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2015 AFC Asian Cup
File:2015 AFC Asian Cup crest.png
Tournament details
Host country Australia
Dates9 – 31 January
Teams16
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored46 (2.56 per match)
Attendance315,082 (17,505 per match)
Top scorer(s)Jordan Hamza Al-Dardour
(4 goals)
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The 2015 AFC Asian Cup is the 16th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, an international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is currently being held in Australia from 9 to 31 January 2015.[1] The winner of the tournament will earn the right to participate in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, which is to be hosted by Russia.

Australia was chosen as the host on 5 January 2011, after being the sole bidder for the right to host the 2015 tournament. The matches are being played in five different stadiums across five cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Newcastle. It is the first time that Australia has hosted the tournament, and it is also the first time the Asian Cup has been held outside the continent of Asia. As hosts, Australia automatically qualified for the final tournament, while the remaining 15 finalists (with the exception of Japan and South Korea who qualified via their position in the previous Asian Cup) were decided through a qualification process, featuring 44 teams, from February 2013 to March 2014.

Host selection

Australia initially put forward its bid to host the 2015 AFC Asian Cup in 2010.[2] As the sole bidder for the hosting rights, Australia was officially named host on 5 January 2011.[3]

Considering the efforts of the Football Federation Australia in developing the game on their territory and considering also all the achievements that have been made towards the development of football in Australia and to encourage Australia to take steps towards developing the game, I am happy and honoured to announce that the executive committee of the Asian Football Confederation has approved Australia as the host nation of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.

— AFC President, Mohammed Bin Hammam[4]

Qualification

  Qualified for Asian Cup
  Failed to qualify
Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification

The 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification process determined the 16 participating teams for the tournament. In the initial scheme, ten places were determined by qualification matches, while six places were reserved for the 2015 host nation, top three finishers in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, and the two winners of the AFC Challenge Cup. Though, as the host nation Australia also finished as runners-up in the 2011 Asian Cup, the initial six automatic qualification spots were reduced to five, with a total of 11 spots eventually determined by the qualification matches, in which 20 AFC members competed.[5]

There were two main competitive paths to the 2015 Asian Cup. The AFC Challenge Cup acted as a qualification competition for eligible countries within the emerging and developing category of member associations. The winners of the AFC Challenge Cup competitions in 2012 and 2014 qualified automatically to the 2015 AFC Asian Cup finals.[6] The remaining spots were available for the teams competing in the main Asian Cup preliminaries. The AFC decided that the 20 teams involved in the qualifiers would be drawn into five groups of four teams each. The top two teams from each group and one best third-placed team from among all the groups would qualify for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.[7]

Qualified teams

The following sixteen teams qualified for the tournament.

Country Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance in tournament1
 Australia Hosts 5 January 2011 2 (2007, 2011)
 Japan 2011 AFC Asian Cup winners 25 January 2011 7 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011)
 South Korea 2011 AFC Asian Cup 3rd place 28 January 2011 12 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011)
 North Korea 2012 Challenge Cup winners 19 March 2012 3 (1980, 1992, 2011)
 Bahrain Group D winners 15 November 2013 4 (1988, 2004, 2007, 2011)
 United Arab Emirates Group E winners 15 November 2013 8 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2007, 2011)
 Saudi Arabia Group C winners 15 November 2013 8 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011)
 Oman Group A winners 19 November 2013 2 (2004, 2007)
 Uzbekistan Group E runners-up 19 November 2013 5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011)
 Qatar Group D runners-up 19 November 2013 8 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011)
 Iran Group B winners 19 November 2013 12 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011)
 Kuwait Group B runners-up 19 November 2013 9 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2011)
 Jordan Group A runners-up 4 February 2014 2 (2004, 2011)
 Iraq Group C runners-up 5 March 2014 7 (1972, 1976, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011)
 China Best third-placed team 5 March 2014 10 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2011)
 Palestine 2014 Challenge Cup winners 30 May 2014 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year.

Final draw

The Sydney Opera House, location for the final draw.

The draw for the final tournament was held at the Sydney Opera House on 26 March 2014.[8] The 16 participating teams were drawn into the four groups of the group stage.[9] In preparation for this, the teams were organised into four pots using the March 2014 FIFA World Rankings (rankings beside the qualified teams), with the host nation Australia automatically occupying the A1 position of Pot 1.[10] At the time of the draw, the identity of the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup winners was not known yet, and they were automatically placed into Pot 4.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Australia (63) (hosts)
 Iran (42)
 Japan (48)
 Uzbekistan (55)

 South Korea (60)
 United Arab Emirates (61)
 Jordan (66)
 Saudi Arabia (75)

 Oman (81)
 China (98)
 Qatar (101)
 Iraq (103)

 Bahrain (106)
 Kuwait (110)
 North Korea (133)
 Palestine (167)

Venues

Stadiums

The five host cities for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Newcastle, were announced on 27 March 2013, with a total five stadia to be used.[11]

Sydney Newcastle Brisbane
Stadium Australia Newcastle Stadium Brisbane Stadium
Capacity: 84,000 Capacity: 33,000 Capacity: 52,500
Canberra
Canberra Stadium
Capacity: 25,011
Melbourne
Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Capacity: 30,050

Ticketing

Tickets for the venues were sold directly by AFC via its website, or distributed by the football associations of the 16 finalists. 500,000 tickets were available for the 31 tournament matches.[12] Over 45,000 international visitors were forecast to visit Australia during the tournament.[13] Prices varied from $15 (for a seat behind the goals at a group match) to $150 (for a seat in the main stand at the final). In addition to individual match tickets, fans could buy packages to see all matches played at one specific venue.[14]

Team base camps

Each team had a "team base camp" for its stay between the matches. From an initial list of 27 potential locations, the national associations chose their locations in 2014.[15] The teams will train and resided in these locations throughout the tournament, travelling to games staged away from their bases.[16]

Team Arrival Last match Base camp Group stage venues QF venues SF venues Final venue
 Australia 29 December Melbourne Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane Brisbane
 Bahrain 22 December 19 January Ballarat Melbourne, Canberra & Sydney — — —
 China 29 December Sydney Brisbane & Canberra Brisbane
 Iran 31 December Sydney Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane
 Iraq 1 January Canberra Brisbane & Canberra
 Japan 3 January Cessnock Newcastle, Brisbane & Melbourne
 Jordan 23 December Melbourne Brisbane & Melbourne
 Kuwait 18 December 17 January Queanbeyan Melbourne, Canberra & Newcastle — — —
 North Korea 15 December 18 January Canberra Sydney, Melbourne & Canberra — — —
 Oman 28 December 17 January Sydney Canberra, Sydney & Newcastle — — —
 Palestine 2 January Brisbane Newcastle, Melbourne & Canberra
 Qatar 28 December 19 January Canberra Canberra & Sydney — — —
 Saudi Arabia 26 December Brisbane Brisbane & Melbourne
 South Korea 27 December Brisbane Canberra & Brisbane Melbourne
 United Arab Emirates 26 December Gold Coast Canberra & Brisbane
 Uzbekistan 3 January Melbourne Sydney, Brisbane & Melbourne

Broadcasting

The tournament is broadcast live by around 80 TV channels covering the whole world.[17] 800 million people were expected to watch matches,[12] with the tournament reaching a potential TV audience of more than 2.5 billion people.[18] Below is the list of confirmed broadcasting right holders for 2015 AFC Asian Cup.

