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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = AFC Asian Cup
| year = 2007
| other_titles = {{ubl|Piala Asia 2007|เอเชียนคัพ 2550|Cúp bóng đá châu Á 2007}}
| image = 2007 Asian Cup Logo.svg
| size = 300px
| caption = 
| country = Indonesia
| country2 = Malaysia
| country3 = Thailand
| country4 = Vietnam
| dates = 7–29 July
| num_teams = 16
| confederations = 1
| venues = 8
| cities = 7
| champion = IRQ
| champion-flagvar = 2004
| count = 1
| second = KSA
| third = KOR
| third-flagvar = 1997
| fourth = JPN
| matches = 32
| goals = 84
| attendance = 724222
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|IRQ|2004}} [[Younis Mahmoud]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Naohiro Takahara]]<br />{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Yasser Al-Qahtani]]<br />(4 goals each)
| player = {{flagicon|IRQ|2004}} [[Younis Mahmoud]]<ref name="Awards">{{cite news|url=http://www.kooora.com/?n=25092 |title=Special AFC Awards for 2007 Asian Cup |language=ar |publisher=Kooora |date=29 July 2007 }}</ref>
| goalkeeper = {{flagicon|IRQ|2004}} [[Noor Sabri]]<ref name="Awards"/>
| fair_play = {{fb|JPN}}<ref name="Awards"/>
| prevseason = [[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]]
| nextseason = [[2011 AFC Asian Cup|2011]]
}}

The '''2007 AFC Asian Cup''' was the 14th edition of the men's [[AFC Asian Cup]], a [[quadrennial]] international [[association football|football]] tournament organised by the [[Asian Football Confederation]] (AFC). The finals were held from 7 to 29 July 2007. For the first time in its history, the competition was co-hosted by four countries in [[Southeast Asia]]: [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]], [[Thailand]] and [[Vietnam]]; it was the first time in football history that more than two countries joined as hosts of a major continental competition and the only one to have ever taken place until [[UEFA Euro 2020]].

[[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] won the continental title for the first time after defeating three-time champion [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]] 1–0 in the final. As the winner, Iraq represented the AFC in the [[2009 FIFA Confederations Cup]].

Before 2007, Asia held its continental tournament every four years from 1956 until 2004. With the [[Summer Olympic Games]] and the [[UEFA European Championship|European Football Championship]] also held in the same year as the Asian Cup, the AFC changed their tradition. From 2007, AFC decided to hold its continental tournament a year earlier, and every four years henceforth from that date.

An estimated worldwide television audience of 650 million people tuned in to watch the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/asian-cup/news/1015189/Cities-fight-for-Asian-Cup-motza |title=Cities fight for Asian Cup motza |access-date=18 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928212155/http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/asian-cup/news/1015189/Cities-fight-for-Asian-Cup-motza |archive-date=28 September 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

[[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]] participated for the first time since moving to the AFC from the OFC. Australia also happened to be the tournament's first nation aside from the co-hosts to qualify for the 2007 Asian Cup.

==Venues==
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| shape-color1       = #036e52
| mark-title1        = [[Jakarta]]
| mark-description1  = [[Gelora Bung Karno Stadium]]
| mark-coord1        = {{Coord|-6.205173|106.850117}}
| shape-color2       = #036e52
| mark-title2        = [[Palembang]]
| mark-description2  = [[Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium]]
| mark-coord2        = {{Coord|-2.972077|104.775431}}
| shape-color3       = #ecc311
| mark-title3        = [[Kuala Lumpur]]
| mark-description3  = [[Bukit Jalil National Stadium]]
| mark-coord3        = {{Coord|3.144946|101.686855}}
| shape-color4       = #ecc311
| mark-coord4        = {{Coord|3.075574|101.518461}}
| mark-title4        = [[Shah Alam]]
| mark-description4  = [[Shah Alam Stadium]]
| shape-color5       = #1c5f96
| mark-coord5        = {{Coord|13.765773|100.501765}}
| mark-title5        = [[Bangkok]]
| mark-description5  = [[Rajamangala Stadium]]<br />[[Supachalasai Stadium]]
| shape-color6       = #bc2945
| mark-coord6        = {{Coord|21.029930|105.834160}}
| mark-title6        = [[Hanoi]]
| mark-description6  = [[Mỹ Đình National Stadium]]<br />[[Supachalasai Stadium]]
| shape-color7       = #bc2945
| mark-coord7        = {{Coord|10.825369|106.629664}}
| mark-title7        = [[Ho Chi Minh City]]
| mark-description7  = [[Rajamangala Stadium]]<br />[[Supachalasai Stadium]]
}}

Since the tournament, the [[Shah Alam Stadium]] have been demolished. The [[Rajamangala Stadium]], the [[Mỹ Đình National Stadium]], the [[Gelora Bung Karno Stadium]], the [[Bukit Jalil National Stadium]] and the [[Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium]] have all been moderately or heavily modified. The [[Supachalasai Stadium]] and the [[Quân khu 7 Stadium|Army Stadium]] is the only largely unmodified stadium used for this tournament.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!City
!Stadium
!Capacity
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|THA}} [[Bangkok]]
|[[Rajamangala Stadium]]
|49,722
|-
|[[Supachalasai Stadium]]
| 19,793
|-
|{{flagicon|VIE}} [[Hanoi]]
|[[Mỹ Đình National Stadium]]
|40,192
|-
|{{flagicon|VIE}} [[Ho Chi Minh City]]
|[[Quân khu 7 Stadium|Army Stadium]]
|25,000
|-
|{{flagicon|IDN}} [[Jakarta]]
|[[Gelora Bung Karno Stadium]]
|88,083
|-
|{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Kuala Lumpur]]
|[[Bukit Jalil National Stadium]]
|87,411
|-
|{{flagicon|IDN}} [[Palembang]]
|[[Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium]]
|30,000
|-
|{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Shah Alam]]
|[[Shah Alam Stadium]]
|80,372
|}

