2011 AFC Asian Cup

August 2020 AFC Asian Cup 2011 ar 2011 كأس آسيا File:2011 AFC Asian Cup full logo.svg 200px Qatar 7–29 January 16 1 5 2 JPN 4 AUS KOR 1997 UZB 32 90 KOR 1997 Koo Ja-cheol (5 goals) JPN Keisuke Honda KOR 1997 2007 2015 thumb|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.http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,22154315-5011321,00.html Qatar confirmed as cup host 29 July 2007 Fox Sports 29 July 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070919065012/http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,22154315-5011321,00.html 19 September 2007 live dmy-allhttp://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_8368.html https://archive.today/20070610034806/http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_8368.html dead 10 June 2007 Qatar to host AFC Asian Cup in 2011 Asian Football Confederation 29 July 2007 29 July 2007 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.https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1373570.html Japan down Aussies to make history 29 January 2011 FIFA.com 2 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110201121553/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1373570.html 1 February 2011 dead dmy-allhttp://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=312270&cc=5739 Australia 0 – 1 Japan 29 January 2011 ESPN Soccernet 2 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110131075210/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=312270&cc=5739 31 January 2011 dead dmy-all 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.http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/fifa-world-cup/38889-asian-cup-final-rematch-kick-off-time-confirmed https://archive.today/20120911172735/http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/fifa-world-cup/38889-asian-cup-final-rematch-kick-off-time-confirmed dead 11 September 2012 Asian Cup final 'rematch' kick-off time set 23 April 2012 Asian Football Confederation 5 May 2012 Host selection Qatar, India and Iran all lodged interest in hosting the 2011 AFC Asian Cup,http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,21227709-5011321,00.html Nations make Asian Cup bid Fox Sports 14 February 2007 20 February 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070929114936/http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,21227709-5011321,00.html 29 September 2007 live dmy-all while Australia also considered making a late bid.http://www.smh.com.au/news/Sport/Chances-to-host-2011-Asian-Cup-fading/2007/02/13/1171128971592.html Chances to host 2011 Asian Cup fading 13 February 2007 The Sydney Morning Herald 13 February 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20090210195935/http://www.smh.com.au/news/Sport/Chances-to-host-2011-Asian-Cup-fading/2007/02/13/1171128971592.html 10 February 2009 live dmy-all Qatar officially submitted their bid on 19 June 2006,Qatar formally submits Asian Cup 2011 bid AFC Asian Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191245/http://www.afcasiancup.com/en/news/index.asp?aid=47730&cid=1371&amth=6&ayr=2007 3 March 2016 while India withdrew their interest and Iran failed to submit proper documentation for their bid on time.India withdraw 2011 AFC Asian Cup interest AFC Asian Cup https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195320/http://www.afcasiancup.com/en/news/index.asp?aid=47758&cid=1231&amth=6&ayr=2007 3 March 2016 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. Qualification 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. Qualified teams Of the 16 teams appearing, 11 teams were returning after appearing in the 2007 edition. India, winners of the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup, qualified for the first time since 1984. North Korea, winners of the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup, qualified for the first time since 1992. Syria qualified for the first time since 1996. Jordan and Kuwait qualified for the first time since 2004. As of 2027 edition, this was the last time Oman failed to qualify for the AFC Asian Cup. thumb|250px|Final qualification status #0000cc Team qualified for Asian Cup #cc0000 Team failed to qualify Country Qualified asDate qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1, 2 QAT *Hosts Hosts 03 29 July 2007 07 7 