Allaberdyev Taoufik Adjengui The Toan Truong First round All times are China standard time (UTC+8) Group A Group B Group C Group D Knockout stage All times are China standard time (UTC+8) Quarter-finals Semi-finals Third place playoff Final 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 A'ala Hubail Ali Karimi 4 goals Lee Dong-gook 3 goals Shao Jiayi Zheng Zhi Ali Daei Yuji Nakazawa Keiji Tamada Imad Al-Hosni 2 goals Husain Ali Mohamed Hubail Talal Yousef Hao Haidong Li Ming Javad Nekounam Takashi Fukunishi Shunsuke Nakamura Koji Nakata Ahn Jung-hwan Yasser Al-Qahtani Begench Kuliyev Alexander Geynrikh Mirjalol Qosimov 1 goal Saleh Farhan Duaij Naser Li Jinyu Li Yi Xu Yunlong Elie Aiboy Ponaryo Astaman Budi Sudarsono Mohammad Alavi Reza Enayati Mohammad Nosrati Nashat Akram Razzaq Farhan Younis Mahmoud Hawar Mulla Mohammed Qusay Munir Takayuki Suzuki Anas Al-Zboun Khaled Saad Mahmoud Shelbaieh Cha Du-ri Seol Ki-hyeon Kim Nam-il Bashar Abdullah Bader Al-Mutawa Magid Mohamed Wesam Rizik Hamad Al-Montashari Sutee Suksomkit Nazar Bayramov Vladimir Bayramov Mohamed Rashid Vladimir Shishelov Own goals Park Jin-seop (1) (for Iran) Rangsan Viwatchaichok (1) (for Oman) Basheer Saeed (1) (for Kuwait) Note: Koji Nakata's second goal was a handball. Awards Most Valuable Player Shunsuke Nakamura Top Scorer A'ala Hubail Ali Karimi Fair-Play Award Team of the Tournament Final standings Marketing Official match ball Official match ball was Adidas Roteiro Official mascot Official mascot was Bei Bei Official song The AFC selected "宣言 (Declaration)", "Take Me To The Sky" (Englilsh Version Title) by Chinese singer Tiger Hu as the tournament's official song. 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. Throughout the tournament, most Chinese fans in the stadia expressed anti-Japanese sentiments by drowning out the Japanese national anthem, displaying political banners and