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The 2011 AFC Asian Cup was the 15th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Qatar from 7 to 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]

2011 AFC Asian Cup

2011 كأس آسيا
Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Dates	7–29 January
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
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 played	32
Goals scored	90 (2.81 per match)
Attendance	405,361 (12,668 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Koo Ja-cheol (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Keisuke Honda
Fair play award	South Korea
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A television viewing audience of 484 million in 80 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, North America and North Africa witnessed Japan defeat Australia 1–0 in the final.[5]

Host selection

Qatar, India and Iran all lodged interest in hosting the 2011 AFC Asian Cup,[6] while Australia also considered making a late bid.[7] Qatar officially submitted their bid on 19 June 2006,[8] while India withdrew their interest and Iran failed to submit proper documentation for their bid on time.[9]

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, 2011 Asian Cup took place in January of that year.[1][2]

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. These two winners were India and North Korea. It was India's first play for the Asian Cup since 1984, and North Korea's first since 1992.

The final day of qualification was 3 March 2010.

List of qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Date qualification was secured	Previous appearances in tournament1, 2
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)

Notes:

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

² Italic indicates host

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] FIFA rankings of April 2010 are given in brackets.[13]

Pot 1 (Host and Seeds)	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Qatar (96)  Iraq (81)  Saudi Arabia (66)  South Korea (47)	Japan (43)  Australia (20)  Iran (60)  Uzbekistan (93)	China (84)  United Arab Emirates (100)  Bahrain (69)  Jordan (103)	Syria (98)  Kuwait (97)  India (133)  North Korea (106)

Venues

Members of the AFC Organising Committee for AFC Asian Cup 2011 have agreed the use of five stadiums for the 2011 tournament.[14]

Doha	Al Rayyan	Doha
Khalifa International Stadium	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium	Thani bin Jassim Stadium
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 21,282	Capacity: 21,175
Doha	Doha Al Rayyan	Doha
Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium		Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Capacity: 13,000		Capacity: 12,946

Officials

12 referees and 24 assistants were selected for the tournament, along with three stand-by referees:[15]

Referee	Assistants
Ben Williams	Ben Wilson	Hakan Anaz
Yuichi Nishimura	Toru Sagara	Toshiyuki Nagi
Kim Dong-jin	Jeong Hae-sang	Jang Jun-mo
Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh	Mu Yuxin	Mohd Sabri bin Mat Daud
Abdullah Al Hilali	Bakhadyr Kochkarov	Hamed Al Mayahi
Abdulrahman Abdou	Mohammad Darman	Hassan Al Thawadi
Mohsen Torky	Hassan Kamranifar	Reza Sokhandan
Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir	Jeffrey Goh Gek Pheng	Haja Maidin
Nawaf Shukralla	Khaled Al Alan	Mohammed Jawdat Nehlawi
Ali Al Badwawi	Saleh Al Marzouqi	Yaser Marad
Ravshan Irmatov	Abdukhamidullo Rasulov	Rafael Ilyasov

Standby referees

Alireza Faghani

Valentin Kovalenko

Abdullah Balideh

Squads

Each country's final squad of 23 players was submitted by 28 December 2010.[16]

Group stage

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

Tie-breaking criteria

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers are in following order:[16]

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. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches; (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for each direct red card, 4 points for each yellow card followed by a direct red card)
8. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	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

7 January 2011
Qatar	0–2	Uzbekistan
8 January 2011
Kuwait	0–2	China
12 January 2011
Uzbekistan	2–1	Kuwait
China	0–2	Qatar
16 January 2011
Qatar	3–0	Kuwait
China	2–2	Uzbekistan

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Jordan	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
3	Syria	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

9 January 2011
Japan	1–1	Jordan
Saudi Arabia	1–2	Syria
13 January 2011
Jordan	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Syria	1–2	Japan
17 January 2011
Saudi Arabia	0–5	Japan
Jordan	2–1	Syria

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
3	Bahrain	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
4	India	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

10 January 2011
India	0–4	Australia
South Korea	2–1	Bahrain
14 January 2011
Australia	1–1	South Korea
Bahrain	5–2	India
18 January 2011
South Korea	4–1	India
Australia	1–0	Bahrain

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	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