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2007) IRQ 071 2007 AFC Asian Cup winner 00 25 July 2007 06 6 (1972, 1976, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007) KSA 072 2007 AFC Asian Cup runner-up 01 25 July 2007 07 7 (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007) KOR 1997 073 2007 AFC Asian Cup third place 02 28 July 2007 11 11 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007) IND 081 2008 AFC Challenge Cup winner 04 13 August 2008 02 2 (1964, 1984) UZB C2 Group C runner-up 05 18 November 2009 04 4 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2007) SYR 1980 D1 Group D winner 06 18 November 2009 04 4 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1996) IRN E1 Group E winner 07 6 January 2010 11 11 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007) CHN D2 Group D runner-up 08 6 January 2010 09 9 (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007) JPN A1 Group A winner 09 6 January 2010 06 6 (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2007) BHR A2 Group A runner-up 10 6 January 2010 03 3 (1988, 2004, 2007) UAE C1 Group C winner 11 6 January 2010 07 7 (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2007) PRK 101 2010 AFC Challenge Cup winner 12 27 February 2010 02 2 (1980, 1992) AUS B1 Group B winner 13 3 March 2010 01 1 (2007) KUW B2 Group B runner-up 14 3 March 2010 08 8 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004) JOR E2 Group E runner-up 15 3 March 2010 01 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.http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/26140-unity-the-theme-at-afc-executive-committee-meeting- Unity the theme at AFC Executive Committee meeting AFC 25 November 2009 25 November 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140512175834/http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/26140-unity-the-theme-at-afc-executive-committee-meeting- 12 May 2014 http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/afc-asian-cup/27204-afc-asian-cup-2011-finals-draw-on-april-23 https://archive.today/20120913132424/http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/afc-asian-cup/27204-afc-asian-cup-2011-finals-draw-on-april-23 dead 13 September 2012 AFC Asian Cup 2011 Finals draw on April 23 AFC 23 February 2010 23 February 2010 Seeding Seeding was announced on 22 April 2010. Qatar were automatically placed in Group A.http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-asian-cup-news/28326-afc-asian-cup-qatar-2011-finals-draw-mechanics AFC Asian Cup 2011 final draw mechanics The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 22 April 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140510200016/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-asian-cup-news/28326-afc-asian-cup-qatar-2011-finals-draw-mechanics 10 May 2014 FIFA rankings of April 2010 are given in brackets.http://www.football-rankings.info/2010/04/?m=1 April 2010 FIFA World Rankings 2021-02-17 Pot 1 (Host and Seeds)Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4QAT (96)IRQ (81)KSA (66)KOR 1997 (47)JPN (43)AUS (20)IRN (60)UZB (93)CHN (84)UAE (100)BHR (69)JOR (103)SYR 1980 (98)KUW (97)IND (133)PRK (106) Venues List of football stadiums in Qatar 25.4 51.44 9 220 275 n-circle maroon Location of the stadiums of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. yes 25.32959 51.34231 Ahmed bin Ali Stadium Al Rayyan 25.26735 51.48425 Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Al Rayyan 25.26364 51.44822 Khalifa International Stadium Al Rayyan 25.34474 51.44056 Thani bin Jassim Stadium Al Rayyan 25.31715 51.51236 Suheim bin Hamad Stadium Doha Members of the AFC Organising Committee for AFC Asian Cup 2011 have agreed the use of five stadiums for the 2011 tournament.http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/24773-afc-organising-committee-for-afc-asian-cup-2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20181017203143/http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/24773-afc-organising-committee-for-afc-asian-cup-2011 dead 17 October 2018 AFC Organising Committee for AFC Asian Cup 2011 14 July 2009 AFC 14 July 2009 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 CapacityImage Al Rayyan Ahmed bin Ali Stadium 21,282200x200pxJassim bin Hamad Stadium12,946 200x200pxKhalifa International Stadium40,000200x200pxThani bin Jassim Stadium21,175 200x200pxDohaSuheim bin Hamad Stadium13,000180x180px Officials 12 referees and 24 assistants were selected for the tournament, along with three stand-by referees:http://www.the-afc.com/en/event-information/afc-asian-cup-match-officials https://web.archive.org/web/20181019122041/http://www.the-afc.com/en/event-information/afc-asian-cup-match-officials dead 2018-10-19 2011 AFC Asian Cup referees Asian Football Confederation Referee Assistants AUS Ben Williams AUS Ben Wilson AUS Hakan Anaz JPN Yuichi Nishimura JPN Toru Sagara JPN Toshiyuki Nagi KOR 1997 Kim Dong-jin KOR 1997 Jeong Hae-sang KOR 1997 Jang Jun-mo MAS Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh CHN Mu Yuxin MAS Mohd Sabri bin Mat Daud OMA Abdullah Al Hilali KGZ Bakhadyr Kochkarov OMA Hamed Al Mayahi QAT Abdulrahman Abdou QAT Mohammad Darman QAT Hassan Al Thawadi IRN Mohsen Torky IRN Hassan Kamranifar IRN Reza Sokhandan SIN Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir SIN Jeffrey Goh Gek Pheng SIN Haja Maidin BHR Nawaf Shukralla BHR Khaled Al Alan SYR 1980 Mohammed Jawdat Nehlawi UAE Ali Al Badwawi UAE Saleh Al Marzouqi KUW Yaser Marad UZB Ravshan Irmatov UZB Abdukhamidullo Rasulov UZB Rafael Ilyasov Standby referees IRN Alireza Faghani UZB Valentin Kovalenko QAT Abdullah Balideh Squads 2011 AFC Asian Cup squads Each country's final squad of 23 players was submitted by 28 December 2010.http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/2010/regs/AFC_Asian_Cup_Qatar_2011_Regulations.pdf AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2011 Competition Regulations AFC dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111122085110/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/2010/regs/AFC_Asian_Cup_Qatar_2011_Regulations.pdf 22 November 2011 dmy 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: 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 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group A 7 January 2011 19:15 QAT 0–2 https://archive.today/20121205105323/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=242&matchId=2939 Report UZB Ahmedov 59Djeparov 77 Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan 37,143 Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) 8 January 2011 16:15 KUW 0–2 Report CHN Zhang Linpeng 58Deng Zhuoxiang 67 Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan 7,423 Ben Williams (Australia) 12 January 2011 16:15 UZB 2–1 Report KUW Shatskikh 41Djeparov 65 Al-Mutwa 49 pen. Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan 3,481 Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) 12 January 2011 19:15 CHN 0–2 Report QAT Ahmed 27 45+1 Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan 30,778 Kim Dong-jin (South Korea) 16 January 2011 19:15 QAT 3–0 Report KUW Bilal 12El-Sayed 16Fábio César 86 Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan 28,339 Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) 16 January 2011 19:15 CHN 2–2 https://archive.vn/5OAg UZB Yu Hai 6Hao Junmin 56 Ahmedov 30Geynrikh 46 Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan 3,529 Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) Group B 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group B 9 January 2011 16:15 JPN 1–1 Report JOR Yoshida 90+2 Abdel Fattah 45 Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 6,255 Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) 9 January 2011 19:15 KSA 1–2 Report SYR 1980 Al-Jassim 60 A. Al-Hussain 38 63 Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan 15,768 Kim Dong-jin (South Korea) 13 January 2011 16:15 JOR 1–0 https://archive.today/20121205082320/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=242&matchId=2930 Report KSA Abdul-Rahman 42 Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan 17,349 Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE) 13 January 2011 19:15 SYR 1980 1–2 Report JPN Al-Khatib 76 pen. Hasebe 35Honda 82 pen. Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 10,453 Mohsen Torky (Iran) 17 January 2011 16:15 KSA 0–5 Report JPN Okazaki 8 13 80Maeda 19 51 Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan 2,022 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) 17 January 2011 16:15 JOR 2–1 Report SYR 1980 A. Diab 30 o.g.Al-Saify 59 Al-Zeno 15 Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 9,849 Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar) Group C 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group C 10 January 2011 16:15 IND 0–4 Report AUS Cahill 11 65Kewell 25Holman 45+2 Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan 9,783 Ali Al-Badwawi (UAE) 10 January 2011 19:15 KOR 1997 2–1 Report BHR Koo Ja-cheol 41 56 Aaish 85 pen. Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan 6,669 Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) 14 January 2011 16:15 AUS 1–1 Report KOR 1997 Jedinak 62 Koo Ja-cheol 24 Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan 15,526 Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar) 14 January 2011 19:15 BHR 5–2 Report IND Aaish 8 pen.Abdullatif 16 19 35 77 Gouramangi 9ChhetriClarification on goalscorers: the second Indian goal is credited to Sunil Chhetri, who headed in a rebound after a shot from Renedy Singh hit the underside of the bar and bounced behind the goal line. However, as the officials did not indicate a goal was scored at that earlier point but only after Chhetri headed into the net, Renedy cannot be credited with the goal. 52 Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan 11,032 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) 18 January 2011 16:15 KOR 1997 4–1 Report IND Ji Dong-won 6 23Koo Ja-cheol 9Son Heung-min 81 Chhetri 12 pen. Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan 11,366 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) 18 January 2011 16:15 AUS 1–0 Report BHR Jedinak 37 Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan 3,919 Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Group D 2011 AFC Asian Cup Group D 11 January 2011 16:15 PRK 0–0 https://archive.today/20121205051536/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=242&matchId=2920 Report UAE Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 3,639 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) 11 January 2011 19:15 IRQ 1–2 Report IRN Mahmoud 13 Rezaei 42Mobali 84 Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan 10,478 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) 15 January 2011 16:15 IRN 1–0 Report PRK Ansarifard 63 Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 6,488 Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) 15 January 2011 19:15 UAE 0–1 https://archive.today/20121205082512/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=242&matchId=2918 Report IRQ Abbas 90+3 o.g. Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan 7,233 Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) 19 January 2011 19:15 IRQ 1–0 https://archive.today/20121204161907/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=242&matchId=2917 Report PRK Jassim 22 Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan 4,111 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) 19 January 2011 19:15 UAE 0–3 https://archive.today/20121205044134/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=242&matchId=2916 Report IRN Afshin 67M. Nouri 83Abbas 90+3 o.g. Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 5,012 Kim Dong-Jin (South Korea) Knockout stage 2011 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage yes Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Third place 21 January – Al Rayyan (KIS) UZB 2 JOR 1 22 January – Al Rayyan (JBHS) AUS 1 IRQ 0 21 January – Al Rayyan (TBJS) JPN 3 QAT 2 22 January – Doha IRN 0 KOR 1997 1 25 January – Al Rayyan (KIS) UZB 0 AUS 6 25 January – Al Rayyan (TBJS) JPN (pen.) 2 (3) KOR 1997 2 (0) 29 January – Al Rayyan (KIS) AUS 0 JPN 1 28 January – Al Rayyan (JBHS) UZB 2 KOR 1997 3 All times are Arabian Standard Time (AST) – UTC+3 Quarter-finals 21 January 2011 16:30 JPN 3–2 https://archive.today/20121205084701/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=242&matchId=2913 Report QAT Kagawa 29 71Inoha 89 Soria 13Fábio César 63 Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan 19,479 Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) 21 January 2011 19:30 UZB 2–1 https://archive.today/20121204144324/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=242&matchId=2915 Report JOR Bakayev 47 49 B. Bani Yaseen 58 Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan 16,073 Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) 22 January 2011 16:30 AUS yes 1–0 