2011 AFC Asian Cup

2011 AFC Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Qatar
Dates 7 January – 29 January
Teams 16
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 Keisuke Honda
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The 2011 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Qatar on 7–29 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]

Contents

Host selection

Voting results
Country Votes
 Qatar 6
 Iran 3
 India 1

Qatar, India and Iran all lodged interest in hosting the 2011 AFC Asian Cup,[5] while Australia also considered making a late bid.[6] Qatar officially submitted their bid on 19 June 2006,[7] while India withdrew their interest and Iran failed to submit proper documentation for their bid on time.[8]

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, it was also announced that the tournament would be held in January of that year.[1][2]

Venues

Members of the AFC Organising Committee for AFC Asian Cup 2011 have agreed the use of five stadiums for the 2011 tournament.[9]

Doha Al Rayyan Doha
Khalifa International Stadium Ahmed bin Ali Stadium Al-Gharafa Stadium
Capacity: 50,000 Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 22,000
Doha Doha
Qatar SC Stadium Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Capacity: 12,500 Capacity: 13,500

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.

The final day of qualification was 3 March 2010.

List of qualified teams

Country Qualified as Date qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1
 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)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year

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]

Pot 1 (Host and Seeds) Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Qatar
 Iraq
 Saudi Arabia
 South Korea

 Japan
 Australia
 Iran
 Uzbekistan

 China PR
 United Arab Emirates
 Bahrain
 Jordan

 Syria
 Kuwait
 India
 North Korea

Match ball

The Nike Total 90 Tracer was the official match ball of the tournament.[13]

Officials

Twelve referees and twenty four assistants were selected for the tournament:[14]

Number Referee Assistants
1 Ben Williams Benjamin Wilson Hakan Anaz
2 Yuichi Nishimura Toru Sagara Toshiyuki Nagi
3 Kim Dong-jin Jeong Hae-sang Jang Jun-mo
4 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh Mu Yuxin Mohd Sabri Bin Mat Daud
5 Abdullah Al Hilali Bakhadyr Kochkarov Hamed Al Mayahi
6 Abdulrahman Mohammed Mohammad Dharman Hassan Al Thawadi
7 Mohsen Torky Hassan Kamranifar Reza Sokhandan
8 Malik Abdul Bashir Jeffrey Goh Haja Maidin
9 Nawaf Shukralla Khaled Al Allan Mohammed Jawdat Nehlawi
10 Ali Al Badwawi Saleh Al Marzouqi Yaser Marad
11 Ravshan Irmatov Abdukhamidullo Rasulov Rafael Ilyasov
Standby Referees
Country Standby Referees
Iran Alireza Faghani
Uzbekistan Valentin Kovalenko
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.

Group stage

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

Tie-breaking criteria

For the three game group stage of this tournament, where two or more teams in a group tied on an equal number of points, the finishing positions are determined by the following tie-breaking criteria in the following order:

  1. Number of points obtained in the matches among the teams in question
  2. Goal difference in the matches among the teams in question
  3. Number of goals scored in the matches among the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points)
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches
  5. Number of goals scored in all the group matches
  6. Fair play conduct of the teams (final tournament)
  7. Drawing of lots
Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals

Group A

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uzbekistan 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
 Qatar 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
 China PR 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Kuwait 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
7 January 2011
19:15
 Qatar  0 – 2  Uzbekistan Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 37,143
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
Report Ahmedov  59'
Djeparov  77'
8 January 2011
16:15
 Kuwait  0 – 2  China PR Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 7,423
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)
Report Zhang Linpeng  58'
Deng Zhuoxiang  66'
12 January 2011
16:15
 Uzbekistan  2 – 1  Kuwait Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 3,481
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
Shatskikh  41'
Djeparov  65'		 Report Al-Mutawa  49' (pen.)
12 January 2011
19:15
 China PR  0 – 2  Qatar Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 30,778
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)
Report Ahmed  27', 45+1'
16 January 2011
19:15
 Qatar  3 – 0  Kuwait Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 28,339
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
Mohammed  12'
El Sayed  16'
Fábio César  86'		 Report
16 January 2011
19:15
 China PR  2 – 2  Uzbekistan Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 3,529
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)
Yu Hai  6'
Hao Junmin  56'		 Report Ahmedov  30'
Geynrikh  46'

