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Revision as of 10:35, 8 July 2007

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The Asian Football Confederation's 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals are held from July 7 to July 29, 2007. For the first time in its history, the competition will be co-hosted by four nations: Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.

The Asian Cup has been held once every four years from 1956 onwards, the last of which held in China in 2004. However, as the Summer Olympic Games and the European Football Championship are also held in the same year as the Asian Cup (2004, 2008, 2012 etc.), the sporting calendar is somewhat crowded. The AFC have thus decided to change their tradition, and will be holding the next tournament in 2007, and every four years henceforth from that date.

This will be the first major tournament in which Australia will participate as member of the AFC. Australia was the first non-host nation to qualify.

Host selection

The decision to have four host nations for this edition of the Asian Cup was proposed and presented to the executive committee by AFC president Mohammed Bin Hammam. However, he later regretted this decision and called it his "mistake". This was due to the financial and logistic difficulties in organising an event across four countries.

He said that "It is proving very difficult for [the executive committee as they] have to have four organising committees, four media centres and there are also financial considerations." He also revealed that "[He would] definitely [not do] it [again]," if he had the choice.

In June 2005, the Asian Football Confederation warned Thailand that it needed to improve its facilities before 2007, otherwise it would be dropped, possibly being replaced with Singapore. On August 12 of the same year, the AFC confirmed that Thailand will be a co-host of the 2007 Asian Cup.[1] However in October 2006, Thailand was again warned to improve its facilities in 90 days.[2]

Venues

Nation City Venue Capacity
Indonesia Jakarta Bung Karno Stadium 100,000
Palembang Jakabaring Stadium 40,000
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur National Stadium, Bukit Jalil 87,000
Shah Alam Shah Alam Stadium 69,372
Thailand Bangkok Rajamangala National Stadium 65,000
Suphachalasai Stadium 35,000
Vietnam Hanoi My Dinh National Stadium 40,000
Ho Chi Minh City Army Stadium 25,000

Qualification

Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification

The qualification round ran from February 22, 2006 to November 15, 2006. For the first time, the defending champions (Japan) needed to attend the qualification stage. Twenty-four teams attempted to qualify for 2007 AFC Asian Cup. They were divided into 4 teams for each group and determined the remaining last 12 places, as the four co-hosts - Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam - were already granted automatic qualification.

Seeds

For the first time, the seeds are based on the October 2006 FIFA World Rankings instead of the basis of the performance from the previous AFC Asian Cup competition. This was to ensure that the same number of strong teams do not meet in the early stage.[3]

The four seeded teams were announced on December 19 2006. The seeds comprised Pot 4 in the draw. Pot 1 consists of the teams from all co-hosts.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4

 Indonesia
 Malaysia
 Thailand
 Vietnam

 China
 Iraq
 United Arab Emirates
 Bahrain

 Qatar
 Uzbekistan
 Saudi Arabia
 Oman

 Australia
 Iran
 Japan
 South Korea

On December 19, 2006, the draw was held in the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC).

Match ball

The Official Match Ball for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup was launched by Nike on May 15 2007, making it the first time ever that a ball had been launched specifically for any football competition in Asia.[4] The Nike Mercurial Veloci AC features four blue stripes with gold trim with each host city's name inscribed, as well as the AFC Asian Cup logo.[5]

Officials

16 referees and 24 assistant referees were officially cleared following a fitness test scheduled on July 2 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. One referee and two assistant referees have also been named from the CAF. [6]


† Replaced Singapore Shamsul Maidin after the referee pulled out with injury.[7]

Squads

Further information: 2007 AFC Asian Cup squads

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iraq 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Thailand 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Oman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thailand 1 - 1 Iraq
Suksomkit (pen) 6' Younis Mahmoud 32'
Australia In Progress Oman


Oman – Thailand
Iraq – Australia
Thailand – Australia
Oman – Iraq

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vietnam – United Arab Emirates
Japan – Qatar
Qatar – Vietnam
United Arab Emirates – Japan
Vietnam – Japan
Qatar – United Arab Emirates

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malaysia – China
Iran – Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan – Malaysia
China – Iran
Malaysia – Iran
Uzbekistan – China

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Indonesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indonesia – Bahrain
South Korea – Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia – Indonesia
Bahrain – South Korea
Indonesia – South Korea
Saudi Arabia – Bahrain

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
July 21 - Bangkok
 
 
1st Group A
 
July 25 - Kuala Lumpur
 
2nd Group B
 
 
 
July 22 - Kuala Lumpur
 
 
 
1st Group C
 
July 29 - Jakarta
 
2nd Group D
 
 
 
July 21 - Hanoi
 
 
 
1st Group B
 
July 25 - Hanoi
 
2nd Group A
 
 
 
July 22 - Jakarta
 
 Third place
 
1st Group D
 
July 28 - Palembang
 
2nd Group C
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarter-finals

1st Group B–2nd Group A
1st Group A–2nd Group B
1st Group C–2nd Group D
1st Group D–2nd Group C

Semi-finals

Quarter final 2–Quarter final 3
Quarter final 1–Quarter final 4

Third place playoff

Loser Semi final 1–Loser Semi final 2

Final

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Goalscorers

1 goal:

References

  1. ^ "Thailand confirmed as AFC Asian Cup 2007 co-host". AFC. 2005-08-12. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "Thailand handed 90-day Asian Cup reprieve". The Guardian. 2006-10-17. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "AFC Asian Cup 2007 Organising Committee approves team classification for Final Draw". AFC. 2006-12-19. Retrieved 2006-12-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "AFC Asian Cup 2007™ Official Match Ball launched". AFC. 2006-06-26. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "Exclusive Pictures: Asian Cup Match Ball". 442 Magazine Australia. 2007-05-14. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ "Officials announced for Asian Cup". AFC. 2007-06-21. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ "Referee Maidin ruled out through injury". AFC. 2007-06-26. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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