2011 AFC Asian Cup

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2011 AFC Asian Cup
2011 كأس آسيا
2011 AFC Asian Cup full logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates7–29 January
Teams16 (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 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
Fair play award South Korea
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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 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]

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[]

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. 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[]

Final qualification status
  Team qualified for Asian Cup
  Team failed to qualify
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 PR 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 PR (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
Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Brazil vs Argentina (2010).jpg Al-rayyan-stadium.jpg Entrance to Thani bin Jassim Stadium.jpg
Doha
Doha
Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 12,946
Interior view of Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in 2020.jpg Save the Dream at the Supercoppa (30394071002).jpg

Match ball[]

The Nike Total 90 Tracer was the official match ball of the tournament.[15]

Officials[]

Twelve referees and twenty four assistants were selected for the tournament:[16]

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 Abdou Qatar Mohammad Dharman Qatar Hassan Al Thawadi
7 Iran Mohsen Torky Iran Hassan Kamranifar Iran Reza Sokhandan
8 Singapore Malik Abdul Bashir 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.[17]

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:[17]

  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[]

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

Group B[]

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group B
Pos Team
 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
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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[]

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group C
Pos Team
 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
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
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[]

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
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[]

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
21 January – Doha (Khalifa)
 
 
 Uzbekistan2
 
25 January – Doha (Khalifa)
 
 Jordan1
 
 Uzbekistan0
 
22 January – Doha (Suheim)
 
 Australia6
 
 Australia (a.e.t.)1
 
29 January – Doha (Khalifa)
 
 Iraq0
 
 Australia0
 
21 January – Doha (Thani)
 
 Japan (a.e.t.)1
 
 Japan3
 
25 January – Doha (Thani)
 
 Qatar2
 
 Japan (pen.)2 (3)
 
22 January – Doha (Jassim)
 
 South Korea2 (0) Third place
 
 Iran0
 
28 January – Doha (Jassim)
 
 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 Goal 29', 71'
Inoha Goal 89'		 Report Soria Goal 13'
Fábio César Goal 63'
Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 19,479
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Uzbekistan 2–1 Jordan
Bakayev Goal 47', 49' Report B. Bani Yaseen Goal 58'
Attendance: 16,073
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
Australia 1–0 (a.e.t.) Iraq
Kewell Goal 118' Report
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 7,889
Iran 0–1 (a.e.t.) South Korea
Report Yoon Bit-garam Goal 105'
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 7,111
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Semi-finals[]

Japan 2–2 (a.e.t.) South Korea
Maeda Goal 36'
Hosogai Goal 97'		 Report Ki Sung-yueng Goal 23' (pen.)
Hwang Jae-won Goal 120'
Penalties
K. Honda Penalty scored
Okazaki Penalty scored
Nagatomo Penalty missed
Konno Penalty scored		 3–0 Penalty missed Koo Ja-cheol
Penalty missed Lee Yong-rae
Penalty missed Hong Jeong-ho
Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 16,171
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Uzbekistan 0–6 Australia
Report Kewell Goal 5'
Ognenovski Goal 35'
Carney Goal 65'
Emerton Goal 73'
Valeri Goal 82'
Kruse Goal 83'
Attendance: 24,826
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)

Third place playoff[]

Uzbekistan 2–3 South Korea
Geynrikh Goal 45' (pen.), 53' Report Koo Ja-cheol Goal 18'
Ji Dong-won Goal 28', 39'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 8,199
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

Final[]

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

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:

  • South Korea Koo Ja-cheol

4 goals:

3 goals:

  • Australia Harry Kewell
  • Japan Ryoichi Maeda
  • Japan Shinji Okazaki
  • Uzbekistan Alexander Geynrikh

2 goals:

1 goal:

1 own goal:

2 own goals:

Awards[]

The AFC selected the MVP, top goalscorer, fair play award and four quality players of the tournament.[18] They didn't officially announce the all-star team in this tournament.

Team of the tournament

Goal.com's Team Of The Tournament.[19]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards

Japan Eiji Kawashima

Japan Yuto Nagatomo
Australia Lucas Neill
Uzbekistan Odil Ahmedov
South Korea Cha Du-Ri

Australia Matt McKay
Japan Makoto Hasebe
South Korea Koo Ja-Cheol
Uzbekistan Server Djeparov

Japan Shinji Okazaki
Australia Harry Kewell

Most Valuable Player

  • Japan Keisuke Honda

Top Goalscorer

  • South Korea Koo Ja-cheol

Fair Play Award

  •  South Korea

Quality Player

  • Japan Keisuke Honda
  • South Korea Park Ji-sung
  • Australia Harry Kewell
  • Uzbekistan 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 PR 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

Theme song[]

"Yalla Asia"
Single by Jay Sean featuring Karl Wolf and Radhika Vekaria
Released9 January 2011
Length3:21
Songwriter(s)
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 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 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.[20] 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[21] 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.[22] 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.[23]

After staging the 2006 Asian Games,[24] this Asian Cup was being closely watched as an indicator to see how Qatar copes with hosting a major international football tournament[25] in preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

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