2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification

The 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification matches will determine the participating teams for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.

A total of 16 teams will compete in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. The following five spots are determined outside of the qualification matches.

• The host nation: Australia;
• The winner of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup: Japan
• The third-placed team of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup: South Korea;
• The winner of the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup: TBD;
• The winner of the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup: TBD.

Since Australia also finished as runner-up of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, one of the automatic qualification spot is unused.^[1] Therefore, a total of 11 spots will be determined by the qualification matches.

Qualified teams

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year

² Australia also obtained 2011 AFC Asian Cup runner-up qualifying position

Format

The AFC has yet to announce the format of the qualification matches.

Below is a list of teams that may potentially enter the qualification matches:

Notes

• ^† Teams which are eligible to enter the AFC Challenge Cup and thus may qualify even if they do not enter the qualification matches.

References