Territory Channel Ref
 Arab League beIN Sports [17]
Asia-Pacific Fox International Channels [17]
 Australia Fox Sports, ABC [19]
 Brazil SporTV [17]
 China CCTV [20]
Europe Eurosport [17]
 Hong Kong Now TV [20]
 Iran IRIB [20]
 Japan TV Asahi & NHK BS1 [17]
 Malaysia TV3 [17]
 New Zealand Sky Sport [20]
North America ONE World Sports [17]
 South Africa SABC [20]
 South Korea KBS & SBS & MBC [17]
 Thailand Channel 7 [17]
 Philippines ABS-CBN Sports+Action [17]
 Uzbekistan SPORT-UZ [20]
 India SIX Sony [20]

Match ball

Main article: Nike Ordem 2
File:2015 AFC Asian Cup Official Match Ball.jpg
Nike Ordem 2, the official match ball of the tournament

The Nike Ordem 2 was announced as the official 2015 Asian Cup match ball on 1 October 2014. The ball features the traditional colors of the tournament. The mainly white ball has a distinctive design with a mainly red graphic pattern and yellow details for better visibility. It shows the official 2015 AFC Asian Cup logo as well as a black Swoosh. The ball was designed for true flight, accuracy and control, and features Nike Aerowtrac grooves and a micro-textured casing. Nike RaDaR (Rapid Decision and Response) technology with a unique graphic upper is also utilised in its design to see the ball faster, while the three layer synthetic upper is made for optimal touch.[21]

Match officials

On 1 January 2015, AFC named 43 referees to be used in the tournament, including assistant referees, three reserve referees, and four reserve assistant referees. Each refereeing team (of which there are eleven) consisted of three match officials from the same country: one main referee and two assistant referees.[22] Three match officials from New Zealand took part in the tournament, despite that country being in the Oceania Confederation; all three regularly officiate in Australia's A-League (which also includes one New Zealand team).

Country Referee(s) Assistant referees Matches refereed
 Australia Ben Williams Matthew Cream
Paul Cetrangolo 		Iran–Bahrain (Group C)
Uzbekistan–Saudi Arabia (Group B)
Chris Beath Jakhongir Saidov (Uzbekistan)
Chow Chun Kit (Hong Kong) 		Bahrain–United Arab Emirates (Group C)
 Bahrain Nawaf Shukralla Yaser Tulefat
Ebrahim Saleh 		Uzbekistan–North Korea (Group B)
Australia–South Korea (Group A)
 Iran Alireza Faghani Reza Sokhandan
Mohammad Reza Abolfazli 		Saudi Arabia–China PR (Group B)
Kuwait–South Korea (Group A)
Iraq–Japan (Group D)
 Japan Ryuji Sato Toru Sagara
Toshiyuki Nagi 		Oman–Australia (Group A)
Iran–United Arab Emirates (Group C)
 New Zealand Peter O'Leary Jan-Hendrik Hintz
Mark Rule 		South Korea–Oman (Group A)
 Oman Abdullah Al Hilali Hamad Al-Mayahi
Abu Bakar Al Amri 		North Korea–Saudi Arabia (Group B)
Qatar–Bahrain (Group C)
 Qatar Abdulrahman Abdou Taleb Al-Marri
Ramzan Al-Naemi 		Japan–Palestine (Group D)
China PR–North Korea (Group B)
 Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Mirdasi Badr Al-Shumrani
Abdulla Al Shalwai 		Jordan–Iraq (Group D)
Oman–Kuwait (Group A)
 South Korea Kim Jong-hyeok Jeong Hae-Sang
Yoon Kwang-Yeol 		United Arab Emirates–Qatar (Group C)
Palestine–Jordan (Group D)
 United Arab Emirates Abdulla Hassan Mohamed Mohamed Al Hammadi
Hasan Al Mahri 		China PR–Uzbekistan (Group B)
 Uzbekistan Ravshan Irmatov Abdukhamidullo Rasulov
Bakhadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan) 		Australia–Kuwait (Group A)
Qatar–Iran (Group C)

Reserve refereeing teams were also kept as standby.[22]