<!--
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; border:none;"
|-
! {{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Jakarta]]
! {{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Palembang]]
! {{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Kuala Lumpur]]
! {{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Shah Alam]]
|-
| [[Gelora Bung Karno Stadium]]
| [[Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium]]
| [[Bukit Jalil National Stadium]]
| [[Shah Alam Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''88,083'''
| Capacity: '''30,000'''
| Capacity: '''87,411'''
| Capacity: '''80,372'''
|-
| [[File:BungKarno-indonoob.JPG|200px]]
| [[File:Indonesian athletes marching, SEA Games 2011 Opening.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:National Stadium Bukit Jalil 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup final.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Shah Alam Stadium (inside).jpg|200px]]
|-
! colspan="2" | Indonesia
{{Location map+|Indonesia|float=center|width=397|caption=|places=
{{Location map~|Indonesia|lat=-6.205173|long=106.850117|label=[[Jakarta]]|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|Indonesia|lat=-2.972077|long=104.775431|label=[[Palembang]]|position=left}}}}
! colspan="2" | Malaysia
{{Location map+|Malaysia|float=center|width=400|caption=|places=
{{Location map~|Malaysia|lat=3.144946|long=101.686855|label=[[Kuala Lumpur]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~|Malaysia|lat=3.075574|long=101.518461|label=[[Shah Alam]]|position=bottom}}}}
|-
! {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Bangkok]]
! rowspan="8" | Thailand
{{Location map|Thailand|float=center|width=200|caption=|lat=13.765773|long=100.501765|label=[[Bangkok]]|position=}}
! rowspan="8" | Vietnam
{{Location map+|Vietnam|float=center|width=180|caption=|places=
{{Location map~|Vietnam|lat=21.029930|long=105.834160|label=[[Hanoi]]|position=}}
{{Location map~|Vietnam|lat=10.825369|long=106.629664|label=[[Ho Chi Minh City]]|position=}}}}
! {{flagicon|Vietnam}} [[Hanoi]]
|-
| [[Rajamangala Stadium]]
| [[Mỹ Đình National Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''49,722'''
| Capacity: '''40,192'''
|-
| [[File:RajamangalaStadium.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Khán đài B - Sân vận động Quốc gia Mỹ Đình.jpg|200px]]
|-
! {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Bangkok]]
! {{flagicon|Vietnam}} [[Ho Chi Minh City]]
|-
| [[Supachalasai Stadium]]
| [[Quân khu 7 Stadium|Army Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''19,793'''
| Capacity: '''25,000'''
|-
| [[File:Suphachalasai 3116.JPG|200px]]
| [[File:HEC K-Pop Festival at Quan Khu 7 Stadium export.jpg|200px]]
|}
-->
{{Clear}}

==Qualification==
{{Main|2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification}}
The qualification ran from 22 February 2006 to 15 November 2006. For the first time, the defending champions (in this tournament, [[Japan national football team|Japan]]) did not get automatic qualification. Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam automatically qualified as co-hosts. Twenty-four teams were split into six groups of four to compete for the 12 remaining spots in the final tournament.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:17%;"|Team !! style="width:17%;" |Qualified as!! style="width:17%;"|Date qualification was secured !! style="width:49%;"|Previous appearances in tournament<sup>[[#1|1]], [[#2|2]]</sup>
|-
|{{fb|IDN}} || rowspan="4" | <span style="display:none">00</span>Co-hosts || rowspan="4" | 7 August 2004 || {{Sort|03|3}} ([[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]], [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]], [[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]])
|-
|{{fb|MAS}} ||{{Sort|02|2}} ([[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976]], [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]])
|-
|{{fb|THA}} ||{{Sort|05|5}} (''[[1972 AFC Asian Cup|1972]]'', [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]], [[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]], [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]], [[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]])
|-
|{{fb|VIE}}<sup>'''[[#3|3]]'''</sup>||{{Sort|02|2}} ([[1956 AFC Asian Cup|1956]]<sup>'''[[#4|4]]'''</sup>, [[1960 AFC Asian Cup|1960]]<sup>'''[[#4|4]]'''</sup>)
|-
|{{fb|AUS}}|| {{Sort|D1|[[2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group D|Group D]] winner}} || 16 August 2006 || 0 (debut)
|-
|{{fb|QAT}}|| {{Sort|F1|[[2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group F|Group F]] winner}} || rowspan="3" | 6 September 2006 || {{Sort|06|6}} ([[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]], [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], ''[[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]]'', [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]], [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]], [[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]])
|-
|{{fb|JPN}}|| {{Sort|A1|[[2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group A|Group A]] winner}}  || {{Sort|05|5}} ([[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]], '''''[[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]]''''', [[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]], '''[[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]]''', '''[[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]]''')
|-
|{{fb|KSA}}|| {{Sort|A2|[[2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group A|Group A]] runner-up}} ||  {{Sort|06|6}} ('''[[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]]''', '''[[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]]''', [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]], '''[[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]]''', [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]], [[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]])
|-
|{{fb|IRN}}|| {{Sort|B1|[[2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group B|Group B]] winner}} || rowspan="6" | 11 October 2006 || {{Sort|10|10}} ('''''[[1968 AFC Asian Cup|1968]]''''', '''[[1972 AFC Asian Cup|1972]]''', '''''[[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976]]''''', [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]], [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]], [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]], [[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]], [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]], [[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]])
|-
|{{fb|KOR|1997}}|| {{Sort|B2|[[2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group B|Group B]] runner-up}} ||  {{Sort|10|10}} ('''[[1956 AFC Asian Cup|1956]]''', '''''[[1960 AFC Asian Cup|1960]]''''', [[1964 AFC Asian Cup|1964]], [[1972 AFC Asian Cup|1972]], [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]], [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]], [[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]], [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]], [[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]])
|-
|{{fb|UAE}}|| {{Sort|C1|[[2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group C|Group C]] winner}} || {{Sort|06|6}} ([[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]], [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]], [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]], ''[[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]]'', [[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]])
|-
|{{fb|OMA}}|| {{Sort|C2|[[2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group C|Group C]] runner-up}} ||  {{Sort|01|1}} ([[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]])
|-
|{{fb|IRQ|2004}}|| {{Sort|E1|[[2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group E|Group E]] winner}}   || {{Sort|05|5}} ([[1972 AFC Asian Cup|1972]], [[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976]], [[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]], [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]], [[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]])
|-
|{{fb|CHN}}|| {{Sort|E2|[[2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group E|Group E]] runner-up}} ||  {{Sort|08|8}} ([[1976 AFC Asian Cup|1976]], [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]], [[1984 AFC Asian Cup|1984]], [[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]], [[1992 AFC Asian Cup|1992]], [[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]], [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]], ''[[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]]'')
|-
|{{fb|BHR}}|| {{Sort|D2|[[2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group D|Group D]] runner-up}} || rowspan="2" | 15 November 2006 || {{Sort|02|2}} ([[1988 AFC Asian Cup|1988]], [[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]])
|-
|{{fb|UZB}}|| {{Sort|F2|[[2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification#Group F|Group F]] runner-up}} ||  {{Sort|03|3}} ([[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996]], [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]], [[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]])
|}
:<div id="1"><sup>1</sup> '''Bold''' indicates champion for that year</div>
:<div id="2"><sup>2</sup> ''Italic'' indicates host</div>
:<div id="3"><sup>3</sup> Vietnam's debut since the [[Reunification Day|reunification of Vietnam]] in 1976</div>
:<div id="4"><sup>4</sup> As [[South Vietnam national football team|South Vietnam]]</div>