11 January 2011
North Korea	0–0	United Arab Emirates
Iraq	1–2	Iran
15 January 2011
Iran	1–0	North Korea
United Arab Emirates	0–1	Iraq
19 January 2011
Iraq	1–0	North Korea
United Arab Emirates	0–3	Iran

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	21 January – Doha (Khalifa)
	Uzbekistan	2
					25 January – Doha (Khalifa)
	Jordan	1
					Uzbekistan	0
	22 January – Doha (Suheim)
					Australia	6
	Australia (a.e.t.)	1
									29 January – Doha (Khalifa)
	Iraq	0
									Australia	0
	21 January – Doha (Thani)
									Japan (a.e.t.)	1
	Japan	3
					25 January – Doha (Thani)
	Qatar	2
					Japan (pen.)	2 (3)
	22 January – Doha (Jassim)
					South Korea	2 (0)			Third place
	Iran	0
									28 January – Doha (Jassim)
	South Korea (a.e.t.)	1
									Uzbekistan	2
									South Korea	3

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

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place playoff

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

With five goals, Koo Ja-cheol was the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 90 goals were scored by 60 different players, with three of them credited as own goals.

5 goals:

• Koo Ja-cheol

4 goals:

3 goals:

2 goals:

1 goal:

1 own goal:

• Ali Diab (for Jordan)

2 own goals:

• Walid Abbas (for Iraq and Iran)

Awards

The AFC selected the MVP, top goalscorer, fair play award and four quality players of the tournament.[17] They didn't officially announce the all-star team of this tournament.

Most Valuable Player

• Keisuke Honda

Top Goalscorer

• Koo Ja-cheol

Fair Play Award

•  South Korea

Quality Players

• Keisuke Honda
• Park Ji-sung
• Harry Kewell
• Server Djeparov

Final standings

Pos.	Team	G	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
1	Japan	B	6	4	2	0	14	14	6	+8
2	Australia	C	6	4	1	1	13	13	2	+11
3	South Korea	C	6	4	2	0	14	13	7	+6
4	Uzbekistan	A	6	3	1	2	10	10	13	−3
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5	Iran	D	4	3	0	1	9	6	2	+4
6	Jordan	B	4	2	1	1	7	5	4	+1
7	Qatar	A	4	2	0	2	6	7	5	+2
8	Iraq	D	4	2	0	2	6	3	3	0
Eliminated in group stage
9	China	A	3	1	1	1	4	4	4	0
10	Syria	B	3	1	0	2	3	4	5	−1
11	Bahrain	C	3	1	0	2	3	6	5	+1
12	North Korea	D	3	0	1	2	1	0	2	−2
13	United Arab Emirates	D	3	0	1	2	1	0	4	−4
14	Kuwait	A	3	0	0	3	0	1	7	−6
15	Saudi Arabia	B	3	0	0	3	0	1	8	−7
16	India	C	3	0	0	3	0	3	13	−10

Marketing

Official match ball

The Nike Total 90 Tracer was the official match ball of the tournament.[18]

Official mascot

Official mascot were Saboog, Tmbki, Freha, Zkriti and Tranaa.

Official song

"Yalla Asia"
Single by Jay Sean featuring Karl Wolf and Radhika Vekaria
Released	9 January 2011
Length	3:21
Songwriter(s)	Radhika Vekaria Max Herman Zoulikha El Fassi
Producer(s)	Max Herman

For marketing of the event, the organisers 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. Max Herman produced the record for Zoul Projects 2011.

The music video was released on January 9, 2011.

Concerns and controversies

The 2011 Asian Cup was not without controversies as concerns were risen about the extremely low crowds at most games not featuring hosts Qatar. The average attendance was just 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.[19] 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[20] 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", according to Andy Richardson, Al Jazeera's sports correspondent.[21] 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.[22]

After staging the 2006 Asian Games,[23] this Asian Cup was being closely watched as an indicator to see how Qatar copes with hosting a major international football tournament[24] in preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

References

External links

• AFC Asian Cup 2011 Official Site (Archived)
• 2011 AFC Asian Cup at soccerway.com

На других языках

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- [en] 2011 AFC Asian Cup

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[ru] Кубок Азии по футболу 2011

Кубок Азии 2011 — футбольный турнир среди азиатских сборных. Это 15-й по счету Кубок Азии. Финальный турнир прошёл в Катаре в январе 2011 года.

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