2000 K League Championship

2000 K League Championship

Tournament details
Host country	South Korea
Dates	1–15 November 2000
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Anyang LG Cheetahs
Runners-up	Bucheon SK
Tournament statistics
Matches played	5
Goals scored	19 (3.8 per match)
Attendance	63,366 (12,673 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hwang Yeon-seok Lee Eul-yong Lee Won-shik Gwak Kyung-keun André (2 goals each)

The 2000 K League Championship was the seventh competition of the K League Championship, and was held to decide the 18th champions of the K League. It was contested between the top four clubs of the regular season. The first round was played as a single match between third place and fourth place of the regular season. The winners of the first round advanced to the semi-final, and played against runners-up of the regular season over two legs. The winners of the regular season directly qualified for the best-of-three final.

Qualified teams

Main article: 2000 K League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Anyang LG Cheetahs	27	17	2	8	46	25	+21	53	Qualification for the playoffs final
2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	27	12	6	9	43	33	+10	42	Qualification for the playoffs semi-final
3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	27	11	4	12	34	40	−6	37	Qualification for the playoffs first round
4	Bucheon SK	27	10	6	11	45	35	+10	36

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: W) 3 points; WP) 1 point, no extra time

Bracket

	First round					Semi-final							Final
						2	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1	3	4
						1R	Bucheon SK (a.e.t.)	3	2	5
	3	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1
	4	Bucheon SK (a.e.t.)	2
													SF	Bucheon SK	1	1 (2)	X	0W
													1	Anyang LG Cheetahs	4	1 (4)	X	2W

First round

1 November 2000

15:00 KST

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Bucheon SK
Park Sung-bae 53'	Report	Lee Lim-saeng 66' Lee Won-shik  94'

Jeonju Sports Complex Stadium, Jeonju

Attendance: 10,068

Referee: Cha Deok-hwan

Semi-final

First leg

5 November 2000

15:00 KST

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	1–3	Bucheon SK
Hwang Yeon-seok 46'	Report	Lee Eul-yong 20' Gwak Kyung-keun 47' Jeon Kyung-joon 85'

Seongnam Sports Complex, Seongnam

Attendance: 11,758

Referee: Lee Jae-sung

Second leg

8 November 2000

19:00 KST

Bucheon SK	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Lee Sung-jae 59' Lee Eul-yong  102'	Report	Park Nam-yeol 51' Woo Sung-moon 66' Hwang Yeon-seok 78'

Mokdong Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 6,832

Referee: Son Jong-deok

Bucheon SK won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

12 November 2000

15:00 KST

Bucheon SK	1–4	Anyang LG Cheetahs
Lee Won-shik 84'	Report	Wang Jung-hyun 58' Jung Kwang-min 67' André 79' Choi Yong-soo 89'

Mokdong Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 13,825

Referee: Han Byung-hwa

Second leg

15 November 2000

18:30 KST

Anyang LG Cheetahs	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Bucheon SK
André 76'	Report	Gwak Kyung-keun 59'
Penalties
Kim Sung-il André Kim Seong-jae Han Sang-gu Ricardo Campos	4–2	Lee Lim-saeng Gwak Kyung-keun Kim Gi-dong Kang Chul

Anyang Sports Complex, Anyang

Attendance: 20,883

Referee: Lee Sang-yong

Anyang LG Cheetahs won the series 2–0.

Final table

Main article: 2000 K League

Pos	Team	0	Qualification
1	Anyang LG Cheetahs (C)		Qualification for the Asian Club Championship
2	Bucheon SK
3	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
4	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors		Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champion

See also

• 2000 K League

External links

• News at K League (in Korean)
• Match report at K League (in Korean)