2000 Four Nations Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Guangzhou
Dates	14–16 January 2000
Teams	4 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	China (1st title)
Runners-up	Uruguay
Third place	Jamaica
Fourth place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	7 (1.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Seven players (1 goal each)
Sept. 2000 →

The 2000 Team China Four Nations Tournament (Chinese: 中国之队四国足球邀请赛) was the inaugural edition of the Four Nations Tournament, an official international football tournament hosted by the Chinese Football Association and International Sport and Leisure (ISL).^[1] It was held from 14 to 16 January 2000 in Guangzhou, China.

Participants

The original participants for the tournament were China, New Zealand, South Korea and Yugoslavia. Uruguay and Jamaica accept the invitation after South Korea and Yugoslavia quit in December 1999.^[2]

Venues

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Guangzhou	Tianhe Stadium

Tianhe Stadium
Capacity: 60,000

Matches

All times are local, CST (UTC+8).

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final

	14 January - Guangzhou

	Uruguay	2
					16 January - Guangzhou
	Jamaica	0
					Uruguay	0
	14 January - Guangzhou
					China	1
	China	1

	New Zealand	0
					Third place

					16 January - Guangzhou

					Jamaica	2

					New Zealand	1

Semi-finals

14 January 2000

18:30

Uruguay	2–0	Jamaica
Fajardo 11' Pérez 74'

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Referee: Zhu Liuyi (China)

14 January 2000

20:30

China	1–0	New Zealand
Li Tie 49'		Wilkinson 85'

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Third-place playoff

16 January 2000

15:00

Jamaica	2–1	New Zealand
Whitmore 53' Williams 77'		Elliott 20'

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

Final

16 January 2000

17:00

China	1–0	Uruguay
Hao Haidong 5'

Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou

2000 Four Nations Tournament
China First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 7 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 1.75 goals per match.

1 goal

References

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