https://archive.today/20121204191758/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=242&matchId=2914 Report IRQ Kewell 118 Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan 7,889 Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar) 22 January 2011 19:30 IRN 0–1 yes https://archive.today/20121205000613/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=242&matchId=2912 Report KOR 1997 Yoon Bit-garam 105 Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha 7,111 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Semi-finals 25 January 2011 16:30 JPN yes 2–2 https://archive.today/20121205080524/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=242&matchId=3613 Report KOR 1997 Maeda 36Hosogai 97 Ki Sung-yueng 23 pen.Hwang Jae-won 120 Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan 16,171 Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) K. Honda Okazaki Nagatomo Konno 3–0 Koo Ja-cheol Lee Yong-rae Hong Jeong-ho 25 January 2011 19:30 UZB Kewell 5Ognenovski 35Carney 65Emerton 73Valeri 82Kruse 83 0–6 https://archive.today/20121205015926/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=242&matchId=3614 Report AUS Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan 24,826 Ali Al Badwawi (UAE) Third place playoff 28 January 2011 18:00 UZB 2–3 Report KOR 1997 Geynrikh 45 pen. 53 Koo Ja-cheol 18Ji Dong-won 28 39 Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan 8,199 Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) Final 2011 AFC Asian Cup final 29 January 2011 18:00 AUS 0–1 yes https://archive.today/20121205084738/http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/joomleague/?view=report&compID=242&matchId=2908 Report JPN Lee 109 Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan 37,174 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: 18em KOR 1997 Koo Ja-cheol 4 goals: 18em BHR Ismail Abdul-Latif KOR 1997 Ji Dong-won 3 goals: 18em AUS Harry Kewell JPN Ryoichi Maeda JPN Shinji Okazaki UZB Alexander Geynrikh 2 goals: 18em AUS Tim Cahill AUS Mile Jedinak BHR Faouzi Mubarak Aaish IND Sunil Chhetri JPN Shinji Kagawa QAT Yousef Ahmed QAT Fábio César SYR 1980 Abdelrazaq Al Hussain UZB Odil Ahmedov UZB Ulugbek Bakayev UZB Server Djeparov 1 goal: 18em AUS David Carney AUS Brett Emerton AUS Brett Holman AUS Robbie Kruse AUS Saša Ognenovski AUS Carl Valeri CHN Deng Zhuoxiang CHN Hao Junmin CHN Yu Hai CHN Zhang Linpeng IND Gouramangi Singh IRN Arash Afshin IRN Karim Ansarifard IRN Iman Mobali IRN Mohammad Nouri IRN Gholamreza Rezaei IRQ Karrar Jassim IRQ Younis Mahmoud JPN Makoto Hasebe JPN Keisuke Honda JPN Hajime Hosogai JPN Masahiko Inoha JPN Tadanari Lee JPN Maya Yoshida JOR Hassan Abdel-Fattah JOR Baha' Abdel-Rahman JOR Odai Al-Saify JOR Bashar Bani Yaseen KUW Bader Al-Mutawa QAT Mohamed El Sayed QAT Bilal Mohammed QAT Sebastián Soria KSA Taisir Al-Jassim KOR 1997 Hwang Jae-won KOR 1997 Ki Sung-yueng KOR 1997 Son Heung-min KOR 1997 Yoon Bit-garam SYR 1980 Firas Al-Khatib SYR 1980 Mohamed Al Zeno UZB Maksim Shatskikh 1 own goal: SYR 1980 Ali Diab (for Jordan) 2 own goals: UAE Walid Abbas (for Iraq and Iran) Awards The AFC selected the MVP, top goalscorer, fair play award and four quality players of the tournament.https://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/afc-asian-cup-qatar-2011-technical-report AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2011 Technical Report The-AFC.com AFC 10 December 2019 They didn't officially announce the all-star team of this tournament. Most Valuable Player JPN Keisuke Honda Top Goalscorer KOR Koo Ja-cheol Fair Play Award KOR Quality Players JPN Keisuke Honda KOR Park Ji-sung AUS Harry Kewell UZB Server Djeparov Final standings yes yes yes 95 1 JPN B yes gold 4 2 0 14 6 2 AUS C yes silver 4 1 1 13 2 3 KOR C yes #c96 4 2 0 13 7 4 UZB A yes 3 1 2 10 13 |- | colspan="11"| Eliminated in the quarter-finals |- 5 QAT A yes 2 0 2 7 5 6 JOR B yes 2 1 1 5 4 7 IRN D yes 3 0 1 6 2 8 IRQ D yes 2 0 2 3 3 |- | colspan="11"| Eliminated in group stage |- 9 CHN A yes 1 1 1 4 4 10 BHR C yes 1 0 2 6 5 11 SYR B yes 1 0 2 4 5 12 PRK D yes 0 1 2 0 2 13 UAE D yes 0 1 2 0 4 14 KUW A yes 0 0 3 1 7 15 KSA B yes 0 0 3 1 8 16 IND C yes 0 0 3 3 13 |} Source: AFC Technical Report Marketing Official match ball The Nike Total 90 Tracer was the official match ball of the