Nakazawa]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Tsuneyasu Miyamoto|Miyamoto]] {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore = 4–3
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Abdullah Abu Zema|Abu Zema]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Rateb Al-Awadat|Al-Awadat]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Hatem Aqel|Aqel]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Haitham Al-Shboul|Al-Shboul]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Faisal Ibrahim|Ibrahim]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Anas Al-Zboun|Al-Zboun]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Bashar Bani Yaseen|Bani Yaseen]]
}}
----
{{football box
|date= 31 July 2004
|time = 21:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1997}}
|score = 3–4
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-viertelfinale-suedkorea-iran/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IRN}}
|goals1 = [[Seol Ki-hyeon]] {{goal|16}}<br />[[Lee Dong-gook]] {{goal|25}}<br />[[Kim Nam-il]] {{goal|68}}
|goals2 = [[Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1978)|Karimi]] {{goal|10||20||77}}<br />[[Park Jin-seop]] {{goal|51|o.g.}}
|stadium = [[Shandong Sports Center]], [[Jinan]]
|attendance= 20,000
|referee= [[Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli]] ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]])
}}

=== Semi-finals ===
{{football box
|date= 3 August 2004
|time = 18:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BHR}}
|score = 3–4 
|asget = yes 
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-halbfinale-bahrain-japan/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|JPN}}
|goals1 = [[A'ala Hubail|A. Hubail]] {{goal|7||71}}<br />[[Duaij Naser Abdulla|Naser]] {{goal|85}}
|goals2 = [[Koji Nakata|Nakata]] {{goal|48}}<br />[[Keiji Tamada|Tamada]] {{goal|55}}, {{silver goal|93}}<br />[[Yuji Nakazawa|Nakazawa]] {{goal|90}}
|stadium = [[Shandong Sports Center]], [[Jinan]]
|attendance= 32,000
|referee= [[Shamsul Maidin]] ([[Football Association of Singapore|Singapore]])
}}
----
{{football box
|date= 3 August 2004
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHN}}
|score = 1–1
|aet = yes
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-halbfinale-china-iran/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|Iran}}
|time = 21:00
|goals1 = [[Shao Jiayi]] {{goal|18}}
|goals2 = [[Mohammad Alavi (footballer)|Alavi]] {{goal|38}}
|stadium = [[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]], [[Beijing]]
|attendance= 55,000
|referee= [[Talaat Najm]] ([[Lebanon Football Association|Lebanon]])
|penalties1 = [[Zheng Zhi]] {{pengoal}} <br /> [[Zhao Junzhe]] {{penmiss}} <br /> [[Li Xiaopeng (footballer)|Li Xiaopeng]] {{pengoal}} <br /> [[Sun Xiang]] {{pengoal}} <br /> [[Shao Jiayi]] {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore = 4–3
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Ali Daei|Daei]]<br /> {{pengoal}} [[Mehdi Mahdavikia|Mahdavikia]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Javad Nekounam|Nekounam]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Iman Mobali|Mobali]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Yahya Golmohammadi|Golmohammadi]]
}}

=== Third place playoff ===
{{football box
|date= 6 August 2004
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRN}}
|score = 4–2
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-3-platz-iran-bahrain/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BHR}}
|goals1 = [[Javad Nekounam|Nekounam]] {{goal|9}}<br />[[Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1978)|Karimi]] {{goal|52}}<br />[[Ali Daei|Daei]] {{goal|80|pen.|90}}
|goals2 = [[Talal Yousef|Yousef]] {{goal|48}}<br />[[Saleh Ahmed Farhan|Farhan]] {{goal|57}}
|stadium = [[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]], [[Beijing]]
|attendance= 10,000
|referee= [[Fareed Al-Marzouqi]] ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]])
}}

=== Final ===
{{Main|2004 AFC Asian Cup final}}

{{football box
|date= 7 August 2004
|time = 20:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHN}}
|score = 1–3
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2004-in-china-endspiel-china-japan/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|JPN}}
|goals1 = [[Li Ming (footballer, born 1971)|Li Ming]] {{goal|31}}
|goals2 = [[Takashi Fukunishi|Fukunishi]] {{goal|22}}<br />[[Koji Nakata|Nakata]] {{goal|65|}}<br />[[Keiji Tamada|Tamada]] {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium = [[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]], [[Beijing]]
|attendance= 62,000
|referee= [[Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli]] ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]])
}}

