2000 AFF Championship
2000 อาเซียนฟุตบอลแชมเปียนชิพ

Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	5–18 November
Teams	9
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Thailand (2nd title)
Runners-up	Indonesia
Third place	Malaysia
Fourth place	Vietnam
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	67 (3.35 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gendut Christiawan Worrawoot Srimaka (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Kiatisuk Senamuang
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The 2000 AFF Championship, officially known as the 2000 Tiger Cup, was the third edition of the AFF Championship and was held in Thailand from 5 to 18 November 2000.

Singapore had been the defending champions, but was eliminated in group stage. Thailand won the tournament by a 4–1 victory in the final against Indonesia to secure their second title.

Teams

No qualification was required for this edition of the tournament and national teams from nine of the ten member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation have entered. Brunei withdrew due to "unforeseen circumstances".^[1]

The participating nations:

Venues

Thailand
Knockout Stage	Group Stage
Bangkok	Chiang Mai	Songkhla
Rajamangala Stadium	700th Anniversary Stadium	Tinsulanon Stadium
Capacity: 80,000	Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 20,000

Bangkok Songkhla Chiang Mai

Squads

Main article: 2000 AFF Championship squads

Match officials

Referees	Assistant Referees
Hidayat Jajat Sudrajat Mohammad Nazri Abdullah U Tun Hla Aung Jerry Andres S. Kumbalingam Kennedy Hanlumyaung Panya Nguyễn Văn Mùi	Ly Ratana Rafli A Razak Phonesirignavong Phoneapeuth Kassim Kadir Bacha U Hla Myint Hla Celso Soldevilla Klienklard Sitthikhun Trương Thế Toàn

Tournament

All times are Thailand Standard Time - (THA) UTC+7

Group stage

Group A

Matches played in Chiang Mai.

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Thailand	3	3	0	9	2	+7	9
Indonesia	3	2	1	9	4	+5	6
Myanmar	3	1	2	4	8	−4	3
Philippines	3	0	3	0	8	−8	0

6 November 2000

16:00

Indonesia	3–0	Philippines
Aji Santoso 31' Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto 58' Eko Purdjianto 84'

700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai

Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

6 November 2000

19:00

Thailand	3–1	Myanmar
Kiatisuk Senamuang 4' Sakesan Pituratana 47' Surachai Jaturapattarapong 74'		Aung Kyaw Tun 62'

700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai

Referee: S. Kumbalingam Kennedy (Singapore)

8 November 2000

19:00^{[note 1]}

Myanmar	3–0	Philippines
Thet Naing Soe 65' Zaw Htike 69' Nay Thu Hlaing 71'

700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai

Referee: Nguyễn Văn Mùi (Vietnam)

10 November 2000

19:00

Thailand	4–1	Indonesia
Worrawoot Srimaka 25', 49' Kiatisuk Senamuang 52' Dusit Chalermsan 79'		Gendut Doni Christiawan 57'

700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai

Referee: Mohd Nazri Abdullah (Malaysia)

12 November 2000

16:00

Myanmar	0–5	Indonesia
		Gendut Doni Christiawan 43', 57' Uston Nawawi 70' Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto 74', 82'

700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai

Referee: S. Kumbalingam Kennedy (Singapore)

12 November 2000

19:00

Thailand	2–0	Philippines
Kiatisuk Senamuang 4' Anurak Srikerd 14'

700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai

Referee: Nguyễn Văn Mùi (Vietnam)

Group B

Matches played in Songkhla.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vietnam	4	3	1	0	12	0	+12	10
Malaysia	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7	10
Singapore	4	2	0	2	4	2	+2	6
Cambodia	4	1	0	3	5	10	−5	3
Laos	4	0	0	4	0	16	−16	0

5 November 2000