==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/english/media/default.asp?mnsection=media&section=newsDetails&newsID=7667 |title=AFC Asian Cup 2007 Organising Committee approves team classification for Final Draw |publisher=AFC |date=19 December 2006 |access-date=24 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201548/http://www.the-afc.com/english/media/default.asp?mnsection=media&section=newsDetails&newsID=7667 |archive-date=30 September 2007 }}</ref>

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

{| class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
|-
!width=20%|Pot 1
!width=20%|Pot 2
!width=20%|Pot 3
!width=20%|Pot 4
|-
|{{fb|IDN}} (153)<br>{{fb|MAS}} (152)<br>{{fb|THA}} (137)<br>{{fb|VIE}} (172)
|{{fb|CHN}} (84)<br>{{fb|IRQ|2004}} (83)<br>{{fb|UAE}} (87)<br>{{fb|BHR}} (97)
|{{fb|QAT}} (58)<br>{{fb|UZB}} (45)<br>{{fb|KSA}} (64)<br>{{fb|OMA}} (72)
|{{fb|AUS}} (39)<br>{{fb|IRN}} (38)<br>{{fb|JPN}} (47)<br>{{fb|KOR|1997}} (51)
|}

The draw was held on 19 December 2006 at the [[Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre]].

==Officials==
16 referees and 24 assistant referees were officially cleared following a fitness test on 2 July in [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]]. One referee and two assistant referees were also named from the [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.afcasiancup.com/en/news/index.asp?aid=47738&cid=1231&sec=105&ssec=246 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015155932/http://afcasiancup.com/en/news/index.asp?aid=47738&cid=1231&sec=105&ssec=246 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 October 2007 |title=Officials announced for Asian Cup |publisher=AFC |date=21 June 2007 }}</ref>

{{Col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;Referees
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Matthew Breeze]]
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Shield]]
* {{flagicon|BHR}} Jasim Karim
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Baojie]]
* {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Masoud Moradi]]
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuichi Nishimura]]
* {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli]]
* {{flagicon|LIB}} [[Talaat Najm]]
* {{flagicon|QAT}} [[Abdulrahman Abdou]]
* {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Khalil Al-Ghamdi]]
* {{flagicon|SEY}} [[Eddy Maillet]]
* {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Kwon Jong-chul]]
* {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Lee Gi-young]]
* {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Muhsen Basma]]
* {{flagicon|THA}} Satop Tongkhan (<small>†</small>)
* {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Ali Al-Badwawi]]
{{col-2}}
;Assistant Referees
* {{flagicon|BAN}} Mohd. Shahidul Islam
* {{flagicon|CHN}} Liu Tiejun
* {{flagicon|CMR}} Evarist Menkouande
* {{flagicon|HKG}} Poon Ming Fai
* {{flagicon|IND}} Benjamin Silva
* {{flagicon|IRN}} Reza Sokhandan
* {{flagicon|IRQ|2004}} Mohammad Kadom Arab
* {{flagicon|JOR}} Awni Hassouneh
* {{flagicon|JPN}} Toru Sagara
* {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} Jeong Hae-sang
* {{flagicon|KSA}} Mohammed Al-Ghamdi
* {{flagicon|KUW}} Yaser Ahmad Marad
* {{flagicon|LBN}} Mustafa Taleb
* {{flagicon|MAS}} Mohd. Sabri bin Mat Daud
* {{flagicon|MYA|1974}} Win U Kyaw
* {{flagicon|MDV}} Mohamed Saeed
* {{flagicon|OMA}} Abdullah Al-Amouri
* {{flagicon|QAT}} Ibrahim Ali Mohammed
* {{flagicon|RWA}} Célestin Ntagungira
* {{flagicon|SIN}} Yew Mun Tang
* {{flagicon|SYR|1980}} Hamdi Al-Kadri
* {{flagicon|TKM}} Begench Allaberdiyev
* {{flagicon|UAE}} Saleh Al-Marzouqi
* {{flagicon|UZB}} Viktor Serazitdinov
{{col-end}}
(<small>†</small>): Replaced {{flagicon|SIN}} [[Shamsul Maidin]] after he pulled out with injury.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.afcasiancup.com/en/news/index.asp?aid=47773&cid=1231&amth=6&ayr=2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710222029/http://www.afcasiancup.com/en/news/index.asp?aid=47773&cid=1231&amth=6&ayr=2007 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 July 2007 |title=Referee Maidin ruled out through injury |publisher=AFC |date=26 June 2007 }}</ref>

==Squads==
{{details|2007 AFC Asian Cup squads}}

==Tournament summary==
[[File:2007 AFC Asian Cup countries.PNG|thumb|Participating countries.]]
[[File:2007 AFC Cup participants.png|thumb|Results of the participating teams]]
The Asian Cup saw many upsets in the early stages of the tournament, with tournament favourites [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]] and [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] performing poorly in the group stage.

In Group A, [[Oman national football team|Oman]] held the Socceroos to a surprising draw. The Omanis took the lead and would have won, if not for an injury time goal from [[Tim Cahill]]. Next, joint hosts and the lowest-ranked team in the competition, [[Vietnam national football team|Vietnam]], shocked the [[United Arab Emirates national football team|UAE]] with a 2–0 victory. In the same group, [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]] held [[Japan national football team|Japan]] to a shock 1–1 draw. The result caused Japan's coach [[Ivica Osim]] to fly into a rage in which he branded his players as 'amateurs' and reduced his interpreter to tears.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=444506&cc=5901 |title=AFC Asian Cup – ESPN Soccernet |access-date=13 July 2007 |archive-date=19 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070819223411/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=444506&cc=5901 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In Group D, [[Indonesia national football team|Indonesia]] continued the undefeated streak of the hosts by defeating [[Bahrain national football team|Bahrain]] 2–1. [[Malaysia national football team|Malaysia]] ended up as the only host country to lose their opening match after a crushing 5–1 defeat to [[China national football team|China]]. [[Thailand national football team|Thailand]] recorded just their 2nd win in the Asian Cup finals (their other was in 1972 against [[Cambodia national football team|Cambodia]]), and its first ever win in regulation, when they beat Oman 2–0 on 12 July. Meanwhile, Australia was upset by a 3–1 defeat to [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] the following day, leaving them floundering in third place in their group despite high expectations. However, Australia's 4–0 demolition of Thailand at the last match day saw them move on to the quarter-finals, as Oman was unable to overcome Iraq in a goalless draw.