==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
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
*{{flagicon|BHR}} [[A'ala Hubail]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1978)|Ali Karimi]]
{{colend}}
;4 goals
*{{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Lee Dong-gook]]
;3 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Shao Jiayi]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Zhi]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Daei]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuji Nakazawa]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Keiji Tamada]]
*{{flagicon|OMN}} [[Imad Al-Hosni]]
{{colend}}
;2 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
*{{flagicon|BHR}} [[Husain Ali]]
*{{flagicon|BHR}} [[Mohamed Hubail]]
*{{flagicon|BHR}} [[Talal Yousef]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Hao Haidong]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Li Ming (footballer, born 1971)|Li Ming]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Javad Nekounam]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Takashi Fukunishi]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shunsuke Nakamura]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Koji Nakata]]
*{{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Ahn Jung-hwan]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Yasser Al-Qahtani]]
*{{flagicon|TKM}} [[Begench Kuliyev]]
*{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Alexander Geynrikh]]
*{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Mirjalol Qosimov]]
{{colend}}
;1 goal
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
*{{flagicon|BHR}} [[Saleh Ahmed Farhan|Saleh Farhan]]
*{{flagicon|BHR}} [[Duaij Naser Abdulla|Duaij Naser]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Li Jinyu]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Li Yi (footballer)|Li Yi]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Xu Yunlong]]
*{{flagicon|IDN}} [[Elie Aiboy]]
*{{flagicon|IDN}} [[Ponaryo Astaman]]
*{{flagicon|IDN}} [[Budi Sudarsono]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mohammad Alavi (footballer)|Mohammad Alavi]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Reza Enayati]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mohammad Nosrati]]
*{{flagicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Nashat Akram]]
*{{flagicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Razzaq Farhan]]
*{{flagicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Younis Mahmoud]]
*{{flagicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Hawar Mulla Mohammed]]
*{{flagicon|IRQ|1991}} [[Qusay Munir]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Takayuki Suzuki]]
*{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Anas Al-Zboun]]
*{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Khaled Saad]]
*{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Mahmoud Shelbaieh]]
*{{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Cha Du-ri]]
*{{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Seol Ki-hyeon]]
*{{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Kim Nam-il]]
*{{flagicon|KWT}} [[Bashar Abdullah]]
*{{flagicon|KWT}} [[Bader Al-Mutawa]]
*{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Magid Mohamed]]
*{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Wesam Rizik]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Hamad Al-Montashari]]
*{{flagicon|THA}} [[Sutee Suksomkit]]
*{{flagicon|TKM}} [[Nazar Bayramov]]
*{{flagicon|TKM}} [[Vladimir Bayramov]]
*{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Mohamed Rashid]]
*{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Vladimir Shishelov]]
{{colend}}
;Own goals
*{{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Park Jin-seop]] (1) (''for Iran'')
*{{flagicon|THA}} [[Rangsan Viwatchaichok]] (1) (''for Oman'')
*{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Basheer Saeed]] (1) (''for Kuwait'')

==Awards==
'''Most Valuable Player'''
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shunsuke Nakamura]]

'''Top Scorer'''
*{{flagicon|BHR}} [[A'ala Hubail]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1978)|Ali Karimi]]

'''Fair-Play Award'''
*{{fb|China}}

'''Team of the Tournament'''<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070119231744/http://2004.afcasiancup.com/en/news/index.asp?aid=36620&cid=1129&amth=8&ayr=2004 |url=http://2004.afcasiancup.com/en/news/index.asp?aid=36620&cid=1129&amth=8&ayr=2004 |title=Asian Cup 2004 All-Star team named |publisher=AFC Asian Cup |date=7 August 2004 |archive-date=19 January 2007 |access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://anotandofutbol.blogspot.com/2015/01/historia-de-la-copa-asia.html |title=HISTORIA DE LA COPA ASIA |language=es |publisher=ANOTANDO FÚTBOL |date=4 January 2015 |access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Goalkeepers
!Defenders
!Midfielders
!Forwards
|-
|valign=top|
{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi]]
|valign=top|
{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tsuneyasu Miyamoto]] <br />
{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Zhi]] <br />
{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuji Nakazawa]] <br />
|valign=top|
{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mehdi Mahdavikia]] <br />
{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhao Junzhe]] <br />
{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shunsuke Nakamura]] <br />
{{flagicon|BHR}} [[Talal Yousef]] <br />
{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Shao Jiayi]]
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{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ali Karimi (footballer, born 1978)|Ali Karimi]] <br />
{{flagicon|BHR}} [[A'ala Hubail]]
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== Marketing==
=== Official match ball ===
The official match ball for the tournament was the [[Adidas Roteiro]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Football Year 2004 the Most Successful for Adidas|url=https://www.adidas-group.com/en/media/news-archive/press-releases/2004/football-year-2004-most-successful-adidas/|publisher=Adidas|access-date=26 September 2023|date=16 December 2004}}</ref>

=== Official mascot ===
Official mascot was Bei Bei

=== Official song ===
The AFC selected "[[宣言 (Declaration)]]", "Take Me To The Sky" (English Version Title) by [[China|Chinese]] singer [[Tiger Hu]] as the tournament's official song.<ref>[https://music.douban.com/subject/1413728/ 宣言—―2004亚洲杯歌曲合辑（单碟装CD]</ref><ref>[http://ent.sina.com.cn/2004-07-18/1842446340.html?from=wap 胡彦斌唱出2004亚洲杯“宣言"]</ref>

==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|date=February 2018}}

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 [[Kimi Ga Yo|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.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/world/2004-08-07-asian-cup-final_x.htm | work=USA Today | title=Japan beats China to win Asian Cup again | first=Christopher | last=Bodeen | date=7 August 2004 | access-date=21 April 2010}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 August 2004|url=http://www.pubanzen.mofa.go.jp/info/info.asp?num=2004C329|title=（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)|author=Embassy of Japan in the People's Republic of China|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan|access-date=22 January 2011|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030182203/http://www.pubanzen.mofa.go.jp/info/info.asp?num=2004C329|archive-date=30 October 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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 (1959)|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==
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==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/04asch.html RSSSF Details]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061016170454/http://2004.afcasiancup.com/en/ Official website] (Archived)

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