2023 AFC Asian Cup
AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 كأس آسيا 2023 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Qatar |
Dates | 12 January – 10 February 2024 |
Teams | 24 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 9 (in 5 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]
On 17 October 2022, the AFC announced that the tournament will be held in Qatar.[3] 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.[4][5]
Host selection
China was announced as the winning bid on 4 June 2019, just prior to the 69th FIFA Congress in Paris, France.[6] The tournament was originally scheduled to be held from 16 June to 16 July 2023.[7] 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.[8] Due to China's relinquishment of its hosting rights,[9][10] the AFC conducted a second round of bidding, with a deadline for submissions scheduled on 17 October 2022.[11] Four nations submitted bids: Australia, Indonesia, Qatar, and South Korea.[12] However, Australia subsequently withdrew in September 2022[13] and Indonesia on 15 October.[14] On 17 October, the AFC announced that Qatar won the bid and would host the tournament.[3]
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.[15] On 21 August 2023, Lusail Stadium was added as a ninth venue.[16] All but one (Stadium 974) of the host stadiums from the 2022 FIFA World Cup were selected for the tournament, along with Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, which hosted matches during the 2011 edition, and Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, which had not hosted any tournament previously.
Lusail Stadium, Lusail will host the opening match on 12 January.[16] Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan and Al Thumama Stadium in Doha will host the semi-finals matches; and Lusail Stadium will host the final which will be held on 10 February.[16]
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City | Stadium | Capacity |
Al Khor | Al Bayt Stadium | 68,895 |
Lusail | Lusail Stadium | 88,996 |
Al Rayyan | Ahmad bin Ali Stadium | 45,032 |
Education City Stadium | 44,667 | |
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium | 15,000 | |
Khalifa International Stadium | 45,857 | |
Doha | Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium | 10,000 |
Al Thumama Stadium | 44,400 | |
Al Wakrah | Al Janoub Stadium | 44,325 |
Teams
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, which they were later selected as hosts for after China withdrew its hosting rights.
Qualified teams
Team | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Finals appearances |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
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China | Original host and second round Group A runners-up | 4 June 2019[a] | 13th | 2019 | Runners-up (1984, 2004) |
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) |
Qatar | Second round Group E winners and host | 7 June 2021 | 11th | 2019 | Winners (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) |
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[b], 1960[b]) |
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).[17]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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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:
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Squads
Each team had to register a squad with a minimum of 18 players and a maximum of 23 players, at least three of whom must be goalkeepers.[19]
Match officials
On 14 September 2023, the AFC announced the list of 33 referees, 37 assistant referees, two stand-by referees and two stand-by assistant referees, including two female referees and three female assistant referees. Video assistant referees (VAR) will also be used for the entire tournament following its implementation from the quarter-final stage onwards in the 2019 edition.[20]
- Referees
- Shaun Evans
- Kate Jacewicz
- Fu Ming
- Ma Ning
- Mooud Bonyadifar
- Alireza Faghani
- Mohanad Qasim Sarray
- Yusuke Araki
- Jumpei Iida
- Hiroyuki Kimura
- Yoshimi Yamashita
- Adham Makhadmeh
- Kim Hee-gon
- Kim Jong-hyeok
- Ko Hyung-jin
- Mohammed Al Hoish
- Khalid Al-Turais
- Ahmad Al-Ali
- Abdullah Jamali
- Muhammad Nazmi Bin Nasaruddin
- Ahmed Al-Kaf
- Abdulrahman Al-Jassim
- Abdulla Al-Marri
- Khamis Al-Marri
- Salman Ahmad Falahi
- Muhammad Taqi
- Hanna Hattab
- Sivakorn Pu-Udom
- Omar Al-Ali
- Adel Al-Naqbi
- Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed
- Akhrol Riskullaev
- Ilgiz Tantashev
- Assistant referees
- Ashley Beecham
- Anton Shchetinin
- Zhang Cheng
- Zhou Fei
- Alireza Ildorom
- Saeid Ghasemi
- Ahmed Al-Baghdadi
- Watheq Al-Swaiedi
- Makoto Bozono
- Jun Mihara
- Takumi Takagi
- Naomi Teshirogi
- Mohammad Al-Kalaf
- Ahmad Al-Roalle
- Kim Kyoung-min
- Park Sang-jun
- Yoon Jae-yeol
- Ahmad Abbas
- Abdulhadi Al-Anezi
- Mohd Arif Shamil Bin Abd Rasid
- Mohamad Zairul Bin Khalil Tan
- Abu Bakar Al-Amri
- Rashid Al-Ghaithi
- Saoud Al-Maqaleh
- Taleb Al-Marri
- Zaid Al-Shammari
- Yasir Al-Sultan
- Abdul Hannan Bin Abdul Hasim
- Ronnie Koh Min Kiat
- Ali Ahmad
- Mohamad Kazzaz
- Tanate Chuchuen
- Rawut Nakarit
- Mohamed Al-Hammadi
- Hasan Al-Mahri
- Timur Gaynullin
- Andrey Tsapenko
- Stand-by referees
- Stand-by assistant referees
Group stage
All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
Tiebreakers
Teams are 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 are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[1]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they are playing each other in the last round of the group;
- 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);
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Tajikistan | 0–1 | Qatar |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