Group B

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
 Jordan 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
 Syria 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
 Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
9 January 2011
16:15
 Japan  1 – 1  Jordan Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 6,255
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
Yoshida  90+2' Report Abdel Fattah  45'
9 January 2011
19:15
 Saudi Arabia  1 – 2  Syria Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 15,768
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)
Al Jassim  60' Report A. Al Hussain  38', 63'
13 January 2011
16:15
 Jordan  1 – 0  Saudi Arabia Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 17,349
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)
Abdul Rahman  42' Report
13 January 2011
19:15
 Syria  1 – 2  Japan Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 10,453
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)
Al Khatib  76' (pen.) Report Hasebe  35'
K. Honda  82' (pen.)
17 January 2011
16:15
 Saudi Arabia  0 – 5  Japan Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 2,022
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Report Okazaki  8', 13', 80'
Maeda  19', 51'
17 January 2011
16:15
 Jordan  2 – 1  Syria Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 9,849
Referee: Abdulrahman Mohammed (Qatar)
Diab  30' (o.g.)
Al Saify  59'		 Report Al Zeno  15'

Group C

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
 South Korea 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
 Bahrain 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3
 India 3 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
10 January 2011
16:15
 India  0 – 4  Australia Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 9,783
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)
Report Cahill  11', 65'
Kewell  24'
Holman  45+2'
10 January 2011
19:15
 South Korea  2 – 1  Bahrain Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 6,669
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)
Koo Ja-Cheol  40', 52' Report Aaish  85' (pen.)
14 January 2011
16:15
 Australia  1 – 1  South Korea Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 15,526
Referee: Abdulrahman Mohammed (Qatar)
Jedinak  62' Report Koo Ja-Cheol  24'
14 January 2011
19:15
 Bahrain  5 – 2  India Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 11,032
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Aaish  8' (pen.)
Abdullatif  16', 20', 35', 77'		 Report G. Singh  10'
Chhetri  53'
18 January 2011
16:15
 South Korea  4 – 1  India Al Gharafa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 11,366
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Ji Dong-Won  6', 23'
Koo Ja-Cheol  9'
Son Heung-Min  81'		 Report Chhetri  12' (pen.)
18 January 2011
16:15
 Australia  1 – 0  Bahrain Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 3,919
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
Jedinak  37' Report

Group D

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
 Iraq 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
 North Korea 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1
 United Arab Emirates 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
11 January 2011
16:15
 North Korea  0 – 0  United Arab Emirates Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 3,639
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Report
11 January 2011
19:15
 Iraq  1 – 2  Iran Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 10,478
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Mahmoud  13' Report Rezaei  42'
Mobali  84'
15 January 2011
16:15
 Iran  1 – 0  North Korea Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 6,488
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
Ansarifard  62' Report
15 January 2011
19:15
 United Arab Emirates  0 – 1  Iraq Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 7,233
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)
Report W. Abbas  90+3' (o.g.)
19 January 2011
19:15
 Iraq  1 – 0  North Korea Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
Attendance: 4,111
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Jassim  22' Report
19 January 2011
19:15
 United Arab Emirates  0 – 3  Iran Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 5,012
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea)
Report Afshin  70'
M. Nouri  83'
W. Abbas  90+2' (o.g.)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
21 January - Doha        
  Uzbekistan  2
25 January - Doha
  Jordan  1  
  Uzbekistan  0
22 January - Doha
    Australia  6  
  Australia (a.e.t.)  1
29 January - Doha
  Iraq  0  
  Australia  0
21 January - Doha
    Japan (a.e.t.)  1
  Japan  3
25 January - Doha
  Qatar  2  
  Japan (pen.)  2 (3) Third place
22 January - Doha
    South Korea  2 (0)  
  Iran  0   Uzbekistan  2
  South Korea (a.e.t.)   1     South Korea  3
28 January - Doha