Vietnam continued to stun all predictions when they drew 1–1 with [[Football at the 2006 Asian Games|2006 ASIAD]] champions [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]], while Japan finally got their first win when they thrashed the UAE 3–1. Although Vietnam lost 1–4 to Japan, the UAE's 2–1 comeback win over Qatar resulted in Vietnam's first ever qualification into the next round. They became the only host to progress through despite being in a group with three different champions. On the other hand, Malaysia continued its poor form with 0–5 and 0–2 losses to [[Uzbekistan national football team|Uzbekistan]] and [[Iran national football team|Iran]], exiting the tournament without a single point. China's shocking elimination occurred when they were hammered 0–3 by the Uzbeks, despite having drawn 2–2 with Iran and was expected to qualify from group stage with an easy win.

Bahrain shocked the whole tournament by defeating South Korea 2–1 in Group D, leaving the Koreans on the verge of elimination when Indonesia was beaten 1–2 by [[Saudi Arabia national football team|Saudi Arabia]]. However, South Korea secured a 1–0 win over hosts Indonesia and with Saudi Arabia destroying Bahrain 4–0, it was enough for the Koreans to qualify to the quarter-finals.

In the quarter-finals, Iraq defeated Vietnam 2–0, while South Korea needed a penalty shootout to eliminate Iran 4–2. Japan also needed a penalty shootout to defeat Australia 4–3 (this was the first time Australia's goalkeeper [[Mark Schwarzer]] had ever come out on the losing end of a penalty shoot-out), and Saudi Arabia won over Uzbekistan 2–1. Iraq upset the Koreans in the semi-finals by winning 4–3 on penalties, resulting in thousands of Iraqis celebrating in the streets of Baghdad. Over 50 Iraqis were killed by terrorist bombs targeting these crowds.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-07-25 |title=Iraq bombs strike football fans |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6916230.stm |access-date= |work=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> In the other semi-finals, Saudi Arabia eliminated defending champions Japan after a 3–2 win to make the final match an all-Arab affair.

Iraq went on to defeat the Saudis 1–0, taking the Asian Cup title. Iraqi forward and captain [[Younis Mahmoud]] was given the title of Most Valuable Player. South Korea took third place, narrowly beating Japan 6–5 on penalties. It was the third consecutive match in the tournament that South Korea drew 0–0 before a penalty shootout. Iraq, Saudi Arabia and South Korea, as the top three teams in the tournament, all received automatic berths to the [[2011 AFC Asian Cup|2011 Asian Cup]] along with the next hosts Qatar.<ref>[https://archive.today/20110719073026/http://sports.indiatimes.com/Sections/Top_3_teams_guaranteed_2011_berths/articleshow/2231281.cms The Times of India Sports: Extensive sports coverage, key statistics and free downloads]</ref>

== Group stage ==

=== Group A ===
{{main|2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A}}
{{:2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A}}
{{football box
|date=7 July 2007
|time = 19:30 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|THA}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A#Thailand vs Iraq|1–1]]
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309174302/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/THAvIRQ070707.pdf Report]
|team2={{fb|IRQ|2004}}
|goals1=[[Sutee Suksomkit|Sutee]] {{goal|6|pen.}}
|goals2=[[Younis Mahmoud|Mahmoud]] {{goal|32}}
|stadium=[[Rajamangala Stadium]], [[Bangkok]]
|attendance=30,000
|referee=[[Kwon Jong-Chul]] ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]]) }}

{{football box
|date= 8 July 2007
|time = 17:15 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|AUS}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A#Australia vs Oman|1–1]]
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309175541/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/AUSvOMA070807.pdf Report]
|team2={{fb|OMA}}
|goals1=[[Tim Cahill|Cahill]] {{goal|90+2}}
|goals2=[[Badar Al-Maimani|Al-Maimani]] {{goal|32}}
|stadium=[[Rajamangala Stadium]], [[Bangkok]]
|attendance=5,000
|referee=[[Eddy Maillet]] ([[Seychelles Football Federation|Seychelles]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date=12 July 2007
|time = 17:15 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|OMA}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A#Oman vs Thailand|0–2]]
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309171544/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/OMAvTHA120707.pdf Report]
|team2={{fb|THA}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Pipat Thonkanya|Pipat]] {{goal|70||78}}
|stadium=[[Rajamangala Stadium]], [[Bangkok]]
|attendance=19,000
|referee=[[Lee Gi-Young]] ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]]) }}

{{football box
|date= 13 July 2007
|time = 17:15 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|IRQ|2004}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A#Iraq vs Australia|3–1]]
|team2={{fb|AUS}}
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309180210/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/iraq_aus_match_summary.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Nashat Akram|Akram]] {{goal|22}}<br />[[Hawar Mulla Mohammed|H. Mohammed]] {{goal|60}}<br />[[Karrar Jassim|Jassim]] {{goal|86}}
|goals2=[[Mark Viduka|Viduka]] {{goal|47}}
|stadium=[[Rajamangala Stadium]], [[Bangkok]]
|attendance=7,884
|referee=Jasim Karim ([[Bahrain Football Association|Bahrain]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date= 16 July 2007
|time = 19:30 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|THA}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A#Thailand vs Australia|0–4]]
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120517223928/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/THAvAUS160707.pdf Report]
|team2={{fb|AUS}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Michael Beauchamp|Beauchamp]] {{goal|21}}<br />[[Mark Viduka|Viduka]] {{goal|80||83}}<br />[[Harry Kewell|Kewell]] {{goal|90}}
|stadium=[[Rajamangala Stadium]], [[Bangkok]]
|attendance=46,000
|referee=[[Kwon Jong-Chul]] ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]]) }}

{{football box
|date= 16 July 2007
|time = 19:30 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|OMA}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A#Oman vs Iraq|0–0]]
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309173224/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/OMAvIRQ160707.pdf Report]
|team2={{fb|IRQ|2004}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[National Stadium (Thailand)|National Stadium]], [[Bangkok]]
|attendance=500
|referee=[[Eddy Maillet]] ([[Seychelles Football Federation|Seychelles]]) }}

=== Group B ===
{{main|2007 AFC Asian Cup Group B}}
{{:2007 AFC Asian Cup Group B}}

{{football box
|date= 8 July 2007
|time = 19:30 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|VIE}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group B#Vietnam vs United Arab Emirates|2–0]]
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070710094557/http://www.afcasiancup.com/shared/data/30/VIEvUAE080707.pdf Report]
|team2={{fb|UAE}}
|goals1=[[Huỳnh Quang Thanh]] {{goal|64}}<br />[[Lê Công Vinh]] {{goal|73}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Mỹ Đình National Stadium|Mỹ Đình Stadium]], [[Hanoi]]
|attendance=39,450
|referee=[[Talaat Najm]] ([[Lebanese Football Association|Lebanon]]) }}

