The 2000 AFC Youth Championship was held between November 12 and 26 in Iran.

The teams that reached the semi-final qualified for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina.

All Matches in Shahid Shiroudi Stadium, Tehran.

Kuwait protested that they did not want to be in Iraq's group due to political tensions, so the AFC did a re-draw to separate Iraq and Kuwait.

[2] The following teams qualified for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship.