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[[Al Bayt Stadium]], Al Khor will host the opening match on 12 January. [[Ahmad bin Ali Stadium]] in Al Rayyan and [[Al Thumama Stadium]] in Doha will host the semi-finals matches; and Al Bayt Stadium will host the final which will be held on 10 February.
[[Al Bayt Stadium]], Al Khor will host the opening match on 12 January. [[Ahmad bin Ali Stadium]] in Al Rayyan and [[Al Thumama Stadium]] in Doha will host the semi-finals matches; and Al Bayt Stadium will host the final which will be held on 10 February.
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Revision as of 15:59, 15 May 2023

2023 AFC Asian Cup
كأس آسيا 2023
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates12 January – 10 February 2024
Teams24 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)8 (in 4 host cities)
← 2019
2027 →

The 2023 AFC Asian Cup will be the 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It will involve 24 national teams after expansion in 2019, with Qatar as the defending champions.[1][2]

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in China from 16 June to 16 July 2023.[3] On 14 May 2022, the AFC announced that China would not host the tournament due to the circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and China's Zero-COVID policy.[4]

On 17 October, the AFC announced that the tournament will be held in Qatar.[5] Qatar will become the first country to host three Asian Cups, after 1988 and 2011.[6] Due to the high summer temperatures in the Persian Gulf and Qatar's participation in the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup, the tournament was postponed to 12 January – 10 February 2024.[7][8]

Host selection

Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup bids

China was announced as the winning bid on 4 June 2019, on the eve of the 69th FIFA Congress in Paris, France.[9] However, due to China's relinquishment of its hosting rights,[10][11] the AFC conducted a second round of bidding, with a deadline for submissions scheduled on 17 October 2022.[12]

Four nations had submitted bids: Australia, Indonesia, Qatar and South Korea,[13] but Australia subsequently withdrew in September 2022[14] and Indonesia on 15 October.[15] On 17 October, the AFC announced that Qatar won the bid and will host the tournament.[5]

Teams

Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification
  Qualified for Asian Cup
  Failed to qualify
  Disqualified or withdrew
  Not an AFC member

The first two rounds of qualification also served as the Asian qualification for the 2022 World Cup. Qatar, the host of World Cup participated only in the second round solely to qualification for the 2023 Asian Cup, later also host the Asian Cup.

Qualified teams

Team Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearances 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance
 Qatar Second round Group E winners / Hosts 7 June 2021 11th 2019 Winners (2019)
 Japan Second round Group F winners 28 May 2021 10th 2019 Winners (1992, 2000, 2004, 2011)
 Syria Second round Group A winners 7 June 2021 7th 2019 Group stage (1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2011, 2019)
 South Korea Second round Group H winners 9 June 2021 15th 2019 Winners (1956, 1960)
 Australia Second round Group B winners 11 June 2021 5th 2019 Winners (2015)
 Iran Second round Group C winners 15 June 2021 15th 2019 Winners (1968, 1972, 1976)
 Saudi Arabia Second round Group D winners 15 June 2021 11th 2019 Winners (1984, 1988, 1996)
 United Arab Emirates Second round Group G winners 15 June 2021 11th 2019 Runners-up (1996)
 China Second round Group A runners-up 15 June 2021 13th 2019 Runners-up (1984, 2004)
 Iraq Second round Group C runners-up 15 June 2021 10th 2019 Winners (2007)
 Oman Second round Group E runners-up 15 June 2021 5th 2019 Round of 16 (2019)
 Vietnam Second round Group G runners-up 15 June 2021 5th 2019 Fourth place (1956[a], 1960[a])
 Lebanon Second round Group H runners-up 15 June 2021 3rd 2019 Group stage (2000, 2019)
 Palestine Third round Group B winners 14 June 2022 3rd 2019 Group stage (2015, 2019)
 Uzbekistan Third round Group C winners 14 June 2022 8th 2019 Fourth place (2011)
 Thailand Third round Group C runners-up 14 June 2022 8th 2019 Third place (1972)
 India Third round Group D winners 14 June 2022 5th 2019 Runners-up (1964)
 Hong Kong Third round Group D runners-up 14 June 2022 4th 1968 Third place (1956)
 Tajikistan Third round Group F winners 14 June 2022 1st Debut None
 Kyrgyzstan Third round Group F runners-up 14 June 2022 2nd 2019 Round of 16 (2019)
 Bahrain Third round Group E winners 14 June 2022 7th 2019 Fourth place (2004)
 Malaysia Third round Group E runners-up 14 June 2022 4th 2007 Group stage (1976, 1980, 2007)
 Jordan Third round Group A winners 14 June 2022 5th 2019 Quarter-finals (2004, 2011)
 Indonesia Third round Group A runners-up 14 June 2022 5th 2007 Group stage (1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)

Draw

The draw was held in Katara Opera House in Doha on 11 May 2023 at 14:00 AST (UTC+3).[16]

From the April 2023 FIFA World Rankings[17]
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Qatar (61) (hosts)
 Japan (20)
 Iran (24)
 South Korea (27)
 Australia (29)
 Saudi Arabia (54) 		 Iraq (67)
 United Arab Emirates (72)
 Oman (73)
 Uzbekistan (74)
 China (81)
 Jordan (84) 		 Bahrain (85)
 Syria (90)
 Palestine (93)
 Vietnam (95)
 Kyrgyzstan (96)
 Lebanon (99) 		 India (101)
 Tajikistan (109)
 Thailand (114)
 Malaysia (138)
 Hong Kong (147)
 Indonesia (149)

Draw result

Teams were drawn consecutively into Group A to F. For the first time in AFC Asian Cup history, the teams from lowest pots were drawn first but not assigned to the positions of their groups following by number orders of group stage as happened in previous editions. Pot 1 teams were assigned to the first positions of their groups, while next the positions of all other teams were drawn separately from Pot 4 to 2 (for the purposes of determining the match schedules in each group).

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A
Pos Team
A1  Qatar
A2  China
A3  Tajikistan
A4  Lebanon
Group B
Pos Team
B1  Australia
B2  Uzbekistan
B3  Syria
B4  India
Group C
Pos Team
C1  Iran
C2  United Arab Emirates
C3  Hong Kong
C4  Palestine
Group D
Pos Team
D1  Japan
D2  Indonesia
D3  Iraq
D4  Vietnam
Group E
Pos Team
E1  South Korea
E2  Malaysia
E3  Jordan
E4  Bahrain
Group F
Pos Team
F1  Saudi Arabia
F2  Thailand
F3  Kyrgyzstan
F4  Oman

Venues

Five host cities were submitted in the 2023 bid, including seven stadiums prepared for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. On 5 April 2023, AFC announced eight stadiums across four host cities for the tournament.[18] All (except Lusail and 974) of the stadiums also played host to matches at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, whilst 3 stadiums (except Thani bin Jassim and Suheim bin Hamad) also played host to matches at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.

Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor will host the opening match on 12 January. Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan and Al Thumama Stadium in Doha will host the semi-finals matches; and Al Bayt Stadium will host the final which will be held on 10 February.

Doha
Al Thumama Stadium Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
Capacity: 44,400 Capacity: 13,030 Capacity: 10,000
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Al Khor
Al Bayt Stadium
Capacity: 68,895
Al Wakrah
Al Janoub Stadium
Capacity: 44,325
Al Rayyan
Khalifa International Stadium Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Education City Stadium
Capacity: 45,857 Capacity: 45,032 Capacity: 44,667

Group stage

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[1]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar (H) 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Tajikistan 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3  China 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1 2
4  Lebanon 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Qatar 3–0 Lebanon
  • Afif 45', 90+6'
  • Ali 56'
 Report
Attendance: 82,490
China 0–0 Tajikistan
Report
Attendance: 4,001
Lebanon 0–0 China
Report
Attendance: 14,137
Tajikistan 0–1 Qatar
Report
Attendance: 57,460
Qatar 1–0 China
 Report
Attendance: 42,104
Tajikistan 2–1 Lebanon
 Report
Attendance: 11,843

Group B

Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Uzbekistan 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5
3  Syria 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
4  India 3 0 0 3 0 6 −6 0
Source: AFC
Australia 2–0 India
 Report
Attendance: 36,253
Uzbekistan 0–0 Syria
Report
Attendance: 10,198
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Syria 0–1 Australia
Report
Attendance: 10,097
India 0–3 Uzbekistan
Report
Attendance: 38,491
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
Australia 1–1 Uzbekistan
 Report
Attendance: 15,290
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)
Syria 1–0 India
 Report
Attendance: 42,787

Group C

Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup Group C
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  United Arab Emirates 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
3  Palestine 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
4  Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: AFC
United Arab Emirates 3–1 Hong Kong
 Report
Attendance: 15,586
Iran 4–1 Palestine
 Report
Attendance: 27,691
Palestine 1–1 United Arab Emirates
Nasser 50' (o.g.) Report Adil 23'
Attendance: 41,986
Referee: Ahmad Al-Ali (Kuwait)
Hong Kong 0–1 Iran
Report
Attendance: 36,412
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)
Iran 2–1 United Arab Emirates
 Report
Attendance: 34,259
Hong Kong 0–3 Palestine
Report
Attendance: 6,568

Group D

Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup Group D
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iraq 3 3 0 0 8 4 +4 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Japan 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 6
3  Indonesia 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4  Vietnam 3 0 0 3 4 8 −4 0
Source: AFC
Japan 4–2 Vietnam
 Report
Attendance: 17,385
Indonesia 1–3 Iraq
 Report
Attendance: 16,532
Iraq 2–1 Japan
 Report
Attendance: 38,663
Referee: Khalid Al-Turais (Saudi Arabia)
Vietnam 0–1 Indonesia
Report
Attendance: 7,253
Japan 3–1 Indonesia
 Report Walsh 90+1'
Attendance: 26,453
Iraq 3–2 Vietnam
 Report
Attendance: 8,932

Group E

Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup Group E
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bahrain 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  South Korea 3 1 2 0 8 6 +2 5
3  Jordan 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
4  Malaysia 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1
Source: AFC
South Korea 3–1 Bahrain
 Report
Attendance: 8,388
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Malaysia 0–4 Jordan
Report
Attendance: 20,410


Jordan 2–2 South Korea
 Report
Attendance: 36,627
Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)
Bahrain 1–0 Malaysia
 Report
Attendance: 10,386
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
South Korea 3–3 Malaysia
 Report
Attendance: 30,117
Jordan 0–1 Bahrain
Report Helal 34'
Attendance: 39,650

Group F

Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup Group F
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Thailand 3 1 2 0 2 0 +2 5
3  Oman 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4  Kyrgyzstan 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: AFC
Thailand 2–0 Kyrgyzstan
 Report
Attendance: 4,530
Saudi Arabia 2–1 Oman
 Report
Attendance: 41,987
Oman 0–0 Thailand
Report
Attendance: 6,340
Kyrgyzstan 0–2 Saudi Arabia
Report
Attendance: 39,557
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Thailand
Report
Attendance: 38,773
Kyrgyzstan 1–1 Oman
 Report
Attendance: 6,231
Referee: Ahmad Al-Ali (Kuwait)

Ranking of third-placed teams

The four best third-placed teams from the six groups advance to the knockout stage along with the six group winners and six runners-up.

Pos Grp Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 E  Jordan 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 C  Palestine 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
3 B  Syria 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
4 D  Indonesia 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
5 F  Oman 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
6 A  China 3 0 2 1 0 1 −1 2
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Disciplinary points; 5) Drawing of lots.[19]

Combinations of matches in the round of 16

The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depended on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16:

  Combination according to the four qualified teams
Third-placed teams
qualify from groups 		1A
vs 		1B
vs 		1C
vs 		1D
vs
A B C D 3C 3D 3A 3B
A B C E 3C 3A 3B 3E
A B C F 3C 3A 3B 3F
A B D E 3D 3A 3B 3E
A B D F 3D 3A 3B 3F
A B E F 3E 3A 3B 3F
A C D E 3C 3D 3A 3E
A C D F 3C 3D 3A 3F
A C E F 3C 3A 3F 3E
A D E F 3D 3A 3F 3E
B C D E 3C 3D 3B 3E
B C D F 3C 3D 3B 3F
B C E F 3E 3C 3B 3F
B D E F 3E 3D 3B 3F
C D E F 3C 3D 3F 3E

Knockout stage

Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 28 January 2024 – Al Rayyan (Ahmad bin Ali)
 
 
Runner-up Group A
 
 2 February 2024 – Al Rayyan (Ahmad bin Ali)
 
Runner-up Group C
 
 
 
 29 January 2024 – Al Rayyan (Khalifa)
 
 
 
Winner Group D
 
 6 February 2024 – Al Rayyan (Ahmad bin Ali)
 
3rd Group B/E/F
 
 
 
 28 January 2024 – Doha (Jassim bin Hamad)
 
 
 
Winner Group B
 
 2 February 2024 – Al Rayyan (Education)
 
3rd Group A/C/D
 
 
 
 30 January 2024 – Al Rayyan (Education)
 
 
 
Winner Group F
 
 10 February 2024 – Al Khor
 
Runner-up Group E
 
 
 
 31 January 2024 – Doha (Abdullah bin Khalifa)
 
 
 
Winner Group C
 
 3 February 2024 – Al Wakrah
 
3rd Group A/B/F
 
 
 
 31 January 2024 – Doha (Al Thumama)
 
 
 
Winner Group E
 
 7 February 2024 – Doha (Al Thumama)
 
Runner-up Group D
 
 
 
 29 January 2024 – Al Khor
 
 
 
Winner Group A
 
 3 February 2024 – Al Khor
 
3rd Group C/D/E
 
 
 
 30 January 2024 – Al Wakrah
 
 
 
Runner-up Group B
 
 
Runner-up Group F
 

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Round of 16

Winner Group BMatch 37Third-place Group A/C/D
Runner-up Group AMatch 38Runner-up Group C
Winner Group DMatch 39Third-place Group B/E/F
Winner Group AMatch 40Third-place Group C/D/E
Runner-up Group BMatch 41Runner-up Group F
Winner Group FMatch 42Runner-up Group E
Winner Group EMatch 43Runner-up Group D
Winner Group CMatch 44Third-place Group A/B/F

Quarter-finals

Winner Match 38Match 45Winner Match 39
Winner Match 37Match 46Winner Match 42
Winner Match 44Match 47Winner Match 43
Winner Match 40Match 48Winner Match 41

Semi-finals

Winner Match 45Match 49Winner Match 46
Winner Match 47Match 50Winner Match 48

Final

Main article: 2023 AFC Asian Cup Final
Winner Match 49Match 51Winner Match 50

See also

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