tournament.http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/31770-the-tracers-excitement-for-ac-2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20181019163932/http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/31770-the-tracers-excitement-for-ac-2011 dead 19 October 2018 The Tracer's excitement for AC 2011 The-AFC.com Asian Football Confederation 13 December 2010 14 December 2010 Official mascot Official mascot were Saboog, Tmbki, Freha, Zkriti and Tranaa. They are a family of Jerboas, a rodent found in the deserts of Qatar. The characters are named after different locations in the north, south, east and west of Qatar. Official song Yalla Asia single Jay Sean featuring Karl Wolf and Radhika Vekaria 9 January 2011 3:21 Radhika Vekaria Max Herman Zoulikha El Fassi 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 features Football Free Stylers Abbas Farid and Soufiane Touzani. The music video was released on January 9, 2011. Sponsorship Official Sponsors Emirates Epson ING Konica Minolta Pocari Sweat Qatar Petroleum Qtel Samsung Toshiba The Asahi Shimbun Official Supporters Alkass Sports Channels FamilyMart Hyundai Heavy Industries Makita Nike Nikon Controversies The 2011 Asian Cup was not without controversies as concerns were risen about the extremely low crowds at most games not featuring hosts 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.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/attendance/_/league/afc.cup/afc-asian-cup?cc=3888 AFC Asian Cup Statistics – ESPN FC go.com 3 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20121024065457/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/stats/attendance/_/league/afc.cup/afc-asian-cup?cc=3888 24 October 2012 dead dmy-all The final match between Japan and Australia saw as many as 3,000 to 10,000 fans with valid tickets denied entry to the stadiumhttps://www.espn.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/6073683/asian-cup-ticket-holders-denied-entry-finale Asian Cup ticket-holders denied entry to finale ESPN.com 1 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110203001858/http://espn.go.com/sports/soccer/news/_/id/6073683/asian-cup-ticket-holders-denied-entry-finale 3 February 2011 live dmy-all 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.http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/football/01/27/qatar.2022.asian.cup/ CNN Five things we've learned from Qatar's Asian Cup 3 February 2011 3 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110209020649/http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/football/01/27/qatar.2022.asian.cup/ 9 February 2011 dead dmy-all 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.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-02-03/refund-offer-for-asian-cup-final-lockout/1929038 Refund offer for Asian Cup final lockout ABC News 3 February 2011 13 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20180505045110/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-02-03/refund-offer-for-asian-cup-final-lockout/1929038 5 May 2018 live After staging the 2006 Asian Games,https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hHX5UMKcoyDd2oBmQoAN5Y68fWiQ?docId=CNG.94591e60ea7188c66e691af71595f0f4.791 AFP: Qatar puts Middle East football on map Google News 18 March 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20101206081245/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hHX5UMKcoyDd2oBmQoAN5Y68fWiQ?docId=CNG.94591e60ea7188c66e691af71595f0f4.791 6 December 2010 dead dmy-all this Asian Cup was being closely watched as an indicator to see how Qatar copes with hosting a major international football tournamenthttp://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/football/12/02/world.cup.qatar.opinion/index.html Qatar: From obscure desert kingdom to World Cup host cnn.com 23 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110121230228/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/football/12/02/world.cup.qatar.opinion/index.html 21 January 2011 live dmy-all in preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Notes lower-alpha References 30em External links AFC Asian Cup 2011 Official Site (Archived) 2011 AFC Asian Cup at soccerway.com 2011 Asian Cup Asian Cup Category:2010–11 in Qatari football 2011 Category:January 2011 sports events in Asia Category:January 2011 in Qatar Category:2010s in Doha 2011 2011 2011