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2023 AFC Asian Cup
The 2023 AFC Asian Cup will be the 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It will involve 24 national teams after expansion in 2019, with Qatar as the defending champions. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in China from 16 June to 16 July 2023. On 14 May 2022, the AFC announced that China would not host the tournament due to the circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and China's Zero-COVID policy. On 17 October, the AFC announced that the tournament will be held in Qatar. Qatar will become the first country to host three Asian Cups, after 1988 and 2011. Due to the high summer temperatures in the Gulf region, the tournament will probably be postponed from mid-2023 to early 2024. Host selection China was announced as the winning bid on 4 June 2019, on the eve of the 69th FIFA Congress in Paris, France. However, due to China's relinquishmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 AFC Asian Cup
The 2019 AFC Asian Cup was the 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in the United Arab Emirates from 5 January to 1 February 2019. For the first time, the Asian Cup final tournament was contested by 24 teams, having been expanded from the 16-team format that was used from 2004 to 2015. Under this new format, the finalists would contest a group stage consisting of six groups of four teams, followed by a knockout stage of 16 teams. The host nation qualified for the final tournament automatically, while the remaining 23 places were determined among the other 45 national teams of the AFC through a qualifying competition running from 2015 to 2018, part of which also served as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification process for the confederation. The tournament was won for the first time by Qatar, who defeated Japan 3–1 in the final. This was also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timor-Leste National Football Team
The Timor-Leste national football team is the national team of East Timor () and is controlled by the Federação de Futebol de Timor-Leste. They joined FIFA on 12 September 2005. Timor-Leste's international debut was in the preliminary round of the 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification in March 2003, when they lost 3–2 to Sri Lanka and 3–0 to Chinese Taipei. They also participated in the 2004 AFF Championship. Timor-Leste's participation in Southeast Asia's premier international football event in 2004 was announced after an Asian Football Confederation council meeting in Petaling Jaya. Although not yet a member of the AFC, the Timor-Leste Football Association was invited to sit in on the meeting, where they were represented by FA president Francia Kalbuadi. Timor-Leste won their first international match on 5 October 2012 against Cambodia with a score of 5–1. History Football was established in Timor-Leste during the Portuguese colonial era, when many of the locals and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 AFC Asian Cup
The 1960 AFC Asian Cup was the 2nd edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by South Korea from 14 October to 23 October 1960. The final tournament was organised on a round robin basis, and host country South Korea won with a perfect record of three wins. Venues Qualification Squads Results All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9) ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Winners Goalscorers With four goals, Cho Yoon-Ok is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 19 goals were scored by 13 different players, with none of them credited as own goal. 4 goals * Cho Yoon-ok 2 goals * Shlomo Levi * Moon Jung-sik * Woo Sang-kwon 1 goal * Amnon Aharonskind * Rafi Levi * Avraham Menchel * Nahum Stelmach * Luk Man Wai * Yiu Cheuk Yin * Choi Chung-min * Nguyễn Văn Tú * Trần Văn Nhung References External links *Jovanoic, Bojan; Morrison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 AFC Asian Cup
The 1956 AFC Asian Cup was the first AFC Asian Cup, held every four years and organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The final tournament was held in Hong Kong from 1 September to 15 September 1956. It was won by South Korea. Venues Qualification Squads Results All times are Hong Kong Time (UTC+8) ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Winners Goalscorers With four goals, Nahum Stelmach is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 27 goals were scored by 15 different players, with none of them credited as own goal. 4 goals * Nahum Stelmach 3 goals * Woo Sang-kwon * Lê Hữu Đức 2 goals * * Yehoshua Glazer * Choi Chung-min * Sung Nak-woon Sung Nak-Woon (Hangul: 성낙운, Hanja: 成樂雲, 2 February 1926 – 28 May 1997) was a South Korean association football, football Forward (association football), forward who played for the South Korea national football team, South Korea ... * Trần Văn Tổng 1 goal * * * * * * K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 AFC Asian Cup
The 1996 AFC Asian Cup was the 11th 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 the United Arab Emirates between 4 and 21 December 1996. Saudi Arabia defeated hosts United Arab Emirates in the final match in Abu Dhabi. As the runners-up, the United Arab Emirates represented the AFC in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup as the winners Saudi Arabia had qualified automatically as host. Qualification 33 teams participated in a preliminary tournament. It was divided into 10 groups and the first-placed team of each group thus qualified. The qualifying teams were: Notes: :1 Bold indicates champion for that year :2 ''Italic'' indicates host Squads Tournament summary The tournament began with host United Arab Emirates took up against South Korea in group A, where the Emiratis played in a 1–1 draw. Subsequently, Kuwait was surprisingly held draw by Indonesia, even bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 AFC Asian Cup