{{football box
|date= 9 July 2007
|time = 17:15 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|JPN}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group B#Japan vs Qatar|1–1]]
|team2={{fb|QAT}}
|report=[http://www.weltfussball.de/spielbericht/asian-cup-2007-indo-malay-thail-viet-gruppe-b-japan-katar/ Report]
|goals1=[[Naohiro Takahara|Takahara]] {{goal|61}}
|goals2=[[Sebastián Soria|Soria]] {{goal|88}}
|stadium=[[Mỹ Đình National Stadium|Mỹ Đình Stadium]], [[Hanoi]]
|attendance=5,000
|referee=[[Matthew Breeze]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date= 12 July 2007
|time = 19:30 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|QAT}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group B#Qatar vs Vietnam|1–1]]
|team2={{fb|VIE}}
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309175230/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/QATvVIE120707.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Sebastián Soria|Soria]] {{goal|79}}
|goals2=[[Phan Thanh Bình]] {{goal|32}}
|stadium=[[Mỹ Đình National Stadium|Mỹ Đình Stadium]], [[Hanoi]]
|attendance=40,000
|referee=[[Masoud Moradi]] ([[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|Iran]]) }}

{{football box
|date= 13 July 2007
|time = 20:30 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|UAE}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group B#United Arab Emirates vs Japan|1–3]]
|team2={{fb|JPN}}
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110911203350/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/UAEvJPN130707.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Saeed Al-Kass|Al-Kass]] {{goal|66}}
|goals2=[[Naohiro Takahara|Takahara]] {{goal|22||27}}<br />[[Shunsuke Nakamura|S. Nakamura]] {{goal|42|pen.}}
|stadium=[[Mỹ Đình National Stadium|Mỹ Đình Stadium]], [[Hanoi]]
|attendance=5,000
|referee=Satop Tongkhan ([[Football Association of Thailand|Thailand]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date= 16 July 2007
|time = 17:15 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|VIE}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group B#Vietnam vs Japan|1–4]]
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309175547/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/VIEvJPN160707.pdf Report]
|team2={{fb|JPN}}
|goals1=[[Keita Suzuki (footballer, born 1981)|Suzuki]] {{goal|8|o.g.}}
|goals2=[[Seiichiro Maki|Maki]] {{goal|12||59}}<br />[[Yasuhito Endō|Endō]] {{goal|31}}<br />[[Shunsuke Nakamura|S. Nakamura]] {{goal|53}}
|stadium=[[Mỹ Đình National Stadium|Mỹ Đình Stadium]], [[Hanoi]]
|attendance=40,000
|referee=[[Matthew Breeze]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]]) }}

{{football box
|date= 16 July 2007
|time = 17:15 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|QAT}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group B#Qatar vs United Arab Emirates|1–2]]
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309180200/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/QATvUAE160707.pdf Report]
|team2={{fb|UAE}}
|goals1=[[Sebastián Soria|Soria]] {{goal|42|pen.}}
|goals2=[[Saeed Al-Kass|Al-Kass]] {{goal|60}}<br />[[Faisal Khalil|Khalil]] {{goal|90+4}}
|stadium=[[Quân khu 7 Stadium|Army Stadium]], [[Ho Chi Minh City]]
|attendance=3,000
|referee=[[Masoud Moradi]] ([[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|Iran]]) }}

=== Group C ===
{{main|2007 AFC Asian Cup Group C}}
{{:2007 AFC Asian Cup Group C}}
{{football box
|date= 10 July 2007
|time = 20:30 [[UTC+8]]
|team1={{fb-rt|MAS}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group C#Malaysia vs China PR|1–5]]
|team2={{fb|CHN}}
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120517224233/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/MASvCHN100707.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Indra Putra Mahayuddin|Indra Putra]] {{goal|74}}
|goals2=[[Han Peng (footballer, born 1983)|Han Peng]] {{goal|15||55}}<br />[[Shao Jiayi]] {{goal|36}}<br />[[Wang Dong (footballer, born 1981)|Wang Dong]] {{goal|51||90+3}}
|stadium=[[National Stadium, Bukit Jalil|Bukit Jalil Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]]
|attendance=21,155
|referee=[[Muhsen Basma]] ([[Syrian Arab Federation for Football|Syria]]) }}

{{football box
|date= 11 July 2007
|time = 18:15 [[UTC+8]]
|team1={{fb-rt|IRN}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group C#Iran vs Uzbekistan|2–1]]
|team2={{fb|UZB}}
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309144233/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/IRNvUZB110707.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Jalal Hosseini|Hosseini]] {{goal|55}}<br />[[Javad Kazemian|Kazemian]] {{goal|78}}
|goals2=[[Rahman Rezaei|Rezaei]] {{goal|16|o.g.}}
|stadium=[[National Stadium, Bukit Jalil|Bukit Jalil Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]]
|attendance=1,863
|referee=[[Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli]] ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date= 14 July 2007
|time = 18:15 [[UTC+8]]
|team1={{fb-rt|UZB}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group C#Uzbekistan vs Malaysia|5–0]]
|team2={{fb|MAS}}
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309174614/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/UZBvMAS140707.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Maksim Shatskikh|Shatskikh]] {{goal|10||89}}<br />[[Timur Kapadze|Kapadze]] {{goal|30}}<br />[[Ulugbek Bakayev|Bakayev]] {{goal|45+2|pen.}}<br />[[Aziz Ibrahimov|Ibrahimov]] {{goal|85}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[National Stadium, Bukit Jalil|Bukit Jalil Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]]
|attendance=7,137
|referee=[[Abdulrahman Abdou]] ([[Qatar Football Association|Qatar]]) }}

{{football box
|date= 15 July 2007
|time = 18:15 [[UTC+8]]
|team1={{fb-rt|CHN}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group C#China PR vs Iran|2–2]]
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120517224404/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/CHNvIRN150707.pdf Report]
|team2={{fb|IRN}}
|goals1=[[Shao Jiayi]] {{goal|7}}<br />[[Mao Jianqing]] {{goal|33}}
|goals2=[[Ferydoon Zandi|Zandi]] {{goal|45+1}}<br />[[Javad Nekounam|Nekounam]] {{goal|74}}
|stadium=[[National Stadium, Bukit Jalil|Bukit Jalil Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]]
|attendance=5,938
|referee=[[Khalil Al-Ghamdi]] ([[Saudi Arabian Football Federation|Saudi Arabia]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date= 18 July 2007
|time = 20:30 [[UTC+8]]
|team1={{fb-rt|MAS}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group C#Malaysia vs Iran|0–2]]
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309172259/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/MASvIRN180707.pdf Report]
|team2={{fb|IRN}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Javad Nekounam|Nekounam]] {{goal|29|pen.}}<br />[[Andranik Teymourian|Teymourian]] {{goal|77}}
|stadium=[[National Stadium, Bukit Jalil|Bukit Jalil Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]]
|attendance=4,520
|referee=[[Muhsen Basma]] ([[Syrian Arab Federation for Football|Syria]]) }}