India | 0–3 | Uzbekistan |
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Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
United Arab Emirates | 3–1 | Hong Kong |
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Iran | 4–1 | Palestine |
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Iran | 2–1 | United Arab Emirates |
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Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Japan | 4–2 | Vietnam |
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Iraq | 3–2 | Vietnam |
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Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
South Korea | 3–1 | Bahrain |
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Jordan | 2–2 | South Korea |
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South Korea | 3–3 | Malaysia |
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Jordan | 0–1 | Bahrain |
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Group F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Thailand | 2–0 | Kyrgyzstan |
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Saudi Arabia | 2–1 | Oman |
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Kyrgyzstan | 1–1 | Oman |
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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 |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Disciplinary points; 5) Drawing of lots.[21]
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:
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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
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
28 January – Al Rayyan (Ahmad bin Ali) | ||||||||||||||
Runner-up Group A | ||||||||||||||
2 February – Al Rayyan (Ahmad bin Ali) | ||||||||||||||
Runner-up Group C | ||||||||||||||
29 January – Al Rayyan (Khalifa) | ||||||||||||||
Winner Group D | ||||||||||||||
6 February – Al Rayyan (Ahmad bin Ali) | ||||||||||||||
3rd Group B/E/F | ||||||||||||||
28 January – Al Rayyan (Jassim bin Hamad) | ||||||||||||||
Winner Group B | ||||||||||||||
2 February – Al Wakrah | ||||||||||||||
3rd Group A/C/D | ||||||||||||||
30 January – Al Rayyan (Education) | ||||||||||||||
Winner Group F | ||||||||||||||
10 February – Lusail | ||||||||||||||
Runner-up Group E | ||||||||||||||
31 January – Doha (Abdullah bin Khalifa) | ||||||||||||||
Winner Group C | ||||||||||||||
3 February – Al Rayyan (Education) | ||||||||||||||
3rd Group A/B/F | ||||||||||||||
31 January – Doha (Al Thumama) | ||||||||||||||
Winner Group E | ||||||||||||||
7 February – Doha (Al Thumama) | ||||||||||||||
Runner-up Group D | ||||||||||||||
29 January – Al Khor | ||||||||||||||
Winner Group A | ||||||||||||||
3 February – Al Khor | ||||||||||||||
3rd Group C/D/E | ||||||||||||||
30 January – Al Wakrah | ||||||||||||||
Runner-up Group B | ||||||||||||||
Runner-up Group F | ||||||||||||||
All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
Round of 16
Winner Group B | Match 37 | Third-place Group A/C/D |
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Runner-up Group A | Match 38 | Runner-up Group C |
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Winner Group D | Match 39 | Third-place Group B/E/F |
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Winner Group A | Match 40 | Third-place Group C/D/E |
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Runner-up Group B | Match 41 | Runner-up Group F |
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Winner Group F | Match 42 | Runner-up Group E |
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Winner Group E | Match 43 | Runner-up Group D |
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Winner Group C | Match 44 | Third-place Group A/B/F |
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Quarter-finals
Winner Match 38 | Match 45 | Winner Match 39 |
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Winner Match 37 | Match 46 | Winner Match 42 |
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Winner Match 44 | Match 47 | Winner Match 43 |
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Winner Match 40 | Match 48 | Winner Match 41 |
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Semi-finals
Winner Match 45 | Match 49 | Winner Match 46 |
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Winner Match 47 | Match 50 | Winner Match 48 |
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Final
Winner Match 49 | Match 51 | Winner Match 50 |
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Marketing
Logo and slogan
The official logo of the tournament was launched during the final draw on 11 May 2023. The logo features a silhouette of the AFC Asian Cup trophy, with the trophy lines inspired from feathers of a falcon and petals of the lotus flower. The top of the logo is colored in Qatar's national color, maroon, while the logo's tail features an Arabic nuqta.[22]
The tournament's slogan, "Hayya Asia", translating to "Let's go Asia!", was revealed on 5 October 2023 in an event to mark 100 days until the tournament.[23]
Match ball
The official match ball, the VORTEXAC23, was made by Kelme and unveiled on 10 August 2023.[24]
Sponsorship
Official Global Partners
Official Global Supporters
See also
Notes
- ^ China was awarded hosting rights on 4 June 2019. They later finished as second round Group A runners-up on 15 June 2021, which would earn them a qualification regardless of the hosting status. China later withdrew their hosting rights on 14 May 2022.
- ^ a b As South Vietnam
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External links
- AFC Asian Cup, the-AFC.com
- 2023 AFC Asian Cup
- AFC Asian Cup tournaments
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