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2011 AFC Asian Cup
File:2011 AFC Asian Cup crest.png
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates7 January – 29 January
Teams16
Venue(s)5 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Japan (4th title)
Runners-up Australia
Third place South Korea
Fourth place Uzbekistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored90 (2.81 per match)
Attendance405,361 (12,668 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Korea Koo Ja-Cheol (5 goals)
Best player(s)Japan Keisuke Honda
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The 2011 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Qatar on 7–29 January 2011.[1][2] It was the fifteenth time the tournament has been held, and the second time it has been hosted by Qatar, the other being the 1988 AFC Asian Cup. Japan won the cup after a 1–0 win against Australia, and earned the right to compete in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil as the representative from AFC.[3][4]

Host selection

Voting results
Country Votes
 Qatar 6
 Iran 3
 India 1

Qatar, India and Iran all lodged interest in hosting the 2011 AFC Asian Cup,[5] while Australia also considered making a late bid.[6] Qatar officially submitted their bid on 19 June 2006,[7] while India withdrew their interest and Iran failed to submit proper documentation for their bid on time.[8]

Qatar was announced as host nation on 29 July 2007, during the 2007 AFC Asian Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia. Due to FIFA regulations stating that confederation events can be hosted either in January or July, and July being peak summer heat in the Middle East, it was also announced that the tournament will be held in January of that year.[1][2]

Venues

Members of the AFC Organising Committee for AFC Asian Cup 2011 have agreed the use of five stadiums for the 2011 tournament.[9]

Doha Al Rayyan Doha
Khalifa International Stadium Ahmed bin Ali Stadium Al-Gharafa Stadium
Capacity: 50,000 Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 22,000
File:Khalifa Stadium at night.jpg
Doha
Doha
Qatar SC Stadium Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Capacity: 12,500 Capacity: 13,500

Qualification

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification

The teams finishing first, second and third in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, and the host nation for the 2011 competition, received automatic byes to the finals. They were joined by the top two finishers in each of five qualifying groups. The AFC Challenge Cup acted as a further qualification competition for eligible countries within the emerging and developing category of member associations. The winners of the AFC Challenge Cup competitions in 2008 and 2010 qualified automatically to the 2011 AFC Asian Cup finals.

The final day of qualification was 3 March 2010.

List of qualified teams

Final qualification status
  Team qualified for Asian Cup
  Team failed to qualify
Country Qualified as Date qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1
 Qatar Hosts 29 July 2007 7 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 Iraq 2007 AFC Asian Cup winner 25 July 2007 6 (1972, 1976, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 Saudi Arabia 2007 AFC Asian Cup runner-up 25 July 2007 7 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 South Korea 2007 AFC Asian Cup third place 28 July 2007 11 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 India 2008 AFC Challenge Cup winner 13 August 2008 2 (1964, 1984)
 Uzbekistan Group C runner-up 18 November 2009 4 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 Syria Group D winner 18 November 2009 4 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)
 Iran Group E winner 6 January 2010 11 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 China Group D runner-up 6 January 2010 9 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 Japan Group A winner 6 January 2010 6 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
 Bahrain Group A runner-up 6 January 2010 3 (1988, 2004, 2007)
 United Arab Emirates Group C winner 6 January 2010 7 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2007)
 North Korea 2010 AFC Challenge Cup winner 27 February 2010 2 (1980, 1992)
 Australia Group B winner 3 March 2010 1 (2007)
 Kuwait Group B runner-up 3 March 2010 8 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004)
 Jordan Group E runner-up 3 March 2010 1 (2004)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year

Draw

The draw for the AFC Asian Cup 2011 was held on 23 April 2010 in Doha, Qatar. Qatar were seeded among the top group.[10][11]

Seeding

Seeding was announced on 22 April 2010. Qatar were automatically placed in Group A.[12]

Pot 1 (Host and Seeds) Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Qatar
 Iraq
 Saudi Arabia
 South Korea