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

Quarter-finals

21 January 2011
16:25
 Japan  3 – 2  Qatar Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 19,479
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Kagawa  29', 71'
Inoha  89'		 Report Soria  13'
Fábio César  63'
21 January 2011
19:25
 Uzbekistan  2 – 1  Jordan Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 16,073
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
Bakayev  47', 49' Report B. Bani Yaseen  58'
22 January 2011
16:25
 Australia  1 – 0 (a.e.t.)  Iraq Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 7,889
Referee: Abdulrahman Mohammed (Qatar)
Kewell  118' Report
22 January 2011
19:25
 Iran  0 – 1 (a.e.t.)  South Korea Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 7,111
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Report Yoon Bit-Garam  105'

Semi-finals

25 January 2011
16:25
 Japan  2 – 2 (a.e.t.)  South Korea Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 16,171
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
Maeda  36'
Hosogai  97'		 Report Ki Sung-Yueng  23' (pen.)
Hwang Jae-Won  120'
  Penalties  
K. Honda
Okazaki
Nagatomo
Konno		 3 – 0 Koo Ja-Cheol
Lee Yong-Rae
Hong Jeong-Ho
25 January 2011
19:25
 Uzbekistan  0 – 6  Australia Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 24,826
Referee: Ali Al Badwawi (UAE)
Report Kewell  5'
Ognenovski  35'
Carney  65'
Emerton  73'
Valeri  82'
Kruse  83'

Third place playoff

28 January 2011
18:00
 Uzbekistan  2 – 3  South Korea Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 8,199
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
Geynrikh  45' (pen.), 53' Report Koo Ja-Cheol  18'
Ji Dong-Won  28', 39'

Final

Main article: 2011 AFC Asian Cup Final
29 January 2011
18:00
 Australia  0 – 1 (a.e.t.)  Japan Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 37,174
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Report Lee  109'

Awards

Winners

 AFC Asian Cup 2011 Winners 

Japan
Fourth title

Individual Awards

Top Goalscorers Most Valuable Player Fair Play Award
Koo Ja-Cheol Keisuke Honda  South Korea

Scorers

5 goals:

4 goals:

3 goals:

2 goals:

1 goal:

1 own goal:

2 own goals:

Final positions

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Eff
1  Japan 6 4 2 0 14 6 +8 14 77.8%
2  Australia 6 4 1 1 13 2 +11 13 72.2%
3  South Korea 6 4 2 0 13 7 +6 14 77.8%
4  Uzbekistan 6 3 1 2 10 13 −3 10 55.6%
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
5  Iran 4 3 0 1 6 2 +4 9 75.0%
6  Jordan 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7 58.3%
7  Qatar 4 2 0 2 7 5 +2 6 50.0%
8  Iraq 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 6 50.0%
Eliminated in the First Stage
9  China PR 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 44.4%
10  Bahrain 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3 33.3%
11  Syria 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3 33.3%
12  North Korea 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1 11.1%
13  United Arab Emirates 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1 11.1%
14  Kuwait 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0 0.0%
15  Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0 0.0%
16  India 3 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0 0.0%

Theme song

For marketing of the event, the organizers 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. The record was produced by Max Herman for Zoul Projects 2011.The children choir from the 'Sylvia Young Theater School, London'. Choir conducted by Katherine Sayles.

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 a paltry 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.[15] 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 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, " said Andy Richardson, Al Jazeera's sports correspondent.[16] 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.[17]

2011 as "preview" of 2022

After staging the 2006 Asian Games,[18] the 2011 Asian Cup was being closely watched as an indicator to see how Qatar copes with hosting a major international football tournament[19] in preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Some controversy has erupted due to revelations that as many as 3,000 to 10,000 fans with valid tickets were denied entry to the stadium to watch the final match.[20]

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  18. ^ AFP: Qatar puts Middle East football on map
  19. ^ James Montague for CNN: Qatar: From obscure desert kingdom to World Cup host
  20. ^ Asian Cup blames royals' attendance

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