Country Reserve referee Reserve assistant referees
 Iraq Najah Raham Rashid
 Japan Yudai Yamamoto Akane Yagi
 Malaysia Mohd Amirul Izwan Mohd Yusri Muhamad
Azman Ismail
 Singapore Muhammad Taqi Al-Jaafari Jeffrey Goh
 Sri Lanka Hettikamkanamge Perera Palitha Hemathunga
 United Arab Emirates Ammar Al-Jeneibi

Squads

Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup squads

Each country have a final squad of 23 players (three of whom must be goalkeepers) which submitted before the deadline of 30 December 2014.[23]

Group stage

Result of countries participating in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup

The match schedule was announced on 27 March 2013.[11][24]

The winners and runners-up from each group advance to the knockout stage.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[23]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches
  6. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play
  7. Lower score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card)
  8. Drawing of lots

Group A

Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup Group A

Template:2015 AFC Asian Cup Group A table

9 January 2015
Australia  4–1  Kuwait Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne
10 January 2015
South Korea  1–0  Oman Canberra Stadium, Canberra
13 January 2015
Kuwait  0–1  South Korea Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Oman  0–4  Australia Stadium Australia, Sydney
17 January 2015
Australia  0–1  South Korea Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane
Oman  1–0  Kuwait Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle

Group B

Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup Group B

Template:2015 AFC Asian Cup Group B table

10 January 2015
Uzbekistan  1–0  North Korea Stadium Australia, Sydney
Saudi Arabia  0–1  China Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane
14 January 2015
North Korea  1–4  Saudi Arabia Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne
China  2–1  Uzbekistan Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane
18 January 2015
Uzbekistan  Match 19  Saudi Arabia Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne
China  Match 20  North Korea Canberra Stadium, Canberra

Group C

Melbourne Rectangular Stadium during the Iran vs Bahrain match
Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup Group C

Template:2015 AFC Asian Cup Group C table

11 January 2015
United Arab Emirates  4–1  Qatar Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Iran  2–0  Bahrain Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne
15 January 2015
Bahrain  1–2  United Arab Emirates Canberra Stadium, Canberra
Qatar  0–1  Iran Stadium Australia, Sydney
19 January 2015
Iran  Match 21  United Arab Emirates Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane
Qatar  Match 22  Bahrain Stadium Australia, Sydney

Group D

Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup Group D

Template:2015 AFC Asian Cup Group D table

12 January 2015
Japan  4–0  Palestine Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle
Jordan  0–1  Iraq Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane
16 January 2015
Palestine  1–5  Jordan Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne
Iraq  0–1  Japan Brisbane Stadium, Brisbane
20 January 2015
Japan  Match 23  Jordan Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne
Iraq  Match 24  Palestine Canberra Stadium, Canberra

Knockout stage

Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[23]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
22 January – Melbourne
 
 
 South Korea (a.e.t.)2
 
26 January – Sydney
 
 Uzbekistan 0
 
 South Korea 2
 
23 January – Canberra
 
 Iraq 0
 
 Iran 3 (6)
 
31 January – Sydney
 
 Iraq (p)3 (7)
 
 South Korea 1
 
22 January – Brisbane
 
 Australia (a.e.t.)2
 
 China 0
 
27 January – Newcastle
 
 Australia 2
 
 Australia 2
 
23 January – Sydney
 
 United Arab Emirates 0 Third place
 
 Japan 1 (4)
 
30 January – Newcastle
 
 United Arab Emirates (p)1 (5)
 
 Iraq 2
 
 
 United Arab Emirates3
 

Quarter-finals

South Korea Match 25Runner-up Group B
Report
Winner Group BMatch 26 Australia
Report
Winner Group CMatch 27Runner-up Group D
Report
Winner Group DMatch 28Runner-up Group C
Report

Semi-finals

Winner Match 25Match 29Winner Match 27
Report
Winner Match 26Match 30Winner Match 28
Report

Third place match

Loser Match 29Match 31Loser Match 30
Report

Final

Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final
Winner Match 29Match 32Winner Match 30
Report

Statistics

Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup statistics
See also: AFC Asian Cup records and statistics