 Japan
 Australia
 Iran
 Uzbekistan

 China
 United Arab Emirates
 Bahrain
 Jordan

 Syria
 Kuwait
 India
 North Korea

Match ball

The Nike Total 90 Tracer was the official match ball of the tournament.[13]

Officials

Twelve referees and twenty four assistants were selected for the tournament:[14]

Number Referee Assistants
1 Australia Ben Williams Australia Benjamin Wilson Australia Hakan Anaz
2 Japan Yuichi Nishimura Japan Toru Sagara Japan Toshiyuki Nagi
3 South Korea Kim Dong-jin South Korea Jeong Hae-sang South Korea Jang Jun-mo
4 Malaysia Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh China Mu Yuxin Malaysia Mohd Sabri Bin Mat Daud
5 Oman Abdullah Al Hilali Kyrgyzstan Bakhadyr Kochkarov Oman Hamed Al Mayahi
6 Qatar Abdulrahman Mohammed Qatar Mohammad Dharman Qatar Hassan Al Thawadi
7 Iran Mohsen Torky Iran Hassan Kamranifar Iran Reza Sokhandan
8 Singapore Abdul Malik Singapore Jeffrey Goh Singapore Haja Maidin
9 Bahrain Nawaf Shukralla Bahrain Khaled Al Allan Syria Mohammed Jawdat Nehlawi
10 United Arab Emirates Ali Al Badwawi United Arab Emirates Saleh Al Marzouqi Kuwait Yaser Marad
11 Uzbekistan Ravshan Irmatov Uzbekistan Abdukhamidullo Rasulov Uzbekistan Rafael Ilyasov
Standby Referees
Country Standby Referees
Iran Iran Alireza Faghani
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Valentin Kovalenko
Qatar Qatar Abdullah Balideh

Squads

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup squads

Each country's final squad of 23 players was submitted by 28 December 2010.[citation needed]

Group stage

All times are Arabian Standard Time (AST) – UTC+3

Tie-breaking criteria

For the three game group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions will be determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order:

  1. Number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
  2. Goal difference in the matches among the teams in question
  3. Number of goals scored in the matches among the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points)
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches
  5. Number of goals scored in all the group matches
  6. Fair play conduct of the teams (final tournament)
  7. Drawing of lots
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals

Group A

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Qatar (H) 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3  China 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4  Kuwait 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uzbekistan 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
 Qatar 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
 China 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Kuwait 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Qatar 0 – 2 Uzbekistan
Report Ahmedov 59'
Djeparov 77'
Attendance: 37,143
Kuwait 0 – 2 China
Report Zhang Linpeng 58'
Deng Zhuoxiang 66'
Attendance: 7,423
Uzbekistan 2 – 1 Kuwait
Shatskikh 41'
Djeparov 65'		 Report Al Mutwa 49' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,481
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
China 0 – 2 Qatar
Report Ahmed 27', 45+1'
Attendance: 30,778
Qatar 3 – 0 Kuwait
Mohammed 12'
El Sayed 16'
Fábio César 86'		 Report
Attendance: 28,339
Referee: Abdul Malik (Singapore)
China 2 – 2 Uzbekistan
Yu Hai 6'
Hao Junmin 56'		 Report Ahmedov 30'
Geynrikh 46'
Attendance: 3,529

Group B

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
 Jordan 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
 Syria 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
 Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Japan 1 – 1 Jordan
Yoshida 90+2' Report Abdel Fattah 45'
Attendance: 6,255
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)
Saudi Arabia 1 – 2 Syria
Al Jassim 60' Report A. Al Hussain 38', 63'
Attendance: 15,768
Jordan 1 – 0 Saudi Arabia
Abdul Rahman 42' Report
Attendance: 17,349
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)
Syria 1 – 2 Japan
Al Khatib 76' (pen.) Report Hasebe 35'
K. Honda 82' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,453
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Saudi Arabia 0 – 5 Japan
Report Okazaki 8', 13', 80'
Maeda 19', 51'
Attendance: 2,022
Jordan 2 – 1 Syria
Diab 30' (o.g.)
Al Saify 59'		 Report Al Zeno 15'
Attendance: 9,849
Referee: Abdulrahman Mohammed (Qatar)

Group C

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
 South Korea 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
 Bahrain 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3
 India 3 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
India 0 – 4 Australia
Report Cahill 11', 65'
Kewell 24'
Holman 45+2'
Attendance: 9,783
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)
South Korea 2 – 1 Bahrain
Koo Ja-Cheol 40', 52' Report Aaish 85' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,669
Australia 1 – 1 South Korea
Jedinak 62' Report Koo Ja-Cheol 24'
Attendance: 15,526
Referee: Abdulrahman Mohammed (Qatar)
Bahrain 5 – 2 India
Aaish 8' (pen.)
Abdullatif 16', 20', 35', 77'		 Report G. Singh 10'
Chhetri 53'
Attendance: 11,032
South Korea 4 – 1 India
Ji Dong-Won 6', 23'
Koo Ja-Cheol 9'
Son Heung-Min 81'		 Report Chhetri 12' (pen.)
Attendance: 11,366
Australia 1 – 0 Bahrain
Jedinak 37' Report
Attendance: 3,919

Group D

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group D
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Iraq 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3  North Korea 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1
4  United Arab Emirates 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
 Iraq 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
 North Korea 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1
 United Arab Emirates 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
North Korea 0 – 0 United Arab Emirates
Report
Attendance: 3,639
Iraq 1 – 2 Iran
Mahmoud 13' Report Rezaei 42'
Mobali 84'
Attendance: 10,478
Iran 1 – 0 North Korea
Ansarifard 62' Report
Attendance: 6,488
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
United Arab Emirates 0 – 1 Iraq
Report W. Abbas 90+3' (o.g.)
Attendance: 7,233
Iraq 1 – 0 North Korea
Jassim 22' Report
Attendance: 4,111
United Arab Emirates 0 – 3 Iran
Report Afshin 70'
M. Nouri 83'
W. Abbas 90+2' (o.g.)
Attendance: 5,012

Knockout stage

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
21 January - Doha
 
 
 Uzbekistan2
 
25 January - Doha
 
 Jordan1
 
 Uzbekistan0
 
22 January - Doha
 
 Australia6
 
 Australia (a.e.t.)1
 
29 January - Doha
 
 Iraq0
 
 Australia0
 
21 January - Doha
 
 Japan (a.e.t.)1
 
 Japan3
 
25 January - Doha
 
 Qatar2
 
 Japan (pen.)2 (3)
 
22 January - Doha
 
 South Korea2 (0) Third place
 
 Iran0
 
28 January - Doha
 
 South Korea (a.e.t.) 1
 
 Uzbekistan2
 
 
 South Korea3
 

All times are Arabian Standard Time (AST) – UTC+3

Quarter-finals

Japan 3 – 2 Qatar
Kagawa 29', 71'
Inoha 89'		 Report Soria 13'
Fábio César 63'
Attendance: 19,479
Uzbekistan 2 – 1 Jordan
Bakayev 47', 49' Report B. Bani Yaseen 58'
Attendance: 16,073
Referee: Abdul Malik (Singapore)
Australia 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Iraq
Kewell 118' Report
Attendance: 7,889
Referee: Abdulrahman Mohammed (Qatar)
Iran 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) South Korea
Report Yoon Bit-Garam 105'
Attendance: 7,111

Semi-finals

Japan 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) South Korea
Maeda 36'
Hosogai 97'		 Report Ki Sung-Yueng 23' (pen.)
Hwang Jae-Won 120'
Penalties
K. Honda soccer ball with check mark
Okazaki soccer ball with check mark
Nagatomo soccer ball with red X
Konno soccer ball with check mark		 3 – 0 soccer ball with red X Koo Ja-Cheol
soccer ball with red X Lee Yong-Rae
soccer ball with red X Hong Jeong-Ho
Attendance: 16,171
Uzbekistan 0 – 6 Australia
Report Kewell 5'
Ognenovski 35'
Carney 65'
Emerton 73'
Valeri 82'
Kruse 83'
Attendance: 24,826
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)

Third place playoff

Uzbekistan 2 – 3 South Korea
Geynrikh 45' (pen.), 53' Report Koo Ja-Cheol 18'
Ji Dong-Won 28', 39'
Attendance: 8,199
Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore)

Final

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Final
Australia 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) Japan
Report Lee 109'
Attendance: 37,174

Awards

Winners

 AFC Asian Cup 2011 Winners 

Japan
Fourth title

Individual Awards

Top Goalscorers Most Valuable Player Fair Play Award
South Korea Koo Ja-Cheol Japan Keisuke Honda  South Korea

Scorers

5 goals:

4 goals:

3 goals:

2 goals:

1 goal:

1 own goal:

2 own goals:

Final positions

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Eff
1  Japan 6 4 2 0 14 6 +8 14 77.8%
2  Australia 6 4 1 1 13 2 +11 13 72.2%
3  South Korea 6 4 2 0 13 7 +6 14 77.8%
4  Uzbekistan 6 3 1 2 10 13 −3 10 55.6%
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
5  Iran 4 3 0 1 6 2 +4 9 75.0%
6  Jordan 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 58.3%
7  Qatar 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 6 50.0%
8  Iraq 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 6 50.0%
Eliminated in the First Stage
9  China 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 44.4%
10  Bahrain 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3 33.3%
11  Syria 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3 33.3%
12  North Korea 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1 11.1%
13  United Arab Emirates 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1 11.1%
14  Kuwait 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0 0.0%
15  Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0 0.0%
16  India 3 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0 0.0%

Theme song

For marketing of the event, the organizers opted for the slogan "Yalla Asia" with a song sung by international artists Jay Sean and Karl Wolf, featuring Radhika Vekaria. Yalla Asia was composed and written by Radhika Vekaria, Max Herman and Zoulikha El Fassi. The record was produced by Max Herman for Zoul Projects 2011.The children choir from the 'Sylvia Young Theater School, London'. Choir conducted by Katherine Sayles. The song was sourced by Yaseen Belorf.

Concerns and Controversies

The AFC Asian Cup 2011 was not without controversy as concerns were risen about the extremely low crowds at most Asian Cup games not featuring the host nation Qatar. The average attendance was a paltry 12,006 much lower than the previous AFC Asian Cup tournaments. North Korea and the United Arab Emirates both had the lowest attendance numbers with approximately 3,000 and 6,000 attendances respectively. [15] The final match between Japan and Australia saw as many as 3,000 to 10,000 fans with valid tickets denied entry to the stadium which then allegedly sparked small skirmishes among fans, "It was just incredibly badly handled. There were kids and families, not causing any problem, being confronted by riot police and being told they weren't getting in, " said Andy Richardson, Al Jazeera's sports correspondent.[16] The AFC stated that the gates were closed early for security concerns and organisers did not anticipate an influx of Japanese and Australian fans. The organising committee has offered to refund all tickets not redeemed at the match. [17]

2011 as "preview" of 2022

After staging the 2006 Asian Games,[18] the 2011 Asian Cup was being closely watched as an indicator to see how Qatar copes with hosting a major international football tournament[19] in preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Some controversy has erupted due to revelations that as many as 3,000 to 10,000 fans with valid tickets were denied entry to the stadium to watch the final match.[20]

References

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  18. ^ AFP: Qatar puts Middle East football on map
  19. ^ James Montague for CNN: Qatar: From obscure desert kingdom to World Cup host
  20. ^ Asian Cup blames royals' attendance
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