{{football box
|date= 18 July 2007
|time = 20:30 [[UTC+8]]
|team1={{fb-rt|UZB}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group C#Uzbekistan vs China PR|3–0]]
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110924071218/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/UZBvCHN180707.pdf Report]
|team2={{fb|CHN}}
|goals1=[[Maksim Shatskikh|Shatskikh]] {{goal|72}}<br />[[Timur Kapadze|Kapadze]] {{goal|86}}<br />[[Alexander Geynrikh|Geynrikh]] {{goal|90+4}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Shah Alam Stadium]], [[Shah Alam]]
|attendance= 2,200
|referee=[[Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli]] ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]]) }}

=== Group D ===
{{main|2007 AFC Asian Cup Group D}}
{{:2007 AFC Asian Cup Group D}}
{{football box
|date= 10 July 2007
|time = 17:15 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|IDN}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group D#Indonesia vs Bahrain|2–1]]
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309175730/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/IDNvBHR100707.pdf Report]
|team2={{fb|BHR}}
|goals1=[[Budi Sudarsono|Budi]] {{goal|14}}<br />[[Bambang Pamungkas|Bambang]] {{goal|64}}
|goals2=[[Sayed Mahmood Jalal|Jalal]] {{goal|27}}
|stadium=[[Gelora Bung Karno Stadium]], [[Jakarta]]
|attendance=60,000
|referee=[[Yuichi Nishimura]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]]) }}

{{football box
|date= 11 July 2007
|time = 19:30 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|KOR|1997}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group D#South Korea vs Saudi Arabia|1–1]]
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110924111032/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/KORvKSA110707.pdf Report]
|team2={{fb|KSA}}
|goals1=[[Choi Sung-kuk]] {{goal|66}}
|goals2=[[Yasser Al-Qahtani|Y. Al-Qahtani]] {{goal|77|pen.}}
|stadium=[[Gelora Bung Karno Stadium]], [[Jakarta]]
|attendance=15,000
|referee=[[Mark Shield]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date= 14 July 2007
|time = 19:30 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|KSA}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group D#Saudi Arabia vs Indonesia|2–1]]
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309173714/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/KSAvIDN140707.pdf Report]
|team2={{fb|IDN}}
|goals1=[[Yasser Al-Qahtani|Y. Al-Qahtani]] {{goal|12}}<br />[[Saad Al-Harthi|Al-Harthi]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2=[[Elie Aiboy|Elie]] {{goal|17}}
|stadium=[[Gelora Bung Karno Stadium]], [[Jakarta]]
|attendance=87,000
|referee=[[Ali Al-Badwawi]] ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]]) }}

{{football box
|date= 15 July 2007
|time = 19:30 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|BHR}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group D#Bahrain vs South Korea|2–1]]
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110923194909/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/BHRvKOR150707.pdf Report]
|team2={{fb|KOR|1997}}
|goals1=[[Salman Isa|Isa]] {{goal|43}}<br />[[Ismail Abdullatif|Abdullatif]] {{goal|85}}
|goals2=[[Kim Do-heon]] {{goal|4}}
|stadium=[[Gelora Bung Karno Stadium]], [[Jakarta]]
|attendance=9,000
|referee=[[Sun Baojie]] ([[Chinese Football Association|China]]) }}
----
{{football box
|date= 18 July 2007
|time = 17:15 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|IDN}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group D#Indonesia vs South Korea|0–1]]
|team2={{fb|KOR|1997}}
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309172410/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/IDNvKOR180707.pdf Report]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Kim Jung-woo]] {{goal|34}}
|stadium=[[Gelora Bung Karno Stadium]], [[Jakarta]]
|attendance=88,000
|referee=[[Mark Shield]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]]) }}

{{football box
|date=18 July 2007
|time = 17:15 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|KSA}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup Group D#Saudi Arabia vs Bahrain|4–0]]
|team2={{fb|BHR}}
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110913082451/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/KSAvBHR180707.pdf Report]
|goals1=[[Ahmed Al-Mousa|Al-Mousa]] {{goal|18}}<br />[[Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani|A. Al-Qahtani]] {{goal|45}}<br />[[Taisir Al-Jassim|Al-Jassim]] {{goal|68||79}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium]], [[Palembang]]
|attendance=500
|referee=[[Yuichi Nishimura]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]]) }}

== Knockout stage ==
{{main|2007 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage}}
{{Round8-with third
|widescore=yes
|RD1=[[#Quarter-finals|Quarter-finals]]
|RD2=[[#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
|RD3=[[#Final|Final]]
|Consol=[[#Third place play-off|Third place]]
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter-finals -->
|21 July – [[Bangkok]]|'''{{fb|IRQ|2004}}'''|'''2'''|{{fb|VIE}}|0
|22 July – [[Kuala Lumpur]]|{{fb|IRN}}|0 (2)|'''{{fb|KOR|1997}}''' ([[Penalty shootout (football)|pen.]])|'''0 (4)'''
|21 July – [[Hanoi]]|'''{{fb|JPN}}''' ([[Penalty shootout (football)|pen.]])|'''1 (4)'''|{{fb|AUS}}|1 (3)
|22 July – [[Jakarta]]|'''{{fb|KSA}}'''|'''2'''|{{fb|UZB}}|1
<!--semi-finals -->
|25 July – [[Kuala Lumpur]]|'''{{fb|IRQ|2004}}''' ([[Penalty shootout (football)|pen.]])|'''0 (4)'''|{{fb|KOR|1997}}|0 (3)
|25 July – [[Hanoi]]|{{fb|JPN}}|2|'''{{fb|KSA}}'''|'''3'''
<!--final -->
|29 July – [[Jakarta]]|'''{{fb|IRQ|2004}}'''|'''1'''|{{fb|KSA}}|0
<!--third place -->
|28 July – [[Palembang]]|'''{{fb|KOR|1997}}''' ([[Penalty shootout (football)|pen.]])|'''0 (6)'''|{{fb|JPN}}|0 (5)
}}

=== Quarter-finals ===

{{football box
|date= 21 July 2007
|time = 17:15 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|JPN}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage#Japan vs Australia|1–1]] {{aet}}
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120525040430/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/JPNvAUS210707.pdf Report]
|team2={{fb|AUS}}
|goals1=[[Naohiro Takahara|Takahara]] {{goal|72}}
|goals2=[[John Aloisi|Aloisi]] {{goal|70}}
|stadium=[[Mỹ Đình National Stadium|Mỹ Đình Stadium]], [[Hanoi]]
|attendance=25,000
|referee=[[Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli]] ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]])
|penalties1 = [[Shunsuke Nakamura|Nakamura]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Yasuhito Endō|Endō]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Yūichi Komano|Komano]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Naohiro Takahara|Takahara]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Yuji Nakazawa|Nakazawa]] {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore = 4–3
|penalties2 = {{penmiss}} [[Harry Kewell|Kewell]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Lucas Neill|Neill]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Tim Cahill|Cahill]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Nick Carle|Carle]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[David Carney|Carney]]
}}
----