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Assists

2 assists
1 assist

Discipline

In the final tournament, a player was suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting red card or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches. The match review panel has the ability to increase the automatic one match ban for a red card (e.g. for violent conduct). Single yellow card cautions were erased at the conclusion of the quarter-finals, and were not carried over to the semi-finals (so that a player could only be suspended for the final by getting a red card in the semi-final). The following players were or are suspended during the final tournament – for one or more games – as a result of red cards or yellow card accumulations:

Player Offence Suspension
Kuwait Fahad Awadh Yellow card in qualification vs Iran
Yellow card in qualification vs Iran 		Group A vs Australia[25]
Uzbekistan Islom Tukhtakhodjaev Yellow card Yellow-red card in qualification vs United Arab Emirates Group B vs North Korea[26]
North Korea Ri Sang-chol Unknown Group B vs Uzbekistan
Group B vs Saudi Arabia
Group B vs China PR[27]
Saudi Arabia Fahad Al-Muwallad Yellow card in qualification vs China PR
Yellow card in qualification vs Indonesia 		Group B vs China PR[28]
China Sun Ke Yellow card in qualification vs Iraq
Yellow card in qualification vs Iraq 		Group B vs Saudi Arabia[28]
State of Palestine Ahmed Harbi Yellow card Yellow-red card in Group D vs Japan Group D vs Jordan[29]
Jordan Anas Bani Yaseen Yellow card Yellow-red card in Group D vs Iraq Group D vs Palestine[29]
North Korea Ri Yong-jik Red card in Group B vs Saudi Arabia Group B vs China PR[30]
China Ren Hang Yellow card in Group B vs Saudi Arabia
Yellow card in Group B vs Uzbekistan 		Group B vs North Korea[30]
Iraq Alaa Abdul-Zahra Yellow card in Group D vs Jordan
Yellow card in Group D vs Japan 		Group D vs Palestine
Australia Matthew Spiranovic Yellow card in Group A vs Oman
Yellow card in Group A vs South Korea 		Quarter-final vs China PR

Marketing

Trophy tour

The Trophy Tour commenced in China in September 2014, it then travelled to Qatar, United Arab Emirates, South Korea and Japan before arriving in Australia in December, where it was taken to all five 2015 AFC Asian Cup host cities.[31]

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup took place on 9 January, at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, before the opening match of the tournament between hosts Australia and Kuwait.[32] The ceremony was produced by a consortium of sport event specialists Twenty3 Sports + Entertainment and creative technology firm Spinifex Group. The consortium has worked on major international sporting events including the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.[33] The opening ceremony for the Asian Cup directed by Chong Lim, and featured performances by Australian DJ, singer and dancer Havana Brown, Australian indie pop band Sheppard, Indigenous Australian musician Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, and Australian hip-hop artists L-Fresh The Lion, Joelistics and Mistress of Ceremony.[34][35] It was also feature 80 children from local junior football clubs and a performing cast of more than 120 Australian dancers, acrobats, Indigenous performers and football freestylers.[36]

Logo and mascot

Nutmeg the Wombat, mascot of the cup at Federation Square

The official logo for the tournament was unveiled at a special event in Melbourne, in October 2012. Designed by Sydney agency, WiteKite.[37] The logo depicts a stylised player, kicking a football from the east coast of Australia across country towards Asia. The ball also represents the Australian summer sun arcing west from Australia to Asia. The four golden bands forming the map of Australia represent the four host cities. The design is embraced by the AFC holding device.[38]

The mascot of the tournament, "Nutmeg the Wombat", was unveiled at the Wild Life Sydney Zoo, on 11 November 2014.[39] The mascot, a wombat native to Australia, wore the colours of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, red and yellow. It was named after the football trick where a player dribbles the ball through an opponent's legs, know as a nutmeg.

Sponsorship

AFC announced ten official sponsors and six official supporters as shown below.[40]

Official sponsors Official supporters

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