The 1984 AFC Asian Cup was the 8th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Singapore between 1 December and 16 December 1984. The field of ten teams was split into two groups of five. Saudi Arabia won their first title, beating China in the final 2–0. Qualification 21 teams competed in qualifying for the 1984 AFC Asian Cup with the teams being separated into three groups of five teams and one group of six. The top two of each group would qualify through to the Asian Cup as they would join Singapore and Kuwait who automatically qualified. At the end of the qualifying, the remaining eight teams was filled in which included Saudi Arabia as they made their finals debut. Venue Squads Group stage All times are Singapore Standard Time (UTC+8) Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 AFC Asian Cup
The 1980 AFC Asian Cup was the 7th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Kuwait between 15 and 30 September 1980. The field of ten teams was split into two groups of five. Kuwait won their first championship, beating South Korea in the final 3–0. Qualification Venues Squads For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see ''1980 AFC Asian Cup squads.'' Group stage Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout stage Semi-finals ---- Third place play-off Final Statistics Goalscorers ;7 goals * Choi Soon-ho * Behtash Fariba ;5 goals * Faisal Al-Dakhil ;4 goals * Jasem Yaqoub * Xu Yonglai ;3 goals * Shen Xiangfu * Hossein Faraki * Chung Hae-won ;2 goals * Abdolreza Barzegari * Hamid Alidousti * Saad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 AFC Asian Cup
The 2004 AFC Asian Cup was the 13th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international association football, football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held from 17 July to 7 August 2004 in China. The defending champions Japan national football team, Japan defeated China national football team, China in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup Final, final in Beijing. The tournament was marked by Saudi Arabia national football team, Saudi Arabia's unexpected failure to even make it out of the first round; a surprisingly good performance by Bahrain national football team, Bahrain, which finished in fourth place; Jordan national football team, Jordan, which reached the quarterfinals in its first appearance and Indonesia national football team, Indonesia, which gained their historical first Asian Cup win against Qatar national football team, Qatar. The final match between China and Japan was marked by post-match rioting by China, Chinese fans near the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 AFC Asian Cup
The 2000 AFC Asian Cup was the 12th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international association football, football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Lebanon between 12 and 29 October 2000. Japan national football team, Japan defeated defending champion Saudi Arabia national football team, Saudi Arabia in the final match in Beirut. Qualification 42 teams participated in a preliminary tournament. It was divided into 10 groups and the first-placed team of each group thus qualified. A total of 84 games were held, starting with the Oman national football team, Oman versus Kyrgyzstan national football team, Kyrgyzstan game on 3 August 1999. The 12 qualifying teams were: Notes: :1 Bold indicates champion for that year :2 ''Italic'' indicates host Stadiums Squads Tournament summary Lebanon participated in the country's first ever football competition in the history as host, but began disappointingly, losing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 AFC Asian Cup
The 1992 AFC Asian Cup was the 10th 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 Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan between 29 October and 8 November 1992. The host nation, Japan, defeated the defending champion Saudi Arabia in the final in Hiroshima. This was the first Asian Cup not to have any debuting countries. Stadiums Qualification Squads First round All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout stage All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) Semi-finals ---- Third place play-off Final Winners Awards MVP (Most Valuable Player) * Kazuyoshi Miura Top Scorer * Fahad Al-Bishi – 3 goals Statistics Goalscorers With three goals, Fahad Al-Bishi is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 31 goals were scored by 24 different players, with none of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 FIFA World Cup Qualification – AFC Second Round
The AFC second round of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, which also served as the second round of 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification, was played from 5 September 2019 to 15 June 2021. Format A total of forty teams were drawn into eight groups of five to play home-and-away round-robin matches. They included the 34 teams (teams ranked 1–34 in the AFC entrant list) which received byes to this round, and the six winners from the first round. Seven group winners (excluded Qatar, who had already qualified to the World Cup as tournament host) and the five best runners-up advanced to the third round. Matches in this round were also part of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup qualifying campaign. The twelve teams which advanced to the third round of the FIFA World Cup qualification and Qatar, as group winner, automatically qualified for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. Twenty-four teams (22 which advanced directly and two which will advance from an additional play-off round) will play in the third r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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