{{football box
|date= 21 July 2007
|time = 20:15 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|IRQ|2004}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage#Iraq vs Vietnam|2–0]]
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309144918/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/IRQvVIE210707.pdf Report]
|team2={{fb|VIE}}
|goals1=[[Younis Mahmoud|Mahmoud]] {{goal|2||65}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Rajamangala Stadium]], [[Bangkok]]
|attendance=9,720
|referee=[[Yuichi Nishimura]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]]) }}
----

{{football box
|date= 22 July 2007
|time = 18:15 [[UTC+8]]
|team1={{fb-rt|IRN}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage#Iran vs South Korea|0–0]] {{aet}}
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309173830/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/IRNvKOR220707v2.pdf Report]
|team2={{fb|KOR|1997}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[National Stadium, Bukit Jalil|Bukit Jalil Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]]
|attendance=8,629
|referee=[[Ali Al-Badwawi]] ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]])
|penalties1 = [[Ferydoon Zandi|Zandi]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Mehdi Mahdavikia|Mahdavikia]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Reza Enayati|Enayati]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Rasoul Khatibi|Khatibi]] {{penmiss}}
|penaltyscore = 2–4
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Lee Chun-soo]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Kim Sang-sik]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Kim Do-heon]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Cho Jae-jin]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Kim Jung-woo]]
}}
----

{{football box
|date = 22 July 2007
|time = 20:15 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|KSA}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage#Saudi Arabia vs Uzbekistan|2–1]]
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309174716/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/KSAvUZB220707.pdf Report]
|team2={{fb|UZB}}
|goals1=[[Yasser Al-Qahtani|Y. Al-Qahtani]] {{goal|3}}<br />[[Ahmed Al-Mousa|Al-Mousa]] {{goal|75}}
|goals2=[[Pavel Solomin|Solomin]] {{goal|82}}
|stadium=[[Gelora Bung Karno Stadium]], [[Jakarta]]
|attendance=12,000
|referee=[[Kwon Jong-Chul]] ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]]) }}

=== Semi-finals ===

{{football box
|date= 25 July 2007
|time = 18:15 [[UTC+8]]
|team1={{fb-rt|IRQ|2004}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage#Iraq vs South Korea|0–0]] {{aet}}
|report=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120309174513/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/IRQvKOR250707.pdf Report]
|team2={{fb|KOR|1997}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[National Stadium, Bukit Jalil|Bukit Jalil Stadium]], [[Kuala Lumpur]]
|attendance=12,500
|referee=[[Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli]] ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]])
|penalties1 = [[Hawar Mulla Mohammed|H. Mohammed]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Qusay Munir|Munir]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Haidar Abdul-Amir|Abdul-Amir]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Ahmad Mnajed|Mnajed]] {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore = 4–3
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Lee Chun-soo]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Lee Dong-gook]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Cho Jae-jin]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Yeom Ki-hun]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Kim Jung-woo]]
}}
----

{{football box
|date= 25 July 2007
|time = 20:15 [[UTC+7]]
|team1={{fb-rt|JPN}}
|score=[[2007 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage#Japan vs Saudi Arabia|2–3]]
|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20120309171554/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/JPNvKSA250707.pdf Report]
|team2={{fb|KSA}}
|goals1=[[Yuji Nakazawa|Nakazawa]] {{goal|37}}<br />[[Yuki Abe|Abe]] {{goal|53}}
|goals2=[[Yasser Al-Qahtani|Y. Al-Qahtani]] {{goal|35}}<br />[[Malek Mouath|Mouath]] {{goal|47||57}}
|stadium=[[Mỹ Đình National Stadium|Mỹ Đình Stadium]], [[Hanoi]]
|attendance=10,000
|referee=[[Matthew Breeze]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]]) }}

=== Third place play-off ===
{{football box
|date = 28 July 2007
|time = 19:30 [[UTC+7]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1997}}
|score = [[2007 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage#Third place play-off|0–0]] {{aet}}
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120309171410/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/KORvJPN280707.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fb|JPN}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium]], [[Palembang]]
|attendance = 10,000
|referee = [[Ali Al-Badwawi]] ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]])
|penalties1 = [[Cho Jae-jin]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Oh Beom-seok]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Lee Chun-soo]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Lee Ho (footballer, born 1984)|Lee Ho]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Kim Jin-kyu]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Kim Chi-woo]] {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore = 6–5
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Shunsuke Nakamura|S. Nakamura]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Yasuhito Endō|Endō]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Yuki Abe|Abe]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Yūichi Komano|Komano]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Yuji Nakazawa|Nakazawa]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Naotake Hanyu|Hanyu]]
}}

=== Final ===
{{Main| 2007 AFC Asian Cup final}}
{{football box
|date = 29 July 2007
|time = 19:30 [[UTC+7]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ|2004}}
|score = [[2007 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage#Final|1–0]]
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120309173744/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/IRQvKSA290707.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}
|goals1 = [[Younis Mahmoud|Mahmoud]] {{goal|72}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Gelora Bung Karno Stadium]], [[Jakarta]]
|attendance = 60,000
|referee = [[Mark Shield]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]]) }}

