2011 AFC Asian Cup

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Results of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.

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 second time that the tournament was hosted by Qatar, the previous occasion being the 1988 AFC Asian Cup. Japan won the cup for the record-breaking fourth time 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]

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

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The final day of qualification was 3 March 2010.

List of qualified teams

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Team qualified for Asian Cup

Team failed to qualify

Country	Qualified as	Date qualification was secured	Previous appearances in tournament^{1, 2}
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Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sort (1972, 1976, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sort (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sort (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sort (1964, 1984)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sort (1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sort (1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sort (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sort (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sort (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sort (1988, 2004, 2007)
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Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sort (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004)
Template:Fb	Template:Sort	Template:Sort	Template:Sort (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
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Venues

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

Since the tournament, Ahmed bin Ali Stadium was demolished. Khalifa International Stadium have been heavily modified. The Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Thani bin Jassim Stadium and Suheim bin Hamad Stadium are the only largely unmodified stadium used for this tournament.

List of host cities and stadiums
City	Stadium	Capacity
Al Rayyan	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium	21,282
	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium	12,946
	Khalifa International Stadium	40,000
	Thani bin Jassim Stadium	21,175
Doha	Suheim bin Hamad Stadium	13,000

Officials

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

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

Standby referees

Template:Flagicon Alireza Faghani
Template:Flagicon Valentin Kovalenko
Template:Flagicon Abdullah Balideh

Squads

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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]

Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
Goal difference in all the group matches;
Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
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)
Drawing of lots.

Group A

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