==Statistics==
===Goalscorers===
With four goals, Younis Mahmoud, Naohiro Takahara and Yasser Al-Qahtani are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 84 goals were scored by 57 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.
;4 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
* {{flagicon|IRQ|2004}} [[Younis Mahmoud]]
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Naohiro Takahara]]
* {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Yasser Al-Qahtani]]
{{colend}}
;3 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mark Viduka]]
* {{flagicon|QAT}} [[Sebastián Soria]]
* {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Maksim Shatskikh]]
{{colend}}
;2 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Han Peng (footballer, born 1983)|Han Peng]]
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Shao Jiayi]]
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Wang Dong (footballer, born 1981)|Wang Dong]]
* {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Javad Nekounam]]
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Seiichiro Maki]]
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shunsuke Nakamura]]
* {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Ahmed Al-Mousa]]
* {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Malek Mouath]]
* {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Taisir Al-Jassim]]
* {{flagicon|THA}} [[Pipat Thonkanya]]
* {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Saeed Al Kass]]
* {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Timur Kapadze]]
{{colend}}
;1 goal
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Harry Kewell]]
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[John Aloisi]]
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Michael Beauchamp]]
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tim Cahill]]
* {{flagicon|BHR}} [[Ismail Abdul-Latif]]
* {{flagicon|BHR}} [[Salman Isa]]
* {{flagicon|BHR}} [[Sayed Mahmood Jalal|Sayed Jalal]]
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Mao Jianqing]]
* {{flagicon|IDN}} [[Bambang Pamungkas]]
* {{flagicon|IDN}} [[Budi Sudarsono]]
* {{flagicon|IDN}} [[Elie Aiboy]]
* {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Andranik Teymourian]]
* {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ferydoon Zandi]]
* {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Jalal Hosseini]]
* {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Javad Kazemian]]
* {{flagicon|IRQ|2004}} [[Hawar Mulla Mohammed]]
* {{flagicon|IRQ|2004}} [[Karrar Jassim]]
* {{flagicon|IRQ|2004}} [[Nashat Akram]]
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yasuhito Endō]]
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuji Nakazawa]]
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuki Abe]]
* {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Indra Putra Mahayuddin|Indra Putra]]
* {{flagicon|OMA}} [[Badar Al-Maimani]]
* {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani]]
* {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Saad Al-Harthi]]
* {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Choi Sung-kuk]]
* {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Kim Do-heon]]
* {{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Kim Jung-woo]]
* {{flagicon|THA}} [[Sutee Suksomkit]]
* {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Faisal Khalil]]
* {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Alexander Geynrikh]]
* {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Aziz Ibragimov]]
* {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Pavel Solomin]]
* {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Ulugbek Bakayev]]
* {{flagicon|VIE}} [[Huỳnh Quang Thanh]]
* {{flagicon|VIE}} [[Lê Công Vinh]]
* {{flagicon|VIE}} [[Phan Thanh Bình]]
{{colend}}
;1 own goal
{{colbegin|colwidth=27em}}
* {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Rahman Rezaei]] (against ''Uzbekistan'')
* {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Keita Suzuki (footballer, born 1981)|Keita Suzuki]] (against ''Vietnam'')
{{colend}}

===Awards===
'''Most Valuable Player'''<ref name="Awards"/>
*{{flagicon|IRQ|2004}} [[Younis Mahmoud]]

'''Top scorer'''
*{{flagicon|IRQ|2004}} [[Younis Mahmoud]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Yasser Al-Qahtani]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Naohiro Takahara]]

'''Best Goalkeeper'''<ref name="Awards"/>
*{{flagicon|IRQ|2004}} [[Noor Sabri]]

'''Best Defender'''<ref name="Awards"/>
*{{flagicon|IRQ|2004}} [[Bassim Abbas]]

'''Fair Play Award'''<ref name="Awards"/>
*{{fb|Japan}}

'''Most Entertaining Team'''<ref name="Awards"/>
*{{fb|IRQ|2004}}

'''Team of the tournament'''

The ''Toshiba All-Star XI'' was voted for by fans on the official Asian Cup website.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707083546/http://www.afcasiancup.com/en/fanzone/best11/ |url=http://www.afcasiancup.com/en/fanzone/best11/ |title=Toshiba All Star XI Contest |publisher=AFC Asian Cup |archive-date=7 July 2007 |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/official-all-star-xi.586960/|title=Official All-Star XI|publisher=BigSoccer Forum|date=18 August 2007}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Goalkeeper
!Defenders
!Midfielders
!Forwards
|-
|valign=top|
{{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Lee Woon-jae]]
|valign=top|
{{flagicon|IRQ|2004}} [[Bassim Abbas]]<br />
{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuji Nakazawa]]<br />
{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Rahman Rezaei]]<br />
{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Lucas Neill]]
|valign=top|
{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shunsuke Nakamura]]<br />
{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Harry Kewell]]<br />
{{flagicon|KOR|1997}} [[Lee Chun-soo]]<br />
{{flagicon|IRQ|2004}} [[Nashat Akram]]
|valign=top|
{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Naohiro Takahara]]<br />
{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Yasser Al-Qahtani]]
|}

== Marketing==
===Official match ball===
The Official Match Ball for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup was launched by [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] on 15 May 2007, making it the first time ever that a ball had been launched specifically for any football competition in Asia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.the-afc.com/english/media/default.asp?mnsection=media&section=newsDetails&newsID=8611 |title=AFC Asian Cup 2007 Official Match Ball launched |publisher=AFC |date=26 June 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070623134749/http://www.the-afc.com/english/media/default.asp?mnsection=media |archive-date=23 June 2007 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/51532,exclusive-pictures-asian-cup-match-ball.aspx |title=Exclusive Pictures: Asian Cup Match Ball |publisher=442 Magazine Australia |date=14 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917013730/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/51532,exclusive-pictures-asian-cup-match-ball.aspx |archive-date=17 September 2008 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all |access-date=27 June 2007 }}</ref>

=== Official song ===
The AFC selected "[[I Believe (Tata Young album)|I Believe]]", a 2004 single by [[Thailand|Thai]] singer [[Tata Young]] as the tournament's official song.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vff.org.vn/tin-tuc-108/si-believe%E2%AC%9D--bai-hat-chinh-thuc-cua--asian-cup-2007-6509.html|title=SI believe⬝ - bài hát chính thức của Asian cup 2007|date=25 June 2007|publisher=[[Vietnam Football Federation]]|access-date=9 June 2018|language=vi}}</ref>

=== Sponsorships ===
'''Official Sponsors'''

* [[Emirates (airline)|Emirates]]
* [[Epson]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Long |first=Michael |date=2012-06-01 |title=AFC announces further sponsorship renewals |url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/afc_announces_further_sponsorship_renewals/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=SportsPro |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[ING Group]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-09-05 |title=[AsiaNet] ING To Sponsor AFC Asian Cup 2007 |url=https://www.mk.co.kr/news/all/3717357 |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=매일경제 |language=ko}}</ref>
* [[JCB (credit card company)|JCB Co., Ltd.]]
* [[Konica Minolta]]
* [[Maxell]]
* [[Samsung]]
* [[The Asahi Shimbun]]
* [[Toshiba]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Toshiba Asia Pacific |url=https://asia.toshiba.com/ |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=Toshiba Asia Pacific |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Yamaha Motor Company]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=YMC Becomes Official Asian Football Confederation Sponsor |url=https://global.yamaha-motor.com/jp/showroom/cp/library/yamaha_news_eng/pdf/index/343_YamahaNews_E_2005.pdf }}</ref>

'''Official Supporters'''

* [[FamilyMart]]
* [[Hyundai Heavy Industries]]
* [[Kirin Company]]
* [[Makita]]
* [[Nike, Inc.]]
* [[Nikon]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023065616/http://www.afcasiancup.com/en/ AFC Asian Cup 2007 Official Site] (Archived)
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/07asch.html Asian Cup 2007 at RSSSF]

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